[Go4it]

I mill a lot of my wood. In the drying process I paint the ends but still ( after 6
Months ) End up with a lot of curved and cracked ends. I going to mill up about 300’ of cherry wood and would like to have a better outcome. Any ideas?

 

[mark sr]

How are you storing it?

 

[Go4it]

Drying it in heated garage in winter

 

[SeniorSitizen]

With the stickers about a ft. from the end of the stack, try wrapping the end of the complete stack with Visqueen to slow the drying process of the ends to nearer the drying rate of the mid section but continue painting the ends with a recommended sealer. And then there is lumber that will just be lumber no matter what we do even if we parked a freight train on top of it.


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[mark sr]

I guess I should have said how is the lumber stacked? you want space between each board with supports every so often. If I covered it with plastic I think I'd want to remove the plastic every so often to let the moisture escape.


I've always stored saw mill lumber in the barn stacked/space with no special precautions - for the most part it does well.

 

[SeniorSitizen]

I only recommend wrapping the stack ends about 8-10 inches with the stickers in about 12 inches from the end. This will allow some atmospheric air contact to the end material and as the larger portion of the board dries, moisture from the end area will travel to that drier portion if that occurs.


Viewing this stack of my son's the stickers are too close to the ends to effectively do the visqueen thing.


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[Nealtw]

Sealing the ends prevent the fast drying but wood still has stresses in it and nothing is going to stop stress cracking.

 

[Go4it]

Started milling the cherry wood .. looks awesome just wish I had a band saw mill .. using a alaskan chain saw mill..

 

[Go4it]

In milling the cherry wood the inside is rotten... but that’s good.. after you clean it out it’s perfect for river tables.... BUT it takes 6 months for it to dry to see how it turns out

 

[XSleeper]

Out of curiosity, what are you painting the ends with? Maybe something like Anchorseal would help.

And you might find this resource helpful. Especially where it talks about weighting and clamping your stickered wood piles.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAVegQIBRAC&usg=AOvVaw2w7PwHGpCxGW_G_0_NTVoi

 

[Go4it]

I use anchorseal, use stickers about every foot and have a box fan on medium