>Thanks Ron, > >We were taught to dry the board to about 10%, plus cut crown into the >ribs, then the press, with the natural bend afforded by the calculable >give of yellow pine under the pneumatic stress gave us a lovely >predictable crown. >Roger Hayden, RPT >Clarks Summit, PA > A little clarification here, if you would please. What does the 10% refer to? Is that EMC, or relative humidity? I dry panels down to around 6% EMC, which I forgot to mention in that last post. That's about 30% RH @ 70 degrees. Ron N
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