This thread reminded me to check on the cedar that I cut from the fromt yard. I spun it on the lathe freshly cut to remove the bark and laid it over the furnace to dry. After 3 weeks it's no longer as cylindrical as it once was and one piece is now a banana rather than a fat dowel. I'll post pics for our breakfast meet in the AM.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine