Yellow Birch (Flame)

[Frank Campbell]

I am itching to use some yellow "flame birch" that I have been waiting on for several months now....I cant seem to get it below 10% in my (dehumidified) basement.....I do have lots of hard maple down there that is around 8%....should I continue to wait...or is the 10% ok?

Getting impatient!........

Frank

[Steve Strickler]

Frank,
Where do you live? I use 10% maple quite often. However, I am not in Arizona.

If you use proper building techniques (ones with movement in mind) you should be ok in most areas.

Be sure to acclimate it to your shop first. I usually often rough-mill my stock down to appx dimensions, bring it to the shop for a few weeks to do it's thing, then mill it to the final dimensions.

Never a problem yet. (I also use VERY wide boards).

Good luck!

[Jim Becker]

I often work with 10-12% MC lumber...that's what it gets to and stays at around here. No problems. No matter what, one must build with wood movement in mind... ;) ...even with "just out of the oven" KD material.