drying wood riser

[blinds]

I'm cutting my own riser. How dry should the wood be to be safely used to build a bow?

[macbow]

I takeityour cutting it from the log.
Ideally it should be dry in the mid west that would be at least 14% or below. Don't know in your area probably close to the same.

[Mad Max]

I rough out my pieces of wood and bring them in the house, weight them (in grams), and when they stop lousing weight, I use them.
I have many different pieces of wood inside.

DON'T USE WET WOOD   :(  
I did that before    

[Drewster]

Blinds, Mark has a very good method.  When the wood stops loosing weight, it has equalized in moisture content for your environment......you'll be good to go.

[JamesV]

got a 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 X 18" turning blank that was very wet. Wraped it in plastic bag and put in the the freezer, two days later it was frosted big time. I scraped the frost/ice off and back to the freezer. After a few times I got it freeze-dried enough to put in the hot box for a week and it was dry enough to use but never did.

[blinds]

Thanks for the input.  I'm not starting from scratch.  I have had this blank for a while. I was looking for a % reading on a moisture meter  like macbow posted.