I glued up some cherry about 6 months ago, cut in some dado and dovetail . Because I couldn’t finish the project at the time I layed all the pieces down on a flat surface and put spacers between them. Now I can get back to the project and some of the boards have warp a bit.
What can I do to finish this project?
Thank you,
Jeff H
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Jeff,
Well the question is how much has the project warped? If you can pull things in flat with clamps while you assemble it, then I'd go for it. You'll be relying on the integrity of your joinery to keep things held flat. But if you did a good job this should work fine.
You might also be able to remachine some of the tenoned parts to fit the dados and dovetails if those boards twisted.
If however things have really twisted, then recognize that either your stock wasn't very stable to start with or there's a problem with how you store it. If one board was laid flat on the bench and then stickers put on top of it, that bottom board was getting exposure to the air from one face only. This could have caused the warping. Good luck.
Gary Rogowski
Director
The Northwest Woodworking Studio
A School for Woodworking
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