I'm building a side table designed by Mike Korsack and published in FWW. Super fun and seemingly easy build that is teaching me a lot.
Anyways, I ran into a problem with the legs. I ripped some stock to
1 1/8" x 1 1/8" and noticed a slight bow. I tried running them over the jointer but it just wouldn't go away. I had no choice but to go ahead and just taper them and hope it's not too noticeable. We'll see when I dry fit I guess.
I'm assuming it's cause I had the wrong type of stock. The cherry I'm using seems to have been plain sawn and the grain just doesn't seem right for legs.
Wondering what some of you guys think. Is there a way to flatten a thin stick like I have here? I think the plans called for 15/16ths tapered to 1/2" or something like that. I probably ended up 1" tapered to 1/2", but with a slight bow, which threw the tapered end a bit out of square.
Should I have flattened the board I ripped the legs from first?
I'm considering using some pretty straight grained ash I have laying around for the legs. I quite like ash and cherry together, but I'm not sure about the cherry apron with ash legs...
Thanks for any advice.