Questions about green ebony logs, and how I should build my own kiln dryer...

I have never brought this up here before, thinking it would be tacky, but here it goes. I built one in 2005, gave the plans away to several woodworkers (dozens)...then one of them put my plans on eBay for sale as his own. I put a stop to that and have been selling the plans on my site and eBay since 2006. I am not advertising, I know there is a section for that. Just telling my reason for selling them to make me sound less greedy (if possible). I would still be giving the plans away today if that one guy had not, in all honesty here, hurt my feelings. It turned me sour on the many hours a week I was spending helping guys build kilns just for the brotherhood of woodworking.

Now that I am done sounding like a whiner. Yes your idea with some minor changes will work (probably won’t need the heat source ?). There are 200+ similar ones running right now. Here are about 100. http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=217daren&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

I will buy your plan. Tonight. Thanks! After you get my Paypal payment (since I am a little squeezed by time for this batch of ebony), if you could give me a few pointers by email on how I could manage without it for now I would really appreciate it. I will build the kiln dryer from your plan for my next batch.
It is perfectly fair to be selling your plans in my opinion. Been searching the web for weeks can’t find anything simple, cheap and adaptable to my space/needs. After reading your Ebay description, yours seem to be exactly what I was looking for. My email: lechevaldebois@hotmail.com

I will just send the plans as an email attachment, so you will have the whole thing to read over. Then if you have any questions after that you can holler any time.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

I bought the plan, read the whole thing and am convinced this will work. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in building his own kiln dryer. Very simple and straight forward. Thanks Daren, this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. You the man! LJ is GREAT! I will post pictures of my kiln here when it’s completed without revealing your secrets ;-)

I figured they would work well for you, you already had the basic concept figured out. If it were not improper etiquette I would link a thread from another woodworking forum I belong to. One of the guys is drying similar wood in his kiln (Texan, drying mesquite and other stuff). And I tell a funny (I thought) story about an 81 year old woman who is drying her own wood, she is spunky. Yea, and make those kiln pictures “fuzzy” and vague, it’s so simple you will put me out of business ;-)

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/