Jeff Wright
03-02-2007, 7:17 PM
I live in Florida and have an air conditioned shop in my 2-car garage. I buy my hardwoods from a local lumber company in the rough. The lumber sits outside at the lumber yard.
I typically bring the wood home and put it in my shop wood rack, check the moisture level at that time, and then check it again each week until it is stabilized. Once stabilized (i.e., the moisture meter typically reads a steady 10%), I figure the wood is ready to be worked. (Frankly, I'm surprised the wood moisture reading does not change from the initial reading very much, if at all; I would have thought the moisture level sitting outside in my Florida environment would give a reading far higher than what would show once stored in the air conditioned shop for some weeks. Maybe my meter is inaccurate or I am using it incorrectly?).
Do any of you approach this issue differently?
I typically bring the wood home and put it in my shop wood rack, check the moisture level at that time, and then check it again each week until it is stabilized. Once stabilized (i.e., the moisture meter typically reads a steady 10%), I figure the wood is ready to be worked. (Frankly, I'm surprised the wood moisture reading does not change from the initial reading very much, if at all; I would have thought the moisture level sitting outside in my Florida environment would give a reading far higher than what would show once stored in the air conditioned shop for some weeks. Maybe my meter is inaccurate or I am using it incorrectly?).
Do any of you approach this issue differently?