MC gage experiment

[Ron Nossaman]

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>And you know, my limp expansion gauge hasn't recovered yet.

And never will. Altogether a pretty good demonstration of principal on the 
destructive effects of compression crowning on the panel.


>Having graduated from building measuring jigs to building building jigs, I 
>haven't even tried to replace my failed endeavor. What I have done instead 
>- and I'm quite happy with the results - is to simply measure the size of 
>the panel, cross-grain.

You didn't graduate, you just got temporarily diverted. We never outgrow 
our need for inventing and building keen toys.


>Across a typical width panel I will observe about a 2.5 millimeter 
>reduction in width during the course of drying from 8.5% MC to 6% MC. So 
>yes, you need to interpolate tenths of millimeters, but with a big 
>magnifying glass this is doable.

And if it works for you without a down side, it works fine.

Ron N

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