Wood Storage?

Grizzlyss · 01-26-2007, 04:26 PM

Couldn't find any info about this, but how does eveyone store their wwod blanks? I have a lot of nice dry wood, but not sure if it should be stored in a air tight container to prevent moisture from getting in. Or if it should be stored in the open air of the shop so it can acclimitize to shop conditions and moiture levels so there is no cracking or splitting due to moisture differences. Please excuse the spelling, there is no spell checked here. LOL.

Sheldon

penhead · 01-26-2007, 04:51 PM

Actually there is a spell checker.

Instead of using the 'quick reply', go to the top right corner of the topic thread and click on the "reply to topic" button.

Once that window comes open, very right corner of the row of buttons is the spell checker button. Move your mouse over the button and it should tell you what the button does.

toolcrazy · 01-26-2007, 05:09 PM

Myself, I have all my blanks in ziplock bags with the wood name on the bag. I'm not good at identifying wood yet. Gives me a quick reference of what I have. Also, I buy from a wood supplier and they recommend keeping them in ziplocks. They say you might even get some surprise spalting.

jcollazo · 01-26-2007, 05:16 PM

Here's a recent thread about this very subject: http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19934

bob393 · 01-26-2007, 06:16 PM

I collect and use those free cardboard tubs you see at home depot, usualy in the plumbing department, lable it with masking tape and store it in an old metal cabnet in my shop.

les-smith · 01-26-2007, 06:34 PM

I use the flate rate boxes the you get from the USPS. I took back their plastic totes, they asked for them back.[:D]

Rifleman1776 · 01-26-2007, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by les-smith
<br />I use the flate rate boxes the you get from the USPS. I took back their plastic totes, they asked for them back.[:D]

I'm surprised people even admit to doing things like this. Those boxes are paid for by USPS users. They are, by law, intended only for mailing.

les-smith · 01-26-2007, 07:23 PM

Oh, I guess I should have mentioned: I only use the boxes that I recieve stuff in. I turn them inside out and tape them back up.

woodpens · 01-26-2007, 07:33 PM

Here is my preferred method:

Or another method:

les-smith · 01-26-2007, 07:43 PM

Are those Postal totes I see in there?[:o)] That sure is a lot of wood.

01-26-2007, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Grizzlyss Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. Posts: 186 Photos: 0	Wood Storage? Couldn't find any info about this, but how does eveyone store their wwod blanks? I have a lot of nice dry wood, but not sure if it should be stored in a air tight container to prevent moisture from getting in. Or if it should be stored in the open air of the shop so it can acclimitize to shop conditions and moiture levels so there is no cracking or splitting due to moisture differences. Please excuse the spelling, there is no spell checked here. LOL. Sheldon __________________ Nothing is fool proof, to a sufficiently talented Fool !

01-26-2007, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
penhead Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Posts: 2,093 Photos: 11	Actually there is a spell checker. Instead of using the 'quick reply', go to the top right corner of the topic thread and click on the "reply to topic" button. Once that window comes open, very right corner of the row of buttons is the spell checker button. Move your mouse over the button and it should tell you what the button does. __________________ JohnP - Chesapeake, VA Today's mighty oak is just yesterdays nut that held its ground.

01-26-2007, 05:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
toolcrazy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 5,376 Photos: 6	Myself, I have all my blanks in ziplock bags with the wood name on the bag. I'm not good at identifying wood yet. Gives me a quick reference of what I have. Also, I buy from a wood supplier and they recommend keeping them in ziplocks. They say you might even get some surprise spalting. __________________ Steve - Port Orchard, Washington TFW Web Services - Web site hosting and Domain Names Pacific Northwest Penturners Association, If you live here, or anywhere else, for that matter, come join us. TFW Designs Handmade Pens

01-26-2007, 05:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
jcollazo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bellflower, CA, USA. Posts: 714 Photos: 0	Here's a recent thread about this very subject: http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19934 __________________ joe

01-26-2007, 06:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
bob393 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Goshen, NY, USA. Posts: 1,396 Photos: 0	I collect and use those free cardboard tubs you see at home depot, usualy in the plumbing department, lable it with masking tape and store it in an old metal cabnet in my shop. __________________ Bob in Goshen, NY www.theginkoleafgallery.com http://www.myspace.com/bob393y http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref...&id=1325195631 "I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time." Herbert Bayard Swope

01-26-2007, 06:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
les-smith Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,144 Photos: 19	I use the flate rate boxes the you get from the USPS. I took back their plastic totes, they asked for them back.[:D]

01-26-2007, 07:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
les-smith Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,144 Photos: 19	Oh, I guess I should have mentioned: I only use the boxes that I recieve stuff in. I turn them inside out and tape them back up.

01-26-2007, 07:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
woodpens Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Webb, AL, USA. Posts: 896 Photos: 0	Here is my preferred method: Or another method: __________________ Jim Lambert (Webb, AL) Woodpens.com IAP Shirts & Bethlehem Olivewood http://www.woodpens.com/pen_turners.htm

01-26-2007, 07:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
les-smith Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,144 Photos: 19	Are those Postal totes I see in there?[:o)] That sure is a lot of wood.

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