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GMC Publications How To Season And Dry Your Own Wood

This handbook takes the reader through the process of finding, processing, seasoning and drying their own unique timber and is aimed at independent woodworkers across a whole range of disciplines. To this day, most literature on seasoning and drying timber takes into account that the readers are dealing with timber by the kiln-load, but this title is aimed at one-man-bands, who work with small garden timber and writes in an entertaining and accessible manner. The book covers: anatomical structures of wood; identifying timber; sourcing timber; seasoning timber and drying timber.

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This handbook takes the reader through the process of finding, processing, seasoning & drying their own unique timber & is aimed at independent woodworkers across a whole range of disciplines. To this day, most literature on seasoning & drying timber takes into account that the readers are dealing with timber by the kiln-load, but this title is aimed at one-man-bands, who work with small garden timber & writes in an entertaining & accessible manner. The book covers: anatomical structures of wood; identifying timber; sourcing timber; seasoning timber & drying timber.

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Garden - An outside area with grass and foliage

Dry - A term used to describe an item with has little or no water present

Dry - A term used in wine making to describe the lack of sugar (sweetness)

garden - A planned space used for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.

Wood - A hard material found in trees. Used for tool making, fuel and construction.

Day - The time it takes a planet or other space objects to complete one rotation.

Small - something that takes up less space than normal.

Season - The separation of four parts of the year into Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.

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