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.

Watching lumber dry may be as boring as watching paint dry, but soon, the amount of time needed to dry a piece of wood might decrease dramatically, according to Penn State forest resources expert.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 11 (UPI) -- Drying lumber is an expensive process but a Penn State researcher says the time and energy needed to dry a piece of wood may be dramatically reduced. Charles Ray ...

A sawmill’s decade-long environmental journey reaches another milestone this month as work starts on new drying kilns powered by sawdust. Cutting down trees sounds more like an environmental problem, ...

BRATTLEBORO -- The process of turning a red oak into a cabinet, flooring or a piece of furniture, can be long, arduous, daunting and costly. In the next month, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Vice President and ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Question: How much does lumber shrink in drying? We process red oak and yellow poplar mainly. ...