I just got back from the saw mill. I had a large spalted red oak burl cut up. 3'x2'x18" thick. cut it into 1 1/16"slabs except one piece I left 3 1/2" thick for turning blanks. My thoughts were to cutthe blanks anchor seal and set aside till i'm ready to turn them. {kind of obvious} The slabs sticker them and add weight on top. {Anchor seal them?} Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks sure would hate to have them check or split I'll try pics tomorow if I can figure out how to reduce the size