<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/7/2002 6:49:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:<BR>
Terry<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> 48 inches. Are you sure bout that?. I thought it was 3" or 4"by 24" in the journal article. 48" would be hard to come up with.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Terry wrote</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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I am in the process of making a sitka spruce equilibrium moisture content (EMC) gauge as described by Nick Gravagne. Briefly, it is simply a 6 x 48-inch wide swath of soundboard panel with a thin rib or two on the back (ribs parallel to long axis and grain perpendicular to long axis). The gauge will indicate MC by the amount of curve in the panel. <BR>
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