John Andrews
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Since you fellas are a bottomless well of great knife making skills, I figured this is the best place to ask how to kitchen (electric) oven quick dry wood or how to microwave wood to dry.
I'll give him a holler and see if he has any secrets to share. Thanks, james! For my own wood I send out to be stabilized, I send it to WSSI, great folks. It isn't cheap, but the service is great and Mike and everyone there are great folks.contact ankrom exotics, he will give you info on the best way to dry your wood
I've never heard of that treatment before. It sets up pretty good and not gummy, huh? I am going to give that a try and see how it works, Stor.I've had success with microwaving green wood, as well as failures. You have to cook it at the lowest heat setting, and for only 1 min. at a time. Also, you need to let it cool down before re-heating it. It may take 5-10 heats. I'm lucky, living in the Pacific NW, where burl wood is plentiful, so I don't care if one piece fails. But truly the best way is long term curing in the shop. And I use the old Scandinavian "stabilization" via soaking in 50/50 linseed oil and turpentine. Good luck!
Eric Bergland