04-11-2016, 08:03 AM
When trying to estimate how a wood species will behave when drying after roughing, which properties of the wood are most relevant? For instance, the amount of shrinkage (and ratio of radial to tangential shrinkage) seems relevant since the more the wood moves (and the less evenly it moves) the more stress will be applied. That does not account for the difference in success I have had between butternut and cherry - the former of which behaves very well for me, the latter less so, despite fairly similar shrinkage numbers.
How flexible as opposed to brittle a species is would also seem to be relevant as that will allow it to bend with the stresses produced by shrinkage, but cherry seems to be more bendable than its failure rate suggests.
How flexible as opposed to brittle a species is would also seem to be relevant as that will allow it to bend with the stresses produced by shrinkage, but cherry seems to be more bendable than its failure rate suggests.
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