Drying small quantities of green hardwoods at home.
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. 1982
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Drying small quantities of green hardwoods at home. (1982)
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.
Author: Miceli, Charles M.; Rosen, Howard N.; Spalt, Howard A.
Source: Research Paper NC-228. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
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.
