Facts and nots : was Recommend Rebuilder?

[Farrell]

I've never tried to dry a whole log. You're talking many months, if not 
years for a large-diameter Sitka log to eqilibrate with its surroundings. 
I've dried two-inch-thick and one-inch-thick boards, and the two inch are 
definately more tempermental than the thinner boards. A whole log would need 
some very specific and very constant drying conditions.

Of course, I suppose just the ends check big-time. Maybe you could dry a log 
down quickly, letting the outer few inches or foot check as much as it 
wanted, and then the rest would be fine. Perhaps that is often the 
case......

Tery Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> Thanks Terry,
>
> I know that kiln drying can be controlled better than air drying for cut
> lumber, but could a log eventually dry as a log (before it's made into
> planks)?
> Could that make a difference?
>
> Marcel