He Discovered a Game Changer for Growing a Woodworking Business | iDry Kiln

[@731Woodworks]

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[@kumosworkshop]

This is amazing. And the fact that they just use fallen trees, makes it even better. I'm definitely gonna have to get with them once I'm finally settled on a new house.

[@carolwingert64]

Was I the only one drooling over all those beautiful slabs of wood? Also much respect on how you obtain your product.

[@markpuente5569]

Matt, Amazing feature on another local business. I buy from Jake and he is awesome to partner with. Thanks for brining this element of the woodworking business to our attention! Keep the videos coming.

[@dwighttrumbower164]

I have a vacuum kiln drier just up the road from me. He specializes in curly figured wood. Great resource to have. Wood comes out straighter and fewer cracks.

[@donniebrown4368]

I've been looking for a company that sales hardwood like walnut and maple for cabinets .

[@scottbitz5222]

It was great to hear he uses upcycled wood that'd regularly be discarded or chopped into firewood! I'm really fortunate that one of the largest Arborist companies in SE Wisconsin does a really similar thing by taking hardwood (and even some nicer pine boards from taking down old barns, houses, etc) that they cut down themselves and milling S2S slabs and boards. I was able to make a dozen Cutting Boards and Charcuterie boards off of $125 worth of hardwood boards that likely would have cost me more if they weren't upcycled! This specific company does have a managed forest they collect wood from for other things, but the store I use is all upcycled wood and the other stuff is more for large hardwood dealers.

[@AndrewDeLong]

We just visited the iDry facility this past week. Our shop is looking into one of their newer creations, the Air dry system. Gotta say, the factory tour was enlightening, and the staff there were very knowledgeable and helpful. We're likely going to end up buying from them.

[@russellbraeuer2512]

Wow, great content to share. I enjoyed learning about a small business and how vacuum kiln works.

[@731Woodworks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeremyhuggins8796]

That was very interesting Matt! Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@731Woodworks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheresaBDIY]

Absolutely awesome! I’ve bought a charcuterie board kit from the mill and it’s gorgeous!

[@jarodmorris611]

Oh I'm jealous of that system, borderline converting ;)

[@thomasmcmahan2014]

Loved the video! Loved learning about the iDry system and just a local business like that, that started on a small mill and has grown to what it is now.

[@jimallen6197]

The iDry would look awesome in my driveway!!😂😂 This is the way we will have to go from here on out, mill your own lumber or buy from someone like Jake.

[@731Woodworks]

It would look AMAZING in your driveway!

[@raynechantel2738]

great video and information. Thank you Matt for bringing this to us!!! I'm gonna sub to Ol Loggin!!!!

[@ronswoodshack]

That’s really cool!!! Thanks Mighty Matt

[@goodscustomfurniture]

An awesome video again Matt. Thank you for sharing this content with us. Giving me some more ideas to check out. I hope you all have a Wonderful and Blessed Day!!!

[@731Woodworks]

Thanks! You too!

[@jerime1]

My dad and I just purchased a mill for our farm. My dream is to have an iDry to go with it. Baby steps.

[@GrantButler]

Now I want one

[@jessec8562]

This is a true game changer if it’s proven not to just case harden the wood, very exciting

[@chuckzechman7390]

Fascinating, good info. God Bless Brother!

[@russmartin4189]

Whar a great business! I booked marked Ole Loggin. Don't know if I will be buying anything, but I like the guy and what he is doing. If I was young again, and living in a an area with a lot of trees and storm damage, I would try to start a business like that. The problem for me was always money. I never had any money to start up.

[@hansdegroot8549]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

[@731Woodworks]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bigdogmn73]

Love it! If I won the lottery I would do this for a living..lol

[@everythingscott4660]

We have lots of walnut in NC.

[@darrinlindsey]

How many slabs did you take home with you?

[@731Woodworks]

lol none. I sure wanted some of them. I took some charcuterie kits he sells and some epoxy. I didn't have room in the shop to store the slabs lol

[@bobwiese6128]

Amazing

[@jimh472]

Wow, the amount of time to get dry lumber is amazing.

[@731Woodworks]

Yes it is. I found learning about this fascinating. A lot of work goes into it before us woodworkers get the lumber.

[@Biker-ux1fz]

How much can you charge per board foot to custom dry? ( most species)

[@tom.coomes]

Great video, very interesting. Is one of these going to be a future purchase for you?😁 Love your videos Matt, whenever I see a new one posted I have to watch as soon as I can.

[@731Woodworks]

Thank you Tom! No sir, I am not interested in owning a saw mill or drying service. I just thought it was very interesting and was happy to get the opportunity to make the video.

[@tom.coomes]

@@731Woodworks It was like a school field trip somewhere that is actually fun and cool.

[@roysuggs3635]

I'm in NC, we have walnut, maby not as much as you but we have it.

[@The_Conqueeftador]

I always wondered what would be wrong with a giant microwave set up with the temperature on low. Alot of woodturners microwaven green wood all the time and it comes out ready to use. Is it some old habits die hard type of thing that people still rely on kilns or is it really the only way?

[@aleemdawud4834]

Where can you buy the ldry at

[@BadAppleWoodwerx]

I have a lot of body water too Jake. 🤣😂🤣

[@KDesignTek]

Omg!!! Ol LOGGIN.... Jake.... needs to take it down 5 levels on that voice... YELLING!!! Looking at Mr. Clean His face is priceless! It's like he is saying look at the camera Jake! plz take the voice down your yelling again.... making my show look like a joke!

