Cut and rough-turn it wet, then air-dry or put it in a vacuum with silica gel for quicker drying. Reducing the dimensions of the wet wood will significantly shorten the drying time and decrease the hazard of crack formation.
Drying WILL warp the wood, so be sure to rough turn to dimensions that will allow final turning to the required dimensions even with significant warp. On 17 feb 2011, at 15:40, J Balmer wrote: > Kiln. Microwave just excites any liquid in the wood, causing it to heat & > expand, no drying involved. Depending on the moisture content, you might get > a nice explosion though… > > From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Wayne Blake-Hedges > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 8:35 AM > To: virtual flybox > Subject: [VFB] RE: drying wood for turning > > Hi All; > > I was splitting wood last weekend and ran across a really neat looking piece > of burled Oak. I got to thinking it would make a grreat reel seat. > > Anyone know how to quickly dry wood for turning?? > > microwave??? > > Thanks in advance > > Wayneb > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: h...@stichtsend.xs4all.nl | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Bonte Kraailaan 22 | mobiel: 06 38 279016 | | NL-1343 AJ Almere | web: www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< =============================== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
