Questions about equilibrating KD SYP

[Andrew More]

I'm down in the Cincinnati area, which isn't THAT far away I wouldn't have thought, but who knows what actually goes on in the big box store logistics. I'll have to ask my brother about it sometime, he's up in Detroit.

[Andrew Seemann]

Thanks, Andrew.

The stock I have is, for the most part, flat grain. I guess I'll try to alternate the grain pattern when I glue up the top - probably not much more I can do beyond that. The good news is the bench will live in the basement, and we run a de-humidifier in the summer, and run a house-wide humidifier during the winter, so even though it's Michigan, the variation in humidity level will be modest.

Gary

Actually, if it all flat grain, that is ideal. Glue the top together with the grain vertical and you basically end up with a big laminated quarter sawn top. When I did my Frid bench, I took flat sawn maple, cut it into 2 1/4 inch wide boards, turned them 90 and glued them up, and ended up with a nice stable quarter sawn maple top.