DeWalt 611 causing wood to cup

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Thanks JDM. That is actually what i am doing now. I am waiting to see if it will normalize to the environment again. Thanks for the help

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UPDATE

I just want to put an update in this thread for anyone interested. I let my work piece sit for 17 hours now and it has flattened back most of the way. I will let it sit for 1 more day and see if it is back to the way it started.

Thanks everyone who responded

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The piece of wood you started with had a lot more wood holding itself square. Once you removed a bunch of the wood on the one side, there was an imbalance created, more wood pulling on one side with no wood pulling in the opposite direction on the other side. This is intrinsic to non-homogenous materials and is independent of moisture issues. Unfortunately, there’s very little way to successfully predict and or compensate for that until it’s too late. Moisture is much easier to deal with because it’s quantifiable with a relatively inexpensive moisture meter or just letting it dry longer. You also started with a relatively thick piece of wood with grain runny willy nilly through it. The thicker the wood is, the more asymmetrical the wood will behave.

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Metals and plastics will actually do it too, weirdly enough. Titanium is AWFUL that way with internal stresses!

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Thanks for the info!

UPDATE

I have let the Cuttingboard sit for an additional day and it nearly sits flat again.

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