Like Malcolm said, you need a dehumidifier. Heat helps. A dehumidifier doesn't work below 50 degrees and works very little unless it's warmer. Water has to condense on the coils. when it's cold that doesn't happen much.
I find if you move the air around the drying wood this will greatly enhance the process. Under cover and stickered outside can take two years if there is a nice breeze. If drying in a heated shop this will quite often result in warped and twisted wood.
is there any issue with taking, say, pecan wood and working it before its dried? I'm thinking of turning a carving mallet since I have a downed pecan tree in the yard and a non-existent wood-buying budget at the moment.
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