Playing with moisture meter

HoneyFuzz · Jul 27, 2014

Oh no doubt. It would be more to play with out of curiousity ! See how close my heft meter is lol

AmarilloSlim · Jul 27, 2014

Paul bunion said: ↑

You do not need one, they are a nice toy to play with but one isn't essential. I'd say that a scale and sharpie are more effective tools in figuring out how your wood is drying. The only thing a moisture meter can tell you is the % moisture between the tines at the spot you prick, overall for a given piece of wood about the only thing you can learn is the content at different spots with repeated readings. With a little experience your personal heft-o-meter, or your hands, should be able to tell you if a piece of wood is dry. If you really want to know what is going on within your pile, making some observations with a scale over time can tell you how your drying is going and tell you if your wood is as dry as you can possibly make it when it stops losing weight. You can also learn the effect of direct sun/wind and rain if you get some before/after samples on pieces that are kept under different conditions. I'd rather know that my methods for stacking and drying make for the greatest amount of water loss overall, as opposed to the particular content as pricked at an arbitrary spot between 2 or 4 tines within a split.
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HoneyFuzz said: ↑

Oh no doubt. It would be more to play with out of curiousity ! See how close my heft meter is lol
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heft o meter says my black locust rates within the bottom 10%. Heavy as chit & rtb.

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Playing with moisture meter

HoneyFuzz

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