nice grain on some sealed blanks.

[Diggin Jiggin]

Originally Posted by Tagger

thanks for doing my home work for me ... pleezzz .. are they weighted ? what do they weigh in at sealed ? I was going that way next .. let me know how they swim ../// splitage ???

So I read this and I decided to weigh one to see what it weighed and it weighed about 1/4 oz more than it should have. these should have been just under 2.5 and they were closer to 2 3/4. So then I floated one unwired and it sat too deep and wants to roll sideways.

Apparently I sealed them too long. I soaked them overnight like I always do with ayc, but the maple must suck up more sealer. I wonder if they'll ever dry out and lighten back up.. About 1/2 the batch is now not bouyant enough to float when wired..

Plus where they were hyrdo oriented correctly when unsealed, once sealed the end grain on the flat surface of the cut seems to have sucked up more sealer and is now the heavy side, so they want to roll over. This was supposed to be the final batch of darters .

Hey Mike, long time no see... I've still got that kit for you, it's in the car but I haven't made it down to southcoast in a while...