Drying pinblock before stringing

[gordon stelter]

Could be. But why take achance? I will let the block
sit in this room for several days, at least, with the
dehumidifier cranked up, and do the stringing in
there, too, which I like to do over a 3 day period,
with lovely, pleasant music playing. (I chip the plate
less like that. Not one chip or scratch last time.
Yipeee!)
     Thump

--- Robert Scott <rscott@wwnet.net> wrote:
> Thump wrote:
> 
>  > I keep my "Stringing Parlor" at about 32% RH with
> a
>  > Kenmore dehumidifier, which expels through a hose
> and
>  > a hole I drilled through the wall. My theory is
> to pin
>  > with the block nice and dry, so humidity will
> later
>  > swell it and make better grip. Might cut down on
> fiber
>  > damage to the holes as pins are driven, too, as
> the
>  > holes should expand when the block is so dried
> out.
> 
> How long do you wait for the block to "dry out" in
> this environment before 
> you start stringing?  I imagine it takes weeks for
> the 32% RH to affect the 
> thick block?
> 
> -Bob Scott
>   Ypsilanti, Michigan
> 
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