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I plan to dry a bunch of smallish wood cookies to make a faux cordwood wall in my house. Basically cookies glued to backer board, and a mortar in between the cookies. 

Planning to use black locust, sassafras, and eastern red cedar. Diameters ranging from 1.5"-5" at the largest. Was thinking of 3/4" thick, cut on my 12" miter saw, and lightly sanded. 

I've got a nyle l200m kiln, and Am wondering how best to dry these. Mostly curious about how I should stack them? Thinking stickers are not quite right, but some sort of wire racking. Should I just put them in my kitchen oven in batches?

I don't much care if they get checks and splits, but if there's a good way to minimize it, I'll give it a shot. I will probably sterilize them because I'm afraid of getting bugs I. The house. 

If I just oven bake them, and they are obviously not structural - is there any reason why cell collapse or case hardening would harm me in this application? 

Thanks!

[Note: I received a network error on posting this reply to another thread. I will leave it here but also go post it in the other thread. ???]

The image of 3 elks is on cedar wood with varying power settings. No pre or post prep.

For the rope graphic image, I masked the cedar with tape, engraved, then used two coats of black spray paint.

The H image is on black oak with no special prep and no post-engrave changes.

I have not tried engraving pine yet.

I get lost trying to tie that knot.  ffcheesy