I used my bandsaw to mill up some board out of a small log I had sitting on the rocks under my deck for about 2 years, hoping to get some small splated boards out of the it. The log is from the trunk of about a 20 year old maple tree that came down in a storm (pulled up from the root ball out of the ground).

In the boards I found what looks like beetle larvae. The area that was really bad I cut out and tossed, such as the first picture.

So is this just now firewood or is it even usable assuming I dry the heck out of it? i don't have access to a kiln and not sure it's worth making one for these few boards.


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