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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (August 24, 1926)

Kiln Drying

Kiln Drying.

In all modern shops of any size, a drying kiln is installed. The ultimate cost of kiln-dried timber is less than that involved in carrying the large stocks necessary if one is to depend on air-dried material. Opinions may differ as to the merits or demerits of kiln-dried timber compared with air dried, but I do not think it can be shown that timber properly dried in a kiln is in any way inferior, while it is much cheaper and more convenient than that dried in the ordinary way by stick stacking. However, no matter which way we dry our timber it is essential that the timber be dried down to, but not below, the average humility of the atmosphere in the district in which the car is built.