STOP Wood Warping BEFORE and AFTER Building! Woodworking Tips and Tricks
STOP Wood Warping BEFORE and AFTER Building! Woodworking Tips and Tricks
Big box store wood is notorious for warping and twisting after you get it home. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bought a straight board only to have it warp on me by the next day. Let me share with you some woodworking tips and tricks to prevent wood from bending and twisting. Amazon and other affiliate links are used in this description and they help support this channel.
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0:00 Sweet Looking Lumber
0:41 Selecting the Right Wood
1:37 I Like Big Knots
2:37 Let Wood Acclimate
2:58 How to Stack Wood for Woodworking
3:51 Use Cauls to Prevent Warping
4:26 Staining Wood Prevents Warping
5:18 Get a Dehumidifier for Wood Moisture
6:01 How to Select Plywood to Avoid Warping
6:44 Table Top Warped? What Happened?
7:54 Outtakes / Bloopers
I bought some 2x6s and 2x4s to make a pallet style bed and I let them dry inside for a few weeks and holy smokes did they twist. Did a good job picking out the best boards when I bought them. So would I have been better off just building right after I got them? I’m thinking maybe the screws would have prevented the wood from twisting so bad.
Is there a link how to unwrap the wrap 2×4? I have lot of them. I want to use them.
Clamping panels beteeen cauls keeps it flat and allows even airflow. Buying lumber from a hardwood lumber mill is kiln dried to much lower moisture content. Storing boards in a rack or on end allows more even airflow and warping is less of an issue.
I’m on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, and my shop is open to the elements, so stacking and weighting is darn near worthless when 99% humidity is not exactly uncommon.
I’m wanting to make a small woodshop (10×20 but I’m 6’7" 330lbs, so small by comparison lol) but a certain sect of __aliens__ running the City (Clearwater Florida) make permitting for such a task, impossible. Plus having 1 functioning arm/leg makes my ability to build a workshop myself, impossible.
I tried looking into a large storage shed at 10×20, but people keep trying to rip me off. Just got a quote in December for $23,000 for a 10×20 bare bones prefab with no insulation, or electric and I’d still have to level the ground or pour a slab. … I’m crippled, not stupid lol.
So I just scream a lot. Cry a bunch. But I keep trying. It’s better than being bound to that bed I was in for 6 years.
My advice is to buy $$$ lumber that is kiln dried, and when I get it, I wrap it up in plastic wrap piece by piece and put silica gel packs with each piece. For heavier lumber, I just sand the tar-outta-it!
I like big nots and I can not lie and it’s gonna move and I can’t lie🤣🤣🤣
Where do you get your t-shirts?! Love them!!! Bless you brother!
Nice
Lmao the way Amy looked at you is the same way my wife looks at me when she feels as tho I’m being an idiot 😂😂😂
"We need therapy" – that earned a like from me
Great stuff and a the end you two are funny!
I saw you got new clamps on your short vid. Can you do a video on all the best clamps for the best value in your opinion? And all the clamps you have in your garage and your favorite go to’s. I think that would make a great video.
Watch This BEFORE Buying Hardwood: https://youtu.be/EsMhiGBho0s
Thanks for the helpful information. Im new to the channel and have been looking into building different projects for my wife and I but im having issues finding decent lumber. Any tips for using pressure treated lumber outside of lowering the moisture content?
The end got me to subscribe!!!
Nice shirts 🙂
Very cool video 👍well done
I’m about to build an outdoor storage bench top from some 5/4 x 25" w x 12′ perfectly Eastern White Pine flat boards that have been in dry storage for 9 years. Boards are emc 12% . Finished lids to be two heavy 4/4 x 17.5"w x 76". Would you recommend numerous coàts of marine spar varnish? I’ve also toyed with the idea of attaching Ipe to the bottom side to help keep stable. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
How long do you keep the bricks on your lumber? Thank you
Great instruction.
Hey Matt, do you have the plans for the cross bench that is near the end of the this video. Thank you sir!
need the lyics
Love these tips. I had to wait a bit to finish a large table top. Kept a weighted piece of plywood on top and the table stayed flat. Great video!
