If I get similar results next week one of those puppies is getting split to read with MM and they both go in the beast
Based on your initial MM reading you are at 15.9 on the first piece and 16.1 on the second. What kind of surface temp is the wood showing? Do you have an IR thermometer?
Jan. 17, 2016 Weight 25.0 LB 5 lbs water lost / .2230Pts % = 22.42 %pts lost 30% MC original - 22.42% lost = 7.58 % current MC
Piece #2 Weight when cut = 29.6 %MC - 30% per MM 29.6 / 130 = .228 parts of wood and water 100 * .228 = 22.8 lbs of wood 29.6-25.8 = 3.8Lb water lost 3.8/ .228 = 16.6 %pts lost 30-16.6 = 13.4% current MC
Ill be splitting and burning these buggers tonight.... Also i should have the camera needed for a time lapse photo shoot on my BK princess
Starting weight was 29 lb, loss of 4 pounds. So it's moisture content is going to be about what the other piece is.
Try running your meter every 1/4 inch from the outside in. I have to think that the outside is going to be a lot drier than the inside.
So this ended a bit different than i thought it would, I split the heavier one. It was dry enough to be miserable, stringy dammed Hackberry. My 5ton Homelite electric in the stove room wouldnt do it so i had to go out and use the gas machine. The pics tell the tale, as Paul bunion thought the inside was still significantly more wet than the outside. 14% in the sapwood and 26-27% in the heartwood... This is my first try at this and next time might try another species and pay closer attention to temperature of the wood, i honestly cant recall the temp the day i cut them. Its sad because i knew it was a factor but was so excited to start the fun that i forgot to take it into account. Well hers theor it didnt happen right.
