99% of Beginners Don't Know These 5 Mistakes Ruin Wood!

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I know I'm not the greatest woodworker around and have an awful long way to go, but I tell you what, when it comes to sitting around and doing nothing while the wood acclimates, I'm the best you'll ever see.

Great video! Wood storage has been my most recent project. Really glad to see your back to woodworking videos, and not just pitching tools. Love that there’s a reason to come watch again!

Another great video, thanks. I appreciate your comment about the A frame for wood storage since I plan to do that as well. I have some lumer from a tree that had to be taken down from our property that I plan to store on racks like you have used - they are long so probably will need 4 racks instead of just 2. Appreciate your response to my question, nice to know people read these comments.

Somebody share this video with Home Depot and their suppliers. They need it desperately.

Knowledgeable, interesting, easy to understand and easy to follow. You're not afraid to let your light shine and I love that about you. I noticed your shirt before I ever opened up one of your "extra bonuses". Thank you.

Appreciate the tips! Picking up the hobby and the tips you and others share are invaluable!

I liked that you mentioned a dehumidifier. Once I was at my local lumber yard and noticed an odd unit if utility 1 X 4 Douglas fir that was of exceptional quality (all heart, vertical grain with very few knots) and less than 15% of the cost of clear heart, VG, kiln dried. My wife and I both LOVE Douglas fir. I picked out a lot of it. Put it in a room, stacked it with stickers, bound it with straps and turned on the dehumidifier for several weeks. The result was fantastic. We trimmed our guest cabin with it and it looked fantastic. It cost us less than $300 to trim a cabin with wood that would have otherwise cost almost $2,000. Thanks for the video Matt !!!

Great tips, especially for a beginner like myself. I have been accumulating pallet wood and needed some place to put it all. So, I used some of the wood and long, narrow pallets to knock together a couple of racks. It all works and only cost me buying screws for it. I know the south is humid, but here in the Pacific Nortwest, I've got an actual Rain Forest just a short drive up the coast, so good info to have!

Great information! I typically store my wood elevated off the floor, not subject to sunlight. I normally am building with it right away, but I'm also only a few miles away from the lumber store. Once I finally build a storage rack, I will probably "stock up" on certain types, and let them sit for weeks until I figure out what I'm going to build with it.

Thanks for the info, enjoy your channel. I'm following most of these tips but it's tough in a 1 car garage space --especially when you need to move a car into the space (I always stress when I park my rain covered Jeep next to my expensive hardwood lumber). I'm totally for waiting days, if not weeks, for material to acclimate and dry out. I'm on Cape Cod and humidity wreaks havoc here in the summer. Board cupping is something I deal with all the time.

I have the exact same dehumidifier. Been watching your channel for a while now and it is by far my favorite wood working channel without question. My wife is dragging me into her new Etsy shop so I've had to learn a lot, very quickly to get things done.

Nice work Matt! Very informative your videos are really great to watch thank you!🇺🇸

I totally agree with the dehumidifier. I have had one in my shop for several years. It was initially there for MY comfort, but I soon noticed that the wood was acting nicer as well. Of course in the winter I am running a small humidifier instead, again for MY comfort. (I am up in central Maryland, so the air does get cold and dry.) At the start of the day the humidity may be as low as 20%, but even after running all day it only goes up to 30% so I'm not too worried about that.

Thanks for the tips!

Thank you I'm wanting to get into woodworking and I could use all the advice I can get

Thank you for such amazing videos.

Great video. I found your channel this morning and I’m a builder/contractor & wood enthusiast

Thank you. These tips make a lot of sense. I appreciate it when you share your experience. The biggest takeaway that I had never really thought about was buying well in advance. I will now think about what I want to buy for use later this year. Thanks again.

Very nice video. Entertaining and informative. “Stickering” the wood is paramount. It is especially important with treated lumber which has a much higher moisture content and is not cut as closely to dimension as white wood. Anybody building an outdoor project should buy their wood as far in advance as possible as most treated lumber (except at Lowe’s and Home Depot) is stored outside at the lumber yard. Take it home. Sticker it and let it dry completely. I will be adding to my deck this summer and my treated lumber is now in my barn drying out.