How long to dry? I could set up an enhanced solar drying area for that size wood pretty easy.
this may sound finicky, but this is how i like to do it.
*moisture leaving wood in a rapid time is what causes warping*
1) buy clear fir 2x3's from home depot at $1.63 a piece. i buy WAY more than i'll need, so i can weed out the bad boards as the process goes along.
2)cut the good parts out, and let them sit in shop for 2-3weeks.
3)resaw 2x3's into smaller straighter pieces, let sit in shop for another 2-3 weeks.
4)run all boards through plainer on all four sides to ensure flat and true.
5)let them sit in shop for another week.
6)pick out the blade stock and glue up one layer with gorilla glue. i like to make my blanks with two layers with offset joints. so say 5 boards wide on the bottom, and five boards wide on the top with half the width offset to get a staggered glue up.
7) glue up the top half.
8)individually run the top half glue up and the bottom half glue up through the plainer.
9)glue top and bottom half together with gorilla glue.
10) rough out with chainsaw.
as far as the chainsaw jigs, i just draw out each station full size to get the correct drop ect. for each station. then just add the offset for the chainsaw guides/slides (steel bolted to bar) and you can cut the sides of the jig with a jigsaw.
now if someone just had an unlimited stock of clear straight 3x10 redwood, this process would be soo much easier!
adam
