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1. 
   roc | Oct 08, 2009 06:32am | #1

   I am not being mean but what you are asking is : are there any bandades that will stop this broken arm from getting worse.

   Topical treatment won't help. Probably nothing will help. The wood is drying and shrinking. Something HAS GOT TO GIVE. Maybe maybe if you could increase the humidity in the room it is in. I don't think even that would work long term. Perhaps if this piece of wood were hollowed out. A lot of work !

   Call the cracks "character".

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

2. 
   roc | Oct 08, 2009 07:12am | #2

   Here is one " authoritative " source and another bellow that.

   http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF8/867.html

   You may want to look at this book

   http://www.librarything.com/work/191279

   Local library or
   it can be purchased through Taunton press here on FWW

   See page 83

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

3. 
   oldusty | Oct 09, 2009 03:45am | #3

         sp,

              It's hard to say without seeing , shoot us a picture if you can .

        Maybe you could carve or rout some bow tie key ways to limit  further movement .

        A spline or a Dutchman as a repair .

           regards  dusty

4. 
   RickL | Oct 15, 2009 09:45pm | #4

   http://www.preservation-solutions.com/faq-pentacryl.php

   I'd experiment with Pentacryl...call them and explain your situation and see if they think it would work on your giraffe.

5. 
   MrSQL | Nov 03, 2009 10:51pm | #5

   in the old days, there was a treatment called PEG (poly etlelene glycol) that would basically replace the moisture in the wood.

   check what treatments wood turners use for turning green wood.