I just finished my first solid table top. It's air dried ash I milled from raw lumber. Moisture measured around 9%.
A local cabinet maker flattened the top with his wife belt sander. About a week after sanding when I applied finish I notice the top had bowed about 1/16 across it's 40" length.
Not a big deal.
It has now sat in my kitchen for 2 weeks waiting for the steel legs to arrive. I noticed last night that it had bowed further, closer to 3/8" at this point.
What are my options to flatten it? I've flipped it over and am going to let it sit for a few days to see if itll flatten back out some before I attach the legs. I don't expect it to actually move that much.
I need the table for thanks giving but I'm thinking in the spring I will try to repair this issue. Is my only option to slice the table up, replace and then reglue/refinish?