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Done a search on this subject as recommended and did not find a lot about it.
I obtained a small oak burr that was cut down about 2 month ago and I cut it up into blanks last week.

I have a cheapo moisture meter and when I checked the moisture it went off the scale .

Tried the microwave method as described in an earlier post and over the past week the moisture content has been getting lower and lower.

Put them in for another Cook today and the moisture meter is reading between 10-15%.

When do you think it is time to call it a day and use them ? there are some really nice looking blanks amongst them.

Vic

<blockquote data-quote="Vic Perrin" data-source="post: 86346" data-attributes="member: 422">Done a search on this subject as recommended and did not find a lot about it.I obtained a small oak burr that was cut down about 2 month ago and I cut it up into blanks last week.I have a cheapo moisture meter and when I checked the moisture it went off the scale .Tried the microwave method as described in an earlier post and over the past week the moisture content has been getting lower and lower.Put them in for another Cook today and the moisture meter is reading between 10-15%.When do you think it is time to call it a day and use them ? there are some really nice looking blanks amongst them.<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thumbs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbs&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" />Vic<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thumbs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbs&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vic Perrin, post: 86346, member: 422"] Done a search on this subject as recommended and did not find a lot about it. I obtained a small oak burr that was cut down about 2 month ago and I cut it up into blanks last week. I have a cheapo moisture meter and when I checked the moisture it went off the scale . Tried the microwave method as described in an earlier post and over the past week the moisture content has been getting lower and lower. Put them in for another Cook today and the moisture meter is reading between 10-15%. When do you think it is time to call it a day and use them ? there are some really nice looking blanks amongst them. :thumbs:Vic:thumbs: [/QUOTE]

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