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   forestgirl | Oct 31, 2003 07:30pm | #1

   It isn't a straightforward or dependable process, but here's the info I gleaned when asking a similar question:
   http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-knots&msg=13882.1

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   Toddr | Oct 31, 2003 11:19pm | #2

   There is a book put out by taunton press that is a collection of articles selected by the editors of "Fine Woodworking magazine". It has a good article on spalted wood you might find interesting.

   The book is called "Wood and how to dry it".

   I get about half of my wood from trees that I cut and have milled. I'm going to be cutting some sugar maple soon, and I read somewhere that if you take the log into a moist , shady, low lying area and cover it with leaf litter, that in about 2 or 3 years you may have spalted wood if things go well. Thought I might try it with a couple of the logs. I've gotten some smaller pieces by cutting into old deadfalls  that were lying on the ground. 

   good luck