Wood shed.

[Woody]

I can remember timber yards having massive sheds like that for drying wood the only difference was the outer boards run vertically not horizontally

 

[Jim]

Wasn't that what was said about your new workshop Jim

I knew i had heard it before ..

 

[Neil Lawton]

Thanks Woody.
Same principle in effect, better airflow on the one you show but if I'd made my little shed on the vertical, rain could effectively have made it all the way in front to back. We are predominantly SSW, from a wind direction point of view, but it can swing to NNE or North, within the same front.
All round weather up here!

 

[Woody]

Thanks Woody.
Same principle in effect, better airflow on the one you show but if I'd made my little shed on the vertical, rain could effectively have made it all the way in front to back. We are predominantly SSW, from a wind direction point of view, but it can swing to NNE or North, within the same front.
All round weather up here!

Now your just trying to baffle me with science LOL

 

[Neil Lawton]

Now your just trying to baffle me with science LOL

Lets just say the wood would have got wet mate!

 

[yorkshireman]

Looks good Neil. I must finish reading the article you wrote about the build.

 

[Penpal]

Neil your raising this awareness is wonderful just reviewing the replies has proved that, well done mate.

Peter.

 

[Winemaker]

Well done that looks great

 

[billyb_imp]

I have been lucky enough to meet with Neil and seen inside the shed, a great space, well thought out & built

I came away with some very nice Yew & Olivewood that had been stored in there

 

[Neil Lawton]

Here it is with floor and path complete.



First few bits of wood in.



Seems like a long time ago now as the thing is full to capacity, with more waiting to go in!

 

[Jim]

Looks terrific Neil, on average how quick does this speed up the process of drying the wood? Also does it help with the splitting?

 

[woodhacker]

Has the interior stayed dry with all the driving rain we've been having. You've still got room for another couple of rows of shelving.

 

[Neil Lawton]

Looks terrific Neil, on average how quick does this speed up the process of drying the wood? Also does it help with the splitting?

Has the interior stayed dry with all the driving rain we've been having. You've still got room for another couple of rows of shelving.

Just got back from a couple of days away.
I'll happily post some answers of how I do it in the next few days

 

[wm460]

Well done Neil thats a great looking shed.

 

[Penpal]

heaps of goodies in there Neil like the finished doors, floor and path.

Peter.

 

[Doug]

Looking good Neil

 

[Dalboy]

Here it is with floor and path complete.

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First few bits of wood in.

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Seems like a long time ago now as the thing is full to capacity, with more waiting to go in!

Didn't plan that too well Neil you know that you should have built it at least twice as big

Looks good in there with loads of wood easy to reach I know my wood store now needs rearranging

 

[Neil Lawton]

Looks terrific Neil, on average how quick does this speed up the process of drying the wood? Also does it help with the splitting?

There is quite a lot of airflow through the shed and some woods can and will, dry too fast and split. Saying that, I've only lost about eight pen blanks out of the many hundreds that I've had in there since it was finished. I've had more splits in larger pieces, but no more than I would expect from green wood stored in the workshop.
The shortest drying time I've had so far (from a pen blank point of view), was 4 weeks in the shed and 2 weeks in the house.
I still recommend any of my blanks have a conditioning period in the customers house though, before use.
I quite like my bowls to move a bit, but this is obviously not advantageous for a pen blank!

Has the interior stayed dry with all the driving rain we've been having. You've still got room for another couple of rows of shelving.

In severe weather water does get in but I've yet not found any substantial wetting of the contents. In theory nothing should be on the floor, or contacting the outside shell of the construction, though I have to admit the whole floor is stacked with Olive wood at the moment.

The shelf unit shown is the first of three. It is actually designed to move and lean. I learnt from the burning shed shelves I made that if you make them too rigid that things begin to snap if you make them too stable. That shelf now leans to the left so it is time to restack it with heavier pieces on the right.

Didn't plan that too well Neil you know that you should have built it at least twice as big

Looks good in there with loads of wood easy to reach I know my wood store now needs rearranging

It was going to be bigger until Ali realised it would be the main feature we could see from the conservatory!
I know my place, so shortened it by a couple of feet

 

[Penpal]

Great Neil do you tumble pen blanks into that box or do you stack dry them my best success is from stacking pen blanks in my roof. Your shed is so neat and praiseworthy.

Peter.

 

[Neil Lawton]

The pen blanks are dried on the green coloured shelves Peter. Once they stop losing weight they are stored in the yellow crates, then brought inside to condition them.

If I have got this right, you should be able to view the complete articles here.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ne182rqisyobkhd/AAC5Kj9Gf4IoifgPzZPuRJOoa?dl=0