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storing wood???

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woaheasylang

Feb 11, 2009
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#1
hello folks,

im receiving a shipment of buckeye burl pieces.. the thing is, i wont be using it for a while (at least 4 months) because i have yet to save up enough for the rest of the materials needed. is there any thing i should do when storing wood to maintain its quality or is it okay to just let it stay in a room and leave it?
 
#3
yup, dried and "ready to machine". its coming from fresno, california(of which climate im not familiar) to here, the philippines with a tropical climate.. but its not exactly very hot here.. any info would be greatly appreciated :)
 
#4
keep it flat, ideally sticker the pieces and clamp them together. But since this is burl, where the grain orientation is everywhere, you'd be more likely to watch out for cracks than splits and bows, but it can still bow, dont get me wrong. From my experiences the change from a dry to humid climate poses a bigger threat than humid to dry.
 
#5
I've never heard of clamping wood while its being stored. I have read that the wood should be free to move. How big are the pieces? This plays a role in how its being stored as well, like are they long, wide, thick, thin, ect...

Regardless of how they are stored you will need to machine the pieces flat after they acclimate to your area. Would probably just store them in the corner of my workshop, on a flat surface, making sure that the pieces do not touch each other. This lets the wood breathe. And just forget about them until you have all of the pieces for the build.
 
#6
using stickers (small strips of wood) between each piece, and clamping them lightly is the best way to keep your wood straight while it acclimatizes to your environment. The stickers lets the air flow between the pieces. A quick change of relative humidity, temperature and unstrapped wood could result in severe bows and warps, rendering certain pieces useless. And at the price the OP probably paid his buckeye, I doubt he wants useless pieces of wood.

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