Denis Kenzior
02-07-2017, 1:58 AM
I'm building a King size bed and currently going through the milling process for rails for the foot/head boards. These rails are to be 6-7" wide, and ~77" long, 1 1/8" thick. Two weeks ago I prepped the stock by jointing flat, planing oversize and letting it sit to acclimate.
No movement was detectable, so I went to rip a couple of boards close to final width, trimming a half inch or so. One of the boards must have had some bad internal stress, and got twisted about 1/4" out of flat. Too much that any final flattening will leave the board undersized.
I don't have any more thicker stock to remake the rail. But I do have some 4/4 material of the same species (sipo). Would it be advisable to re-flatten the original board, taking out the twist, then laminate a thinner piece onto it (perhaps leaving some room for final flattening)?
The original board was quite plain, so this might be an opportunity to skin it with some prettier material anyway. The design calls for a chamfer on one side of the rail (top & bottom), so this would aid in camouflaging the add-on piece.
No movement was detectable, so I went to rip a couple of boards close to final width, trimming a half inch or so. One of the boards must have had some bad internal stress, and got twisted about 1/4" out of flat. Too much that any final flattening will leave the board undersized.
I don't have any more thicker stock to remake the rail. But I do have some 4/4 material of the same species (sipo). Would it be advisable to re-flatten the original board, taking out the twist, then laminate a thinner piece onto it (perhaps leaving some room for final flattening)?
The original board was quite plain, so this might be an opportunity to skin it with some prettier material anyway. The design calls for a chamfer on one side of the rail (top & bottom), so this would aid in camouflaging the add-on piece.