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Drying small quantities of green hardwoods at home.

Informally Refereed

Abstract

Freshly sawn boards and stem cross-sectional disks, 4/4 and 8/4 thick, of three hardwood species were dried at six indoor and outdoor household locations in southern Illinois. It took silver maple and black cherry 90 days and white oak from 90 to 150 days to dry to less than 10% moisture content at the indoor locations.

Keywords

lumber, warpage, defects, checking, Prunus serotina, Acer saccharinum, Quercus alba, silver maple, black cherry, white oak

Citation

Miceli, Charles M.; Rosen, Howard N.; Spalt, Howard A. 1982. Drying small quantities of green hardwoods at home. Research Paper NC-228. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
Citations
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/10749