The saw dust comment reminds me of Ed Seay's balsa cutting operation over at MAL hobbies in irving He sends stuff all over the world for the indor builders.
I have seen the saw dust in his cutting room piled up three ft deep in the corner along with the reject material that did not meet his specs.
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I'm planning on heading over there one day. It's a pretty long drive though and he is in a bad area. It's over an hour from here with good traffic. I'll take some with me.
Might as well see what they think. It may or may not pan out.
When cutting small sticks you turn more wood into saw dust then you do into lumber.