Dan, I had the same thing happen when I was making shelves in the basement for my wife. I didn't write about it cause it was embarrasing. I was able to rent a board stretcher from a local hardware store, but the wood was weaker after stretching, so I just bought another 1x6.
-----Original Message----- .From: "Dan Rossi"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Sent: 4/16/07 1:23:56 PM .To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> .Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Board stretcher. . .Anybody know where I can get a board stretcher? I was cutting some trim .pieces this weekend and even though I specifically cut them long so I .could trim them to length. Somehow, seemingly impossibly, a couple of the .boards mysteriously shrunk after I cut them. I swear! I took a board .that was half an inch too long, cut an eighth off of it, and ended up with a .board half an inch too short. Don't ask me how. Hell, I was so impressed .that I couldn't even get mad. . .Ah, the joys of D I Y. . .-- .Blue skies. .Dan Rossi .Carnegie Mellon University. .E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
