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Title: Cold maple drying schedule
Post by: Lance in Ontario on February 17, 2008, 12:33:12 PM

I am drying my first load of maple in a DH4000. I have about 2000bdft of maple that is around 16-18%. The controller is reading 22 Deg F and 75 Rh. The schedule for my moisture content says I should set the controller at 120F and 30% Rh. SHould I slow it down because the wood is so cold? This is only my second load in the kiln so I am still full of questions.
Lance

Title: Re: Cold maple drying schedule
Post by: Lance in Ontario on February 17, 2008, 07:52:16 PM

smiley_furious disregard the above post, I realize now the kiln wont heat up fast enough to cause the wood any stress, newbie mistake

Title: Re: Cold maple drying schedule
Post by: OneWithWood on February 18, 2008, 11:48:46 AM

Keep at it Lance. The Nyle kiln is very forgiving. I did just about everything wrong with my first charge, spalted and red maple, and it all came out just fine.

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