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Originally Posted by Sliver
That's a good idea. I think I need to figure out first why/how the tree is dying first, though. If it is rotting from the inside somehow, it's unlikely treatment from the outside will preserve it (I think?).
Peeling the bark off like a log home is what I had in mind for debarking it. The bark actually comes off quite easily on this tree so I don't think that would be a terrible job.
Next step I'm going to plan out the shape I'd want. If I can come up with something cool, I'll prune it into my shape. There's nothing really to lose since it'll have to be removed if this plan doesn't work, anyway. If I prune it and it looks stupid, I'll just carry on and get rid of it. If it looks cool, I'll have a very unique large sculpture in my backyard for years to come at basically no cost. Maybe I'll even put a tree fort in it.
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I can't imagine taking a saw, cutting out a few inches section towards the core, clearing the rot, lacquering the inside, then putting the cut-out section back in (lacquered of course) being out of the question.
Another option is drilling a large hole from the top to remove internal rot and just filling the entire hole with a varnish, resin with a foam noodle taking up most of the empty space (varnish or whatever the area between noodle and wood) or something.
Now, the scraping of the bark sounds tedious. Any options for a more... modern industrial option like sandblasting? Strips the bark potentially or just creates an interesting textured look on the bark, blasts away dirt and other things for a cleaner lacquering surface and a lot faster?
Have you also considered a canopy/awning or gazebo of some sort to try and protect your art from the elements of some sort? Gazebo might be weird though. Someone might report you for satanic tree worship or something. (Red LED eyes wouldn't help)
If you have to remove it anyways, why not just turn it into a bench of sorts?