Hey everyone - new to the forum here!
I had some questions regarding a project I'm going to take on. I recently Just purchased six 9 foot long 2 inch thick ash slabs - 24-30 inches wide. I bought them 4 months ago and have had them stacked in my shed about 2 inches separated between each slab.
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada - The humidity is usually 75% and above here - throughout the year. I brought the slabs into my basement and have them leaning up against my wall. I just bought this house back in June (It's a 100 y/o old schoolhouse that has been renovated) The basement has been prone to leaks in the past and water pooling - but I recently installed some eavestrough to from what I can see completely alleviate this problem. I always have two dehumdifiers running in the basement due to moisture getting into the basement and the humidity in the basement is more or less controlled and from what I can "fee" is not too humid. I have already built a planing sled - bought a router with flattening slabs and have flattened a small 4 foot slab on ONE side (I made a signign table for my wedding - was also just married last week) this board since being flattened on the one side has already had some cupping that I noticed since being stored upstairs. This brings me to some concerns and questions
So (Phew, thanks for staying with me here!), my questions are - is the basement an appropriate place for this to be stored to "dry" the wood out so it will eventually be suitable for making countertops AS opposed to the shed I own. The shed I own is also not airtight, and given the humidity of the climate where I live at I feel as if it will be problematic.
How long do you guys reckon before I start working on my wood. If I do it to early is it an almost guarantee the wood be prone to cupping upon finishing flattening them? (I absolutely do not want this to happen of course)
Thanks for some insight guys, I hope I can get some good answers from some experienced wood-workers here.
If it's of any help, accessing a kiln in my area is not possible, so my only conventional methods of possibly drying the wood out it seems are spacing it out, standing it up or using the dehumidifiers.
I had some questions regarding a project I'm going to take on. I recently Just purchased six 9 foot long 2 inch thick ash slabs - 24-30 inches wide. I bought them 4 months ago and have had them stacked in my shed about 2 inches separated between each slab.
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada - The humidity is usually 75% and above here - throughout the year. I brought the slabs into my basement and have them leaning up against my wall. I just bought this house back in June (It's a 100 y/o old schoolhouse that has been renovated) The basement has been prone to leaks in the past and water pooling - but I recently installed some eavestrough to from what I can see completely alleviate this problem. I always have two dehumdifiers running in the basement due to moisture getting into the basement and the humidity in the basement is more or less controlled and from what I can "fee" is not too humid. I have already built a planing sled - bought a router with flattening slabs and have flattened a small 4 foot slab on ONE side (I made a signign table for my wedding - was also just married last week) this board since being flattened on the one side has already had some cupping that I noticed since being stored upstairs. This brings me to some concerns and questions
So (Phew, thanks for staying with me here!), my questions are - is the basement an appropriate place for this to be stored to "dry" the wood out so it will eventually be suitable for making countertops AS opposed to the shed I own. The shed I own is also not airtight, and given the humidity of the climate where I live at I feel as if it will be problematic.
How long do you guys reckon before I start working on my wood. If I do it to early is it an almost guarantee the wood be prone to cupping upon finishing flattening them? (I absolutely do not want this to happen of course)
Thanks for some insight guys, I hope I can get some good answers from some experienced wood-workers here.
If it's of any help, accessing a kiln in my area is not possible, so my only conventional methods of possibly drying the wood out it seems are spacing it out, standing it up or using the dehumidifiers.
