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Thank you Dennis, above and beyond the call! Like I say this was probably braced before I started monitoring humidity. The last couple of boxes I've braced and closed I was using my hair hygrometer, built up the wood fire and got the humidity down in the shop and pre-heated plates and braces on a rack over the stove before gluing with HHG. So maybe I'm learning something here.

Or maybe I should see about getting satellite tv and forget the "joys" of creative achievement!
You know, it's kind of like the "easy" money your making here from selling tonewood to friends.

Ya' just gotta laugh,
Joe

sustaireblues wrote:
Or maybe I should see about getting satellite tv and forget the "joys" of creative achievement!

Ya' just gotta laugh,
Joe

No, no, no, Joe. You'll just end up watching 'How its Made' and then before you know it you'll be building Pianos

Sorry to hear you are having problems!
Garry

sustaireblues wrote:Thank you Dennis, above and beyond the call! Like I say this was probably braced before I started monitoring humidity. The last couple of boxes I've braced and closed I was using my hair hygrometer, built up the wood fire and got the humidity down in the shop and pre-heated plates and braces on a rack over the stove before gluing with HHG. So maybe I'm learning something here.

Or maybe I should see about getting satellite tv and forget the "joys" of creative achievement!
You know, it's kind of like the "easy" money your making here from selling tonewood to friends.

Ya' just gotta laugh,
Joe

Not above and beyond what friends do for friends.

Hold off on getting satellite TV. In 2012 I think we're going to be able to directly decode the signals with our brains. (Oh, what an awful thought! 200 more channels of useless chatter flowing through my brain!)

Yep, if I can sell a few more sets, I should be ready to retire in the style to which I've become accustomed.

Dennis

If I know D.K., I'd say this: If it still sounds good, then cleat and glue 'em or fill 'em and don't feel bad for a minute: A vibe's a vibe and this one rocks!

JM2CW...

Urb

USPS has your wood - should arrive Moonday or Twosday at the latest.

Dennis

Thanks E, I appreciate it!

Dennis, looks like you're right. We've had two days of rain here and the cracks have pretty much closed up, so that tells me it must have been braced under very humid conditions, my bad. The temptation is to glue them up while they're closed but I bet it would just open up new cracks when it got into drier conditions.

Boy this learning can be a bitch!

I'll await your package Dennis, thanks,
Joe

Why won't you climate control your shop Joe? It's good money spent considering the alternatives...

Well Haans, remember I'm back in the woods off the grid. When I use a power tool I have to crank up a generator. So what options does that leave me? Far as I've seen humidifiers and dehumidifiers run on ac and have to run all the time. Not an option.

So, best I can figure out is to monitor humidity and glue bracing and close the box under appropriate conditions as best I can. Obviously I didn't do that on this one.

How did the old time builders handle it? Larson brothers etc.

Joe