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    Effect of wet bulb depression on heat sterilization time of slash pine lumber
    For international trade, heat sterilization of wood products is often required to prevent the spread of insects and pathogens. Application of heat sterilization requires estimates of the time necessary to heat the center of the wood configuration to the temperature required to kill the insect or oth ......

    Bug Control in Ash and Oak
    Details about the heat conditions required to kill insects in a load of lumber being kiln-dried. March 28, 2012

    Dealing with Insects in Furniture
    Advice on heat-treating a Persimmon hutch that is being attacked by beetles. February 14, 2010

    Does Vacuum Kill Insects?
    Nope, you need heat to kill bugs in wood (and don't call them bugs). March 4, 2009

    Heat Sources for a Dehumidifying Kiln
    A discussion of the safety and practicality of various ways to heat air for a dehumidification kiln. November 14, 2009

    Eradicating an Insect Infestation
    A load of insect-infested reclaimed wood may have contaminated a whole operation. What to do? April 20, 2011

    Controlling Powderpost Beetles in Stored Lumber
    Heat plus good hygeine are the standard recommendations, but this discussion also considers some alternative notions. November 14, 2009

    Dehumidifier Kiln Drying and Insects
    Cooler temperatures in a DH kiln aren't a reliable way to kill all insects, but the dryness will get some of them. May 18, 2010

    Home-Built Dehumidifying Kilns
    Practical issues and concerns with building a drying kiln that uses an off-the-shelf dehumidifier or a salvaged commercial air conditioner instead of air venting. July 13, 2006

    Preventing Insect Infestation in Lumber Production
    Pesticides have limited usefulness and significant hazards. Good yard hygeine and application of heat are the more practical choices. February 14, 2006

    Heat Treating Wood for Overseas Shipment
    The rules for heat-treating lumber for shipment overseas are impracticable because of the likely damage to both the lumber and the treating kiln. January 12, 2015

    How Much Heat is Enough to Kill Insects?
    Information on the ranges of temperature and time required to kill bugs in wood. November 8, 2007

    Building a Small Drying Kiln
    A long discussion of the considerations involved in building and operating a small backyard or garage kiln. August 8, 2008

    Long-Term Storage of Air-Dried Lumber
    Air-dried lumber left in drying stacks for long periods without kiln-drying is at high risk for insect damage and spoilage. June 18, 2010

    Bugs in air-dried ash
    Can a stack of ash be saved from an infestation of powderpost beetles? June 20, 2000

    Treating Air-Dried Wood with Pesticides
    Surface-applied pesticides may be dangerous or even illegal, and will probably do no good. Instead, heat-treat wood to kill bugs. February 14, 2006

    Drying Ash Flooring
    Kiln-drying is essential to kill bugs and achieve the proper low moisture content for stability in service. May 11, 2005

    Home-Built Dehumidification Kilns
    Here's a long discussion of small, inexpensive dehumidifier kiln design, including a consideration of the fire risks involved. September 17, 2012

    Alternatives to Fumigating Furniture for Bugs
    if you're careful. April 24, 2014

    Heating Old Wood to Kill Bugs
    Thirty minutes at 130 degrees F should do it. September 27, 2008

    Drying with Moderate Heat
    Here's info on how various types of wood will respond to conditions in a home-built drying room that doesn't get much warmer than 120°F. There's a useful lecture here on how case-hardening occurs. May 16, 2008

    Bug Control: Pesticide, or a Salamander Heater?
    Warnings: Pesticides will likely not penetrate lumber and kill a particular pest, and heating wood with fuel combustion exhaust can cause discoloration. January 28, 2014

    White Ash, Emerald Borer, Quarantine, and De-Barking
    Technical and legal isues relating to log transport, hygeine, and limiting the spread of damaging insect infestations. September 6, 2010

    Powder Post Beetle Infestation
    Don't put those timbers in your house. January 29, 2009

    Time and Temperature to Kill Bugs
    Advice on heat treating for pest control. October 17, 2012

    Managing Mold while Drying Cookies with Pentacryl
    In a specialized air-drying situation, a woodworker puzzles over how to deal with surface fungus growth. April 20, 2011

    Borate-Treating Freshly Sawn Wood
    Ideas, thoughts, and tips for using borax and borate solutions to make green lumber bug-resistant. June 12, 2006

    Solar Drying Kiln Q&A
    Basic questions and answers on vent sizing and temperature conditions in a solar kiln. January 18, 2011

    Worm Holes in Mahogany
    Worm holes aren't always considered as a defect in Mahogany, but they do leave you wondering whether the critters will come back. July 30, 2007

    Wormy Cherry Lumber
    A furnituremaker gets help figuring out what kind of critter made holes in his nice Cherry boards (and hears that some people consider them an improvement). April 21, 2008

