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drying lumber
Posted by Henry in MI on April 4th, 2004 09:56 AM
In reply to drying rough pine by Chris on April 4th, 2004 08:14 AM [Go to top of thread]
Chris, construction lumber has been dried down to agout 16% moisture. If you are building indoor furniture, you want to get it down to 6-7% but there is no way to do that without a kiln. The reason that you want to take it that low is that your house may go that low during the winter heating season and, therefore, you will not have a problem then. The typical humidity equilibrium in this area, and most of the country with the exceptions of near the coasts and in the desert Southwest, is around 12%.
With this data, you will see that you only might want to take it down about 4%. Drying pine is sure possible but you have to really work at it to keep the wood from moving a lot more than it already has. I just built an outdoor bench and did not worry about the moisture. The unsupported ends of the seat boards have moved a bit but, where there is structural support, not much other movement has occurred. OK?
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