How to Season A slice from a Beech Stump?

[AndyT]

There's a long established practice in veneering where you cut oblique slices through small branches to produce decorative ovals or other shapes. According to John Bullar,

" Walnut, fruit trees, laburnum or olive are normally used because of their strongly contrasting heart and sapwood colours and their better resistance to radial cracking."

More here: https://www.woodworkersinstitute.co...es/decorative-work/all-about-applying-inlays/

I realise this may not help the OP but it might explain TN's coaster.

 

[Droogs]

If you are willing to play around with resin etc, then look at getting a big metal tray with lid that will withstand being sealed and having a vacuum create. You could then put the slab in the box and suck out all the air/moisture quickly (relatively 3-4 days) and then release the vacuum by injecting resin. This will be sucked into the cells of the slab and once cured it will be totally free from movement issues. Check videos of vacuum stabilising wood

example below

 

[OldWood]

LF - am I right in thinking that you can get portable microwaves for setting glue?