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Started by Kbeitz, June 11, 2017, 05:40:30 PM

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Kbeitz

I got a good start on my solar kiln this week.



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

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Crossroads

Your making a portable solar kiln? That's cool, great idea. I look forward to watching this project progress
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Kbeitz

It wasn't going to be portable  until I started looking at everyone else's build.
I was also having a hard time finding a good place to put it so the kiln would
be getting max sunlight. Now I will be able to adjust it to the sun. Also being
on wheels might help with taxes. I got enough buildings.
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tawilson

Plus you can build it at your shop.
Tom
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KirkD

Excellent use for an old travel trailer frame and there are a lot of those around. Another plus I see is you could load it at the mill and move it to where you wanted it.
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Kbeitz

Quote from: KirkD on June 12, 2017, 03:54:03 PM
Excellent use for an old travel trailer frame and there are a lot of those around. Another plus I see is you could load it at the mill and move it to where you wanted it.

This one was not a travel trailer frame. It started is life as a floor that I had antique water pumps
bolted fast to. I could life the whole floor off my trailer when i needed the trailer for something else.
Them years later it became our DJ floor at out picnic area.

First picture is the pump floor.
Second picture is the DJ floor behind the dance floor. (very hard to see)

This whole floor is made up from scratch.



 



 
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plowboyswr

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Kbeitz

HOT 95f and I'm tired...



 



 
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Kbeitz

My projects are wearing me out.



 



 
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fishfighter

K, I hear you about this DanG heat. Same here too already. :(

YellowHammer

Quote from: Kbeitz on June 13, 2017, 07:22:21 PM
HOT 95f and I'm tired...
Wait until you start installing the panels, and it starts acting like a hot box.  Then it will really get like an oven.  I built mine when it was snowing, and was working inside in a short sleeve shirt. :D

The higher you build the front knee wall, the taller the rectangular stack of lumber you can load.
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Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

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bucknwfl

Watching with anticipation. k, how are you insulating the floor.

Thanks

Buck
If it was easy everybody would be doing it

Kbeitz

Quote from: bucknwfl on June 15, 2017, 08:24:50 AM
Watching with anticipation. k, how are you insulating the floor.

Thanks

Buck

I used 1-1/2" Styrofoam dense blocks.
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Kbeitz

Working solo sure is tough...



 



 
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Kbeitz

Today's work... I'm now off to the legion.



 
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Kbeitz

The framing is done except for the doors.
One heck of a lot of angles.



 



 



 
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Crusarius

That doesn't look very big?

Kbeitz

It's not...But it's big enough for me.
18ft tall
16ft long
6 ft wide.

Big enough for one pallet load of wood. That's my plan.
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Stephen1

I like it! I just found a large, inexpensive supply of windows just like yours.
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Kbeitz

I got the inside plywood on both angled sides today.
I also got the vents in.



 
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fishfighter


Kbeitz

Quote from: fishfighter on June 21, 2017, 11:53:58 AM
Looking good. ;D

Thanks...

I did not get enough done today to post any new pictures.
I'm putting up the inside plywood across the top inside.
It take so much time working around all the studs that its going slow.
I'm hoping tomorrow I will be done with that part.
Then come the itchy insulation. Uck...
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Kbeitz

Just a though today as I was building this kiln...
I was wondering if I could use this thing to help heat my home in the winter. ?
What do you all think ?  Dry wood in the summer and heat my home in the winter...
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GeneWengert-WoodDoc

In the winter, due to low sun angle and short daylight. The solar input is low, so you might heat the air from 32 F outside to 60 F during the day, but then you would have to heat the air further before it goes into your home.  Further, your home is perhaps 10x more volume than the kiln.

What does it cost per day to heat your home?  In WI with natural gas we had a bill of $50 for the coldest months for gas.  If the kiln save $5 per month or maybe $30 per year, the cost of piping would probably be much more.

On the other hand, if you have a garage that is unseated, a little solar heat would make the garage feel more comfortable during the day.
Gene - Author of articles in Sawmill & Woodlot and books: Drying Hardwood Lumber; VA Tech Solar Kiln; Sawing Edging & Trimming Hardwood Lumber. And more

Ljohnsaw

Quote from: GeneWengert-WoodDoc on June 21, 2017, 10:44:34 PM
What does it cost per day to heat your home?  In WI with natural gas we had a bill of $50 for the coldest months for gas.  If the kiln save $5 per month or maybe $30 per year, the cost of piping would probably be much more.
Wow.  I know your winters are a lot colder - my cold months (50 day/32 night) heating (to 65°) is $200-250/month for gas!
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