Mr_Brushcutter
ArboristSite Operative
Hi all
Been playing with my chainsaw mill. Took a fragment of a lighting stuck tree and milled that. It went quite well despite a few technical difficulties: the bar clap moving and hitting two nails. I now have a lovely bit of 20" wide oak 4' long and 2" thick.
What are the top tricks to drying timber. Unfortuantly i can't afford a kiln and there isn't one near by. So how do i avoid cracks, warping so on so forth. I've got a nice stack of big logs and nice small chunks to cut, which i'm putting off till i know more about drying.
My long aim is to build a solar kiln basicly a poly tunnel which has air flow from both ends and underneath. I've hurd good things about them, but first i need to know about drying it. Any good books to read.
Thanks
Andy
Been playing with my chainsaw mill. Took a fragment of a lighting stuck tree and milled that. It went quite well despite a few technical difficulties: the bar clap moving and hitting two nails. I now have a lovely bit of 20" wide oak 4' long and 2" thick.
What are the top tricks to drying timber. Unfortuantly i can't afford a kiln and there isn't one near by. So how do i avoid cracks, warping so on so forth. I've got a nice stack of big logs and nice small chunks to cut, which i'm putting off till i know more about drying.
My long aim is to build a solar kiln basicly a poly tunnel which has air flow from both ends and underneath. I've hurd good things about them, but first i need to know about drying it. Any good books to read.
Thanks
Andy