The fault, Dear Brutes, is not with the set up, but with the lumber.  With
few exceptions, the dimensions will be pretty close when the stock is cut.
Unless very dry lumber is used, there can be significant dimensional
changes, especially with soft woods.

Depending on the timing and whether the manufacturer bears the expense of
aging lumber in his own yard, it's possible a lot will measure correctly
when delivered to the Distributor but not when delivered to the customer.

"Just in time" inventory control in the woodworking business just doesn't
work anymore.  There's too much pond dried lumber on the market.

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Bill Truesdell wrote:

> I appreciate standards and think we have them already but within some
> specific companies and even between some companies....

> If we built all our hives of a better dimensionally stable material,
> then standards would work, but even then, would cost because of the
> better material, closer tolerance machines and quality control to the
> standard.

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