kiln full of firewood

[TrollSpiel]

why are all my boards cupping so badly! even things at the bottom of the stack.

 

2" ash, 3" oak, 1.5" oak, 1.5" cherry.

 

yew fine, cedar fine - but the rest gone to

Edited June 25, 2011 by Steve Bullman
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[likeitorlumpit]

Can't help with your question but I notice you're in kent

We sometimes have some millable stuff- should I contact you when we do

[TrollSpiel]

But I know a man here who can ;-)

 

Yeah, absolutely contact me. Send me a PM and i'll give you my number.

[tommer9]

Can you describe, or even better photo and ppost a pic of, your drying area, or a stack of sticked timber and the process from log to board you use. Otherwise its a bit hard to say TBH.

[TrollSpiel]

s'ok, propblem solved tommer - an invaluable chat with BigJ.

 

I was gowna remill the oak, but sod that, logburner it is

[nepia]

Would you care to share the problem out of interest? I was going to suggest that after three months without rain perhaps the air had been too dry for your purposes but that was pure hypothesis based on absolutely nothing.

 

Jon

[TrollSpiel]

Would you care to share the problem out of interest? I was going to suggest that after three months without rain perhaps the air had been too dry for your purposes but that was pure hypothesis based on absolutely nothing.

 

Jon

 

Jon, the wood in question was varied sources. Some windblown oak, some laying that had been there a while. And the ash was felled last dec in the snow, dragged out with the skidder and planked within an hour.

 

All of that stack was well stickered, stable, it just went to pot. All my other timbers are great. Apart from the 3 cherry boards on top I added later - didnt't like em anyway.

 

* I hate oak, I aint cutting any more this year. Tempermental stuff (gotta be female wood)

Edited June 25, 2011 by skyhuck
please don't swear, even with ***

[TrollSpiel]

and I didnt log all the 3" oak boards. I cut the boards down the centre, ran em thru the thicknesser and ended up with 55mm - good enuff

[nepia]

Thanks for that. Looking at Skyhuck's edit I take it you were a tad miffed!

[TrollSpiel]

I didn't know I'd been edited?! How British