The Craftsperson’s Companion to Timber Technology

This chapter is where most readers will have an “aha!” moment — the first time they really understand **why** boards behave the way they do after planing, seasoning, resawing or fitting into furniture.

Moisture chapter = *what causes movement*

Movement chapter = *how that movement expresses itself in real shapes*

Let’s go.

Tea at the ready — this one’s beefy.

If you remember almost nothing else from this book, remember this:

Wood doesn’t care about your design. It cares about water.

Every dramatic thing wood does – swelling, shrinking, cupping, twisting, splitting, opening joints, sticking drawers – comes back, one way or another, to moisture content changing.