On Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:42:11 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Larry Jaques on Wed, 07 Mar 2018
09:14:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:09:29 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:
* co-worker told of working in a woodworking store, guy comes in wants
a block of wood 100 cm on a side, to .001. "Sir, wood swells that
much just by breathing on it. Also - a block that large is going to
be impossible to find."

Nah, just chop down a redwood or any old-growth pine/oak/etc. It'll
stay within that 0.001 (in one place) for at least a few minutes in a
small temp/hum-controlled space. I wonder if he meant 100mm...

iirc - Scot asked - he meant a meter.

That's why I initially said redwood/old growth, which would be large
enough for a cubic meter of wood, but you never know with the public.
They get these odd tidbits of "news" from CNN and they're off and
running.

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