Woodworking
Handheld Moisture Meters
- Can I use my handheld moisture meter for materials other than wood?
- Can you check moisture content of particle board or wafer board with handheld moisture meters?
- Does it matter which way you set a Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter on the wood?
- Does my Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter ever require readjustment or need to be calibrated?
- How accurate is the Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter?
- How can I take accurate readings without sticking pins into my wood?
Moisture Meters
- Do I need to worry about moisture gradients and wet pockets?
- How are moisture meters affected by surface moisture?
- How does the difference in measuring techniques affect accuracy?
- The boards I'm measuring have been pressure treated (i.e. ACQ). What meter setting do I use?
- What is IntelliSense™ Technology and how does it work?
- What is proper moisture content for wood? What moisture content is considered too high or too low?
Pin and Pinless Meters
- Are the readings that I take with my Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter affected by the temperature of the wood?
- How can I take accurate readings without sticking pins into my wood? Why doesn't my new Wagner Handheld Moisture Meter read the same moisture content as my old pin meter?
- How do pin-type moisture meters work?
- How does the difference in measuring techniques affect accuracy?
- What's the difference in readings between a Wagner and a pin meter?
- Where is the reading taken with a pin-type meter? With a Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter?
Specific Gravity (SG)
- How do I get a specific gravity (SG) for engineered flooring?
- I don't know the specific gravity (SG) of the flooring. How can I determine what it is?
- I need to measure the moisture content in a very exotic species of wood with my Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter, and this species’ specific gravity (SG) is not included in the species adjustment tables. How can I find the correct SG?
- My Wagner Meters digital moisture meter can only be set to measure wood species with a specific gravity (SG) up to 0.70, but the wood species I am trying to read has a published SG higher than that. What do I do?
- What is the correct specific gravity (SG) setting for OSB, Plywood or MDF?
- Where can I find a list of specific gravity (SG) settings?
Plywood, OSB, MDF and Veneer
Plywood, OSB and MDF
- Can I use my Wagner Meters Handheld Moisture Meter to measure subfloors such as plywood, OSB or MDF?
- The flooring for which I am trying to obtain readings is already installed and is 5/8” thick. Will the subfloor have an effect on the readings?
- What is the correct specific gravity (SG) setting for OSB, Plywood or MDF?