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If you do steam bending I was told you don't want kiln dried wood..
Not sure why and not sure if its true.


I haven't tried steam bending, but have worked with kiln and air dried
versions of pine. Kiln dried wood is much more brittle. If you try
flexing a small piece of kiln dried and air dried wood, the air dried will
bend a bit before it breaks while the kiln dried just snaps.

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