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I recently bought the lumber I will need for the benchwork for my new lay-out and have it in my garage for the time being. A friend told me that it would be a good idea to let the lumber sit inside the room where I plan to build the lay-out for at least a week before I even think of begining to build it. He told me that since the lumberyard I bought the wood at does not keep their lumber stock in a climate controlled atmosphere (inside), that if I start cutting and assembling it right away the wood will swell or contract until it reaches and remains at the controlled temp of the room it will be built in and I will have a mess with boards not lining up properly, boards bowing, ect. Is this true and if so, is there a way to speed up this process of the lumber "setting' as he called it, to the temp it will be set up in?
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