Dear Mike thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge on drying wood. Said with simple words and examples this video is the most thorough I have seen on drying wood. It well summarizes my observations over several years.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Glad you found it helpful and that it confirmed what you have observed.
@oldgeezer1746Ай бұрын
Good discussion of drying wood. These are question I get asked all the time. One thing I have had good success with is my Tom Dryer (named after a friend in my club who helped me build it). A Tom Dryer is simply a plastic 30 gallon garbage can with 1/2" holes drilled around the bottom and an old computer fan mounted on the top. I can 20 or more bowls in the can along with wet shavings. At least once a week I dump the contents, inspect and reload. This spring I wet turned 150 bowls from walnut, cherry, elm, and pear. Of those bowls I only had 3 that cracked. The Tom Dryer will decrease the drying time on a bowl with 1" walls from about 8 moths to six weeks or so. Best advice is turn wet bowls when you have opportunity, and dry bowls from the shelves.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
That’s a great way to dry wood. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@keithomilak3693Ай бұрын
5:55 another good comparison I've heard to differentiate free and bound water is to consider a water balloon. Water inside the balloon is bound, and the water outside the encasement is the free water.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@Joe-wi1yjАй бұрын
Mike, this is the most informative video I have seen on drying blanks. Thank you Joe
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
I'm glad you found it helpful!
@larryd6390Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Thanks for your support!
@matthewanderson324Ай бұрын
Here in AZ I put blanks in wastebasket liner bags and place them under the coffee table. For the first few months I take them out weekly and wipe them off and turn the bag inside out. I check and weigh them and put them back. If I find mold I clean with clorox wipes and spray peroxide and let it work then wipe and respray until no foam and use new bag. Usually it doesn't come back. It took just over a year to dry a 10 x 10 x 4 blank from 28% to 8%.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Sounds like you found a drying solution that works for you.
@colinchalmers1099Ай бұрын
Good advice Mike,I’ve tried multiple ways in the past,here in Tennessee,I try to keep it very simple,just leave them in a cool shed,with nothing sealed,if they crack after a week or two I seal them,if they don’t,I don’t seal them…….thanks for sharing,cheers Colin.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Glad you found a way that works for you.
@jimgardner5410Ай бұрын
Good video Mike with lots of information. I try and have a few first turned pieces in the corner all the time and use scales to see when the weight stabilises as you said. Good reminder about leaving in log form and full lengths if possible.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Cool, thanks
@glencrandall7051Ай бұрын
All good information. Very well presented. I am amazed at the large variety of trees you have on your property. Your back yard is virtually a shopping center. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Yes, I am fortunate to have access to a variety of woods. But I am sure you had similar before moving to Florida. Now you get domestically grown exotics!
@dennismcneill6829Ай бұрын
I have been turning urban timber for about 5 years now and have found what you describe as true. I live on the west coast of Florida and the variety of species is abundant. I would add that the more different species and the more wood you collect gives a better chance of success in drying your own blanks.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
I agree that variety is good. You never know what species is going to surprise you. And you are right in that they all have thier drying and wood movement characteristics.
@williambuckley1185Ай бұрын
Good lesson Mike, Thanks.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
You bet!
@davidmorgan7522Ай бұрын
Great video Mike! I have an old crock pot that I have about half filled with wax. When I need to seal a piece, I turn it on and it's ready when I am. That way I can dip a small piece or plain it on with a brush. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Take care, Dave
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
A crock pot! It has been so long since I made sanding butter or abrasive paste I forgot I had one I could have used instead of buying a used electric skillet.
@billthompson9482Ай бұрын
I pack my bowl blanks in the shavings then put them in a paper lawn bag. I may put 4 or 5 blanks in the bag put the date and leave them in the basement for 6 to 9 months. They are then ready for returning. I have had very good success with this. I live on Long island NY high humidity.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Glad to hear you've found a successful method for drying bowls in a high humidity environment. Here in GA I find packing in shavings leads to mold. One solution does not fit all parts of the country.
