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 ...

Gene Wengert (1942-2025) was popularly known as “The Wood Doctor.” He trained thousands of people in efficient use of wood for more than 50 years and authored foundational resources on wood ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

Some people will tell you it’s necessary to artificially dry lumber in a kiln if you intend to use it for furniture. ... The fastest air-drying process I completed was with 1-inch-thick pine.