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Showerthought: a warped pantry door ate 11 hours of my life last month
I built a shaker pantry door for a job in Sacramento and the frame twisted about 1/8 inch once it was hung. I figured it was the hinge screws pulling, so I filled the old holes and remounted twice, which burned a full afternoon. Turns out the real issue was my stile stock was flat when I cut it but moved after I finished it, and the garage I store lumber in runs about 15 degrees hotter than the shop. The fix was a 30 minute re-square, but finding that out cost me about 11 hours across a week. Now I sticker and acclimate stock for a few days before milling anything going into a door frame. How do you all handle lumber sitting in a hot garage, do you rest it in the shop first or just buy pre acclimated stock?
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