My local HF has on sale

[alamocdc]

a two pin moisture meter (item #2757) for $19.99 and the 29 piece set of Transfer Punches (item # 3577) many of us use to disassemble pens for $5.99. Just thought y'all might like to know so you could check with yours.

 

[chigdon]

Already have the transfer punches (which weren't on sale) but wondering if anyone has the moisture meter. Is it any good for that cheap?

 

[alamocdc]

I'll let you know what I think of it later, Chris. I just bought one.

 

[airrat]

I bought one from them last year. Will have to find it and look at the name. It lasted all of a month then stopped working. Never found out if it was accurate.

 

[Monty]

I've had the moisture meter for some time now. Don't remember what I paid for it but it works better than what I had before, which was nothing.

 

[Woodnknots]

I have the moisture meter. I seems pretty acurate. Only problem I have is that it's only accurate as far as the pins will go in. I usually measure again when I have bandsawed out a blank to see what the content REALLY is. But I'm sure that's a problem with any pin moisture meter. I've checked kiln dried wood that's been in my shop for about a year, and it measures 8% or a little higher, so it seems accurate on the low end. Fresh cut blanks measure way up on the high side, and some lumber I've had drying for probably 8-10 months measures between 14-16% moisture. Seems pretty close to real to me.

 

[alamocdc]

Dave, my kiln dried stuff that I've had for three and four years also measures at about 8% and my air dried Maple bowl blanks (now two years old) measure about 12%. Seems to be close enough in accuracy as far as I can tell.