House Works: Your questions on drying logs, wood siding, cracked windowsills

Drying logs for turning
Q: What’s the best way to store and season round, fresh oak logs 12″ to 18″ long for wood turning on a lathe later?
 This dried, quarter section of log is being refined so it can be glued with other wood for use later.
A: It’s pretty much impossible to stop round logs from cracking in at least one place as they dry unless you do one of two things.
If you split the wood into quarter-sections of logs, then you can store them under cover and they