Hi there,
I was just watching a video on youtube - Joerg Sprave's video on making a wooden slingshot - and Joerg made a slingshot from a wooden fork he collected a few days before. Because it was still fresh he said that he put the wood in the microwave a few times to dry it out.
I can understand how the principal works; microwaves heat up liquid in food and would hopefully boil off the moisture from the wood. But how effective is this and would it weaken the wood? Obviously it isn't worth it if you are trying to burn the wood but how long would you reckon it would take to dry off a smallish piece of wood for you to carve?
Will ask the bloke himself to see what he says as well
Cheers!
I was just watching a video on youtube - Joerg Sprave's video on making a wooden slingshot - and Joerg made a slingshot from a wooden fork he collected a few days before. Because it was still fresh he said that he put the wood in the microwave a few times to dry it out.
I can understand how the principal works; microwaves heat up liquid in food and would hopefully boil off the moisture from the wood. But how effective is this and would it weaken the wood? Obviously it isn't worth it if you are trying to burn the wood but how long would you reckon it would take to dry off a smallish piece of wood for you to carve?
Will ask the bloke himself to see what he says as well
Cheers!