In Reply to: Wood workers posted by heatherb on Saturday, 22. December 2007 at 08:38 Bali Time:
- Indonesia (Bali) is not usually well dried and when you bring it out of the moist tropical air into the drier temperate climate, of Oz for instance, it will slowly get drier and at the same time it will shrink in various directions and by various amounts.
The technical terms include warping, cupping, splitting and bending.
The non technical result is that it wont sit flat and the lid and any drawers and shelves will no longer fit.