Metsärinne Wood · bench tools

Workshop

How much a piece will move between a dry Finnish February and a damp August, and what to mill for a chessboard or an end-grain board.

The piece

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Fit it in a groove or frame

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Opening is the distance between the groove bottoms, or the frame's inside width plus both groove depths. The smallest gap is what is left at the piece's widest month.

The house ·
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20 % and 55 % are typical for a heated house in southern Finland. A hygrometer by the bench and one in the living room will tell you yours. The months in between follow a smooth curve, at 21 °C.

Moves over a year

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Fit

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