Just wondering how you go about planing your rough lumber? My standard practice is to face plane my boards on one side on my 16" jointer. Once I have that side flat-it lays perfectly flat on my jointer or benchtop-I move to my 15" general planer and remove roughly the same amount from the other side of the board, and then continue to run it through on opposite sides until I reach my desired thickness. More often than not, when I reach final thickness my board has a bow in the length of the board. Sometimes a pretty significant bow. I am removing similar amounts from each side of the board and when the board leaves the jointer the jointed face is dead flat.
Have I been making a mistake in planing entire boards and then cutting parts from them? These are 7-9 foot long boards. Should I instead be cutting parts to rough size and then face joint and plane to thickness individually to minimize bow? Could the wood also be contributing to the problem?-internal stresses, etc.? It is kiln dried yellow birch if it matters. Frustrating.
Steve