How long to wait till milling new lumber

[jim mckee]

The shop could have an average annual humidity that's different than the final destination of the work.
In the kiln operators handbook their is a table that show what EMC wood will achieve at a given annual average humidity.
That's why it's important to know the mc. of lumber pre-use.

A time when I would sticker lumber in it's final environment before use is wood flooring, as long as climate control is on. It's allot of work but a small amount of shrink or swell would be shown over and over.

My home was probably built from non kiln dried lumber (1890) the owner owned a saw mill (our road, one of the oldest in the Co. didn't get elec. till 1957.)
jim

[James Carmichael]

Sheez, you east coast Yankees get the good stuff

Only thing I can get that cheap down here is ash, either shorts or common.

[lou sansone]

very nice bench.... have you confirmed that the wood is really kiln dried?

thanks for the source
lou

[Jason Simon]

Thanks-

I did not check the MC of the maple, but he said it was KD, and I had no reason not to beleive him...