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WOOD DRYING sa WOOD DRYING KILN x DRYING WOOD x SEASONING WOOD xx WOOD Tip describes how to construct a small drying box for wood. Diagram shows how to stack and sticker lumber for air drying. Tips on drying small wooden objects in a microwave oven. Advice on drying both spalted and non-spalted blocks of hardwood burl. Backyard lumbermaking. Options for sawing and drying your own wood. Articles included on (1) finding good wood, (2) sawing a log, (3) small-scale sawmills and (4) drying your own wood. Tips on drying thick slabs of wood for tabletops. Control checking in green wood by storing in plastic bags filled with wet sawdust. Product review of low-cost moisture meters. A description of how they work, the performance of four brands of meters and editor recommendations. Air drying lumber. The low-cost, low-tech way to dry lumber. How to do it correctly. Tip on stacking and stickering wood and finishing the drying process indoors without using a kiln. Dry your own wood. Tips on obtaining and stacking green lumber. Tip on drying an oak tree section for eventual cutting into slabs for use as table tops. How to dry green wood. Some tips. Wood's relationship with moisture holds many surprises. Ways to avoid some common traps. Moisture meters for woodworkers. A look at the two basic types and how they differ. Tip on acclimatizing wood to a heated environment before you build furniture. Cut and dried. The true nature of wood. How to sticker and air dry lumber. A rule of thumb for air drying wood so it is acclimatized for indoor use. Tip on using restraints around a freshly-cut wooden log (11" diameter, 22" long) during the drying process to keep it from splitting. The restraints are made from steel cable and threaded stock. A handyman's guide to seasoning wood. How to stack and care for cabinet woods during air drying. Build a simple solar dryer for firewood. Wooden frame is covered with polyethylene. Est. cost: $25. Tips on drying a log to minimize splitting and checking. Tip on wood sizes and species for use as stickers. Water and wood. A discussion of green vs. dry wood and the effect of wood shrinkage or swelling. Drying wood. The fundamental considerations. How to secure your own green lumber locally, at less cost, and then properly dry it for use. Measuring moisture. A review of portable meters which measure the moisture content of wood. Tips on preventing or removing cups and warps from wood, particularly pine. Tips on preventing resawn wood from cupping. Harvesting green wood for use in turning wooden bowls. Where to find the most interesting wood, how to prepare it and tips on seasoning the wood after green-turning. Tips on when to cut wood for lumber, how long to air dry, etc. Description of a barn built for air-drying lumber. It is based on a Pennsylvania Dutch tobacco shed. Tips on drying large cherry logs by splitting or cutting to approximate size before drying. Check-free method for drying bowls or other lathe projects turned from green log slices. Air-drying lumber. Usable stock comes from a carefully stickered stack. Tip: Dry green-wood bowls in a microwave. As dries the air, so shrinks the wood. Why woodworkers keep a weather eye on relative humidity. Tips on drying wood to moisture content of 1% to 3% for use in the desert southwest. Tips on cutting and drying a piece of white oak burl. Tips on the safest method for drying any wood which is extremely prone to checking and cracking. Use this method for any wood of unknown properties. Shop-built moisture meter for determining the moisture content of wood. Est. cost: $30. Tips on working green osage-orange wood and then drying. Tip on cutting tree stumps to form "vertical stand lumber" which will dry with less cracking, checking and warping. Buying and drying. How to find and season your own lumber. Tips on drying and stabilizing almond wood. Tips on testing moisture-content of wood using a microwave oven. Tips on drying wood in a microwave oven. Tips on avoiding "blue stain" when drying lumber. Tips on cutting and drying small spalted logs. Tips on cutting and drying manzanita wood. Tips on harvesting, handling and drying burled wood. A review of 18 moisture meters from nine manufacturers that are used to check wood being dried. Tip on choice of sticker material when drying lumber. Seasoned wood. What you need to know about air-drying and kiln-drying to get top quality lumber. Tip on drying and finishing spalted wood. Humidity yardstick (sections of end grain glued together) helps to judge seasonal changes in wood movewment. Table gives recommended times to air dry (season) hardwoods and softwoods. Tip on eliminating a warp in a board by drying it outdoors in the sunshine. Tip: Cure green wood in sawdust to prevent end cracking. Tip: How to straighten badly warped wide boards by putting them outside and letting the dew and sun straighten them out. Save with green wood. Tips for working with less-expensive green wood. Tips on stacking and drying green wood. How to sticker stack wood for air-drying. Electronic meter to measure amount of moisture in wood. Able to detect moisture from 0% to 15%. Soaking green wood in PEG (polyethylene glycol 1000) prevents the usual shrinking and cracking when wood is dried. Working wet wood. How to find, dry and turn wet wood. Includes tips on recognizing good wood and on selecting characteristics. Describes how a log moves as it dries, how to minimize splitting and a guide to safe thicknesses for drying various woods. Photos show step-by-step how to turn a wet wood bowl. Drying green wood. Simple techniques. Rules of thumb for air-drying lumber. How to determine the moisture content of lumber and tips on using a moisture meter. Air-drying lumber. How to stack lumber properly for air drying. Use ethylene