Controlling Wood Movement – Essential Facts to Consider in Furniture Making

It is important to consider two simple and essential facts while making furniture successfully. The first is that wood moves. This means that it takes in and releases moisture, resultantly it swells or shrinks. This swelling and shrinking may sometimes be hardly noticeable or it may be quite significant, depending on the type of wood and the amount of humidity in the air. The second fact is that nothing can stop this movement.