Hello all, long time lurker first time poster.
So I've built a home made kiln about 8x10x8 which is heated via direct forced hot air coming from a propane construction heater we have on the other side of the wall.
We have a rather large fan that moves the air 4000cfpm
We are able to easily reach temps of 200 fahrenheit with the relative Humidity in the room at 12%
Using a equilibrium moisture content calculator it shows the rooms EMC is below 5%
After running it for two days the red oak will be completely dry on the outside but when split open still be 30%. The firewood pieces are small resplits no longer than 16 inches about 2 inches thick.
Can someone give me rough ideas on drying times when it comes to kiln like this? Should we eliminate trying to dry Red Oak all together?
Also I know the relative humidity is low at 15 percent but I also know that hot of air holds a ton of moisture. Should I be periodically venting that high heat air off?
We are on a very redneck budget but hope to be able to stack the money we make from this adventure to buy a miniquick kiln or a nyle setup.
Thanks in advance.
So I've built a home made kiln about 8x10x8 which is heated via direct forced hot air coming from a propane construction heater we have on the other side of the wall.
We have a rather large fan that moves the air 4000cfpm
We are able to easily reach temps of 200 fahrenheit with the relative Humidity in the room at 12%
Using a equilibrium moisture content calculator it shows the rooms EMC is below 5%
After running it for two days the red oak will be completely dry on the outside but when split open still be 30%. The firewood pieces are small resplits no longer than 16 inches about 2 inches thick.
Can someone give me rough ideas on drying times when it comes to kiln like this? Should we eliminate trying to dry Red Oak all together?
Also I know the relative humidity is low at 15 percent but I also know that hot of air holds a ton of moisture. Should I be periodically venting that high heat air off?
We are on a very redneck budget but hope to be able to stack the money we make from this adventure to buy a miniquick kiln or a nyle setup.
Thanks in advance.