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Newsletter: How to Make Sure Your Moisture Meter is Working Correctly

November 2016, Issue No. 19 AT A GLANCE *How to make sure you moisture meter is working correctly * Special Offer Interesting Websites Calibration of Handheld Moisture Meters. 9 Wood: (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:      (503) 256-3844 WEB: www.lignomatusa.com Facebook How to make sure your […]

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Newsletter: Storing and Acclimating Your Lumber

August 2016, Issue No. 18 AT A GLANCE *Storing and Acclimateing Your Lumber * Moisture in Concrete: Free and Bound Moisture Interesting Websites Concrete Floors and Moisture (read more) Scientific article about different methods to measure moisture in concrete. Great information about the different types of water in concrete. (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: […]

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Newsletter March 2016: Case Study Floor Covering Failure

March 2016, Issue No. 17 AT A GLANCE *Case Study: Customer Calls with Floor Covering Failure * Why is Wood Cupping and Shrinking? Interesting Websites Popular Woodworking Magazine: Moisture Meters (see more) Understanding, Preventing, Detecting and Correcting Moisture in Concrete Floors (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:    […]

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Canadian Woodworking Product Review Ligno Scanner SD

https://www.canadianwoodworking.com/lignomat-ligno-scanner The Ligno-Scanner SD pinless moisture meter indicates true wood moisture percentages corrected for different wood species. Wood species and corresponding settings are listed on a laminated species card included with each moisture meter. Wood species corrections can also be custom programmed by entering the specific gravity between 0.3 and 1.0. A reference scale has […]

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Beach House at the Oregon Coast Continued

What we did: To measure the outside humidity, we installed another wireless transmitter with an RH sensor attached under the roof. Measurements were collected by the same central station and sent to the Internet. A review of readings confirmed that the leak was fixed. The moisture in the window sill did not change at all, […]

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Beach House at the Oregon Coast

A few years ago, we purchased a house at the Oregon Coast. Since then, several moisture related problems have occurred. We are familiar with moisture problems since our company manufactures moisture meters. Wintertime at the Oregon Coast means lots and lots of rain, accompanied with a very high relative humidity. After the winter we noticed […]

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May 2015 Lignomat Newsletter Wireless Monitoring of Moisture

May 2015, Issue No. 13 AT A GLANCE * Wireless Moisture Monitoring, Data Logging *Memo-Chip BL2 *Wireless Moisture Monitoring *Special Offer Interesting Websites Cleanfax article on Lignomat Data Logging system (see more) Woodworking Network article (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:      (503) 256-3844 WEB: www.lignomatusa.com Facebook […]

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Lignomat – Woodcraft Magazine April/May 2015

“How to Air-Dry Lumber” by Dave Boyt features the mini-Ligno moisture meter. Dave uses our meter to demonstrate monitoring his wood stacks when air-drying his lumber. Dave writes, ” For many projects, such as rustic furniture, air-dried stock (around 12% MC) is good enough. If the design allows for shrinkage without damaging the wood or […]

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