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This may be a stupid question, but what does checking mean?

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Sleep Junkie:
I was reading through the posts and when people are talking about freshly collected arrow shafts, they say that you should wait to remove the bark until they dry because it prevents checking.  I assume that a check is a crack that forms and then runs down the length of a shaft because it dried to fast.  Am I correct?

TBod:
Check is a crack, correct as far as I know.

Josh:
Drying checks are cracks that form during the drying process.  If wood is cut green and left to dry, the outside of the wood dries faster than the inside wood.  When wood dries it shrinks.  So if the outside of the wood is drier than the inside wood, it shrinks causing checking.  Hope this helps.    -Josh

ZanderPommo:
yup, you're right junkie

Pat B:
Josh nailed it!  ;)

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