how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[MACHINE]

Let’s see if I’m interepreting this right...

A dobro maker will seal up the wood he makes instruments from to maintain that 30% or so moisture content until he’s ready to actually make something out of it without concerns of doing any damage to the wood? It can literally just sit there for years at ~30% moisture and just be in somewhat “suspended animation”?

There's a process of putting wood in pond that stops splitting.

Can't remember how it went

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[JimBear]

On another note:

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Found this last night in a neighbor’s saw..

So what’s the problem with that saw….

 

[JimBear]

I thought rule of thumb was 1 year per inch of thickness for drying.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

So anyone make a trip to KC today.................

What is gong on in Kc. Besides wasted tax dollars

 

[Jetmd]

Something changed, it’s a beautiful sunny day.

It’s almost like it doesn’t Suck as bad today as it did yesterday?

 

[Hedgerow]

No
Seals it and let's it dry slowly
Takes 7 years , keeps wood from splitting

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OK, how many moisture points does it go down by in seven years?
Do they have a target?

 

[MACHINE]

OK, how many moisture points does it go down by in seven years?
Do they have a target?

No idea.

That block we cut him is how we did it

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[Hedgerow]

I thought rule of thumb was 1 year per inch of thickness for drying.

For air drying, yes..
But cracking and warping can still occur..

12% is about as low as moisture will get here in the Midwest. The target for furniture makers is more like 8%.
I’m about to do something I shouldn’t with a slab.
Seal that *b-word up completely at about 30% moisture and see what happens....

 

[Dub11]

What is gong on in Kc. Besides wasted tax dollars

Waste?

More like theft

Something changed, it’s a beautiful sunny day.

It’s almost like it doesn’t Suck as bad today as it did yesterday?

Nothing is random.

 

[67L36Driver]

What is gong on in Kc. Besides wasted tax dollars

https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_ne...88b-11ec-b111-074ecc20e7e3.html?style=feature

“They got some crazy lookin wimmon there and I’m gonna get me sum.”

 

[Fishnuts2]

On another note:

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Found this last night in a neighbor’s saw..

Looks like if you had left it go for a few more months, it would turn into a fossil!

 

[Workshop]

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Picked this up a couple of months ago and got it in the kitchen Saturday. I like old cook stoves and this one is fascinating. I got the cook surface burners cleaned up and operating very nicely. Now to get both ovens working.

Got one oven working now and it didn't even Rocket Launch through the roof and into orbit.
Making progress.

 

[Jetmd]

Happy Friday fellow wood knots!

 

[Cat 525]

Morning all. Weather change coming for a day then right back to being nice. We are getting real dry.

 

[Hedgerow]

Looks like if you had left it go for a few more months, it would turn into a fossil!

Not sure, but I’d bet the little dobbers would have hatched by spring...

 

[Hedgerow]

Morning all. Weather change coming for a day then right back to being nice. We are getting real dry.

I like dry this time of year..
Save it all up for June/July/August..

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.

 

[Hinerman]

I like dry this time of year..
Save it all up for June/July/August..

If only it worked that way.

Coughing my head off on Wednesday, started running fever that night; went to VA early thursday morning; tested negative for covid, flu, and RSV; chest x-ray supposedly showed pneumonia. Who needs this crap?

The doc also says the covid test is about 80% accurate, so that is not off the table either I suppose.

 

[Hedgerow]

If only it worked that way.

Coughing my head off on Wednesday, started running fever that night; went to VA early thursday morning; tested negative for covid, flu, and RSV; chest x-ray supposedly showed pneumonia. Who needs this crap?

The doc also says the covid test is about 80% accurate, so that is not off the table either I suppose.

Didn't you already have it?
There's a ton of "other" crap going around.. Takes about 2 weeks to get over it. Gallons of snot are generated by it..

 

[Hinerman]

Didn't you already have it?
There's a ton of "other" crap going around.. Takes about 2 weeks to get over it. Gallons of snot are generated by it..

Yes, I already had Covid, this time last year.

Yes, lots of stuff going around. And, yes, whatever I have generates enough snot to wake me up gagging in my sleep!!!