Roger Feeley
04-21-2021, 9:57 AM
I’m building an outdoor cabinet with a stainless steel top for my daughter. While it will live outdoors, it will be protected from rain and snow unless there are really high winds. It’s about 24” deep and 5’ wide with two pairs if doors in front.
she wanted western red cedar for the cabin and I stupidly agreed. Never again. That stuff is soft and likes to chip.
To help handle wood movement, I’m not making solid panels. I’m using 3” tongue and groove slats with bits of foam in each groove. My plan is that expansion will be absorbed by all of the slats.
I’m concerned about extreme movement. I’m using a reference from workshoppages.com (http://www.workshoppages.com/WS/Articles/Wood-Movement-Charts.pdf). It gives a maximum moisture content of 9%. Is that high enough. Here in northern VA, we get some really humid weather. Put another way, how high can wood moisture content go without exposure to liquid water?
she wanted western red cedar for the cabin and I stupidly agreed. Never again. That stuff is soft and likes to chip.
To help handle wood movement, I’m not making solid panels. I’m using 3” tongue and groove slats with bits of foam in each groove. My plan is that expansion will be absorbed by all of the slats.
I’m concerned about extreme movement. I’m using a reference from workshoppages.com (http://www.workshoppages.com/WS/Articles/Wood-Movement-Charts.pdf). It gives a maximum moisture content of 9%. Is that high enough. Here in northern VA, we get some really humid weather. Put another way, how high can wood moisture content go without exposure to liquid water?