How to really fix a warped wood board NO PLANER

Sometimes the rain does not ruin things but rather fix them, this is how a fixed a warped wood board without using a planer or loosing any thickness at all.

[royster]

Bought an old house and the doors were all covered in hardboard as was the trend many years back. Underneath they were nice panelled doors. Each one I striped all the old paint off (brown, another old trend) filled in numerous nail holes, painted, with the panels a contrasting colour. Final one, when fitted was 2 inches out at the top when closed...! Even 2 weeks stressed with a tow rope to the banister only reduced it an inch. Gave up and left it as the door stayed mostly open, come the time we moved, it fitted perfectly, just needed a couple of years to get used to its new colour. 😊

[brucemiller]

The main 2 or only 2 reasons why boards warp are due to stresses in the wood or the board was not evenly aclimated on both sides. Adding water to one side is only a temporary fix. Once it dries out, it will go back to warped again.

[lifeisgood]

Might as well get a hose mister or battery powered sprayer for how much you do thay

[szeredaiakos]

IMHO it is mostly an exercise of futility. The outside of a tree is more dynamic than the inside. You could get center planks but then you have to deal with the center which can be even crazier but if you find a stable one it will stay str8. Quarter sawn i believe they call it.

The thing with cutting boards is that all of them will be soaked in water all the time. They are cutting boards, afterall. You could make them curved in the first place so that they straighten as they get used but that means you have to get the data from your cutting-board routine with a pice of the slab. And you have to do it with every slab. and your clients may not have the same routine as you. Nor would they understand the reason for the bend.

Doing invisible lamination is always a fix but it will take way longer even with jigs and templates.

The best solution is to just leave it as is. Every board in my house which is in use is bent with the exception of a laminated one and a quarter sawn made out of fur. To be honest, i can't imagine a cutting board without a bent in it. I like them belly side up so they are stable on the table. You could make sure that there are points on the edge which allow for that stability even if the board bends to an extreme degree.