Ben Uyeda learns about Wood Drying Kilns

I took a tour of my favorite local lumber yard and checked out how they use iDRY kilns to turn raw wood into finished lumber. I have been curious about how much wood drying kilns cost and in general about the challenges of creating a lumber business and it was fun to learn about these woodworking business topics,
To learn more about these iDRY kilns go to:
idrywood.com/
Link to the floating bed video
• Making a FLOATING BED 2.0
AE Wood Products is the local lumber yard I went to:
aewoodproducts.com/
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[@A.Mere.Creator]

Very insightful video, can't wait to see what you do with the walnut cookies

[@BenUyeda1]

Coming soon!

[@A..n..d..y]

Don't know much about you as this is my first video I watched from you but think about moving the slabs around - you need a tractor or forklift. Maybe you already have the machine - not sure, maybe you already have a mill that can really wide boards, and then maybe you already have a way to flatten the boards once dried.

[@ddutton0]

Really interesting topic. In Shanon Roger’s lumber industry update podcast he had an arborist on recently. It seems the main issue is not sourcing wood but finding someone who will run the sawmill as an employee.

[@BenUyeda1]

I will check that out! thanks!

[@GibClark]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

milling and drying is a full time job . You need Lage machinery to move large logs . Unless you are using a hundreds of slabs I would stick to buying them as needed . You will also need a humidity controlled area to store the dried lumber and it will never be big enough . Just a few things to consider . Good luck either way .

[@HanthoCustomSawmill]

It’s about $200k just for the sawmill, kiln and equipment to handle the logs

[@thirdspacemaker9141]

Interesting video! I didn’t even remember that I was subscribed to this channel. Is the podcast permanently closed? I really miss it. 😭

[@BenUyeda1]

coming back soon as a video show

[@thirdspacemaker9141]

@@BenUyeda1 Awesome!

[@hamburgerzzzzz]

A nice beefy slab

[@amycagle6618]

Check out Matthew Cremona on youtube. He has a mill and a contact with a pressure vaccuum kiln that keeps the slabs flat.

[@BenUyeda1]

Love his content!

[@yanobou]

Energy costs?

[@BenUyeda1]

good question! I will ask iDRY

[@HanthoCustomSawmill]

In my area $300-$500 per month for electric but we have one of the cheapest energy bills in the nation.