I enjoyed this video. Took the great ideas and made a 4' by 4' by 6' inside dimensions with 1" foam board with Alum facing on the inside. I have a couple of videos on this build and will have more as I go to give results. I milled 400 board feet of 4' long lumber out of Red Oak this past 3 weeks on my Grizzly 17" Bandsaw Sled. I noticed some wood borers and beetles in it. So the 140 degrees is important to me to sterilize this wood. Thanks for sharing the great tips and the heater control. I made a contactor to put in between this heater control and the space heater to keep from damaging the heater control as I am using a 1500 watt heater.
go with the 3/4" stickers. try to get the air flow going through the loads running along with the stickers and reverse the direction of airflow on a regular schedule.(maybe use 2 fans on alternating timers). should help stop mildew. your project is really cool. i saw one where they put pins into the loads with wiring coming off of it leading outside the kiln and took moisture readings off of the wood that way at several different points.
How’s it going? Just watch this video looks pretty awesome. Any updates on it so this was posted about a year ago I hope it’s still going well. If not, let us know how it went.
Hi, It has been too hot to do much with the sawmill lately. I made the kiln enclosure in a way that is easy to disassemble, so it's currently stacked in the corner of the shop. Hoping to make a more permanent kiln in the near future using the same system.
So, been watching your videos for awhile, I decided to go down the rabbit hole of milling my own lumber. I have some 8/4 white oak and 8/4 read oak that has air dried 1 year and is down to about 14%. I made a makeshift styrofoam box put a dehumidifier, fan and heater in it. Been running at 100 degrees and kiln humidity is at 25%. Can I safely dry this wood at this temp or should I be at higher temps. Not really sure if I’m doing it right or not? Any insight would be a great help. Thanks in advance.
looking to do something similar. Is the garage heated ? will it work in unheated building ? the dehumidifier and fan obliviously were running constantly but was the heater ? im kinda of scared of the heater be in the confinded space .
Sorry, just noticing your question. Correct, unheated garage. The 1" foam board was acceptable for insulation. Check out my write up in the description about the controller. I was worried about fire as well but the controller allows you to set high temp alarms and since it connect to wifi you get them real time on your phone. Both the heater and the dehumifier cycle on and off with the controller so not running constantly.
How’s it going? I’m currently building a kiln to. I seen this. It’s been posted a year ago. Hope it’s doing pretty good. Just a question all those gadgets are still working pretty good?
Hi, I made the kiln so that it could be easily disassembled and took it all down after the video. All the components are sitting in my shop and I am sure they still work, but the system has not been in constant use. I do plan to build a more permanent kiln with similar components...just have not gotten around to it.
I have not tested with truly green wood yet, but I think the dehumidification kiln would be the most forgiving because the temperatures are so low. It seems that the softer woods are most forgiving. I do plan to do some greener wood at some point and will try to video the process. I highly recommend this document from the USDA which is where I got my drying schedules. www.esf.edu/wus/documents/DryKilnOperatorsManual.pdf
I don't remember exactly but at least 3 or 4 months. It was an interesting log because it had fallen about 6 months before I cut it and 90% of these logs were dead long before that. So I probably could have kiln dried immediately.
Sorry, didnt spend much time explaining the drying schedule in the video. If you go to description of this video I shared a link to an image that has the drying schedule and details on how to use it. Hope this helps!
Started using my kiln “similar to yours” and found the dehumidifier alone sent over over 145 degrees with no additional heat source crazy? My fan shut off from the heat too. Not sure what the next move is. Maybe run it 15min per hour. Do you run yours constantly? What temps are you hitting? Thanks
Thats no good. A properly operating dehumidifier should only blow air slightly warmer than the air that goes into it. Check out my writeup in the video description for more details on setup.
