Wood Movement Question-part 2

[Jeff]

Phil Christy posted an earlier thread about this topic within the last 2 weeks. I found this stuff as a follow-up to his post because I was curious and didn't understand it as well.

We all know that wood moves in response to changes in temperature and humidity, but we largely don't know how to allow for it in our plans (at least that's my case). I found this information really helpful and I hope that ya'll can use it to your advantage as well.

Two links from Taunton's FWW

http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=27129

http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=2867

Hope it's useful to you too. Good luck and better planning. :icon_thum

 

[TracyP]

Jeff, Thanks for posting. I am sure many folks will find this helpful.

 

[Ray Martin]

Good reference material, Jeff. Thanks for posting

 

[cskipper]

Good information - thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[PChristy]

Thanks for researching and posting this Jeff:icon_thum

 

[Howard Acheson]

For a great on-line calculator, go to the WoodBin site: http://www.woodbin.com/calcs/shrinkulator.htm.

The site is a treasure trove of woodworking information. In addition to the Shrinkulator, their Sagulator for calculating sag of a board under weight is very useful. Wander through the data and you will be quite surprised.