Dale Wallace
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- Chicago, Illinois
So let me get started by saying that this oak log was found at the side of the road about a month ago, it seemed to be perfect to be used as a desk, so I got it, left it on my porch for about a month and last week I decided to cut it with my sawmill. So during the cut nothing smelled, neither before or after...so immediately after cutting it I put it in my garage and after a couple of hours my whole garage started smelling like crap, literally. A very strong terrible smell. After a week it's either better or I got used to the smell. But if you go close you can definetely smell it. So I don't know if it has a disease or maybe an animal pooped on it...but the slabs have some black spots on them that I don't know if I should be worried about. I'm including photos of 2 of the slabs so that those who are more experienced look at it.