[@MarbleFoxGamer]

6:57 Okay... Now he's starting to warm up and get comfortable

[@731Woodworks]

It is very intimidating being on camera especially being interviewed by someone you don’t know. He did an excellent job

[@MarbleFoxGamer]

@@731Woodworks Agreed! He did fantastic. It just took him some time to warm up, but I am happy about knowing to get a good slab of walnut. Hey, does he do pecan as well? I've always wanted to work with a slab of pecan and it's hard to get where I live now near Chicago

[@handles438]

@@MarbleFoxGamer shoulda put him in the iDry first, he'd a warmed up a lot faster

[@MarbleFoxGamer]

@@handles438 bahahaha now that's funny 🤣... But for safety reasons, plz don't put anyone in the idry

[@necrojoe]

I've had such bad luck with quick kiln-dried wood having built-up tension (case hardening). Does the vacuum aspect reduce those problems?

[@paulgrenier2279]

It sure does! Vacuum pulls the moisture from the core through the whole drying process, making it super even and prevents the case hardening you have experienced from other fast drying.

[@TheGiantWoodworks]

Damn what a kiln! *insert heart eyes here*

[@JasonPeltier]

that's the intro model... look on their site for the big pappy model ;)

[@TheGiantWoodworks]

@@JasonPeltier I KNOW!! I took a gander at their site and instantly cried a little realizing that i desperately need one

[@TheGiantWoodworks]

Gotta work from my 21 year old budget for a hot minute before I can indulge into one of these beauts haha

[@johnathansaenz5226]

Love the video. Not relevant but how do I become a member and get access to member content. You’re my favorite KZbin creature and as a fellow believer I want to follow your dual purpose content.

[@731Woodworks]

Thank you. There is a link in the description of the video about how to join channel membership

[@johnathansaenz5226]

@@731Woodworks I’ve tried clicking on the link. Both on web and on the apps. It just sends you to the main page. I’m already a subscriber. Lol I’ve been a subscriber for a decent amount of time. This is more than likely operator error. Technology isn’t my strong suit but the link doesn’t send you there.

[@731Woodworks]

@@johnathansaenz5226 Sorry you're having trouble. Here is the direct link kzbin.info/door/SLClJLzdUMRMe0E4SPfc-wjoin Make sure pop ups are enabled. It will take you to the main page and a pop up video with membership info should show up.

[@johnathansaenz5226]

@@731Woodworks What what !!! I’m now a member ! Thanks for the help!

[@731Woodworks]

@@johnathansaenz5226 Awesome! WELCOME! Thank you for the support!

[@chrisernst68]

I dont know anything about this company but they are advertising slabs as being much more board feet than they actually are. One slab is labeled as 24 bf but is 24"x48"x2". Which is actually 16 by. That's a huge discrepancy and is not the only one.

[@ollogginsawmill5849]

That’s because it was milled at 3” thick and then surfaced flat on both sides to 2”. You’re paying for the milled product. It’s like buying a 2x4 at a box store but when you measure it it’s really 1.5”x3.5” finished. Hope this makes sense and apologize for the confusion.

[@wittworks]

Well crap. Now I want a warehouse and an idry.

[@marfy01]

We have a production sawmill here , how is a 5-6week dry time going to make a sawmill sustain? As a hobby or doing specific milling orders on hardwoods , I think this is awesome. I’m in production, I can’t see this system being practical on our scale. We would need 10 of them

[@jeremyroberts4455]

Kool but NC has plenty of black walnut trees

[@proverbshouse3048]

So the elephant in the room question: What are the price differences between the 3 different drying methods? All with the same size material and wood species. Air dry Standard Kiln dry I Dry

[@paulgrenier2279]

You did hear the part about 1 year ROI on a 90k kiln right? Air drying is $0 investment and a $0 dollar return on investment for 3 years. You still won’t have heat treated wood and a bug could crawl out of right after you build something with it.

[@joelw6215]

I want an idry so bad but they are over 100k :(. At least from my little research I’ve done.

[@paulgrenier2279]

They start at 59k and there are leases available

[@stevenwoodcock8702]

These units a nice but not everyone can afford 90k. That's crazy.

[@FixItFrench]

The dream

[@731Woodworks]

Chase it!

[@FixItFrench]

@@731Woodworks you know it 👊🏼

[@markwilliams7350]

Texas has walnut trees.....

[@daveprice9128]

$139,000 IDRY with trolly

[@chrismunsterman1168]

Great I Dry commercial . My experience with drying 2600 bf of Claro Walnut was nothing like the advertisement at all . After 3 months the walnut slabs, the ones that were dry had honeycomb all through out the slabs . The ones that didn't had water pockets . I paid 5500 dollars to have 2600 board foot of walnut ruined so I have little faith in 3 weeks green to dry as claimed!! Its total BS . We all live and learn and my lesson was there might be a faster way to dry material but beware .

[@paulgrenier2279]

Hey Chris, Paul from iDRY. Claro walnut is arguably the hardest species to dry. The vast majority of other species dry amazing in our kilns. Claro Walnut no so much. When customers call me and say that they want to dry Claro Walnut, I let them know they are better or air drying, or possibly using a DH.

[@nelson7940]

Must be nice to have money.

[@davidchilders3574]

That thing looks like it's been abused!

[@731Woodworks]

Naw just a little unloading incident lol

[@davidchilders3574]

Oh. Shabby sheek! 😂

[@marfy01]

5-6 weeks , yikes.