Drying the pine

The fir that has been stacked in the guest suite is now dry. I moved this down to the workshop and stacked some of the wet pine. The moisture tester showed that it the moisture content was above 20%. The wood has some nice character, much of the wood has nice beatle stain and the quality of the wood looks good.

I will have to restack the rest of the wood and put stickers between the boards to ensure that they dry evenly. That will be tomorrows job.

Dollar Saver lumber mill is awesome

Homer and I dropped off 2 lifts of 1x8 pine that Ernie Kragt had milled up for me. The two lifts were a bit on the wet side so the trailer was nicely loaded. Dollar Saver initially told me that they didn't know when the lifts would be done. They called me the next day and told me the lifts were finished.

Wow now that is efficient.

Bax, my right hand man

Bax cut up 10 box sides. I decided to put them behind my stove. They already are pretty dry but it never hurts to dry them further.

Here bax is trimming the sides to the bottom of the boxes. I took the picture through the hole in the floor from the second floor guest suite to the workshop below. This is a great way to supervise the progress.

It is always important for a test fit.

Here bax is trimming the bottom of the boxes to ensure a good fit.


Rounding over the edges ensure that the bottom edge looks finished. It still will be necessary to complete with some additional sanding.