Lumber drying is an attractive valued-added business with plenty of opportunities for well run, small- and medium-sized drying operations. The most important issue is the cost of drying we dry lumber ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 11 (UPI) -- Drying lumber is an expensive process but a Penn State researcher says the time and energy needed to dry a piece of wood may be dramatically reduced. Charles Ray ...

Q. Due to a recent severe storm with lots of rain, some of our kiln-dried lumber in storage has increased its moisture above the acceptable moisture content. How can we dry this out? A. Redrying ...

Watching lumber dry may be as boring as watching paint dry, but soon, the amount of time needed to dry a piece of wood might decrease dramatically, according to Penn State forest resources expert.

We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

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