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I have three stumps I am planning to dry out. They are going to be used in my studio as work surfaces. What is the process for preparing and drying out these stumps.
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Hi Margaret,
Glen uses rescued lumber when possible. He air dries the lumber, at least 1" a year, but this also depends on type of wood, thickness... Air drying means that the wood will be exposed to the outdoors under a protective covering to keep dry.
Drying stumps is difficult. The wood will dry from the inside out probably resulting in checks (cracks in the wood) & not a great work surface. There is an expensive way to dry wood involving chemicals.
Some variables are type of wood, thickness of stump. I found this discussion on line that may be helpful
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Cutting_and_Drying_a_Walnut_S...
Kiln dried wood http://www.finewoodworking.com/Materials/MaterialsArticle.aspx?id=2...
Air Dry lumber http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr117.pdf
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for55/for55.htm
Drying stump http://billswoodcreations.com/dry-wood.html
Hope this is helpful,
Marie
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