> The tradition is to dry ribs and panel to the same EMC prior to glue up. > However, since the ribs expand minimally along the grain (length), does it > really matter? > > David Love It might be absolutely critical, don't know. I've never dried the ribs. They've always gone on at whatever the shop atmosphere at the time supplied with nary an indication of a problem Dittos. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. No opinion as to better whatever. they don't Incidentally, even if they expanded more along the grain than they do, would it matter in an RC&S board. For that matter, shouldn't the ribs in CC assemblies be brought up to very high MC levels before assembly, to enhance the compression as everything equalibriates? Seems right Dale Ron N **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080126/e793a79c/attachment.html
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