Bill, Looks like one of those different continent, wood species, and climate things.
https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Step-Crystals-Premium-Scented/dp/B001OQXEHK 8 pounds for $20.92 US per Amazon. 8 pounds doesn’t go far, would take 50 or more to fill a 5 gal bucket From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bulke...@mmnet.com.au Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:08 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Sweet gum wood I don’t know what to tell you Michael, I can buy a big bag for $7 here and I have had like 80%success drying wood this way With very little cracking even a piece up to a foot thick I do remove the pith and seal the ends at the same time when cutting the green wood. It seems to work for me. maybe being in Australia makes a difference different woods hotter climate I don’t know I’m going to still dry my wood this way. Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Michael Kratky Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2020 2:46 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Sweet gum wood 1st crystal kitty litter is not cheap (have 3 cats). 2nd it doesn’t work well. Have tried everything in my 50 years of woodworking/woodturning to dry logs/branches without cracking and checking to no avail here in the northeast, only success is in the concrete encapsulated dry basement on drying racks where the temp hovers around 65°F year round and the humidity is 40-50%, I seal the ends in achorseal, then again do you want logs and branches in your basement? Don’t have a kiln but that’s another subject. Michael From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:04 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sweet gum wood Thank you Bill This is a new one on me. The funny thing here is, I work with medical air's, Most dryers use the same process's to remove moisture from the air, I never thought about trying it for wood. I am glad to hear you have had good success with this, Perhaps I will try it as well? Have a good day. C.A.G. On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 06:03:04 AM EDT, <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: Curt, I assume your talking about drying wood in kitty litter crystals I been trying this off and on with quite good success I have never posted anything on it as it was not legacy But here is a video or 2 about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=Q5-_dGaMuCE&feature=emb_logo> &v=Q5-_dGaMuCE&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMrsKJbyiic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpM_3uTNm5Y kitty litter crystals is made of silica gel I just leave covered in the litter in a sealed container usually for a couple of months depending on wood thickness changing the crystals every few weeks or when the few coloured crystals change colour if the litter has the few coloured crystals in it mine does. and keep weighing the wood it till it stops getting lighter. I don’t bother recharging or drying out the crystals kitty litter is cheap I just throw it out. And this method does seem to help stop cracking by drying the wood evenly all over provided it is totally submerged in the crystals. There is a video out there somewhere of carl Jacobson doing the same thing in rice. Bill From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2020 4:06 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sweet gum wood Bill I must have missed something. Do you show any pictures? I very much like the topic. And have done a lot of my own processing of wood in the past. I would like to see and learn as much as I can on this topic. thank you. C.A.G. On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 12:58:50 AM EDT, <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: Seal the ends as soon as possible bark later and wood usually dry’s 1 inch per year. Bury them in kitty litter crystals or rice will speed up the process. just weigh it every couple of weeks till it stops getting lighter I did some tapered legs once I milled the full length square then just lowerd one end of the legacy and milled 3/4s of it round and cut a spiral nothing very fancy. Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 4 Jim Carpenter Sent: Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:37 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Sweet gum wood Major tree trim - 4 straight arrow 48" x4" limbs ? Dry time to work ? Bark now or after ? Anyone have experience working it for tapered table legs ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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