Questions tagged [warp]
Use for any Question relating to twisting, cupping and bending in wood.
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What would be the best way to unwarp this chess board?
I made this chess board then accidentally left it in a garage for a few months before finishing it, causing a very significant warp presumably due to humidity changes.
Things I'm considering:
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Securing an Ikea countertop to Ikea drawers (SALJAN and ALEX)
As the title suggests, I'm having a few second thoughts about how to mount my 98" Saljan countertop to two sets of Alex drawers.
I've already bought three 14 gauge steel channels that I'll be ...
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Having a hard time ripping inexpensive 2x10 lumber. Could use a little advice
For a little while, I've been buying longer Southern Yellow Pine boards at 'ye olde orange home center' that contains pith.
The idea is that I'll rip out the pith and some surrounding material and ...
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How long should I leave a green yew stick clamped to a bench for straightening?
I have already gotten a lot of great info from some previous questions on here, but honestly speaking, I am trying to find a reliable answer for my ten year-old, son who (probably rightly) doubts my ...
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Wood warps after milling
From recent question Will forcing a twisted drawer front flat cause issues?
Wood sometimes distorts after we make it final thickness. Can we avoid this?
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Will forcing a twisted drawer front flat cause issues?
I'm working on cherry drawer fronts for a dresser with inset drawers. The drawer in question is 38" wide and about 8" tall. The drawer itself is 1/2 Baltic Birch.
The board has already been ...
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What to do about cupped table top
I am in the process of building a dining table out of solid walnut. I don't have the skills or equipment to make the tabletop myself, so I got my wood supplier to do it for me. The tabletop is 6/4 ...
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Smoothing an uneven piece of wood
What are the best ways to smooth out shallow cuts in a piece of wood that is "mostly flat" but definitely a little warped, and has no requirement to be made flat?
This came from trees a ...
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Routed Brazillian cherry warps after cutting
I started with a 9" x 20" piece of Brazilian cherry, and router cut 5 holes (one circular one, 4 rectangular ones) through the entire width of the board of different sizes in a non-symmetric ...
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What determines whether a board will warp or stay straight?
I've been reading a lot of forum posts on woodworking since I'm very new at it, and a common point I read is that wood needs to be glued soon after surfacing it or else it'll warp. It has left me ...
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Will 4/4 rough sawn white oak warp over time?
I have a bunch of 9' long by 6" 4/4 rough sawn (flat sawn) white oak in my garage. I'm curious as to whether I should expect it to cup and/or bow over time. It's kiln dried. I have it in stacks, ...
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Which side of a cupped table top has absorbed more humidity (and other causes for warping)?
Quality table tops are built from many smaller pieces of wood, which are then glued together. (Here we focus on table tops, not on butcher blocks, where multiple long beams are glued, then cut into ...
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How to repair a warped kitchen tabletop?
I guess that over the years I (ab)used this 1¼-inch-thick kitchen table top, by, for example, not using place-mats. The finish was initially extremely good. I palm-of-hand applied the varnish (which ...
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Will varnish stop bare wood from warping?
I am looking to purchase some unfinished ash strip wood for some interior decorative purposes. The retailer advised that whilst it is 'ready to use' (in reference to the wood having been planed etc), ...
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How to straighten AC plywood for desktop
I'm building a very simple work-from-home desk, with 3/4" AC fir plywood for the top. The plywood has a concave bow on the top side. How do I straighten this board?
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I've already ...
