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Welp, I did it. It took me a year, between projects, but I did figure out how to do it by trial and error. But I learned a lot. Tried putting weights on it, on a flat piece of quartz top, lightly sprayed it with water, let it set for weeks (no luck). Finally after months I kerfed the bottom side, routed 3/4" wide 1/2" deep and put strips of pine (because that's what I had). It almost got it down, so I put steel channel over one of them to completely get it flat. I just tried to use what I had handy. This piece was sitting in the rain for some time, and had about a half inch concave bow on the top, the outer legs were swollen, so I had to put new sections where they needed replacing and then try to match the stain. I tried to force it down with braces on the inside, but it only raised the the outside legs up, so it rocked. I wasn't sure if I was over my head on this one. But, my wife is happy. Now she wants to keep it. Okay, I'm stumped. I tried rotating the original file, every single way and it still comes up side ways when I upload the picture. Okay, I think I figured something out. I had to take the picture in the landscape position (sideways). All that work, just to salvage the top. Brother! View attachment 543846