Moisture Content - working in Eastern White Pine

[Craig Meaney]

Hi all!

I am building a Dutch tool chest and got some eastern white pine a few days ago for the case sides and bottom. I checked the moisture content today (after dimensioning it), and it’s at 10%. Will I be asking for trouble if I go ahead and dovetail it? Or is it OK to work at 10% MC considering that it’s such a stable wood?

thank you,

craig

[Tom Bussey]

go for it.

[Jim Becker]

That's a pretty good MC for white pine so go for it.

[Craig Meaney]

Great, thanks Tom and Jim, I’ll move forward with the project :D