P van Rijckevorsel wrote:

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Slight correction:
When wood dries it shrinks. When it is dried TOO FAST it may split, which is
called checking.

It has been my experience that MILLED lumber when dried TOO FAST will split.
When an ENTIRE LOG is dried without milling it WILL split regardless of how it
is dried.

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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