How I dry Live Edge Slabs.
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Published 2019-02-06
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Great video for first timer over here , i plan on cutting my first logs this summer or next . This was my Biggest concern curing the wood Properly . Thank you it was really helpful.
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Thanks for the instruction. Wood slab prices are a lot for a small time person like me. I am looking for a 25” x 50” rectangle to sand down for a coffee table. Really tough. Most are huge and cost thousands.
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Excellent content! Authentic. Thank you for sharing the details of your experience. Keep working hard, I think you will succeed.
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Great summary, thanks for sharing!
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Hello! This was great find! Thank you for sharing this !
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and thank you for the time to make the video. I just had some black walnut slabs cut thinking I was going to use them for my cabinet tops. Talked to a professional kiln operation and they said they would not take it for one year of air-drying. Plan b for me.
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Great information, thank you!
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I like this video and am surprised by the negative responses. I live in phoenix and wood cures in one summer no two ways about it. My garage reads 125F and feels like an oven. The side of my house read 157F in direct sun on a regular 107F day. It's like a kiln without the humidity.
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I've had good luck using ratchet straps on my European stacked slabs to prevent warping. You have to re tighten the straps as the stack dries & shrinks.
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Great Video! Thanks so much for your Knowledge and your time to share it. Don't listen to some of the ignorant comments. People are mad, hate their lives and want to make everyone around them miserable. Screw em.. Always some big mouth know it all in the comment section.
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very useful info!, I'm making my first slab purchase this weekend. thank you for the facts!
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I do something similar. Mine go in a shed to dry. Then to a room in my shop with a dehumidifier and a fan. Takes a couple years for sure. I also use cheap ratchet straps and they help. I find I have to tighten them as it goes along. It won't help with splitting. I also have 3 different cheap testers. They have done me good enough. Good show.
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Why would someone dislike? Lol great talk, I’m just starting.
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Thanks brother. Enjoyed your explanation on this subject, I think you have covered everything I am about to ensure on, Have some large blood woods to slab. Thanks again.
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Love it no nonsense info thanks
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Which moisture meter do you use seeing as I am looking into get one since my boss now has a saw mill and I will be running some lumber of my own
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Thanks for the lessons. Can you use dried western red cedar for stickers on 8/4 burr oak planks?
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Glad I ran across you. I’m just starting out with a couple of slabs not to long ago. Researching the “next step”. Any advice would be appreciated
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Great content. For me, even when I use a kiln, I still like to air dry the lumber at first.
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Now here's some useful information to me, I'm in NW Indiana... Should be pretty much the same here, Thanks!
