"spaco" wrote in message
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Several people have already mentioned that speed and heat are your enemy
when drying wood. Sawmill around here takes 7-9 days to kiln dry
softwoods (like basswood) and about 32 days to dry hardwoods (like oak).
I'm sure that they'd do it faster if they could. This sawmill uses
sawdust and bark to fuel its kilns and it sure could make a hotter fire if
they wanted to.

Heat is not the enemy. Those who might think so are invited to read the
kiln schedules at http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/ . Doesn't matter how hot you
get if steam is only ~100C.