<html>
<head>
<style>
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Verdana
}
</style>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'>
Hey Chris! Additional information - there is so much to know and I am learning still. Thanks!<BR>
Merrilee<BR> <BR>
<HR id=stopSpelling>
From: chrishoward307@bellsouth.net<BR>To: woodcarver@carverscompanion.com<BR>Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:47:55 +0000<BR>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Carving "terribly dry and crumbly" wood<BR><BR>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV> Most times terribly dry wood is similar to (dry rot) and caused by drying the wood to quickly or it is extremely old and been stored in conditions that caused some stucture changes in the wood. Punky wood is the natural condition of wet rot after the wood is dry like Jim said a stabilizer has to be added to keep the cells of the wood bound together.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Chris Howard</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">-------------- Original message from Merrilee Johnson <merrihat@hotmail.com>: -------------- <BR><BR><BR>> Friends in Carving: Please support our List - visit <BR>> carverscompanion.com/List/Support.html to donate. <BR>> <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />Insert movie times and more without leaving HotmailŪ. <a href='http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009' target='_new'>See how.</a></body>
</html>