I accidentally posted this in the general woodworking forum. Here is the repost.
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?