Understanding Why Wood Moves
During my dry season (summer), wood shrinks because it releases its moisture content into the air. In the winter, my shop – also an overnight garage – is very humid from the melting snow brought in by the cars. Wood kept there absorbs the moisture in the air and expands. Inside my house, the humidity changes are controlled with a humidifier system. Once you know how humidity changes from season to season where you live, you can predict how wood will behave and determine what to do about it. For example, if you build a drawer during the dry season, you should fit loose as the drawer front will expand on wet days, and vice versa.
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Knowing How Wood Moves
Wood movement is predictable not only in response to humidity changes, but also in terms of where the wood will expand or contract. In practical terms, wood swells or shrinks only across the grain and along the radial rays. The wider and thicker a board is, the more it moves due to moisture change. For typical projects, we can safely ignore movement along the length or along the thickness of material that is less than 1 1/2” thick.
Choosing the Wood Species and Cuts
Different wood species and cuts react differently to moisture changes in the environment. For instance, ash and birch change less in their dimensions with humidity change in contrast to red oak. How the wood is cut also affects how much it moves with moisture change: quartersawn wood moves only half as much as flatsawn in width, but flatsawn wood moves less in thickness. Knowing this allows you to select the right mix of species and cuts for the critical components of your projects.
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Understanding Why Wood Moves
During my dry season (summer), wood shrinks because it releases its moisture content into the air. In the winter, my shop – also an overnight garage – is very humid from the melting snow brought in by the cars.
Wood kept there absorbs the moisture in the air and expands. Inside my house, the humidity changes are controlled with a humidifier system. Once you know how humidity changes from season to season where you live, you can predict how wood will behave and determine what to do about it. For example, if you build a drawer during the dry season, you should fit loose as the drawer front will expand on wet days, and vice versa.
Knowing How Wood Moves
Wood movement is predictable not only in response to humidity changes, but also in terms of where the wood will expand or contract. In practical terms, wood swells or shrinks only across the grain and along the radial rays. The wider and thicker a board is, the more it moves due to moisture change. For typical projects, we can safely ignore movement along the length or along the thickness of material that is less than 1 1/2” thick.
Choosing the Wood Species and Cuts
Different wood species and cuts react differently to moisture changes in the environment. For instance, ash and birch change less in their dimensions with humidity change in contrast to red oak. How the wood is cut also affects how much it moves with moisture change: quartersawn wood moves only half as much as flatsawn in width, but flatsawn wood moves less in thickness. Knowing this allows you to select the right mix of species and cuts for the critical components of your projects.
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Understanding Why Wood Moves
During my dry season (summer), wood shrinks because it releases its moisture content into the air. In the winter, my shop – also an overnight garage – is very humid from the melting snow brought in by the cars. Wood kept there absorbs the moisture in the air and expands. Inside my house, the humidity changes are controlled with a humidifier system. Once you know how humidity changes from season to season where you live, you can predict how wood will behave and determine what to do about it. For example, if you build a drawer during the dry season, you should fit loose as the drawer front will expand on wet days, and vice versa.
Knowing How Wood Moves
Wood movement is predictable not only in response to humidity changes, but also in terms of where the wood will expand or contract. In practical terms, wood swells or shrinks only across the grain and along the radial rays. The wider and thicker a board is, the more it moves due to moisture change. For typical projects, we can safely ignore movement along the length or along the thickness of material that is less than 1 1/2” thick.
Choosing the Wood Species and Cuts
Different wood species and cuts react differently to moisture changes in the environment. For instance, ash and birch change less in their dimensions with humidity change in contrast to red oak. How the wood is cut also affects how much it moves with moisture change: quartersawn wood moves only half as much as flatsawn in width, but flatsawn wood moves less in thickness. Knowing this allows you to select the right mix of species and cuts for the critical components of your projects.
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Understanding Why Wood Moves
During my dry season (summer), wood shrinks because it releases its moisture content into the air. In the winter, my shop – also an overnight garage – is very humid from the melting snow brought in by the cars. Wood kept there absorbs the moisture in the air and expands. Inside my house, the humidity changes are controlled with a humidifier system. Once you know how humidity changes from season to season where you live, you can predict how wood will behave and determine what to do about it. For example, if you build a drawer during the dry season, you should fit loose as the drawer front will expand on wet days, and vice versa.
Knowing How Wood Moves
Wood movement is predictable not only in response to humidity changes, but also in terms of where the wood will expand or contract. In practical terms, wood swells or shrinks only across the grain and along the radial rays. The wider and thicker a board is, the more it moves due to moisture change. For typical projects, we can safely ignore movement along the length or along the thickness of material that is less than 1 1/2” thick.
Choosing the Wood Species and Cuts
Different wood species and cuts react differently to moisture changes in the environment. For instance, ash and birch change less in their dimensions with humidity change in contrast to red oak. How the wood is cut also affects how much it moves with moisture change: quartersawn wood moves only half as much as flatsawn in width, but flatsawn wood moves less in thickness. Knowing this allows you to select the right mix of species and cuts for the critical components of your projects.
Understanding Why Wood Moves
During my dry (summer), shrinks because it releases its moisture content into the air. In the winter, my shop – also an overnight garage – is very humid from the melting snow brought in by the cars. Wood kept there absorbs the moisture in the air and expands. Inside my house, the humidity changes are controlled with a humidifier system. Once you know how humidity changes from season to season where you live, you can predict how wood will behave and determine what to do about it. For example, if you build a drawer during the dry season, you should fit loose as the drawer front will expand on wet days, and vice versa.
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