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Is this ok to use?

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Is this ok to use?

lee beeden

>I have some 1x4 birch dry stacked outside for 5 years.

I moved a bunch into the living room on tuesday.

Stickered it nice, threw a fan and a couple of heaters on and cranked the heat up in the house.

This morning i have been getting readings from 9% upto 12% and found only a few at 14%.

What do you think is this wood good to use for a few kitchen projects?

Lee

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Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

>I'd give it another week to better acclimate.

Tom

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#3

Yeah. Plus...

Joe in a Cleveland suburb

>isn't birch considered kind of an unstable wood anyway even when properly dried and stabilized? I don't know, just asking. Maybe I'm thinking of something else(?).

Joe

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