kiln drying info

[Travis Edwards]

In response to Weisyboy asking what I know about kiln drying and the fact That I plan on building a solar kiln in the not too distant future I thought I would put up these links regarding solar and dehumidifying kilns.

Solar Wood Drying (http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/WoodDrying/wood_kiln.htm)
This link has several other links which would be a good starting point for anyone wanting to build a solar kiln.

Home-Built Dehumidifying Kilns (http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/HomeBuilt_Dehumidifying_Kilns.html)
this is a discussion forum which gives some ideas about cost effectiveness of trying to build your own rather than buy a commercially available unit.

Home-Built Dehumidifying Kilns (http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/HomeBuilt_Dehumidifying_Kilns.html)
this explores the principles about how to build solar kilns and has some other links which may be of use.

http://www.woodscience.vt.edu/about/extension/pdf/2000%20board%20ft%20Kiln%20Plans.pdf
plans for a solar wood kiln

Sawmill and bandmill blog: Homemade kiln that everyone would like to own (http://www.builditplans.com/Blog/2005/05/homemade-kiln-that-everyone-would-like.html)
ideas for using the wood waste for accelerated drying, this site also has plans and such for making your own sawmills and other milling related stuff like winch trailers and all sorts.

Solar Kiln Designs 1 -- Solar Heated, Lumber Dry Kiln Designs - Part 1 (http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Solar_Kiln_Designs_1.html)
in depth article about solar and dehumid kilns

And there are thousands of other places to look for info.

Travis

*edit* oh and you could try www.woodmizer.com and logasol they sell dehumidifier systems

[Exador]

Good info, Travis. :2tsup:

I'll just add that there are a lot of smallish dehumidifiers now available for things like spray booths which would be just fine as the basis for a kiln.

[charlsie]

any chance of making something like this a sticky?

[BobL]

any chance of making something like this a sticky?

Stickies are usually reserved for difficult to obtain info. Most of those links have been posted before and are amongst the first few when you type in "solar kiln timber" into Google.

[Travis Edwards]

any chance of making something like this a sticky?

Mate I wrote a full on essay about sharpening saws in full detail with pictures and such and that didn't get sticky.:D