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05-29-2008, 09:56 AM
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Name: Reggie
City: Albemarle
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Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Took the first charge of 7/4 cypress from my solar kiln yesterday. Exactly 31 days after loading, most of the stack is in the 17-20% MC range. We figure we can use that and that it will continue to dry some in a covered environment. There was NO appreciable checking, warping, or bowing. (Credit to Ivey's sawing and coating the ends with AnchorSeal.)
I'm tickled pink! (Nope, not peach, DaveO!) This has reduced our drying time from approximately 90 days of air drying by 2/3!
Put in the load of 1" boards I picked up from Ivey at the picnic. 400 b/f in varying widths. We really need this lumber as soon as it can dry to a usable MC. ( I'm betting that if we get 10 days of good sunshine, that it'll be workable in two weeks. )
If I sound pleased, I AM! After we get our current inventory of cypress dried, we have some white oak waiting. I'm SURE that will be a different story with a different result.
Thanks for looking.
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05-29-2008, 10:21 AM
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City: Hillsborough
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Awesome news Reggie!  I bet you are beaming! Great job on the kiln!
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05-29-2008, 10:23 AM
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Name: Bas
City: Cary
State: NC
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Outstanding!!! And things will go even quicker now that the temperature is going up and the sun shows its face a little more. Real happy this first load out worked so well - yahoo!
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Bas.
I don't need it. I just want it.
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05-29-2008, 10:45 AM
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City: Wake Forest
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Sweet!!! I would guess the white oak will take longer to dry because it is denser?
I need to go see Ivey and load up on some Cypress.......
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Wife changed my perspective.  I need want some additional tools. I need want a
multi-spindle line borer - unlikely in 2008
pocket hole machine - unlikely in 2008
Festool sander and vacuum -told I don't need 2 not going to happen
Edge bander - unlikely this decade
oscillating edge sander - unlikely in 2008
floor model chisel or slot mortiser - unlikely in 2008
and a bigger shop - maybe in 2009
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05-29-2008, 05:22 PM
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Reggie, congrats on the first load! Here's to many more successful ones! 
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05-29-2008, 05:55 PM
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Reggie, why didn't you leave it in longer and bring down the moisture content so you could use it as soon as it came out? I would think you would only need a few more days or a week at most to get Cypress down to below 12%.
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05-29-2008, 05:59 PM
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Name: Reggie
City: Albemarle
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Alan, for our use, outdoor furniture, anywhere from 12-20% works well. So, it allowed us to go ahead and take it out and put in the 1" boards which are straight off the sawmill. (Ivey sawed them the day before the picnic.) We are very low on 1" stuff, so the urgency to get it in the kiln. The 7/4 is very workable in the 17% range.
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05-29-2008, 06:09 PM
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City: Raleigh
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
I can not believ this threa has continued without someone saying "No pics, didn't happen!"
Doug
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05-29-2008, 06:23 PM
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Name: Bas
City: Cary
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Originally Posted by Douglas Robinson
I can not believ this threa has continued without someone saying "No pics, didn't happen!"
Doug
Shhhh, we're being nice-nice. If we don't bug him for pictures, maybe we can score some of that cypress.....
If, on the other hand the wood is already spoken for - Yeah, what Doug said!!!
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Bas.
I don't need it. I just want it.
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05-29-2008, 06:28 PM
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City: Hookerton
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
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Pen turning is fast and fun!
It is highly addictive!
All your free time you once had will become a thing of the past!!
And Down The Dark Side Of Woodworking You! Will!
Goooooo!!
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05-29-2008, 07:33 PM
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City: Stovall
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
cool - so did you ever figure out how much MC your 100 BF lost perday max / min / avg? What was the MC when it went in?
At least show us a picture of a bucket of water or something.
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05-29-2008, 07:42 PM
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City: Salisbury
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Reggie, that is great. I called you today but it was late. I will try again tomorrow.
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05-29-2008, 10:52 PM
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Name: Reggie
City: Albemarle
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Hmm! Let's see. I posted a pic when the load went IN the kiln. Honestly, the look didn't change much when it came out!!.gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)")
I know I should have document the "ceremony" but rain was threatening and we wanted to get the next load in.
Jeff, I really don't know how much moisture loss occured on this load, I just know it was over 30% when it went in according to my Delhomme meter. And now it's 17-20% MC. You've sawed a lot of timber, what would you guess the MC was off the mill? Ivey, what do you think?
I'm gonna try and do a better job with the "science" once we get past this load of 1" boards. Plan to weigh some samples and do all the stuff I was taught at VT. (Hope Dr. Bond doesn't see this!) BUT, if you remember, I said early on that cypress is a most forgiving wood, and this certainly proves that!
Tracy, I'll look for your call tomorrow. If you are free, you could pick up some at Richfield tomorrow around noon. OR, Saturday is still good.
Last edited by JackLeg; 05-29-2008 at 10:55 PM.
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05-30-2008, 12:52 AM
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Name: Glenn
City: Baskerville
State: VA
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Congratulations on your maiden kiln run Reggie !!! .gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)")
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05-30-2008, 01:02 AM
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Name: jeff...
City: Stovall
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Re: Solar Kiln Update-It's Out!
Originally Posted by JackLeg
Hmm! Let's see. I posted a pic when the load went IN the kiln. Honestly, the look didn't change much when it came out!!
I know I should have document the "ceremony" but rain was threatening and we wanted to get the next load in.
Jeff, I really don't know how much moisture loss occured on this load, I just know it was over 30% when it went in according to my Delhomme meter. And now it's 17-20% MC. You've sawed a lot of timber, what would you guess the MC was off the mill? Ivey, what do you think?
I'm gonna try and do a better job with the "science" once we get past this load of 1" boards. Plan to weigh some samples and do all the stuff I was taught at VT. (Hope Dr. Bond doesn't see this!) BUT, if you remember, I said early on that cypress is a most forgiving wood, and this certainly proves that!
Tracy, I'll look for your call tomorrow. If you are free, you could pick up some at Richfield tomorrow around noon. OR, Saturday is still good.
if it were wet it would have been somewhere around 40% MC
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