I built this table using white oak, acclimated it, milled it from 5/4 to 1 1/16" planing both sides equal. Glued it up it came out surprisingly flat checked with a 7' straight edge I don't believe it could have been any better. Did bread board ends with draw bore tenons gluing only center tenon. The ends came out flat & maybe a 1/32" proud of table I sanded them flush. Table sat in garage for about 4 days while waiting for finish materials. Prior to applying finish the bread board ends were still perfectly flush everywhere. I applied transtint dye water based bottom & top let dry for a day. Bread board ends still flush. Than used 2 coats of Osmo after 1st coat I noticed one bread board end had grown just slightly proud of the table you can barely feel it but it's there. Let Osmo dry & moved the table inside 10 days later both bread board ends have grown now there all just hair proud of the table. All wood was at aprx. 5-8% MC some less. I thought the RH in the garage would be higher than in the house & was surprised to see the ends grow instead of shrink. I also thought that any movement would show up after using the water based dye.
Anyway is there any thing I could have done to keep the ends flush ? Other question is, is there a more stable wood than W. oak maybe cherry or maple would have been better ?
Thanks
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