Hi.
Thought id comment as we have been doing this for a number of years.
All our wood is air dried... we dont kiln dry any of our wood. Infact alot of turners prefer air dried blanks.. As a rule of thumb you should at least dry the boards for 1 year for every inch of wood.. We dont recommend cutting any blanks thicker than 4inchs ,, We leave all our planks in stick for a number of years before we cut them into rounds or squares.
We also find it is best to wax the ends of the planks when they are in stick this does stop the ends cracking.... Once our planks have been in stick for the right number of years we then cut them into rounds or squares. These are then waxed and stacked up in a warm environment .... We have never had any problems with the way we do this....
Kiln drying is good if you do not have the time to air dry the wood..... we are cutting wood all the time so we have a vast stock to rotate and leave to dry.....
Hope thats useful... you may already know all that.
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all the best
Paul