Well, Wagner is making that easier than ever with a range of different moisture meters that use electromagnetic wave technology as opposed to pins, to give you a good, general reading of your lumber that you want to test. This happens to be their MMC 220 model. Again, electromagnetic waves measure the amount of moisture in the piece of lumber and give you a good average measurement.

It couldn't be easier to use. Escentually, you turn on the unit, you dial in the specific species that you have in mind, the lumber that you're measuring, and it comes with a booklet that gives you upwards to two hundred different specific gravities for various lumber species.

Once you select the species that you have in mind, I've got a sample here, this is some oak. It has a specific gravity of 63 - so we dial that into the meter, hit our ON button, and simply drag it across the board that we have in question and you get a good general estimate of the moisture content of that piece of lumber. This happens to be seven point eight percent moisture content.

So, as opposed to a pin style meter that only gives you a specific point of measurement, Wagner enables you to get a good general overall estimate on any point in the board that you drag that meter. If you want to learn more about Wagner's range of meter options, you can find out more information on their website which is: www.wagnermeters.com, you can find out that, in addition to many more specific gravities of lumber for, pretty much anything you might have in mind to measure, so , be sure to check out wagnermeters.com to learn more about Wagner's complete line.