Vacuum dried lumber.

[old3dogg]

like I said .We dont make ash bats.So i guess it really dont matter to me.
Most NBL hitters are using Hard Maple bats these days anyhow.
It is getting harder to find Ash trees big enough to make good bats anymore.The straight grain thing.
I dont watch a lot of baseball but I do hear of a lot of broken Ash bats durning a game.

[beenthere]

Here is a story on a local maple bat producer.

Maple bats

Seems the maple bats are more popular now that drying techniques have been improved.
I knew this fellow was in the wood business, but didn't know what his products were. I thought he was importing wood for sale. And maybe he is in addition to selling bat materials.

[Den Socling]

I had a young fellow doing carpentry in our new office. I gave him two of our vacuum dried, hard maple tiger stripe bats when he took an interest in them. He came back and bought five more.

Haven't seen him for awhile but he called the other day to say he hit a 450 foot home run. Everybody in the league wants our bats. He added that he will have plenty of time to work on our office next winter.  ;)

[solidwoods]

Got 60+thousand dollars for a 500bf kiln? :P
jim