Need Advice At-Home Sterilization Kiln

[Geezermag]

Hi all,

I'm looking for some reviews/advice from anyone who has built a sterilization kiln (for finishing air-dryed lumber). I have a significant amount of air-dryed wood that I'd like to be able to sterilize for insects before bringing them in for builds or selling. Most of this is down to 10-12% MC, and I just want to make sure any insect inhabitants get evicted before building with it. I don't intend to ever use this to fully dry lumber from freshly-sawn green wood.

I'd like to be able to sterilize up to 200 bdft of 8/4 10' long material at a time, preferably with an electric, 110V heat source. If anyone has DIY'd one of these and can share their experience, that'd be great.

 

[Oka]

This is a good video of how to go about it. Looking at 3-500 bucks depending on how you do it.

Good luck

 

[scsmith42]

Jon,, the November 2008 issue of FWW had an article about a home built sterilization chamber. Attached is a copy of the article.

Scott

 

[Geezermag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVp7aJpMYXs

This is a good video of how to go about it. Looking at 3-500 bucks depending on how you do it.

Good luck

This is my favorite out of the kiln build videos I’ve seen on youtube. I’ll probably wind up with something very similar.

 

[Geezermag]

Jon,, the November 2008 issue of FWW had an article about a home built sterilization chamber. Attached is a copy of the article.

Scott

This is a great idea. I could definitely use something like this before drying the big batches.