99% of Beginners Don't Know These 5 Mistakes Ruin Wood!
99% of Beginners Don't Know These 5 Mistakes Ruin Wood!
These 5 woodworking tips will help you store your lumber so it doesn’t warp, twist and crack as much. I wish I had known about these woodworking tricks when I started. This video is not sponsored. Some product links are Amazon and other affiliate links which means if you buy something we’ll receive a small commission. This helps support my channel so I can continue to make content like this.
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I am new to wood working and have had problems with wood shrinking after I make projects. In rural Canada lots of our wood at lumber yards is kept outside, also not the best quality. I have had problems building something then when it is brought inside the furnace sucks all the moisture out of the wood and causing it to shrink. I have considered bringing the wood inside prior to building with it. Any recommendations for a solution to this problem?
Awesome information! Love it. Haven’t unpacked yet and still have a ton of tools at my mom’s house. Been remodeling her house for years so she can keep warm. Just got a house that has a 2 car metal garage. Can’t wait to bring the toys home and get it set up. Still got all my moving boxes there from early last year. Thanks. New subscriber. Just happened upon you. 👍
Curious. What about wood that is exposed to Michigan weather cold, warm, snow of a house being built and the 2×4, 2×6 an so on are being exposed. Is this a bad thing 🤔
There should be a moisture barrier preferably space between the concrete and your stored wood, pieces of scrap wood as base are just in-between sponges so not really good enough on their own. Add space by using some bumps on the bottom like screwheads or something.
That table you made with the distressed look. What movements its made is typical of something distressed. It fits its intent perfectly. It also look good. Maybe
A red primer or some other under coat of paint and a finnish then add the woren off spots of the top coat, it makes it look old and used as well as abused.
Great, usable information! And thanks for getting right to the meat and potatoes, instead of several minutes of intro fluff and filler.
Thank you I’m wanting to get into woodworking and I could use all the advice I can get
I do bush crafting woodwork so I don’t get to choose my environment too much and the stuff I make always gets wet eventually, even though this is generally not a very humid area. I just choose to use pieces of wood for things based on their character to bend and split. If the piece is too hard to work with, I can always use it for firewood. Many times, though, the natural bend of the wood itself gives me an idea of a way I could use it and I enjoy that aspect. I definitely don’t enjoy it when the wood splits after I’ve made something though but that’s life. Even if I have to make it again, maybe I’ll make a better version the next time.
I’ve got some wood in my garage that’s been acclimating for a few years now. Someday I’ll get around to building those shelves! 🤪 nice video! Appreciate the tips
Thank you. 👊👊👊
Hey there, great video. I’d like your thoughts on this please. I keep all my lumber stock in my garage all of it on racks high ones low ones and most of it vertical standing up and in a cart. I live in the northeast my garage is not climate controlled so if my lumber it’s stored in my shop it’s ready to build correct? About a year ago I built a Coffee table and the top after about six months maybe not even has cracked significantly, not on the glued seams but right in the middle of the board. Should I have had that wood acclimate to the inside of my home? would that have helped? It’s kind of opposite of what you were talking about but being on the subject I had to ask. Thank you and again great info as always. Much appreciated.
Hola! 🖐Really good info, thanks for sharing. Take care and have a good one, Adios!👊
Good tips
id like to expand on acclimation…if your shop isnt climate controlled in a manner similar to your house or final use area – then bring that lumber and acclimate it in your house or final use area, its going to be a pain but youll have to bring them in and out constantly to keep them acclimated, make the cuts you need or glue up and put back in house until ready for next step, etc .
How does the dehumidifier hold up to sawdust?
Where do you buy hardwood online? I live in a place where its harder to get hardwood locally too. Would love a good online source!
If I buy the crappy lumber from Home Depot, I find that within 2-3 days 1/4 to 1/2 of the boards will warp while in the garage even if blocked up off the floor or stored on sawhorses. Only way to avoid warping is to use it immediately or to stack it and clamp it together.
One thing I do that wasn’t mentioned, is to really assess whether you need all those off cuts. I got so tired of all the spare wood I burned it all a few years back, and since then I really haven’t ever thought to myself "gee I wish I had a 3 inch piece of walnut". If the scraps don’t meet certain minimum dimensions, it goes in the burn pile.
Moisture is not heavier than air, it actually accumulate on the ceiling!
In true English we term this process as "Acclimatise" please not the use of "s" and not the Yank sloppy use of "Z"
What a drama queen.
Had to switch off in the first 2 minutes
too bad you can’t keep your childish dark ages mysticism out of your videos.
