kiln full of firewood

[wills-mill]

Why the rush to get it straight in the kiln? I don't think most firms would wang 3in green Oak into a kiln....

 

More like- Milled Winter 2010, stack in the shade with 1/2in sticks to keep the drying gentle. Apply weight or strap up with Cordstrap and re-tension every few months. Leave all of 2011 and think about kilning maybe at end of 2012?

 

Cedar etc- stack between 3/4in sticks, dries like a nutter, bob's yer duncle.

[TrollSpiel]

Why the rush? Like anything new or your first bang at, you wanna crack on, see how it works & so on - I was prepared for it to come out a mess.

 

The post was really why that first lot I put in came out with problems, but the rest has been prime!

 

& at the end of it all, the oak & ash didn't come out too bad. I just didnt want the aggro of chopping up bigger boards, running them thru the thicknesser to take out what was left of the cupping etc. But it all turned out nice usable timber. Just smaller. It'll go into coffee tables, fire surrounds/mantles etc..

[wills-mill]

Why the rush? Like anything new or your first bang at, you wanna crack on, see how it works & so on - I was prepared for it to come out a mess.

 

The post was really why that first lot I put in came out with problems, but the rest has been prime!

 

& at the end of it all, the oak & ash didn't come out too bad. I just didnt want the aggro of chopping up bigger boards, running them thru the thicknesser to take out what was left of the cupping etc. But it all turned out nice usable timber. Just smaller. It'll go into coffee tables, fire surrounds/mantles etc..

 

Marv.

 

Oak is a very womanly beast indeed- As long you don't rush her, pester her to choose a pair of shoes and slap her makeup on, she scrubs up a treat!