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   oldusty | Dec 01, 2010 11:16pm | #1

   mc WILL CHANGE

          Friend ,

              If the lumber does pick up excess moisture you will need to allow time to acclimate and reach an acceptable RH

         factor while becoming more stable as it reaches the optimum ranges before you use it for your kitchen .

          The Relative Humidity or RH factor changes as the seasons do under normal conditions out in a possibly moist shed the chance is greater you will pick up moisture .

      You don't say id the Ash is KD or Green or air dried but my advice to you would be to spend the money for a moisture meter .

                Then you will know exactly where the lumber is and goes to from here .

          So to answer your question , Yes , you can store the lumber in the shed , No ,  it will not ruin the quality of the lumber .

                          regards ,dusty,boxmaker

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   70445 | Dec 02, 2010 08:55am | #3

   The wood is kiln dried...If I buy a mostiure meter, does the wood need to be at aeound 10-12%  to be at the best workability?  thanks for your help in this subject.

   Larry

   Pittsburg, Kansas

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   oldusty | Dec 02, 2010 09:44am | #4

   What % of MC ?

   Larry ,    Check some boards that you know are dry and stable , see what mc % they have , makes sense they should all be close to the same after acclimated but that gives you a baseline to gauge by .

                      you Got Wood ,regards dusty,boxmaker

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   jscharver | Dec 02, 2010 08:53am | #2

   +1 to buying a moisture meter. I've got a mini-Ligno E/D pin meter that was only about $80. The pins are hard to "push" into hardwoods so they're probably sensing the MC very close to the surface and not the core. There are digital meters with greater accuracy, but they'll set you back about $200. 

   Sticker the wood in your shed to allow air movement. Bring it into your shop when needed and allow several days for it to acclimate. The other option is to mill it oversize and then store it in the shop for several days before the final milling.

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   user-64052 | Dec 02, 2010 10:27am | #5

   I think that I would give it more than a couple of days as it is more than likely between 10 & 12 % and you want it dowm in the 7% range and that doesn't happen overnight

   ron

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   gpssam | Dec 03, 2010 12:50pm | #6

   One thing that I would caution you with is powder post beatles. In my experiance they love ash. I have had ash stored in an open shed several times get infested. It didn't seem to matter if it was kd or green they got it.