Looking good. I hope that knot is not working because I do think I see a bit of a crack on the bottom edge of it.
Yeah...im aware of it...Even tho it was peeled and sealed it still checked a little there where theres a small open dark cavity there...it wasn't punky wood tho,and since the tree started growing new wood over top of it I didn't wanna drill it out,and it seemed "sound" from the belly side as well...I kept close watch of it,n it never opened further...and I didn't even shoot super glue in it until after I shot it in...at least its going with the grain,and if it opened more it wood just run along the grain staying well away from an edge...I'd just wrap it if it grew more...besides the point of the exercise is to show with the right piece of hackberry in the right hands can handle the elb cross section in compression,and we already know how crazy strong it is in tension... So who cares if it did let loose in tension
it has ~150 arras thru it so far,and i will keep shooting it to see how it fairs in the long run..so far so good ...if anything happens negative to it I will update...but if ya never see me update then ya known alls well
