I'm lucky enough to have a friend who trimmed his koa trees. He has a bunch of smaller cuts that I can help myself to; 4-7" in diameter, 2-5' feet in length.
About 2 weeks after they were trimmed I put anchor seal on all the exposed end grain to help with drying.
This is a sample piece and I'm wondering how best to make use of the lumber and for some general dos/donts as this is my first time cutting up a log.
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That sample is about 4' long and maybe 5" in diameter. I have about 4 others that are the same dimensions.
I was thinking of doing three cuts like this:
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That would yield pretty straight logs of about 16" that I could then resaw.
Advice on where I should cross cut?
Advice on how best to resaw such a small diameter board? (I have access to a 18" bandsaw with a 3/4" resaw blade)
Ideally I would like to get enough boards to make a small box and/or some blanks so I can turn some handles for tools, and a tote and handle for a couple planes. I'm not sure if there is enough diameter there to get boards from though?