On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 23:12, Ed Minch  wrote:
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> Chris
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> If anything, I would tend to let the stuff dry for longer than the rules of
thumb.  I have had plenty of 20 year old wood move when I ripped it into parts,
and this is something you don't want for a workbench

I'm a newbie on this sort of things. I know that he's cutting logs
(tree trunks) that have been drying outside for "a while", so i'm not
sure it qualifies as green wood (Re: Joseph),  i don't think that he's
trying to "manage" the drying of the slabs. He bought a saw mill
business, converted the kiln drying building into family/friend
apartment and "just cut slabs".
On one hand, i can get some slabs at a "friendly" price, but what i'm
not sure if it's a good idea given the uncontrolled drying post-cut.

I can buy kiln dried wood from a lumbyard instead, more expensive...
But maybe this will pay off in the long run.

Having said all of that, as other people mentioned, i could build
another bench in 5 years. Based on the mistakes i'm about to do....

Thank you and everyone else answering on this thread.
Chris