Air Drying of Lumber: A Guide to Industry Practices Tool Belt Multifunctional Design: The distinctive hooked

Multifunctional Design: The distinctive hooked blade tip serves double duty—anchoring cuts on difficult angles while also functioning as a practical tool for pulling down vines

Then insert the knife into the slit moving back and forth about ten times pushing to the roller lightly

then the eye section receives additional drying to below 10% moisture content—well below typical air-dried levels

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Air Drying of Lumber: A Guide to Industry Practices Tool Belt Multifunctional Design: The distinctive hookedDescribes how lumber can be dried most effectively under outdoor conditions, and illustrates air drying principles and procedures developed through field investigations and observations of industrial practices. Particular emphasis is placed on the yarding of lumber in unit packages. Included are such subjects as why lumber is dried, advantages and limitations of the process, properties of wood in relation to drying, the drying yard layout, piling