RE: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects

2007-08-03 Thread Cy Selfridge
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:13 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects No, they are talking about laying them edge-to-edge. This does not prevent cupping but it reduces it as you may

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects

2007-08-02 Thread Dale Leavens
23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects That helps quite a bit. Another question. Are they talking about laying down boards edge to edge to make a table top? Or are they stacking them in pairs to prevent cupping? Regards. Max. K 4

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects

2007-08-02 Thread Max Robinson
From: Max Robinson > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:40 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking > Projects > > > Ray's message contained this sentence. > > When gluing up a few boards

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects

2007-08-02 Thread Dale Leavens
DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects Ray&#

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects

2007-08-02 Thread Max Robinson
to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Ray Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects > Allowing for Expansion & Shrinking > Trees are comprised mostly

[BlindHandyMan] Expansion and Shrinking in Woodworking Projects

2007-08-01 Thread Ray Boyce
Allowing for Expansion & Shrinking Trees are comprised mostly of water. Any Boy Scout who has ever tried to light a campfire with freshly-cut wood knows that such green wood is far too wet to burn. This is because a tree's cellular structure is designed to allow sap (which is mostly water) to fl