Hey bud thanks for the video I am one of those beginner woodworkers and have been doing some endgrain glue ups. Resulting in the smiley face when dry . I noticed your culls were vertical on the width of the boards I will try that next
One of the biggest reasons that boards change shape is due to the speed in which it dries out. Rapid drying will cause parts of the board to have more moisture and the drier areas will contract. The osmotic shift in fluid is controlled in a kiln so that it doesn’t dry too fast or too slow. The board needs to be stress free or cracking, checking, splits will occur. Stacking lumber will reduce drying of the inner boards which is the reason they put stickers between boards so the drying process is more homogenous rather than outside of the board doing out too fast. I use tow straps for banding my wood and keep it in the shade outside. This is all dependent on the location of the wood being stored. High humidity areas will dry a lot slower than low humidity areas. The whole idea is to get boards to reach equilibrium with the local environment. If a board is too dry in a humid environment moist will move inside the board through the osmotic process. A simple rule of thumb is dry wood shrinks and wet boards expand. I have two shops, one in a mid moisture area for my primary home and one in a low moisture area at my vacation home. I have to treat my boards differently depending on which location I am at.
Good video I work at a cabinet shop and have been doing carpenter work for over twenty five years I’ve always had problems with oak warping after gluing and running through dum sander. Clay from mobile Alabama
Thanks for your great videos. I have almost unlimited access to construction grade lumber. Mostly 2×4 2×6 2×8 sometimes 1×4 1×6. Wife works for a new home builder. Most has nail holes and what not. I would say I’m intermediate level and have most tools except planer and table saw is in storage. What would you build to try to sell?
😂 I like big knots and I cannot lie 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
You both are amazing.. lol. Nice rap. 👊
I actually tested this by clamping pieces together for a couple of weeks and leaving some Un clamped, the clamped ones remained straight and the other ones warped
For pine, what is the moisture percentage recommendstion before you can use it? I live in CA so the humidity is not very bad here.
Thanks!
Congrats, 250,000 subs bammmmm Great info Matt but Amy took the rapping to another level lol
can’t go wrong with the tuba fours and tuba sixes hahaha love it
I work with luan for art “paint poring .. and I need to flatten it.., I am going to “water board it” 😂 . Then weight it down . After this process is finished and it is flat. Is there a way to seal it the luan before painting? And the finished product will be resin. Well that also hold it from warping
I really enjoy ur video especially yals mixalot it was very informative for a beginner like me..Thank you !
Y’all are hilarious. Gonna call you Sir Cuts-a-Lot.
Have you ever dried a piece in the oven? I’m making a straight edge router jig and decided to use a 2×10 piece of scrap pine. I milled it down to 3/4, could go shallower but then remembered it was out in the rain. Checked the moisture and it was at 80%, so gonna try oven drying it at 175-200 for a couple hours as it’s just an experiment with scrap for a jig.
Tuba fours n tuba sixes.
I built a barn door 84"x50" painted it , hung it , and right away it twisted on me and I don’t know what to do now .
I’m hoping you can help me. I bought a beech wood table top online, stained and matte oiled. The seller showed the top at 45 x 24 with metal plates (or battens) about 5 inches in underneath on both ends and one metal batten in the center. My top arrived with only 2 battens instead of 3, with each on the ends. The underside of the table top has a rough area that’s uneven, I don’t know the proper term and there are some cracks coming from it but only on the underside.
I’m wondering if I should be concerned and return it?
It won’t be easy for me to do that, but I don’t want to see anything happen to this tabletop after I go through the effort of attaching legs.
Throughly enjoyed the outtakes 🤣
Thank u so much brother. Big help
How’d you fix cupped boards? I just built a stove top cover for a friend left in my kitchen over night with my kerosene heater running 🤦🏽♂️
THANK YOU. And she definitely has skills!!!!
Wood does what it likes when it likes….not unlike my ex
sawstop will go off on wood above 12%. be careful.
Thanks! I used yellawood to build my pergola and even after letting it dry to "golden " color, the large planks warped horrible. I will gradually replace them with solid non treated oak wood and see if it does better.
Came here just to see if anyone mentioned the handcuffs. Odd placement lol
Excuse me sir, did you say "Tuba six"? Warping is always frustrating.
Nice!
Fortunately I don’t have to use that type of lumber but if I did I would sticker stack the lumber along with the weights, that way the moisture would be pulled out somewhat evenly. Don’t you think?
This one is AWESOME ! You two know how to make an old man laugh 😂. Prayers for you both…