When you act woodworking more or less in primary – raw lever , you need specific equipment for some “missons” and the bark spad is one of these specific equipment tools .
The bark spud , may not be a super necessary woodworking tool that if you don’t have , you’ll have a “deadly” serious problem , but the help it provides in the first steps when you deal with raw timber , is important .
What is the bark spud ?
The bark spud is a woodworking primary tool , that consists of a metalic head( mostly steel ) shovel shaped , being curved only in one side and single edge beveled , sharpened in its 3 sides and steady attached to a 3/4 feet long wooden handle .
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What is the bark Used for ?
The bark spud is used to peel off and to remove the bark and to “clean” the green tree trunk and logs in their external side , leaving them clean and ready for the next wood actions and shaping .
What is the Process of debarking wood ?
After your tree’s cut , you should place it in a flat area with enough space , in order to rotate it with comfort .
Take your bark spud and start scratching the outside peel of the trunk with precision , until it’s totally clean from its peel .
For the difficult spots , use your drawknives and your smaller bark scrapers .
What is a bark Scraper ?
The bark scraper is scratcher tool , usually smaller than the bark spud that peel off and remove any bark or anything foreign attached to the outside of the tree – log trunk .
Should you Remove bark from trees ?
This depends from the “missions” and wood jobs , you want to do with your timber and how clean or not , you want your trunk – log .
If you have just cut your tree trunk and you’re in the process of natural drying , you need the peel of the tree to control the inside water evaporation .
See how you can dry your wood totally natural , HERE .
In other cases , you want a totally clean outside trunk .
What is the Easiest way to Debark a tree ?
Using the great power of water and using a pressure washer the debarking of any type of tree and bark , is way more easier than any bark spud or whatever else .
How can you Debark a tree quickly ?
If you don’t have a pressure washer , the bark spud and your drawknives are the fastest way to debark any tree trunk .
Check some very nice drawknives to get a couple maybe , in HERE .
What Machine removes bark frow , from wood ?
Thye wood log debarker does this job .
How much bark can you remove from a tree ?
You can remove the entire bark from the tree and the tree won’t have problem and then continue to your next woodworking steps to do what you want owith your tree .
If you remove the bark of the tree and you leave it in this way out in the weather , you may cause serious themes ot the log , because the bark protects the inside wood , from many of the external dangers .
Should you debark wood , Before drying ?
Definetely no , if you want natural drying and you’ll leave your tree outside to dry natural and slow and not only you should leave the bark , but you should also paint the edges of the tree to slow down the water evaporation .
The inside moisture of the trunk leaves faster in the edges where you cut your tree . You need to paint these edges to slow down the evaporation , so the entire trunk dry equal and don’t have cracks .
Either you paint it with simple paint , or you use linseed oil as most of the professionals do .
What is the easiest way to debark a Branch ?
You can use your drawknives , your smaller and more easy to handle bark scrapers , your simple knives , a cabinet scraper and some chisels for the most difficult spots .
How do you Sharpen a bark spud ?
You can use your grinders, your files and always finish with a stone . You bevel should be around the 35o angle .
The bark spud is a “hidden hero” most of the times and it’s not a “famous” woodworking tool , i suppose , but this doesn’t mean , that it’s a unworthy tool .
If you’re dealing alot with green wood , you know its necessity and how helpful it is for the first steps of the green – primary woodworking .
Keep woodworking and never debark happiness .