Lyndon Graham
12-15-2008, 8:36 PM
In anticipating what is going to go wrong with my >$1000 endeavor to build my 1st (and last I hope) workbench.
Here is my situation:
(1) My house is HVAC controlled (Heat)
(2) My shop is a barn with no HVAC
(3) I live in OR: rarely gets below freezing, humidity is high, to cold to glue in the barn
When I buy my maple for my 8’x26”x4” workbench, here are my thoughts:
(A) Buy the wood (which the local stores store in a HVAC controlled environment
(B) Store it in my barn for 2 weeks so is absorbs the air moisture and comes to an equilibrium
(C) Dimension the lumber after 2 weeks (joint and plane)
(D) Take to the house where it is warm, and glue it up (the hobby room, aka the family room:(), the next day take it back to the barn.
I want to minimize warping, twist, etc. Thoughts?
Here is my situation:
(1) My house is HVAC controlled (Heat)
(2) My shop is a barn with no HVAC
(3) I live in OR: rarely gets below freezing, humidity is high, to cold to glue in the barn
When I buy my maple for my 8’x26”x4” workbench, here are my thoughts:
(A) Buy the wood (which the local stores store in a HVAC controlled environment
(B) Store it in my barn for 2 weeks so is absorbs the air moisture and comes to an equilibrium
(C) Dimension the lumber after 2 weeks (joint and plane)
(D) Take to the house where it is warm, and glue it up (the hobby room, aka the family room:(), the next day take it back to the barn.
I want to minimize warping, twist, etc. Thoughts?