Need hot box ideas

[osage outlaw]

I want to dry this HHB stave I'm working on for my niece.  I think it was cut this summer.  And I'll be using it for the last couple of pieces of hickory in my stash.  I don't think bringing Hickory in the house works.  I've had one under my bed for a year and it gained almost an ounce.  With central heat and air I thought it would have lost weight.

[Carson (CMB)]

I guess it just depends on what you have on hand.  I had the particle board and scrap on hand, so I only put about $5 into that thing.   Before I built the hotbox, I used to stick roughed out bows into the ductwork of the central air system.  Switch it around a couple times and it dries pretty fast.  Airflow is the key, so maybe that is why the hickory under the bed stayed wet.

[osage outlaw]

I couldn't do the heat register trick.  I would never be able to get our kitten out of the duct work.  You are probably right about the airflow.  I think that hickory bow will be the first test in what ever I end up using. 

That's a sweet backing on that bow laying on the floor.  Is that Sturgeon?

[spyder1958]

Hey outlaw, with the 4" pipe, just place a old PC fan, everyone has a few, in front of a light fixture screw to a end plug for the pipe. fan screw down in front of bulb and vent a little both ends. Good luck

[Carson (CMB)]

spyder that is a great idea. Would be just the right size/output fan for the job.   

Yes sir that is some sturgeon on osage.  I need to post some finished pics of that bow.