I am building my wood shop currently, and have lots of family members and friends asking for some projects to be built once I am operational. This is fun because it is giving me some testing grounds to learn new skillsets and experiment.
I had a friend ask me if I could build some items, but that they wanted the bark to remain on some aspects of the lumber. It may end up looking like I would mill up two parallel sides for ease of construction, but the rest of the logs/limbs would remain natural. Forgive my ignorance, but are there some species of wood that are better than others at keeping their bark after they have dried out and been used in a project? Also, are there some things that I can/should do to preserve the bark?
Thanks in advance.