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INTRODUCTION When I asked a colleague of mine to review a draft of this drying manual, he asked me, “Why write another drying manual? It’s all out there in other publications.” He’s right, of course; there are several other excellent books that have been published for dry kiln operators – and I’ve referred to some of them in this book. As good as they are, though, I’ve seen that people just starting to learn how to dry hardwood lumber tend not to read those books; they merely collect them and put them on a shelf somewhere. This seems to be especially true of small companies where the owner wears many hats, doing everything from buying logs to saw maintenance to stickering to drying to sales and marketing. There’s not a lot of time to sit down and try to digest something that looks like it will take some effort to learn, especially under time constraints. I’ve written this manual with this small wood business operator in mind. I’ve tried to make the sections short and readable with good illustrations, and I’ve also tried to give examples wherever I can so you don’t have to read about something and then try to figure out what it all means on your own. There are a lot of types of kilns drying hardwood lumber successfully, both homemade and commercial, but most of the commercial small kilns available are either dehumidification kilns or direct-fired. I’ve aimed much of this manual at people who work with dehumidification dry kilns in particular, but the guidelines for drying lumber are much the same regardless of the type of dry kiln in use. I hope you find the contents of this manual to be helpful. Of course, in any publication like this it’s inevitable that there will be photographs or references to different equipment and instrument manufacturers. The inclusion of manufacturer names, materials or photographs in this publication should not be construed as an endorsement, nor should my failure to mention any manufacturer be considered negatively. 6PDF Image | HARDWOOD DRY KILN OPERATION A MANUAL FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL DRY KILNS
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