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The study investigated deformations, stresses and the character of changes induced by the non-free shrinkage of beech timber specimens (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the radial direction, in the conditions of varied drying intensity. During the experiments, the program of intense drying (T=60°C, EMC=10%) and the program of moderate drying (T=40°C, EMC=15%) have been taken into consideration, and the values of the accepted timber shrinkage have been differentiated. The varied efficiency of the mechanical restraint of the timber specimens deformations has been obtained due to the use of dynamometers of various characteristics.