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A few years back I made some darters for a swap out of black birch. As far as I know none of them split and at least Christian got fish on them.
I cut the logs to about 18", split them in 1/8ths and dried them in the cellar by the woodstove. I cut the checked ends off and worked the material down to size by splitting it closer to turning size and viola plugs were born. I did have a lot of waste, but it was firewood to begin with anyway...
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