Doesn’t everybody do this? :-)
Ironing it on the concave side adds moisture to the side that needs to expand in order for the board to straighten out, the heat helps the moisture to penetrate and make the lignin malleable. Then I hold tension on it in the direction I want it to flatten until it cools off and the lignin has set in place.
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doubleDD
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#1 posted 03-24-2022 07:29 PM
Cool trick, will have to keep that in mind. My luck the board would twist.
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#2 posted 03-24-2022 07:38 PM
Might want to have a link for those of us on iPads who don’t see what you embedded.
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Jerry
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#3 posted 03-24-2022 07:50 PM
Good suggestion, I’ve done that. Thanks!
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#4 posted 03-25-2022 12:40 AM
a nice tip jerry.
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#5 posted 03-25-2022 01:14 AM
Nice, Jerry! Steam bending, of a sort. ;-)
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Jerry
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#6 posted 03-25-2022 02:01 AM
Thanks Pottz
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Jerry
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#7 posted 03-25-2022 02:01 AM
Thank you Dave, yes it really is, isn’t it.
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#8 posted 03-25-2022 06:06 PM
Thanks for the tip Jerry.
I have a window in my shop that faces west and if I forget to close the curtains my wood warps.
Does it work on 4/4 and thicker?
This looks like the fastest fix I’ve seen. 8^}
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Jim Jakosh
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#9 posted 03-25-2022 06:11 PM
Cool idea. Does it stay flat?
I have a guy here who need that badly on some table legs that he laminated.
Cheers, Jim
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