I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757

It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
it with my hand.

Also, it might come in handy when trying to determine if wood is moist
or not. For instance, is it ready to prime/paint yet? Might it warp or
check unless allowed to dry further? Maybe picking out lumber at Home
Depot, etc.

Thanks for any information.

Dan

I have one! It works but I find it is a bit difficult to use. You really
have to push it in the 1/8" that the instructions say in order to get a
reading. I have a difficult time getting a reading through long grain. Not
such a problem with end grain. I got it to keep track of the moisture in my
bowl blanks for turning. That's my story and I gotta stick with it......
George Hughes
Warner Robins, GA

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I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757

It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
it with my hand.

Also, it might come in handy when trying to determine if wood is moist
or not. For instance, is it ready to prime/paint yet? Might it warp or
check unless allowed to dry further? Maybe picking out lumber at Home
Depot, etc.

Thanks for any information.

Dan

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:04:21 -0500, "George H Hughes"
wrote:

:I have one! It works but I find it is a bit difficult to use. You really
:have to push it in the 1/8" that the instructions say in order to get a
:reading. I have a difficult time getting a reading through long grain. Not
:such a problem with end grain. I got it to keep track of the moisture in my
:bowl blanks for turning. That's my story and I gotta stick with it......
:George Hughes
:Warner Robins, GA


I can't imagine why you'd have to get much penetration. Maybe not
getting much of the probes embedded increases the resistance. Yeah, I
guess that makes sense. The shame of it is that you are making holes in
your wood - not an issue in my attic and I guess not particularly at HD,
where most of the wood I buy is pretty much for crude stuff, anyway.

Dan
:snip
:
: I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:
:
: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757
:
: It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
: it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
: very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
: guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
: a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
: it with my hand.
:
: Also, it might come in handy when trying to determine if wood is moist
: or not. For instance, is it ready to prime/paint yet? Might it warp or
: check unless allowed to dry further? Maybe picking out lumber at Home
: Depot, etc.
:
: Thanks for any information.
:
: Dan
:

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:42:18 GMT, Dan_Musicant
wrote:

I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757

It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
it with my hand.

Also, it might come in handy when trying to determine if wood is moist
or not. For instance, is it ready to prime/paint yet? Might it warp or
check unless allowed to dry further? Maybe picking out lumber at Home
Depot, etc.

Thanks for any information.

Dan
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regaeds
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:32:44 -0600, g.a.miller
wrote:

:On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:42:18 GMT, Dan_Musicant
:wrote:
:
:I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:
:
:http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757
:
:It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
:it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
:very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
:guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
:a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
:it with my hand.
:
:Also, it might come in handy when trying to determine if wood is moist
:or not. For instance, is it ready to prime/paint yet? Might it warp or
:check unless allowed to dry further? Maybe picking out lumber at Home
:Depot, etc.
:
:Thanks for any information.
:
:Dan
:try looging on to handyman.com and compare notes on these
:regaeds
:anthony

How could I find that once I hit the site http://handyman.com/ ?

Thanks.

Dan
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:34:46 GMT, Dan_Musicant
wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:32:44 -0600, g.a.miller
wrote:

:On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:42:18 GMT, Dan_Musicant
:wrote:
:
:I'm looking at the following at Harbor Freight:
:
:http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2757
:
:It's $20, and I wonder if it's worth the money. My initial purpose for
:it is to find leaks in my attic. I just had total roof job done to my
:very old house and there's a lot of discolored wood up there and have to
:guess if wood is wet or not. I figure the meter might make finding leaks
:a lot easier than digging my finger nail into a piece of wood or rubbing
:it with my hand.
:
:Also, it might come in handy when trying to determine if wood is moist
:or not. For instance, is it ready to prime/paint yet? Might it warp or
:check unless allowed to dry further? Maybe picking out lumber at Home
:Depot, etc.
:
:Thanks for any information.
:
:Dan
:try looging on to handyman.com and compare notes on these
:regaeds
:anthony

How could I find that once I hit the site http://handyman.com/ ?

Thanks.

Dan
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