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   woodman2263 | Mar 05, 2007 11:16pm | #1

   Sewer,

   IMHO, if the wood is already dry, you will be fine.  My wood is stored in an unheated barn, so I will let mine acclimate for 2 weeks in my heated shop.  Could probably use it sooner, but I don't take any chances.  Stand it up as close to vertical as you can and secure it so nobody gets hit if it falls and you should be good to go!

   Jeff

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   JohnWW | Mar 06, 2007 12:41am | #2

   Depends on the shop environment.  Mostly how it is heated and whether or not the floor might be a bit damp, especially if it is concrete.  The air near the ceiling can easily be 30 degrees warmer, and relatively much dryer, than the air at floor level if there isn't a fan circulating the air.  Wood stickered vertically in this situation will have distinctly different moisture contents on either end.

   I always try, if possible, to sticker the wood for upcoming projects horizontally between 3 and 6 feet off the floor for a few weeks before I start a job.

   John White, Shop Manager, Fine Woodworking Magazine

    

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   philip | Mar 06, 2007 03:54am | #3

   You are not trying hard enough (,). There is always room for good timber-chuck out something ....
   Standing it for a short time will not cause anything irreversible unless the floor is damp, but over time timber seems to get end splits especially at the top if standing.

   Philip Marcou
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   JeffHeath | Mar 06, 2007 08:15am | #4

   I would add that if you absolutely have to store it vertically, to flip it end for end every couple of days, to help even it out.  I store 10/4, 12/4 and larger slabs vertically in a corner of my shop.  I have a concrete floor, and live in the midwest, with huge seasonal swings of MC.  There will be a 4% difference between one end of the board near the ceiling and the other near the floor on boards left that way for a long time. 

   Before I use them, I always stack them horizontally for a while.

   Jeff