Michael wrote in
:

I have a couple of nice rough hard maple boards to plane and shape for
a lap desk. But these boards have been in the freezing cold for a
couple of days. Will this affect the glue bond since they have 8
percent moisture content? Should I warm them up first just to be sure?
I'm using Titebond III.

Thanks.


When I bring in frozen and weather exposed boards (I know yours probably
aren't) they're usually quite wet. This is often surface moisture, but
can penetrate 1/4" or more. I'm not sure I'd trust a glue joint in that
kind of situation.

They usually warm up quite quickly, though. An hour or two seems to be
good, so why risk it?

Puckdropper
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