Today we went to our favorite "private" sawmill to pick up more Florida Cypress. We scored an 8 ft. x 26 inch O.D. cypress log section and had it cut into 2 inch sawplanks. This is a log that was found in a creek bed and has been air drying for the last 6 years. It was on it's way to becoming cypress mulch, but we have a far better purpose for it.
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The cypress I usually get has been air dried for at least 5 years, and often upwards of 20 or more. That "swamp funk" smell is characteristic of a soggy log, and I pass on those. Kiln drying tends to bake the funk into the wood, and I don't want any wood that I have to store for 10 years before i can use it.
Nice save! I did a carving on a cypress knee once. Does all of it tend to have a swamp funk smell? I won't work certain woods because of how they smell, box elder and any sinker logs all seem to have a funk. I don't have any experience with cypress other than that one piece and have always wondered if it all had a smell.
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The cypress I usually get has been air dried for at least 5 years, and often upwards of 20 or more. That "swamp funk" smell is characteristic of a soggy log, and I pass on those. Kiln drying tends to bake the funk into the wood, and I don't want any wood that I have to store for 10 years before i can use it.
Nice save! I did a carving on a cypress knee once. Does all of it tend to have a swamp funk smell? I won't work certain woods because of how they smell, box elder and any sinker logs all seem to have a funk. I don't have any experience with cypress other than that one piece and have always wondered if it all had a smell.