BlueRider
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Does anyone have any experiance with using pentacryl to stablize or help cure diminsional lumber.
I will be milling some olive next week and was thinking about trying it on some of the wood. I have a friend that has a 55 gal drum of pentacryl currently on its way to his shop where he makes drums, the pentacryl thing is all new to him as well. I have milled olive once in the past and recieved a couple of 2x6's from a friend who milled some as well. the stuff I milled warped and twisted prety badly and the stuff my friend gave me has dried beautifuly. Iend sealed the stuff I milled and milled it in the winter and the stuff I picked up from my friend was not end sealed and was milled in the late spring. To contradict logic even more I mille3d imidiately after the tree was cut down and my friend typically 'ages' his logs for many months.
I did a bit of checking on the net and found a guy not too far from me that sells olive for between $4-$15 per pound which acording to the dry weight of some of the stuff I have on hand comes out to between $16-$60 per BF with the stuff I expect to mill being in the $20-$25/bf range. I don't know how much the pentcryl will const me but as you can see it is worth a little effort to maximize the yeild of premium boards.
I will be milling some olive next week and was thinking about trying it on some of the wood. I have a friend that has a 55 gal drum of pentacryl currently on its way to his shop where he makes drums, the pentacryl thing is all new to him as well. I have milled olive once in the past and recieved a couple of 2x6's from a friend who milled some as well. the stuff I milled warped and twisted prety badly and the stuff my friend gave me has dried beautifuly. Iend sealed the stuff I milled and milled it in the winter and the stuff I picked up from my friend was not end sealed and was milled in the late spring. To contradict logic even more I mille3d imidiately after the tree was cut down and my friend typically 'ages' his logs for many months.
I did a bit of checking on the net and found a guy not too far from me that sells olive for between $4-$15 per pound which acording to the dry weight of some of the stuff I have on hand comes out to between $16-$60 per BF with the stuff I expect to mill being in the $20-$25/bf range. I don't know how much the pentcryl will const me but as you can see it is worth a little effort to maximize the yeild of premium boards.