Keep building materials local by building a DIY wood kiln to dry locally harvested and milled lumber. After being inspired by creations they’d spotted online, The Farm at Okefenokee co-founder Jeff ...

PHOTO PROVIDED Kat Wysnewski’s art class at Sugar Valley Rural Charter School has created a homemade kiln. This kiln was ...

Alex Jennes wore the eyes of a new father and the fascinated grin of a kid playing with fire as he threw logs into the wooden kiln at the Clay Center of Northern Colorado in downtown Greeley. He’d ...

Oftentimes, hardwood lumber drying begins with exposure to an uncontrolled outside environment in a process called air drying. At times, loss of quality in this process can be in excess of 10 percent.