Yes another wood movement thread, but hear me out. I've been researching this topic for weeks now and will continue to learn about this subject. Currently I am not at luxury to have a fully enclosed shop. I have a two car garage with an open back wall. Therefore I use the front half of the garage for all my big tools. I do a pretty damn good job at keeping them waxed and rust free. But here is my problem I'm running into, wood storage and wood movement. Side note I do have an attached small storage shed off of the right side of the garage. Back to the question at hand. I live in South Louisiana so it is very and I mean very humid here. I understand that wood needs to acclimate to the shop. Currently I store most of my wood for projects inside the attached storage shed and bring it out of there when I'm ready to work it. But I have very limited space in there. In yall's expertise would you think it is ok to store it inside the garage, possibly hanging from the ceiling as long as I keep it dry? I have multiple projects that I want to work on and only having that small space to allow wood to acclimate is killing me. Also another reason I ask is because I have had problems with pine panel glue-ups cupping on me. Maybe I let them sit long enough to acclimate to the outside humidity? Maybe I should have added in an extra step of the milling process and letting them sit longer between three or four millings? I know there are a ton of opinions out there on this, but I'm trying to find some that work with my current shop setup.
I do wish I could move and have an enclosed garage and this would solve multiple headaches of lack of space and open to the elements. Any ideas fellow creekers? Also attaching a quick picture of the setup from my back door. To the left of the picture is open to the patio. Straight ahead is the small enclosed storage off of the garage.
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Thanks for any input and suggestions