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The densest woods not only do not need to be stabilized, they can not be stabilized. On the other hand, oak is not a dense wood. If it shrunk it was not dry. Unstabilized oak will swell and shrink with the humidity. Ironwood, rosewood, cocobolo, osage orange are examples. Actually 6% is not dry enough and will continue to shrink in very low humidity situations or it will swell when the humidity is higher. One must know his woods to know which need to be stabilized or not.
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