Burning wood to heat the kiln

[Qweaver]

Has anyone come up with a way to use a wood stove to provide the heat for a kiln?  I'm sure that an outdoor boiler could be used but the cost would be prohibitive for me.  I have lots of fire wood that I'd rather use than use an electric heater.

[Larry]

I had a friend that dried oak for flooring.  He would load a building about the size of a garage in the fall with maybe 20 mbf of oak and start the wood stove.  Checked the wet bulb and dry bulb each morning.  Sometimes he would throw a bucket of water on the concrete floor to slow things down.  Come spring he had nuff dry oak to do maybe four to ten houses.  Unfortunately I didn't pay much attention to the details and my buddy has a berth up above right now.

On a more personal scale we have been living in our shop/office building this year which is heated with a wood stove.  The humidity drops quite quickly to 30 percent and lower with the stove in operation.  I've ran a humidifier all winter to maintain the level at 60 percent to prevent excessive drying of our wood furniture.   

[scsmith42]

Quinton, Mark Strickland (GA_Boy on FF) had this setup and as I recall he was very pleased with it.  So a search on some of his posts to find out more.

Scott