Hi
I have a warped inset shaker door ( Top left corner to Bottom right corner)
How can I straighten it?
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Short of disassembling the door and recutting the joints there is nothing you can do to correct a warped door. The problem is generally caused by one of two items:
1. The joinery wasn't cut properly and/or wasn't glued properly so that the door was warped as soon as it was built.
2. The wood in the frame wasn't carefully chosen and allowed to acclimate to shop conditions and the wood later warped throwing the door out of flat. Door frames should always be made out of the best straight grained quarter sawn lumber, using anything else is asking for trouble later. It is also possible that a thick, wild grained panel, especially if it is large in proportion to the frame, can warp and twist even a well made frame out of flat.
John White
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