drying wood

Hello again, As a follow-up to my earlier post... Can you dry wooden pen blanks quickly using silica gel? I've seen several videos on YouTube claiming it can reduce the drying process from a matter of months to several days. They even make color-indicating ones! Have anyone here tried this...

Hello, I bought wooden turning blanks for segmenting. Apparently, some of them aren't dry but rather coated in some sort of wax (in the picture - coated Gabon Ebony). I'm afraid that: 1. It won't glue well when segmenting. 2. It won't finish well with CA, living moisture marks. Are my fears...

A local historical site and museum has donated about a 12-15 section of a tree trunk (Linden tree (Bass wood)) to me hoping that I wood be able to dry and turn pens for them that they could sell in their gift shop, website, and museum donors. The tree was cut a year ago and the trunk has been...