2015年5月20日 · The warped wood should be well-covered with a wet towel or blanket. The wood should be placed on a straight rigid surface or bench with the inward curve facing downward. At this point, the wood is put in the sunlight and water is sprinkled on the wrapped towel for good measure. This process may take several days to have an effect.

2015年3月17日 · If you haven't built a "joint on your planer" carriage, the quick-and-dirty solution is to hot-glue a sacrificial scrap-wood runner along each side to keep the board stable during this process. Make sure both runners are flat against the bench when you glue them on, and they'll keep the main board from rocking.

2015年4月14日 · bow: a warp along the length of the face of the wood; crook: (also called wain) a warp along the length of the edge of the wood; kink: a localized crook, often due to a knot; cup: a warp across the width of the face, in which the edges are higher or lower than the center of the wood; twist: a distortion in which the two ends do not lie on the ...

2018年11月1日 · You are not dealing with warped wood here. Your last picture shows that you have a moisture problem (due to a change in the ambient moisture content of the air - change from a dry climate to a wet climate, moved outdoors from a controlled environment) that has caused the bottom to expand and in the process push the the front legs forward ...

2018年4月6日 · The boards I get are twisted, bent, warped, don't have a single straight edge, and are full of knots (I am talking big ones, every 10-20 cm (4-8 inches). By the time I re-rip and plane these boards flat and straight, there is almost nothing left to use, and 3/4 of the wood is wasted.

2020年6月15日 · There are previous Q&As that cover warped wood, and any viable means to recover it, from various angles. "the wood is sitting on my old ikea desk I am replacing" That could be part, or all, of the problem right there. You put a plank on a surface (any surface, even more wood) and the top of it can exchange moisture freely, the bottom cannot.

2015年7月28日 · The purpose of a jointer is specifically to flatten warped lumber. If your lumber isn't warped, you don't have to joint it. In a fantasy world, none of us would need jointers. Unfortunately, in our world wood moves, so even if the lumber was jointed perfectly flat before you bought it, it probably won't be perfectly flat by the time you go to ...

Wood is a natural product and warping is what it naturally does. However, you can mitigate the effects. You can buy engineered wood products that won't warp, but I doubt that the cost would be acceptable for a project like this, and I don't know if engineered wood is available in pressure-treated for ground contact.

2020年12月6日 · 2 Warped wood generally wants to stay that new shape and there may be tremendous force within it resisting a change, which is why so much clamp pressure can be needed to force a thick curved top back to flat once you bring it into the workshop to fix. 3 For example resurfacing the tabletop by heavy sanding or planing.

2015年4月26日 · "chips and glue" = "chipboard" (UK). There is also fibres+glue = "MDF" (US+UK). MDF is probably more suited to furniture but you need to wear protection when cutting or sanding it. Wood in DIY stores is often intended for constructing the framing in buildings and is often warped. You could ask about wood for furniture making. –