Matthew Poeller
08-30-2004, 10:11 AM
I am getting ready to have some trees that I dropped processed. They have been sitting for a year and now I have some extra time and money to do something with them. I have contacted a guy at my work that can cut them into boards for 200 for 1000 bf. I am not sure whether that is a good price or not???
Now that I have that our of the way the trees are 2 Cherry and 3 or 4 Oak. I think that i might be able to get them in a kiln for nothing or very very cheap. Not totally sure though. There is a guy in my classes at school that works for a saw mill and he said that he might be able to get them in the kiln for me for free provided that it is less than 1000 bf. That would be great but here comes the real question:
If I was not able to get them into the kiln how hard is it to air dry? What are the precautions that I should take and is there a book or something that would be able to point me in the right direction? I have never done anything like this before and was just looking for some advice/suggestions.
Now that I have that our of the way the trees are 2 Cherry and 3 or 4 Oak. I think that i might be able to get them in a kiln for nothing or very very cheap. Not totally sure though. There is a guy in my classes at school that works for a saw mill and he said that he might be able to get them in the kiln for me for free provided that it is less than 1000 bf. That would be great but here comes the real question:
If I was not able to get them into the kiln how hard is it to air dry? What are the precautions that I should take and is there a book or something that would be able to point me in the right direction? I have never done anything like this before and was just looking for some advice/suggestions.