If you don't want your wood cutting board to dry out, an extra step may be just the simple thing to undertake in order to ...

Once you’ve cut your logs, it’s time to exercise patience. The rule of thumb for air-drying lumber is one year of drying for each inch of board thickness. Buy a moisture meter so you can check ...

but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar process that requires patience.

Those who were skeptical said, if I could kiln-dry the lumber in four days, they would be satisfied. I built a fire in the stove (pla ced in the vault beneath the lumbtr) at about 5 o'clock in the ...

Learn to develop a kiln-drying schedule and a way to select and check kiln samples. Discuss lumber drying defects and how to prevent them. Time details will be released closer to the event. Hardwood ...