Wood Moisture Science and Lumber Stabilization: A Practical Guide to Moisture Behavior, Drying Control, and Dimensional Stability in Wood

By Clint Harrow and Alice Schwartz

Reactive Publishing

Wood movement is one of the most important forces affecting lumber quality, product performance, and long-term durability. Wood Moisture Science and Lumber Stabilization provides a practical, technically grounded introduction to how moisture behaves inside wood and how that behavior influences drying, storage, machining, construction, and finished wood products.

This guide explains the relationship between moisture content, equilibrium moisture content, relative humidity, temperature, grain orientation, shrinkage, swelling, and dimensional change. Readers will learn how wood absorbs and releases moisture, why different species respond differently, and how moisture-related stresses can contribute to checking, warping, cupping, splitting, casehardening, and other common defects.

Designed for woodworkers, sawmill operators, kiln-drying professionals, lumber dealers, builders, furniture makers, and students of wood technology, this book connects scientific principles with practical decision-making. It covers moisture measurement, drying behavior, storage conditions, acclimation, stabilization practices, and quality-control considerations for lumber and wood products.

Rather than treating moisture as a simple problem to eliminate, this book presents it as a natural property of wood that must be understood, measured, and managed. With clear explanations and applied examples, Wood Moisture Science and Lumber Stabilization helps readers make better decisions when selecting, drying, storing, and using lumber in real-world environments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H1CB5DRL
• ISBN13: 9798196408977
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"