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Martin H. Eastburn Martin H. Eastburn is offline
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Default Mico wave drying of wood

Microwave at low power. Have the bowl in a towel.
There will be sap and waters coming out. Old towel or shop one.

The wood is as plastic when hot. Go slow and look for light steam.

It is hard to say in wattage - I think ours was a 600Watt tank that
died after 30+ years. So 2-300 watt would be safe.

If only drying - cook some and if you see much steam - stop and allow
to cool - work slow - it can split - it can change shape.

I did bows when 2or 3 x thick in the rims - mostly roughed out.

I also did it with finished bowls and when really hot - slowly
squeezed them and bound them in non-circular shapes. Sand before!!

Martin

randyswoodshoop wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have a method they use to dry green wood in the micro
wave.

How big can the piece be? Any special rules on sealing?