@nitrousblast1Ай бұрын
Hey Mike, thanks for all the good information on drying techniques. I use anchor seal successfully on most wood, cherry and plum being the big exceptions. I recently saw a video where they were making small items from branches and they drilled out the pith and once the project is nearly complete they put a plug of another or the same species. Have you heard of or tried that technique and if so was it successful at reducing cracking? I just picked up a bunch of maple branches and thought i would try it. Thanks again for all the great info.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
I have tried that technique myself on larger projects like HFs. an it helps. I would supose it would work on smaller branch projects as well. Unless you have a project that calls for keeping the bark on, it is more work than it is worth for me. I break down larger wood into spindle stock so I always have plenty on hand. Spindle stock in 2" squares rarely cracks when sealed.
@knothead5Ай бұрын
One inch a year? I might not live long enough to turn a piece of dry wood! However, Mike, you give great information for drying wood, causes of cracking, etc. Thanks.
@matthewanderson324Ай бұрын
1 inch a year is a generalization. Every situation is different.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Absolutely right. You have to be careful in applying a general rule of thumb.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Yes, it takes a while to dry a big blank. That is why we turn green.
@maryarp179Ай бұрын
I have been drying with desicant for the last year with lots of success. No cracks and minimal warping.
@DavidBird-uu8kmАй бұрын
Thanks for the information.
@izgood2bking7023 күн бұрын
I appreciate this video very much, but I didn't catch something in curious about. In other videos you've discussed green turning boxes then letting them dry, but didn't mention sealing the ends. Have you found there is no reason to use a sealer on green box pieces?
@MikePeaceWoodturning3 күн бұрын
Correct. By the time you roughed out the box there is virtually no risk of cracking requiring you to slow down the drying process.
@metodemersicАй бұрын
Thank you, mr. Peace. Very informative video. Learned some new information, you confirmed some of my thinking and corrected me with some comments. I also have a question for you. When you cover green wood or put rough turned bowls into paper bags or cardboxes, do you have any problems with mold. Often when i cover really green rough turned bowls in a day or two, i can already see mold developing. I tried waiting a bit before covering, but i am afraid of cracking. Thank you and God is good indeed.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
Thanks for bringing up mold which I did not mention because I generally do not have a problem with it. Yes, leaving out for a day before bagging may allow some of the free water to escape. You can often blow some water out of the "straws" with an air compressor. Changing bags every other day or so can help. Usually mold is only on the surface and is easily removed when turning. I would wear a mask.
@metodemersicАй бұрын
@MikePeaceWoodturning Great advice, using compresed air to blow some of the water out. Will try first thing. And also after rough turning few hundred bowls now and having them stacked, some more then a few years, i noticed there is a microclimate in that corner, as I keep adding new wet rough turned bowls there. When it becomes too humid, i turn on a fan for a few hours or create a draft, so it doesn't develop mold. Seems to work fine without sealing endgrain. Tomislav does something similar and being 100 miles away, it works for both of us.
@DKWalserАй бұрын
In addition to Mike's excellent advice, allow me to offer the following suggestion: If mold is a frequent problem where you live, apply a light mist of chlorine bleach to the blank before placing it in a paper bag. The bleach will kill any mold spores on the surface of the wood and, we hope, the air in the bag won't contain enough spores to cause a problem. HTH.
@FlyingstationwagonАй бұрын
Tito’s I see in your videos. Cheers
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
What is a Tito?
@FlyingstationwagonАй бұрын
Tito’s is Handmade Vodka
@SlightlyRottenCarvingАй бұрын
Hello Mike, I appreciate the information that you're sharing. I'm new to wood turning and I currently turn wood after I've dried it in my DIY kiln. I acquired some silver maple from my mechanic's house and I'm thinking of turning it while wet. Is it really that much better? Do you have special bandsaw blades for "live" wood? Thanks.
@MikePeaceWoodturningАй бұрын
You have to try wet turning for yourself. Here is the BS blade I use kzbin.info/www/bejne/poitnKScp62JfcU