qbilder
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Went north to Ohio in May, and have been cutting lots of wood. I first started with clearing a ravine outlet so my old man could dam it up for a pond. It was almost all red oaks & poplars. I milled the poplars into framing lumber so I could build a kiln for the wood I was going to be milling in coming weeks. Never got any good pics while building, but here's the pics of the kiln:
Used a Menards 70 pint DH
Stack of quarter sawn hard maple and burl
Obviously not going to be all that efficient but is doing the job surprisingly well. I stacked another two maple trees worth of lumber after the pic. Humidity inside began at 95% & after two weeks was 50%. Got plenty more work to do to it in the way of insulating & heat & air movement. Will learn a little with every load & hopefully eventually get it working the way I want. I figured hard maple would be a "soft start" learning tool. The wood will be used for billiard cues.
Used a Menards 70 pint DH
Stack of quarter sawn hard maple and burl
Obviously not going to be all that efficient but is doing the job surprisingly well. I stacked another two maple trees worth of lumber after the pic. Humidity inside began at 95% & after two weeks was 50%. Got plenty more work to do to it in the way of insulating & heat & air movement. Will learn a little with every load & hopefully eventually get it working the way I want. I figured hard maple would be a "soft start" learning tool. The wood will be used for billiard cues.