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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 777688" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I don't have the experience that Joel has but I have built a few stocks from a board or piece of a tree</p><p>and found that the best way to dry it is to cut it into a rough shape and seal the end grain.</p><p></p><p>This lets it dry without cracking (With the end grain exposed it will usually dry to fast and split.</p><p></p><p>It will dry through the sides but much slower.</p><p></p><p>I did not have access's to a moisture meter which is the right way to test one so I weighed the raw </p><p>blank while is was green and periodically weighed it to see how much weight/moisture it lost and </p><p>and when I could start on it.</p><p></p><p>It was not very scientific but so far None of the hand made stocks have given me problems.</p><p></p><p>As Terry Bradshaw said "I would rather be lucky than good"</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 777688, member: 2736"] I don't have the experience that Joel has but I have built a few stocks from a board or piece of a tree and found that the best way to dry it is to cut it into a rough shape and seal the end grain. This lets it dry without cracking (With the end grain exposed it will usually dry to fast and split. It will dry through the sides but much slower. I did not have access's to a moisture meter which is the right way to test one so I weighed the raw blank while is was green and periodically weighed it to see how much weight/moisture it lost and and when I could start on it. It was not very scientific but so far None of the hand made stocks have given me problems. As Terry Bradshaw said "I would rather be lucky than good" J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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