    Is it Worth Kiln-Drying Firewood?
    Considering the cost of kiln construction and energy inputs versus the value of extra-dry firewood, it's hard to see how the dollars make sense. January 27, 2008

    Lowering Wood Moisture Content
    A woodworker has some lumber at 12% moisture content that he wants to dry down to 9%. Here are some quick and cheap ways to accomplish that. October 19, 2013

    Powderpost Beetle Infestation
    A load of lumber bought at an auction turns out to have tiny beetle holes in it. Now what? October 19, 2013

    Air-Drying Wood in a Grain Bin
    A discussion of air-drying sheds light on issues relating to target moisture content. July 28, 2008

    Drying Schedule for Red Oak
    Advice for a kiln operator on drying rates and humidity and heat settings for drying Red Oak in a dehumidifier kiln. October 3, 2009

    Self Air-Drying Versus Kiln-Drying
    Carefully air-drying wood yourself may be preferable to trusting the load to a less-than-perfect kiln-drying operation. January 18, 2011

    Powder Post Beetles in Furniture
    A woodworker sees the exit holes and decides to bake some wood. January 18, 2011

    Powder Post Beetles in Plywood
    Amazingly, the bugs are not killed by plywood manufacturing methods, and can lurk inside plywood for years. October 27, 2011

    Cutting Slabs
    12/02/2013

    Air Drying, Moisture Content, and Useability
    How long will air-drying take to get wood to a stable moisture equilibrium? And would kiln-drying be better? September 6, 2010

    Diagnosing a Beetle Infestation
    The Wood Doctor discusses the risk indicated by insect exit holes appearing in wood recently brought indoors. April 30, 2009

    Beetle Troubles
    Tips on dealing with lyctid (powderpost) beetles and the less troublesome anobiid beetle. April 27, 2007

    Protecting Fresh Wood from Bugs
    Chemical means have drawbacks and are not very effective. So good drying and careful hygeine in the the yard are your best methods for keeping wood bug-free. April 20, 2011

    Do Borate Treatments Interfere with Finishing?
    Advice on using a borate insecticide before finishing wood. February 1, 2015

    Using Air-Dried Lumber for Furniture
    There are risks, but some say it can be done. April 19, 2006

    Treating wood worm infestations
    How to arrest an infestation of wood worms before they migrate to other furniture. 1998.

    Making Furniture from Air-Dried Oak?
    A beginner asks about drying wood for use in rustic furniture. April 20, 2011

    Ridding one's house of powderpost beetles
    What to do upon discovering an infestatoin of powderpost beetles. 1998.

    Air-Drying Versus Kiln-Drying for High-Value Wood
    Done right, kiln-drying gives you better control over quality. June 9, 2007

    Buying Lumber at Auction
    Tips on assessing the quality of air-dried hardwood up for sale at a small auction. October 3, 2009

    What Causes Ring Shake?
    Speculations and discussion on science relating to ring shake. April 10, 2005

    Storing Wood in a Subtropical Climate
    Thoughts on how to keep air-dried lumber sawn on site from decaying while stored for a season or two — in Nicaragua June 22, 2012

    Sterilizing Lumber
    Definition and methods of sterilizing lumber

    Spraying Logs with Insecticide
    Treating logs with bug spray before sawing is a bad idea, says the Wood Doc — ineffective as well as hazardous. October 30, 2005

    Milling Wood Flooring on a Shaper
    Extensive advice on how to make hardwood strip flooring on a cabinet-shop shaper. April 19, 2006

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    Re: storing wood outside in a shipping container
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Architectural Woodworking Forum (4/22) -- When storing wood, we basically have two concerns: 1) Insect damage and 2) ch ...

    green house as kiln or just to sterilize lumber of boring pests
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (7/1) -- I have a trailer load of lumber with 1 inch spacers (1 inch pine boards)that I am plan ...

    Re: green house as kiln or just to sterilize lumber of boring pests
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (12/15) -- Heating the wood to 133 F throughout will kill the beetles, the larva, and the eggs. ...

    Re: Free Webinar, 8/26/2020 Drying oak And Maple
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (8/26) -- Gene, and others, I will not be able to attend the Webinar due to work, but have the ...

    Re: Fixing Wood Infestation
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (4/8) -- The first step is to kill the beetles and their larva and maybe eggs. This does sound ...

    bugs
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (4/24) -- I have been milling full time for over 10 years and seem to be getting a larger bug p ...

    Ambrosia MAple
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (11/26) -- A colleague of mine asked about some ambrosia maple that has been kilned dried, but ...

    Re: Solar drying fire wood to kill all insects
    A message posted at WOODWEB's Sawing and Drying Forum (10/2/23) -- It's not the moisture content that counts, it's the heat. The center of your piece ...

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