I just got a few decent limbs of some hardwood, cherry, maple and some others. they're not so big and i could really only get about one neck out of each.
Any tips on how to seaon the wood. I have a vague notion but that's about it. currently I was thinking of cutting it down next week and then sticking it under some bricks for a few weeks. should I wrap them in newspaper?
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Dunno if this would work but what if you put the wood up in your attic? Mine is quite warm [read: hot as s2t]. Dunno if it would crack any green wood tho. It def would keep rain off so it would dry and also keep bugs out. I dried some bamboo that way.
DOH! Just read you are in Japan. Dunno if you even have an attic... Or if they make attics there.
-WY
You don`t wnt to put it where it doesn`t get some kind of air, it will dry out to fast and crack and twist. The ideal place is outside under a roof. You want to keep the elements off and yet dry slowly. even milled wood from places like Lowes and Home Depot has some kind of moisture still in it. If you were to take a moisture meter and stick the prongs in such wood it would still register. I was a millwright for over 30 years and more then a few times I would reject a skid of wood for having to much moisture in the wood or none at all.
Wes Yates said:Dunno if this would work but what if you put the wood up in your attic? Mine is quite warm [read: hot as s2t]. Dunno if it would crack any green wood tho. It def would keep rain off so it would dry and also keep bugs out. I dried some bamboo that way.
DOH! Just read you are in Japan. Dunno if you even have an attic... Or if they make attics there.
-WY
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