wood twist

**avengers63** · 5th July 2008, 09:03 AM

I just got done sizing a piece of mahogany for a non-box project (remote control caddy). I have had this piece in my house for +/- 2 months, 5-6 weeks of which were in my workroom. The original dimensions were 124cmL, 43cmW, 25mmT, rough cut. I cut off a 81cm long piece, trimmed it down to 24cm wide, then planed it down to 19mm, taking a roughly equal amount of wood from both sides. When it was all done, I set it down on my workbench to draw out the cutting plan, but it had already twisted.

No exaggeration, the opposite corners were about 15mm off of the bench.

1) Did it twist because of the machining? If so, where should I have stopped to let it acclimate again?

2) Once it re-acclimates, will it un-twist?

**Torre** · 6th July 2008, 03:14 PM

i've had this problem with switenia mahogany recently boards were dressed dead straight but after breaking the boards down into smaller peices (it was for a box so lots and lots of small peices) almost every peice warped and bowed. its been almost half a year and those pieces are still like that

**bandd** · 6th July 2008, 03:18 PM

avengers63,
my deepest simpathy, but it sounds like the timber may have been still green
don't think it will come back. but hey, the bright side. there might be a model aircraft maker in this forum that could use a propeller.

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