Fred the Red Shirt wrote:

: If I build an aircraft, you can be damn sure that I'll be getting my
: wood from a bona-fide lumber dealer or direct from a sawyer and not
: from a home center.

If you get it from a sawyer, you are buying green wood (I suspect
you know that). So stack the flitches and sticker them and let them
air dry. Then rough out the stock, bring it into the shop and let
it air dry for a week. Then work it to final dimension.


--- Gregg

My woodworking projects:


Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments:

http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html

Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat:

http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm

Steambending FAQ with photos:

http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm


"Improvise, adapt, overcome."

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