I am a novice woodworker and have a basic question but couldn't find quite the answer in the forum when I searched.
I live in Rochester, NY where it gets very humid in the summer and fairly dry in the winter. I buy my hardwood from a local supplier who kiln dries it and then stores it unstickered in his large barn anywhere from days to years. I bring it home and sticker it in my garage for weeks to months. Everything I have read (including this month's article in FWW) says to let the wood acclimate to the shop environment for some time before working the wood.
My question is this: Do I really want to let my wood acclimate to my shop environment at 90% Rh in the summer, build my project, and then put it in my house where it will reside at 30-50% Rh?
It seems to me that if I let it acclimate and accumulate % moisture levels in the teens, work it, glue it, etc. and then put it in a lower moisture setting that the project is doomed but I don't know what else to do (other than fully insulate my garage and put in a dehumidifier and maybe AC unit).
Please help!