Oftentimes, hardwood lumber drying begins with exposure to an uncontrolled outside environment in a process called air drying. At times, loss of quality in this process can be in excess of 10 percent.

Question: We have been tasked to kiln dry mixed red and white oak 1-inch lumber from approximately 75 percent down to 6 to 9 percent moisture content. We need to drop this lumber at 2.4 percent or ...

Keep building materials local by building a DIY wood kiln to dry locally harvested and milled lumber. After being inspired by creations they’d spotted online, The Farm at Okefenokee co-founder Jeff ...

FAIRBANKS — A borough plan to provide more dry wood using wood drying kilns has gone up in flames. After initial meetings with local wood providers failed to find interest in operating a service that ...

FAIRBANKS — The Borough Assembly got its first look last week at Mayor Luke Hopkins’ plans to tackle the borough’s wintertime air pollution woes. The borough is considering installing about a ...

Once upon a time, a woodworker met another woodworker who happened to have a tree business. They struck a deal stating that the first woodworker would dry the sawn boards provided by the second and ...