I enjoyed this video. Took the great ideas and made a 4' by 4' by 6' inside dimensions with 1" foam board with Alum facing on the inside. I have a couple of videos on this build and will have more as I go to give results. I milled 400 board feet of 4' long lumber out of Red Oak this past 3 weeks on my Grizzly 17" Bandsaw Sled. I noticed some wood borers and beetles in it. So the 140 degrees is important to me to sterilize this wood. Thanks for sharing the great tips and the heater control. I made a contactor to put in between this heater control and the space heater to keep from damaging the heater control as I am using a 1500 watt heater.
go with the 3/4" stickers. try to get the air flow going through the loads running along with the stickers and reverse the direction of airflow on a regular schedule.(maybe use 2 fans on alternating timers). should help stop mildew. your project is really cool. i saw one where they put pins into the loads with wiring coming off of it leading outside the kiln and took moisture readings off of the wood that way at several different points.
How’s it going? Just watch this video looks pretty awesome. Any updates on it so this was posted about a year ago I hope it’s still going well. If not, let us know how it went.
Hi, It has been too hot to do much with the sawmill lately. I made the kiln enclosure in a way that is easy to disassemble, so it's currently stacked in the corner of the shop. Hoping to make a more permanent kiln in the near future using the same system.
So, been watching your videos for awhile, I decided to go down the rabbit hole of milling my own lumber. I have some 8/4 white oak and 8/4 read oak that has air dried 1 year and is down to about 14%. I made a makeshift styrofoam box put a dehumidifier, fan and heater in it. Been running at 100 degrees and kiln humidity is at 25%. Can I safely dry this wood at this temp or should I be at higher temps. Not really sure if I’m doing it right or not? Any insight would be a great help. Thanks in advance.
I built a makeshift kiln myself, wood is at approx 14% what temp do u run your kiln at to dry down to 8%? What temp u do for bug kill?
looking to do something similar. Is the garage heated ? will it work in unheated building ? the dehumidifier and fan obliviously were running constantly but was the heater ? im kinda of scared of the heater be in the confinded space .
Sorry, just noticing your question. Correct, unheated garage. The 1" foam board was acceptable for insulation. Check out my write up in the description about the controller. I was worried about fire as well but the controller allows you to set high temp alarms and since it connect to wifi you get them real time on your phone. Both the heater and the dehumifier cycle on and off with the controller so not running constantly.
How’s it going? I’m currently building a kiln to. I seen this. It’s been posted a year ago. Hope it’s doing pretty good. Just a question all those gadgets are still working pretty good?
Hi,
I made the kiln so that it could be easily disassembled and took it all down after the video. All the components are sitting in my shop and I am sure they still work, but the system has not been in constant use. I do plan to build a more permanent kiln with similar components...just have not gotten around to it.
Can you take fresh cut green wood and kiln dry it? I know you risk case hardening but would a properly controlled process eleviate that?
I have not tested with truly green wood yet, but I think the dehumidification kiln would be the most forgiving because the temperatures are so low. It seems that the softer woods are most forgiving. I do plan to do some greener wood at some point and will try to video the process. I highly recommend this document from the USDA which is where I got my drying schedules. www.esf.edu/wus/documents/DryKilnOperatorsManual.pdf
@@coldspringsfarm1812 Thank you! I look forward to that video.
How long did you let the stack air dry outside before moving it to the kiln?
I don't remember exactly but at least 3 or 4 months. It was an interesting log because it had fallen about 6 months before I cut it and 90% of these logs were dead long before that. So I probably could have kiln dried immediately.
Have you considered build it with a freezer?
I have been keeping an eye out for some of the freezer wall panels. Would be a great starting point for a kiln!
Just curious if the dehumidifier can only go down to 35%.
doesn’t it shut off and how do you get below that point heat /fans
Sorry, didnt spend much time explaining the drying schedule in the video. If you go to description of this video I shared a link to an image that has the drying schedule and details on how to use it. Hope this helps!
Started using my kiln “similar to yours” and found the dehumidifier alone sent over over 145 degrees with no additional heat source crazy? My fan shut off from the heat too. Not sure what the next move is. Maybe run it 15min per hour. Do you run yours constantly? What temps are you hitting? Thanks
Thats no good. A properly operating dehumidifier should only blow air slightly warmer than the air that goes into it. Check out my writeup in the video description for more details on setup.
@@coldspringsfarm1812 not necessarily. my kiln with just DH unit can easily reach 100 degree without additional heater.