I posted this in another discussion here in Knots but I thought that it was worth giving it its own separate discussion.
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This discussion is one of four or more going on currently in Knots about the “mysteries” of wood movement with a fair number of dubious pieces of advice being given.
There is absolutely nothing mysterious about wood movement, cupping, shrinking, bending, and cracking are all as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning and they can all be avoided using well known techniques that have been around for centuries.
Everybody, please, go find a copy of “Understanding Wood” by Bruce Hoadley and just read chapter 4, “Water and Wood”, it is only 23 pages long. If you read that chapter, you will never ever be unpleasantly surprised by what a piece of wood does when you make a piece of furniture out of it.
To quote the opening paragraph from that chapter:
“Someone once said that more than 90% of all problems with wood involve moisture. For those that ignore basic wood-moisture relationships, that is probably a conservative estimate.”
Truer words were never written about woodworking.
Rant’s over, have a nice weekend.
John W.
Edited 1/14/2005 6:28 pm ET by JohnW
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Understanding wood is simple........................figure out women and wood becomes elementary. - lol (If SWMBO were here, I'd be dead!)
Following John's advice to understand wood has just cost me $9 plus shipping.
Understanding woman has cost me almost a million, must agree you have a point here.
Where did you find it for only $9?
Amazon.com, I see it's up to $25 now, there were a few below $10, they probably sold.
Dave,
Can you recommend any good books on the second subject, I still feel like a complete amateur in that category.
John W.
Don't we all?
It's all OJT as far as I know, John. After 34 yrs of marriage, raising two daughters, and having various female pets around the place, I've developed quite a few conditioned reflexes, I suppose.
I had a couple of horses during this time, but even they had been gelded. - lol
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