Highlights Lumber Drying Workshop

Profitable Drying of Small Quanties of Lumber Workshop Highlights

The Profitable Drying of Small Sawmill Workshop was held on Wednesday and Thursday, September 25th and 26th, 2013 at the Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton, West Virginia. This workshop focused on how small quantities of lumber can be profitably dried to support a wood products business to benefit the owner/operator as well as the local community. Twenty attendees contributed to the discussions of important business issues related to profitably drying small quantities of lumber for individuals and businesses, as well as four session presenters that included Harry Watt of North Carolina State University, Phil Mitchell of North Carolina State University, and Brian Bond of Virginia Tech.

Workshop Supporting Partners

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WoodShop News Logo

Wood Education and Resource Center Logo

www.sawmillmag.com

www.woodshopnews.com

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/werc/

Lumber Drying Workshop Photos

Harry Watt Moisture Meter Lecture

Phil Mitchell Wood Structures Lecture

Brian Bond Solar Dry Kiln Lecture

Harry Watt Lecturing on Moisture Meters and Making Moisture Content Calculations

Phil Mitchell Lecturing on How

Wood Structure Affects Kiln Drying

Brian Bond Lecturing on How Solar Dry Kilns

and How to Build and Design One

Checking Samples Harry Watt

Attendees Taking Moisture Meter Readings

Neal Bennett Discussing Dehumidification Dry Kilns

Harry Watt Discussing how to use lumber samples to track lumber drying in kilns

Attendees using moisture meters to estimate the moisture content of board lumber samples

Neal Bennett of the USFS Forestry Sciences

Lab about dehumidification dry kilns

Workshop PDF Handouts

The Profitable Drying of Small Quantities of Lumber Workshop provide the attendees with educational lectures and pdf handouts to further the understanding of how to operate a small sawmill business in a profitable manner. Below are links for some of these educational handouts.

Brian Bond’s Lecture on Solar Dry Kilns pdf

Harry Watt’s Lecture on How to Make Money Drying Small Quantities of Lumber

Harry Watt’s Lecture on Selecting Sample Boards

Harry Watt’s Lecture on Dry Kiln Equipment

Harry Watt’s Lecture on Drying Defects

Harry Watt’s Lecture on Speciality Wood Products

Additional pdf handouts and slide shows from our 2012 Profitable Drying of Small Quantites of Lumber workshop can be found at http://cnr.ncsu.edu/woodworkshops/Profitable_Lumber_Drying.php.