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Green 4/4 hard maple rough sawn 1 1/8" right off the mill and into the kiln. 7% mc in 6 days. Pretty impressive from where I'm sitting.
ven if the rough sawn faces are a little darker due to air exposure, under the surface after a very light 1/16” skip plane, it should be “Wow” white.
We're looking for a load of slabs to use in a marketing photoshoot here at our factory in Barre, VT. We would dry them for free. Let me know if anyone is interested in supplying some. Hardwood preferred (12ft x 4ft x 5ft pile)Merry Christmas!
Quote from: japarker4 on December 10, 2018, 05:26:08 PMWe're looking for a load of slabs to use in a marketing photoshoot here at our factory in Barre, VT. We would dry them for free. Let me know if anyone is interested in supplying some. Hardwood preferred (12ft x 4ft x 5ft pile)Merry Christmas!Jim, I could probably send you a load of 10/4 black walnut live edge slabs; enough to fill up a kiln load if interested.Scott
I haven't had any maple planed yet. I have the builder that ordered it coming tommorow morning to pick it up. Hopefully I get some good feedback and he brings more business my way.
From my standpoint, things have gone well. My first 2 loads were 4/4 and 6/4 walnut. The boards came out straight with no checking. I did make a mistake on my third load by mixing green black cherry and green red oak. Initially, Cherry has a moisture content of 58% but red oak has an 80% MC. The cherry was drying more quickly but also picked up moisture from the red oak. After 8 days, the cherry was at 8% so it was time to remove the boards. Because they picked up moisture during the drying process from the red oak, there was minimal cupping. The lesson learned is to not mix woods that have a distinct differences in the moisture content.
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