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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Drying wet wood without cracking, HOW?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.090508.15718@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <9212301749.AA02472@TIS.COM>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 09:05:08 GMT
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- richard@TIS.COM (Richard Clark) writes:
- :
- : At any rate, after having turned the wood wet, (it's soo much softer
- : and easier. Dogwood turns into a *rock* when it dries.) I stand the work on
- : the bench to dry for a week or so. But it inevitably forms cracks and splits
- : which I'd rather not have. So the question is: Is there any quick and easy
- : way to dry the stuff without having it split? Is there something I can do,
- : build, buy, cheaply?
-
- Most woods, when dried rapidly, are going to split. That is why you see all
- the lumber in the lumberyard with painted ends. The painting cuts down on
- moisture lose through the ends, reducing the cracking.
-
- You might try painting the ends - it might help.
-
- Bill
-