should it really be a concern as to time rather the woods moisture content as indicated on the meter? What moisture content is ready to be made into furniture??
Whenever I need 2x4's I have to set cinder blocks on them for a few days to keep'em straight and flat. I found that once I leave the store the wood begins to change very quickly. If I don't lay'em flat with weight on them, they twist and bow over night which now becomes firewood.
@byronjade1 This is the reason why rare wood are so expensive. :( Just to cut them is hardly nothing. The 1-3 year of drying just to use them. And if you are dumb and you don't keep them in the correct temp and humidity, they warp and there goes your nice/expensive piece of lumber.
Drying time will depend on conditions where you live, but as a rule you have to allow one year per inch of thickness of material. Some folks who air dry say add another year to that. So 2-in. thick stock could take up to three years to dry.
What's the best product to coat your ends with?
smurfiest 2 months ago
u guys still waitin there? ha ha ha
s37d 3 months ago
what's the weight of one cubic meter of spruce slabs with 15% of moisture ?
pavolpi 7 months ago
@pavolpi Average dry weight of spruce is 291 pounds per cubic foot, or 470 grams per cubic meter. At 15% moisture it will be higher.
wwgoaeditor 6 months ago
@wwgoaeditor you mean 470 kilograms not grams, right ?
thank you for the information.
pavolpi 6 months ago
yeah it's ridiculous that you left out the drying time in the vid
willbande 1 year ago
Nice videos. Thanks for posting them
kdfromhb 1 year ago
should it really be a concern as to time rather the woods moisture content as indicated on the meter? What moisture content is ready to be made into furniture??
zackbridgman 1 year ago
how long to dry should be part of the video, as it is obviously important.
kenfo0 1 year ago
How about sandbags for weighing down?
MrLeonard55 1 year ago
Whenever I need 2x4's I have to set cinder blocks on them for a few days to keep'em straight and flat. I found that once I leave the store the wood begins to change very quickly. If I don't lay'em flat with weight on them, they twist and bow over night which now becomes firewood.
ASSAKESOMAN 1 year ago
Wait?.. How long?
byronjade1 1 year ago
@byronjade1 This is the reason why rare wood are so expensive. :( Just to cut them is hardly nothing. The 1-3 year of drying just to use them. And if you are dumb and you don't keep them in the correct temp and humidity, they warp and there goes your nice/expensive piece of lumber.
Moe7133 1 year ago
How long do you wait for it to dry?
sparkiekosten 2 years ago
Drying time will depend on conditions where you live, but as a rule you have to allow one year per inch of thickness of material. Some folks who air dry say add another year to that. So 2-in. thick stock could take up to three years to dry.
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wwgoaeditor 2 years ago