[MidGAOutdoor]

NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT SPOT BUT HERE GOES. THIS IS A PM I SENT DAREN. ID LIKE TO GET SOME INPUT AND OPINIONS.

I am having some problems. I am making thes small simple jewelry boxes with lids and the lids are warping up. cupping upwards and not closing flat. the wood haS BEEN IN MY SHOP FOR A WHILE AND IN THIS ga WEATHER I AM HAVING PROBLEMS AIR DRYING DOWN PAST 11-12%MC. THIS WOOD IS DIMENSIONAL LUMBER THAT CAME FROM SOME SHIPPING CRATES THAT IO GET. THE WOOD IN THE SHPOP IS 11% BUT WHEN I BRING THEM INSIDE FOR MOM TO DO HER WOOD BURNING ON THEM, THIS HAPPENS. I CHECKED ONE THAT WAS THIS WAY JUST NOW AND IT AT 7%. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS STOP HAPPENING? ITS FRUSTRATING TO PUT THIS MUCH EFFORT IN SOMETHING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN THE END. I GUESS IM GONNA HAVE TO BUILD A SURE ENOUGH KILN AND BAKE THE HELL OUT OF THE WOOD FIRST????? THIS WOOD HAD ht STAMPED ON IT BY THE WAY. I GUESS IF NEED BE I COULD BRING THE WOOD INSIDE BUT THEN WHEN I GO TO DO THE WORK, THE WOOD WILL ABSORB MOISTURE TO ITS SURROUNDING CONDITIONS AND ILL BE BE BACK TO SQUARE 1.
THANKS AND ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

tim,
none of this is finished wood. its pine. no io don't sticker and haven't had this issue on bigger pieces just these lids. all the lids are is a glue up with hinges on the back to make the lid. ill get a picture of the box

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

here are some pics of the boxes and the stuff she burns

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

more pics. the last 2 is the worst one. I think this has also happened to one that's done. I think I may put a draw catch on the real minor ones and maybe that will work

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

one thing could be that I haven't nbeen paying that much attention to turning the growth rings properly

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

I may have to pony up for darens plans. Tim, thanks much. she isn't through burning that's just the tracing. I guess ill dry small amounts at a time so I don't have the issue of it sucking moisture up again...

 

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its a steel building. insulated. cement floor. it has a PTAC A/C and Heat unit but 90% of the time I opt not to run it because when working most times I open the doors or its comfortable. its made out of the same materials the portable carports are made of. I must also note that these lids are the only things ive had issues with and this just started. bigger pieces like tables and benches I have no apparent issues with. the rest of the small boxes are OK except the lids warping. I guess im going to have to build a building just for wood storage and run a DH as u stated.

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

24x33 is the size. it has 9ft walls and is 13 feet up to the peak. no drop ceiling or anything. if u look in a portable carport that's how this is built. its not like wood trusses it has no loft area. what does it cost approximately to run the DH? I understand that the kiln would need a separate DH. does what I said about the wood boxes make sense about nothing warping but the lids and its only on small stuff like this?

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

maybe attach soime cleats to the underside of the lid is what me and dad were thinking. ill try opening them.

 

[MidGAOutdoor]

opening lids fixed it. believe it or not in less than 24 hours