ebay aution I won

I got 4 heavy pieces of wood 2 days after I paid.
That's fast service, but the endgrains are sealed with a wax and the side grains are sealed with a petrolium based product [by the odor] and these need allot of drying.

Anyone dry this species before?
I have done Alaskan Yellow Cedar 2x6s, and it took 2 years for the weight to stablize.

Most walnut needs at least 2 years to air dry, and 3 is better.

Clark,
I have dried English Walnut from Chico before. The guy I bought it from said birds were landing in it the week before (fresh cut). It took 3 years in Eastern Washington where it is very dry. I can only imagine you will be at least 4. Weight it and write the weights and dates on the stock.

Clark,
what ever you do, don't remove the wax from the end grain or try to force the drying process. The old rule of thumb is to expect it to take 1 year per inch of thickness but a lot depends on temp and humidity.

I read Hoadley's "Understanding Wood".
http://www.taunton.com/store/pages/070490.asp
I understand how the relative humidity maps on to the equilibrium moisture content in a "S" shaped tranform. And the content is linear with expansions radial, tangential, and longitudanal, each with thier own coeffiecients.

If the tangential and radial coefficients are not the same [only seems to be in boxwood] then the wood can crack on the ends if it drys too fast. It may check anyway.


So I will weigh, mark, and wait, weigh, mark, and wait.