Boring Holes in Wet Wood
Wet Shavings from green Western Red Cedar
If you are unsure of the moisture content deep inside a thick timber a moisture meter won’t really help you. The best thing I know is to start drilling on a scrap piece and see what the auger bit brings up. Of course I can’t really see an instance where I would really need to know this considering I don’t work with large timbers that much. I’m just trying to justify this since I have so much fun watching the wood shavings change color as they get wetter and wetter the deeper I go.
Drilling through wet wood is so much easier too, just don’t get distracted in mid hole. My phone rang and I went to answer it, got pulled into some other things and when I came back 40 minutes later the wet wood had shrunk a bit freezing the bit in the hole.
Ever heard the expression, “joinery so tight it looks like it grew that way”? My planing beam has a built in brace!
***Brace is non functioning and meant for decoration only. Do not use brace. Do not sit on brace. Do not taunt brace.***
