[Strawbale] Oak Debarking?

[Speireag Alden]

Hello, all.

     I tried this on the Greenbuilding list, and got one reply, 
offering to sell me a used debarking device (which I bought).

     However, I'd rather do it the easy way.  So, my original question:

     Just felled some oak (northern red), which, starting in a few 
weeks, will act as posts for the extension of the roof.

     I recall that last time, when I did this, I waited too long to 
de-bark, and it was a pain in the rear because the bark had adhered 
very closely to the wood, with the result that my posts and beams 
still have bits of bark and such on them, to this day.

     So they're sitting there, and I haven't cut the slash off, so 
that transpiration will assist with drying.  How long can I leave 
them before the bark adheres?

-Speireag.

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