glycol antifreeze to keep wooden boats from shrinking when they are out of the water. Can also be used to keep green wood from cracking as it dries. Air-drying green wood. Tips on selecting, stacking, and monitoring green wood while it air drys. Tip on keeping freshly resawed or planed stock from warping. Drying green-turned bowls in a microwave oven. How to succeed at air-drying lumber. How to site and build a stack. Advice on drying a log to minimize uneven drying and the resultant cracking. Tip on dealing with cracks in large old timbers which contain pith. Advice on how dry woodworking stock should be in various parts of the country. Perfectly seasoned. Air-drying your lumber. Part 1. Theory. Perfectly seasoned. Air-drying your lumber. Part 2. Practice. Water-curing of timber. Pros and cons of soaking wood in water prior to air drying are discussed. Seasoning secrets. The basics of wood drying for turners. Part 1. Seasoning secrets. Part 2. Various methods and equipment for getting green wood dry. Cooked to a turn. How to season (dry) green wood in a microwave oven after turning it into a bowl or other object. Description of a system for drying wood by boiling it in water to wash out the sap. Tool truths. Part 20. Seasoning timber. Technique for drying wood in a microwave which visually tells you when all the moisture is removed. Drying wood by boiling has several advantages over traditional drying methods for turning blanks. Drying wood using a pressure cooker and forced hot, dry air. A cheap system that can dry wood to 14% moisture content in a couple of days. An explanation of wood movement. Why cross-grained glue bonds eventually fail and how to lengthen their survivability. Wood Science 101. Woodwork and the relative effects of humidity. An explanation of how moisture changes create stresses on glues and how it effects gluing decisions. Timber topics. Part 1. Suggestions on using fruit and nut woods in woodworking. Includes tips on how logs should be stored and seasoned. Timber topics. Part 2. Problems associated with storing and conditioning wood. Timber topics. Part 3. How wood drys and ways to control the drying process. Timber topics. Part 4. What can be done to reduce bad tendencies during the drying of wood. Tips on drying round timber. Timber topics. Part 5. Reasons why wood tends to distort and split during drying. Timber topics. Part 6. Why round sections sawn from the ends of logs tend to distort and split during drying. Timber topics. Part 7. Details of the drying method used in experiments on wood sections (round disks) sawn from logs of Douglas fir. Tips on seasoning laburnum, damson, and elm. Tips on seasoning hardwood disks for use in turning bowls. The edges are sealed with wax to force drying through the face of the disks. Tips on air drying oak. Preparing your wood for carving. A look at various woods and their drying rates. Hints on what to look for when buying partially-dry wood. Drying your timber. Part 1. New series will present as many aspects of wood and moisture relationships as is practicable. Drying your timber. Part 2. Drying your timber. Part 3. Includes chart of air seasoning drying rate curves for seven wood species. Drying your timber. Part 5. Drying your timber. Part 6. Drying your timber. Part 7. The critical intermediate stage. Drying your timber. Part 8. Construction details for an inexpensive conditioning room approximately 7-ft. square and 7-ft. high. Drying your timber. Part 9. Additional details on building the conditioning room. Drying your timber. Part 10. Further adaptations of the basic conditioning chamber. Tips on drying and using elm wood in furniture making. Tips on drying green walnut logs. How to relieve stresses in wood that have been produced by "case-hardening" (incorrect seasoning in a kiln). Tips on drying and using lilac wood. Tips on drying a large piece of oak about 4" thick and 24" diameter. Tip: Use moist sawdust to "uncurl" boards. Tips on cutting and seasoning sycamore wood. Questions and answers on timber and seasoning. Timber. The direct route. A survey of what is involved in finding, converting and seasoning your own lumber. Oven-ready timber. How to season wood in a microwave oven. Tips on drying yew and cedar. Tips on drying wood in a microwave oven. Tips on drying and sawing yew. Tip on seasoning freshly cut hardwood blocks for bowl turning. Tips on cutting, storing and seasoning laburnum and flowering cherry. Tip on sawing and stacking hardwood logs to season the lumber. Tips on seasoning small pieces of wood in a microwave oven. Tips on allowing for shrinkage when cutting wood prior to drying. Curing warped boards in furniture restoration. Tips on restoring moisture, redrying and mechanical restraints. Tip: How to take the cup out of a board using an electric iron and a piece of cloth. Tip: Clamp resawn stock soon after cutting and let dry in order to prevent cupping. How to flatten a warped board. Part 1. Three moisture-related techniques described. How to flatten a warped board. Part 2. Four mechanical means described. Tip on stickering freshly planed stock to reduce the chance of cupping. Tip on calculating the moisture content of wood by drying it in an oven and measuring the weight change. Quick drying method for preturned wooden bowls involves boiling them in water. Tip on storing the trunk of a mature Laburnum tree for future use. How to use polyethylene glycol 1000 to stabilize green lumber and prevent shrinkage during drying. A guide to seasoning lumber correctly. Includes shrinkage chart. How to cut and cure your own lumber. Part 2. How to cure green wood. Do-it-yourself guide to wood drying. Understanding how moisture content affects wood can help you prevent your project from warping and splitting. | |||||||||
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