Several examples of recent services provided include assisting with wood shrinkage and moisture issues in furniture production, IPPC ISPM compliant international shipping, storage of kiln-dried lumber ...

Bottom line: For anyone selling or buying "dry" or "kiln dried" hardwood lumber, specify as closely as possible, the desired or required MC, and other expectations, such as free of drying stress ...

Straight-grained, knot-free pine would make a great bookshelf, ... Framing lumber is usually only kiln dried to 14 or 16 percent moisture, so significant shrinking and cracking is still to come.

Kiln dried lumber that has been heated to more than 160 degrees usually does not suffer from this problem. The high kiln temperature solidifies the pitch and prevents it from turning to liquid again.

10 thoughts on “ Basement Wood-Drying Kiln ” Tim White says: September 27, 2014 at 4:36 pm I just happened to pull open HaD and saw that this popped up. Ironically ...

Pine. Walnut. Beech. Ironwood. Aspen. Cedar. You can also get wood that has been dried out a little. On the packaging, you’ll see if your wood has been kiln-dried or seasoned.

The severe winter has had lingering impacts on the hardwood industry with tight green lumber supplies as well as tight inventories of kiln dried lumber. However, prices have remained steady.

Pine. It’s the Maine state tree, but it’s super resinous and, like softwoods generally, produces poor heat output and little in the way of coals. ... some suppliers bake logs in a kiln to reduce ...