Farrell wrote: >>> Another is to build a direct reading MC gage with a strip of >>> spruce and a cheap dial indicator. Even if you don't bother to >>> try to calibrate it to any specific MC, it can still be used >>> as an indicator of dimensional change with Terry's approach >>> without having to haul the panel out to measure it. > > Or, if you make the face of your hot box your doors, there is no need to > remove the panel to measure it - just open the door and slap the tape on > it. Some of us built a box that had to fit in a long existing shop with no remaining wall space for such a thing, rather than building a new shop around a new hot box. <G> Never mind the floor space necessary for door clearance. I note from recent photos that yours has diminished some since the first photos of the box. <GG> Whatever works. Ron N
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