I'm building a large kitchen hutch. The bottom is finished and I'm working on the top part now. It's a hutch where there's a little exposed back at the bottom and then a cabinet above. I'm doing 1/2" shiplapped boards for the back rabbeted into a frame that sets into rabbets of the top cabinet. It's very similar to this one:
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Mine is quarter sawn white oak and the top will have wood doors instead of glass.
Some of the back slats slightly bowed on me. For a couple, the next board's lip straightens it, but for others, it doesn't. Any quick fixes to take the bow out of those couple? I thought about a batten halfway up the back with slotted holes and short screws into the ones that are bowed. Any better suggestions?