Accelerating oak air drying by presurfacing

A comparison was made between the air-drying rates of rough and presurfaced northern red oak and white oak. In both species, the presurfaced material was about 1/8 inch thinner than the rough material and dried faster than the rough material. The reduction in drying time depends on the method of analyzing the drying curves, but is slightly less than 10 percent. This article is in PDF format (file size: 183 kb). To download this article, right click on the link immediately below and choose "save target as". To view the article, left click the link immediately below.
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Accelerating oak air drying by presurfacing   ( )

A comparison was made between the air-drying rates of rough and presurfaced northern red oak and white oak. In both species, the presurfaced material was about 1/8 inch thinner than the rough material and dried faster than the rough material. The reduction in drying time depends on the method of analyzing the drying curves, but is slightly less than 10 percent.

Author: Simpson, W. T.; Baltes, R. C.

Source: (Research note FPL ; 0223):12 p.

Citation: Simpson, W. T.; Baltes, R. C.  .  Accelerating oak air drying by presurfacing  (Research note FPL ; 0223):12 p..