I love when hobbyists use actual scientific data rather than just guessing. Well done. And I've often wondered about sourcing my own wood and how I would deal with possible bugs. Great information, and I will bookmark this as a reference.
Nice and simple setup! I would have the thermostat for a safety cutoff also! Better safe than watching the fire department at your house! Thanks for sharing with us!
Thank you for the video. The times, volume, temperature are an immense benefit. I was thinking of building a solar kiln, but this will work better in the start as I already have solar panels. Running heaters is an expensive endeavour. I am testing it out, but you could use a simple WiFi enabled thermometer with a probe. Use a WiFi switch for the heater. Each of those two pieces cost about 5-10 dollars each on the cheap side. The app will allow temperature tracking. Not sure if the sensors are made for 140F on it. Running the heater only on its own is a recipe for disaster in case of a failure starting. Often times the elements will not stop and keep on burning, not a fun sight.
It’s funny how when I asked people about their drying set ups/ then I bring up potential buggy wood and how they treat it.. they get silent..🤷♂️🤪. Thank you again for sharing
Thanks! I didn't account for any volume calculation, perhaps I should have? Probably with more volume, I might have needed a larger space heater, or just allowed more time for it to heat up.
I just stack it on stickers and cover it with thick, clear plastic. 95-100 degree Missouri weather gets it way north of that in the summer. I suspect around 140 degrees.
great video . Did you take into consideration the moisture content ? I'll be doing dry wood (8-10 MC) , do you think doubling the time will account for how dry it is ?
Cool video. Would you think a conventional electric range oven would do the job at 150 degrees for a couple hours while supervised? I’m not a big wood worker but I was gifted a nice small black walnut cookie slab that had just been surfaced yesterday and when I brought it home I found a fresh dead bug in one of the holes that got cut in half by the router during surfacing.
Thanks! Yes, a kitchen oven would work great, and be significantly easier than what I did in this video. Many of the pieces of wood that I had were too large to fit in my oven, but if you have some smaller pieces, then just a standard oven is the way to go.
Do you know anything about case hardening? I was looking to do this in a kitchen oven but had heard it could cause case hardening because I wouldn’t be able to get it cool enough.
great concept, but reviewing the equipment used, the controller is limited to 1200W, while the heater goes to 1500W . . . we all know there is safety margins built in, but the OEMs would hide behind the limits exceeded IF there was an issue. This may still be worth the risk for those looking for this type solution
I love when hobbyists use actual scientific data rather than just guessing. Well done.
And I've often wondered about sourcing my own wood and how I would deal with possible bugs. Great information, and I will bookmark this as a reference.
Thanks so much!
Nice and simple setup! I would have the thermostat for a safety cutoff also! Better safe than watching the fire department at your house! Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks David!
Thank you for the video. The times, volume, temperature are an immense benefit. I was thinking of building a solar kiln, but this will work better in the start as I already have solar panels. Running heaters is an expensive endeavour.
I am testing it out, but you could use a simple WiFi enabled thermometer with a probe. Use a WiFi switch for the heater. Each of those two pieces cost about 5-10 dollars each on the cheap side. The app will allow temperature tracking. Not sure if the sensors are made for 140F on it. Running the heater only on its own is a recipe for disaster in case of a failure starting. Often times the elements will not stop and keep on burning, not a fun sight.
Thanks, great idea!
It’s funny how when I asked people about their drying set ups/ then I bring up potential buggy wood and how they treat it.. they get silent..🤷♂️🤪. Thank you again for sharing
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
Great information! I may have missed it but is there a volume calculation as well?
Thanks! I didn't account for any volume calculation, perhaps I should have? Probably with more volume, I might have needed a larger space heater, or just allowed more time for it to heat up.
Very nice. I need to heat treat some moldy wood tools (planes and handles). This is perfect. Would also be good for re-japanning vintage tools.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
I just stack it on stickers and cover it with thick, clear plastic. 95-100 degree Missouri weather gets it way north of that in the summer. I suspect around 140 degrees.
Awesome, sounds like a great approach!
Great idea! A car might work too.
great video . Did you take into consideration the moisture content ? I'll be doing dry wood (8-10 MC) , do you think doubling the time will account for how dry it is ?
I didn’t account for moisture content. I would think more dry would need less time.
Simple , Direct and informative. 👍🏼👍🏼.
Thank you
Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful!
Would you do this heating process after the wood has dried? Say I’ve aired dried or kilned my wood down to 8-12mc.?
Needed this! Great job!
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
Cool video. Would you think a conventional electric range oven would do the job at 150 degrees for a couple hours while supervised? I’m not a big wood worker but I was gifted a nice small black walnut cookie slab that had just been surfaced yesterday and when I brought it home I found a fresh dead bug in one of the holes that got cut in half by the router during surfacing.
Thanks! Yes, a kitchen oven would work great, and be significantly easier than what I did in this video. Many of the pieces of wood that I had were too large to fit in my oven, but if you have some smaller pieces, then just a standard oven is the way to go.
are you saying 140 degrees "up" or "of"? Can't tell what you are saying there. What would either mean?
Great video!
Thanks!
Did you get a lot of bugs out of the wood? Would this work for drying out and curing wood for smoking meats
Yes, I believe it killed all of the bugs in the wood. I don't think this approach will work to dry out the wood.
Do you know anything about case hardening? I was looking to do this in a kitchen oven but had heard it could cause case hardening because I wouldn’t be able to get it cool enough.
Sorry, I don't know anything about case hardening
great concept, but reviewing the equipment used, the controller is limited to 1200W, while the heater goes to 1500W . . . we all know there is safety margins built in, but the OEMs would hide behind the limits exceeded IF there was an issue. This may still be worth the risk for those looking for this type solution
Great point, thanks for looking into the specs!
@@jkmwoodworking Thank you for posting a great resource . . . I plan to build one very similar and add a humidifier in it for a longer term project
I think in your car on a hot summer's day would do the trick?