How To Keep Wood From Splitting While Drying. How to dry wood without splitting. This stress from contraction literally pulls the disk. Forum responses (sawing and drying forum) from contributor b:
Drying times can vary significantly depending upon wood species, initial moisture level, lumber thickness after time, say 6 months to a year, the wood will suddenly split from the edge to the center in one place any suggestions how to dry the wood to keep the bark on and prevent mould ?
Wood preservative is an excellent product made for this very purpose. For slimmer logs, you can often split wood using a knife with a fixed blade. Wood preservative is an excellent product made for this very purpose. I want to know how to control splitting of wood in the seasoning process. A reversible drill driver bit, such as the dewalt flip drive, which has a drill bit and countersink on one end and a screwdriver bit on the other, is a great way to speed. By chris deziel, ehow contributor. Simply because can brush it on your rough blank. A slice of wood will always split because, as it dries, the cells collapse and wither just like a dry sponge.