wood storage??

[sgimbel]

Hi all,

I went from having no wood to having a small stockpile to work on. Now my question. Most of my wood in small pieces from 1/8" to 1/4" some real wood some ply and a lot of 3/4" by roughly a foot long. I'm in AZ so humidity is not a big problem. Should I put weight on it, strap it or what to keep warping, cupping etc from happening while I'm waiting to turn it into sawdust? All suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance.

[Mike Crosa]

Good question and I very curious also. Right now I store on their sides on a plastic ventilated shelf in my garage. I am in Central Florida so I know I have more humidity than you in Arizona but I haven't discerned a problem yet.

[workin for wood]

Regardless of your humidity levels, minimum 12" off the concrete. Concrete always has more humidity in it than the air does. I don't bother with stacking wieghts and stuff on my wood piles. If the wood isn't totally dry you'll want it to be stickered of course. Those rods you buy with the holes in them that mount to the walls are pretty good. You put the bracket things in them and set your wood on those. I don't know what they are called, but basically it's for shelving, but you don't need to buy a shelf board, just put your wood on them and the wood is the shelf. That's one cheap way to get it out of the way. you can put those up high to get the wood out of your way and save room below for shop tools and whatever else. The higher your wood sits, the better anyhow.

[lucky788scroller]

depending on length, especially with the thin stuff, i would just stack it on a shelf, no need for a bunch of weight on it. Dale

[knothead]

Scott,

The best suggestion would be to store it in my shop.

Tom