Mini-Ligno Dx/C Moisture Meter

Description

The mini-Ligno DX/C is one of the most popular pin-style meters on the market. Its unique shape fits comfortably in your hand. It has a measuring range low enough to check hardwood floors (5) and high enough to evaluate wet lumber (65), plus a bright, digital display readable even in dark spaces. Meter features 40 settings for wood species corrections and a chart for domestic and tropical wood species, including bamboo. A reference scale for non-wood building materials, such as drywall and plaster, is included. Connections for external cables and electrodes are sold separately. Review: Very Good Seller Review: The Lignomat DX/C is easy to use, and quite versatile. It has an internal table of 40 different woods (with others said to be available from Ligno help), and a setting for drywall, building materials, and concrete. There are two sets of pins -- a set for 4/4 or less, and a longer set for 5/4. The pins are sharp, and easily penetrate the wood. The activating push-switch is between the pins, so the device turns on (and off!!) automatically. This same switch is used to set the desired wood via a code from a laminated pocket-sized card with the 40 wood species noted. There is also a temperature compensation table --the measured moisture content can be manually corrected for ambient temperature. Sure, you could have this automatic, but not for this price. The DX/C also has cable connections. This, combined with the appropriate cable-electrode, can be used for situations where the meter wouldn't be readable, for the special concrete electrodes, for building inspectors, or for a remote cable connection inside a kiln. Small shop-made kilns, powered with regular or IR lightbulbs are common. Other accessories, such as a calibration cap are available, though the instructions note several other rough calibration methods. Note, since wood shrinkage is a significant factor in furniture crafting, one can measure the moisture content of the end location (seasonal?), and the moisture content of the raw lumber, and deduct the amount of shrinkage that will occur, so that appropriate joining techniques can be used. Bottom line, if you want a good meter that measures many different woods, this is an excellent choice. The slightly less expensive model DX is identical, but without the external cable connection.