Workshop journal
Dry heating air pulls moisture out of solid wood. Three habits keep a table calm until spring.
Oak moves with the air around it. Below 40 percent the boards shrink and small cracks open along the grain. A bowl of water on the radiator or a simple humidifier is often enough. A hygrometer costs less than a cup of coffee a month and tells you when to act.
Oak moves with the air around it. Below 40 percent the boards shrink and small cracks open along the grain. A bowl of water on the radiator or a simple humidifier is often enough. A hygrometer costs less than a cup of coffee a month and tells you when to act.
A thin coat of hard wax oil in late autumn closes the surface before the heating season. Work it in with a cotton cloth, wait twenty minutes and polish off what the wood did not take. More oil does not mean more protection, it leaves a sticky film that collects dust.
A thin coat of hard wax oil in late autumn closes the surface before the heating season. Work it in with a cotton cloth, wait twenty minutes and polish off what the wood did not take. More oil does not mean more protection, it leaves a sticky film that collects dust.
Direct heat dries one side faster than the other, and a top can cup within weeks. Forty centimetres of distance are enough. If that is not possible, a runner across the warm side evens out the drying.
Direct heat dries one side faster than the other, and a top can cup within weeks. Forty centimetres of distance are enough. If that is not possible, a runner across the warm side evens out the drying.
A crack that grows over a week, a leg that suddenly wobbles or a joint that opens are signs that the wood needs more than care. Send us a photo, we answer within one working day and tell you honestly if a repair is worth it.
A crack that grows over a week, a leg that suddenly wobbles or a joint that opens are signs that the wood needs more than care. Send us a photo, we answer within one working day and tell you honestly if a repair is worth it.