"Fight the good fight" Seems violent… The religion of love that threatens children with hell and tells women to worship their husbands like a god. I see no difference between this and domestic violence. It has a long history of violence that continues to this day.
Considering wood from your local lumber store to be "the same" ignores the fact that 90% of the time it’s been sitting outside the yard for days, in the rain, the sun, and so forth, as well as bundled into a tight pile, meaning "no aeration" since it was packed (wherever) for shipping. I just bought some 4x4s at a local Lowes and they were sopping wet, because it had rained A WEEK AGO. 😉
Hey great informative video. My workshop is in shipping container, pretty cold during winter months, the heaters are going while I’m working. One thing the I’m unsure about is how to handle finished projects, is it a problem bringing them into the warm house from a cold workshop once complete?
Wood seem too fussy indoors to work well outdoors. I’ll look into metal.
I use the same ripping sled as you do but it’s about eight feet long so on the outfeed side it occasionally drifted away from the fence. I made a custom featherboard that fits in the miter slot and is lower than the thickness of the jig so the cutoff goes over it
I bought 6 2X4x10 a few months back for a train table project. I did the wood cutting on my porch, and after I had the right fit that wood was put in my house at the spot where it was to be screwed in place. Started around 8:30 AM and finished up around 2 PM. By the time I was about to screw this all together in my house, almost all of the long 2X4’s had a twist in them. I did the best I could despite the twist. The problem is not so visible and it is built but they are not as strong as I hoped. The table part is about 3.5 feet by 9.5 feet with 5 of these as the main cross supports. I was hoping to avoid having to have a center support for the 9.5 span but almost right away I had to have a temporary one if I was going to put any kind of weight on it. Yet with older 2X4X8 I had almost no problem with strength or twisting in the past years using only 2 for the 8 foot span. About 6 years before I bought 4 of the 2X4X10’s from the same local hardware store for a 2 foot by 10 foot shelf and they were fine and still are, with a span of about 8.5 feet, but even then I felt it wise to have at least one middle post where I could. (3 foot span and 5 foot span) I would guess I have at least 600 to 800 pounds on that shelf with no twist or bending. Wood can be weird!
5:44 2-in drop over 2-ft… What ?
Did students build your shop ?
🤣 "It’s Math, whatever you wanna call it"🤣
Huh, I see the headlights of a Renault D Wide truck peeking out from under the shop door. 🤔
Big box wood (except KD) is wet. The deeper you go in the stack the heavier the boards get because it’s full of water. I put stringers between the boards, strap them together and allow them to air dry. Next time I do this I’ll weigh the wood and see how much water there really is.
I want to start buying some tools for woodworking, and eventual do some projects, but unfortunately lumber is ridiculously expensive with no signs of coming down in price. Pre-pandemic I bought a 4x8x3/4 sheet of MDF I cut down for a desktop, and at the time I paid $30. Now that same measured piece is double the price. I just can’t afford it right now. I know prices will eventually fall, but it’s a bit disheartening, and demotivating to even attempt any projects because if I screw up, like I know I will, it’s gonna cost me way more these days. It’s a bummer, but it is what it is.
Good video, I’ve watched many 731’s. You have a nice selection of hardwoods.
I’m fairly new to fine woodworking. Are you able to share any sources/suppliers of hardwoods?
Great information! I typically store my wood elevated off the floor, not subject to sunlight. I normally am building with it right away, but I’m also only a few miles away from the lumber store. Once I finally build a storage rack, I will probably "stock up" on certain types, and let them sit for weeks until I figure out what I’m going to build with it.
If I am getting a number of new boards, I will clamp them together to keep the from warping as they acclimate.
Accurate for 2 weeks, girl that shit gets cut and a product I kicked out less than 24 hrs later 😂😂
are those handcuffs behind your left shoulder?
Is this a joke ?
Minimum dry one day per quarter inch of thickness equals 3 days before you cut. Just my rule of thumb
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Since you know about wood movement with changes in moisture content.
Why do so many of your projects don’t account for that wood movement as the board dries or seasonal humidity ?
Must be the pocket screws ‘eh ?
Wood needs be stickered when it is being acclimated.
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I love your shirt. 🙂
8:20 Built rolling carts. They were great. But I had to yield to reality. I took them apart.
I wish I went to woodshop in highschool, I would’ve learned about this a long time ago!
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I dont allways have the nerv to wait, but doyu think it was enough when i had my oak(sawed) stored for about 16 years before i made my speakers of it??😂 Had straps around and wooden stripes between! Just kidding, it took me a while before i decided to make them speakerboxes. A memory from my childhood, i used to climb in that oak as a kid!
If I were you I would look into redoing the garage floor. Unless it is intended to be uneven.