I have just pick up about 3,000 bft of Red Oak that has been air dry for the past 2-3 years. Presently I am getting a moister reading of 12%. Any suggestions on how to get the moister content down to around 7%?
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Don't worry about it. The pieces that have remained flat will most likely stay flat. If it's a corkscrew after three years of air drying, it will be a corkscrew in the project. Nobody ever gets 100% yield. Use the warped boards to heat your shop.
Or you could move to Arizona or the Gobi desert.
Thank you for your input, greatly appreiciated
You don't need it drier, you just need it to be at a moisture content that is stabilized with the relative humidity in your shop. Move it into your shop and sticker it for a few weeks with some air circulation and it should be ready to use.
There is no perfect moisture content, you just don't want the wood gaining or losing large amounts of moisture while you are working with it.
John White, Shop Manager, Fine Woodworking Magazine
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