Bark Edge Slab Siding

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Bark edge slab siding.

From that time on the live edge bark never gets direct sunlight or weather on it. You can obtain slabs in several ways. Basswood bark s tight bond makes it ideal for bark art as it. We sell our end cuts end slabs as firewood by the cord.

A lot of sawyers won t mind a custom cutting job. 1 sided wavy edge lap siding peeled board and bat 2 sided wavy edge bark on house logs. We are one of the largest producers of live edge slabs. Work your way to 150 180 220 and 320 grit.

Mantels and beams are either sold in the rough or sent off to the wood shop for further processing. Keeping the bark on chunks of wood in my experience is a hit and miss business. I have never tried to keep live edge on soft woods like pine. We cut over 100 species of hardwoods including indian rosewood walnut camphor tigerwood brazilian cherry persimmon and many other hard to find lumber types.

The other 2 sides are sometimes jagged from where they were cut. Live edge slabs can be flattened on our custom built slab flattener. Have a local mill saw em for you. For details on this rewarding but labor intensive option see tips for sawing your own natural edge slabs listed above.

Bark house is the original bark siding and bark wall covering design manufacturer. If this is the case with your slab sand the roughness away with 120 grit sandpaper. Some species are reputed to shed their bark regardless of treatment hickory is one with a bad reputation in this regard while others are more likely to not shed their skin walnut and basswood have a good reputation here. If you have a round slab or a slab with bark on all 4 sides you can skip this step.

But the slabs i keep live edge on are all hardwood. All of our saw shavings are put in a bin and hauled off for horse bedding. Our slabs are kiln dried to provide maximum stability and to eradicate any insects. Answer from the experts.

Natural bark siding the original. Live edge slabs usually have bark on 2 sides. At barkclad our natural bark siding is from poplar and is hand peeled dried in a certified kiln hand cut on site stacked loaded and shipped for delivery within a 1 week period or less to maintain the exceptional natural integrity of the bark. What works for me is when i fell a tree in summer or winter does not matter i immediately take it to my mill and slab it.