Thanks Terry. I think it was Ron Nossman who posted that and it came out of an official document issued by the Gov. I forget the name of the document. Is that enough to go by when working with soundboard material? Greg Farrell wrote: > I don't know much about moisture meters. Another way to characterize wood > moisture content is to use a temperature - reletive humidity - moisture > content chart, and to know approximately how long a panel of spruce requires > to come to equilibrium with its surrounding atmosphere. > > Someone posted a link to some type of US Forest Service technical document > on wood technology. It had a very nice chart showing the relationship > between temp, RH, and MC. I saved the link.....but now it is nowhere to be > found. Could whoever it was please repost?????? > > And how long does a piece of 1/2" thick unfinished spruce require to > equilibrate moisture with its surrounding environment? > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; <mpt@talklist.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:08 AM > Subject: moisture meters > > > Greetings once again, > > I am spending much time of late thinking through the soundboard > > making and installing process. It seems to me that even though the Sitka > > I have purchased and may one day actually receive has been kiln dried. I > > do not know what it's moisture content will be and how whatever level it > > is presently at will affect my efforts. It occurs to me that I might > > want to obtain a moisture meter to test the wood throughout the process. > > Are there any recommendations as to either the need and or the model or > > style meter one should buy? I'm looking for the most bang for my buck. > > (aren't we all) I hope to use it for many other woodworking items as > > well. Do any of you have opinions on how well the needle-less ones work > > vs. the traditional needle type? Any light you could share would be > > helpful. > > > > Greg > > -- > > Greg Newell > > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > > -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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