Nyle Kiln build completed!

[blackhawk]

I just finished my first load out of my Nyle L53 powered kiln yesterday. I started building the Kiln in September and didn't get it finished until the end of February. There are an unbelievable amount of details involved with building a kiln and setting it up correctly. I still have a few tweaks that I want to do after what I learned drying my first load. It is 13' deep x 8' wide and 7' tall. I can dry up to 12' long lumber. It will handle 1000 bf of hardwood and 500 bf of softwood.

 

[AvocadoesTasteGood]

Nice job man!!!!!

 

[Tarhead]

When you're ready for business send me your contact details and I'll add you to the
Master NC Woodworker Kiln Services Map - Google My Maps

 

[Wilsoncb]

Looks great, can you use it for a sauna between jobs?

 

[Trey1984]

That's nice set up!

 

[llucas]

That looks great! Quite the setup.
Is your plan to air dry first then finish with the kiln, or go early into the kiln?

 

[JNCarr]

Wow - very nice.

 

[blackhawk]

Looks great, can you use it for a sauna between jobs?

It could definitely serve as a sauna. I had to go in there when it was 120 degrees to change out a couple of bulbs in my halogen lights. About 10 minutes is as long as you want to stay in there at a time. I took my shirt off after about 5 minutes.

That looks great! Quite the setup.
Is your plan to air dry first then finish with the kiln, or go early into the kiln?

I am going to air dry to below 30% before going into the kiln, ideally under 20%. From all my research, once you get below the fiber saturation point by air drying, the risks of damaging the wood in the kiln is greatly reduced. You still have to air dry properly, but I have good experience at that. My first load was all air dried to below 15%. It took 2 weeks to get it down to an average of 7%.