Moisture Content Meter?

Canoe shaped is my goal. :) Thanks for noticing.

Yep, although I haven't measured carefully to see if it will hit the floor or ceiling first. I do know that for these large bowls I'll have to move the ceiling light. :)

I have since turned my second bowl. It is an oval 4" x 18" and 4" high. Dan

Dan:

The meters I was using were an old Delmhorst pin type and an old Wagner, pinless. I don't have them any more and have no idea of the model numbers. All these meters were designed to measure 4/4 lumber or maybe

8/4 in a pinch. Sticking a pin an eighth of an inch into a piece of wood tells you nothing about what is 2 inches down, I think.

The pinless folks are most unclear about how deeply their test penetrates. I can guess why that is.

When we checked MC for a kiln load, we didn't measure the whole load; we measured samples. You might be able to do the same with blanks although the thickness could be a major issue.

I don't see why you couldn't weigh a 200 lb blank. They weigh fish a lot bigger than that every day.

Bill

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I'd have liked to help with the MC question, but have never even seen one in person, much less used one of them. Could be that others are in the same boat.

You are real close! Just get the ends a wee bit more pointy.

Thought so. I usually think of swing as the radius. Still HUGE! You'll need to cage it so someone doesn't get whacked coming in from the side. Sorta reminds me of starting aircraft engines the old fashioned way. I imagine the pucker factor will be similar. :o)

I got to thinking about that propeller analogy I made in my previous post. The lathe IS bolted down, right? Have you given any thought to the aerodynamics of really long and narrow bowls?

Thanks!

I'm sure that most of us don't use them, I was hoping to find one or two who had.

Dan

Swing is the largest diameter a lathe can turn inboard.

The work only turns at about 50 rpm and all the flayling about is on the backside. On the frontside, where the cutting happens, the motion is more like that of plain turning. In fact, at the front centerline there is no back-and-forth motion, otherwise you could cut an oval. Take a look at one of the videos I have.

Dan

Hi dan,

I have the Lignomat "mini Ligno E" that I use primarily for checking air dried flat stock that I use for case work. It's the only one I've ever used.

I've never had a way of checking its accuracy, but by comparing the reading of the air dried stock to that of kiln dried stock of the same species I've never had a problem.

The meter sells for about $100. See:

You always have a way of checking its accuracy. 150 degree oven until the measured piece ceases to lose moisture (by weight) and compute. That's how they developed those corrections you refer to for different species.