Subject: Re: Solar Wood Kiln

From: Paul Worth <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 12:24:27 -0500

Fred Varden wrote:
> 
> I am looking for plans to build solar kiln to dry 250 to 500 bd ft. Can
> anyone out there help?  Thanks

Check out "The Conversion and Seasoning of Wood" by William H. Brown.
It's published by Linden Publishing.  You can order through their 
web site at http://www.lindenpub.com for $16.95.  I just got my copy
two days ago and it should be required reading for anybody wishing to
turn logs into usable boards.  He has some good plans for solar kilns
up to about 1500 bd ft.  Here's the description:

Covers the aspects of timber conversion from the most advantageous
methods of cutting to produce the highest yield, to various methods 
of seasoning including air drying, kiln drying, dehumidification, etc.
This work is directed towards the smaller timber user from the craftsman
to the small timber merchant and landowner. New. Paper. 

-=Paul Worth=-
[email-masked]

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From: "Charles (Joe) Stahelin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 12:26:42 +0100

In article <01bc3a22$94700680$50f69ace@default>, Fred Varden
<[email-masked]> writes
>anyone out there help?  Thanks
The Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 9AZ, UK.

e-mail:  [email-masked]
Web      http://www.foe.co.uk/CAT
Tel:     (UK) 01654 702400
Fax:          01654 702782

This is a good information source and is tied in with international
interests in energy saving and "green" matters generally.   They have a
lot of leaflets and a bookshop.
-- 
Charles (Joe) Stahelin
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK