Mike, If there is a local sawmill with a drying kiln near you it might speed things along if you could get them to include your lumber in their next kiln load. It would probably be cheap and the steam and pressure they use would quickly rehydrate the wood under controlled conditions. Couple of days and you are ready to go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Meyer" <[email protected]> To: "'KRnet'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:19 PM Subject: KR> RE: Doug Fir
> Mike, > I don't think leaving the wood to sit to soak up moisture is going > to proceed very quickly. I've heard something like 6-12 months per inch > of > thickness of the wood to get a consistent moisture level? > > Rich H. Meyer > Millersburg, IN > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike > johnson > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:12 PM > To: krnet > Subject: Fw: KR> Fw: Doug Fir > > Yep, thats what I am doing. Thanks for the tip. Mike J > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: KRnet <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2006 11:32:50 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Fw: Doug Fir > > > Mike. Wrote: > Yes, some of it. It's very old and I am waiting for any reaction that > might > happen when cutting it open. > The wood is so dry it could have a tendancy to split. Mike Johnson > Mike, I used some Douglas Fir on my first aircraft, that came out of an > old house. It was very dry so I let it set outside for a couple of weeks > to > raise the moisture level. > Patrick Driscoll > Saint Paul, MN > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
