Electrical Seasoning Of Timber [best] -

Arlo Vance had been seasoning timber for thirty-seven years — first in open sheds, then in steam-heated kilns, and finally in vacuum chambers that could suck water from a two-inch plank faster than a desert wind. But nothing he had ever used prepared him for the hum .

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: Technicians measure the timber's electrical resistance at specific intervals. Arlo Vance had been seasoning timber for thirty-seven

On the third day, the timber began to sing. then in steam-heated kilns

While it sounds like science fiction, the principle is straightforward. By passing high-frequency electric current through the wood, the internal friction of the wood molecules generates rapid, uniform heat. Unlike conventional methods that dry the outside first, electrical seasoning heats the timber from the inside out.