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tacks Y

December 27, 2019, 08:16:48 AM
What should I use for a species for sycamore? It does not list it in the manual. I have some in the kiln with the vents cracked open. Not sure what is best in Pa in the winter? Will it continue to dry?  Thanks  Tom  

GeneWengert-WoodDoc

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December 27, 2019, 03:53:10 PM
Check under "American sycamore" but if not there, use white oak.
Gene - Author of articles in Sawmill & Woodlot and books: Drying Hardwood Lumber; VA Tech Solar Kiln; Sawing Edging & Trimming Hardwood Lumber. And more

tacks Y

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December 27, 2019, 05:20:42 PM
Thanks Gene, No American listed either. Should I leave the vents cracked over the winter?

YellowHammer

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December 27, 2019, 06:19:23 PM
Delmhorst has a comprehensive correction table for lots of species, both domestic and foreign.

Here is a link:
Species Correction Table

Go to the filter window, type in the species, and it will tell you the nearest equivalent and how much it varies from that.

YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

Be smarter than the sawdust

GeneWengert-WoodDoc

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December 28, 2019, 05:50:58 AM
Is this a solar kiln?  If so, the vents would be nearly completely closed until the outside is over 50 F much of the day.

Gene - Author of articles in Sawmill & Woodlot and books: Drying Hardwood Lumber; VA Tech Solar Kiln; Sawing Edging & Trimming Hardwood Lumber. And more

tacks Y

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December 28, 2019, 09:01:31 AM
Thank you both.
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