So most everything I do in life can't be found with easy online searches on how too's or asking at the hardware store and it s usually blank stares. So I'll ask here I'm building a badass fireplace at my folks place. They want a narley mantel. No saw mill will have a wild ass piece like they want so I found a dead slippery elm (I think just last year) not to buggy no rot) I might try to make shift kiln dry it or take it somewhere but will it crack all to hell and back in a kiln? Dead at least a year.......