kiln

[D.M.Taylor Firewood Supp]

Evening been milling some spalted beech boards over the weekend 1"2" .Would like to have them kiln dried but dont know of any kilns near me in Northumberland anybody know of a one??

[Big J]

You could build one yourself - it's quite easy and cheap too. About £1000-1500 sets up a kiln that will dry 250 cubic foot in a go for a cost of about £2 a cubic foot in electricity.

 

Jonathan

[PremiumWood]

You could build one yourself - it's quite easy and cheap too. About £1000-1500 sets up a kiln that will dry 250 cubic foot in a go for a cost of about £2 a cubic foot in electricity.

 

Jonathan

 

I would love to see a kiln set up for £1000

[Ross Macneil]

Darren try Keith at real wood studios in Jedburgh. Real Wood Studios: Bespoke Furniture, Showroom, Mobile Sawmill and Timber Merchant

[D.M.Taylor Firewood Supp]

Cheers Ross will do

[Big J]

I would love to see a kiln set up for £1000

 

Mine comes in at around that:

 

18ft insulated container - £500

Vent Axia heat recovery unit - £290 (second hand)

2.5kw of heaters - £60, or thereabouts

Carpet drying snail fan - £50 (second hand)

Wiring - about £50 I would imagine, but I bartered with a neighbour to do it.

Hygrometer (remote) - £25, so that you can monitor temperature and humidity

Plug in thermostat to control heaters - £20

 

Total - £995.

 

Takes 250 cubic foot on average, costs about £400 a cycle in electricty and produces £8000 of kilned timber per run.