Snibley Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 I have been making some end cut cutting boards out of Maple and Walnut, Maple and Cherry. With the recent weather one of the 5 boards has started to bow on me (Maple and Cherry), can this be saved, I do not have a dehumidifier, and what can I do to stop the remaining boards from doing the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 How dry was the wood you started with? How thick are the cutting boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Put it in the dishwasher on pots and pans mode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Welcome to the forums Snibley! Kind of need the answers to Steve's questions first.. Storing them standing on edge and keeping them dry helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snibley Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 thanks for the reply; The boards are 1 1/4-1 5/8 thick, as far as the the drynest factor I have no idea....my wood is stored in a wood shop with mutilple others working on their own projects, I have not heard of any other issues with bowing from them but then I have not asked either. The boards (5 in total) were all being in the process of sanding, they are all stored laying down on top of each other and as of yesterday there is only one that cupped. I have placed the bad one on the bottom and the rest now are laying on top of it, too, hopefully stop it from bowing anymore then it already has. I will stand them on edge, hopefully that will help the remainder of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPCV_Woodworker Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Put it in the dishwasher on pots and pans mode. Wait, does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 No, please don't do that. I should probably put a disclaimer in that post. Guaranteed someone three years from now will dig that up and be extremely unhappy with me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatworks Today Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 It's best to store the boards on edge, rather than on face. Out of curiosity, is the one that cupped the one that was on the top of the pile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySats Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 I thought end grain boards didn't cup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 They'll all cup if not taken care of properly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 An end grain board is a lot of work if done properly. Proper care is its just due ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwalter5110 Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 My wife had me make an end grain cutting board for my amazing (sarcasm) mother in law for Christmas last year. A couple of weeks ago she had her kitchen remodeled and had a dishwasher installed, and guess what she did! It destroyed the cutting board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snibley Posted December 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks for the post(s), the pieces/projects are always well looked after....too much time and money is put into them to not heed basic priciples. The board that started to cup was of Cherry and rock maple, I have noticed last night while sanding that a second board (Walnut and rock Maple) has started to bow a bit as well, all my project materials are stored in a wood storage area and has for years without too much incident outside the occasional Spruce board doing the twisty turny thing...outside of that never had an issue. I have talked too some others and they mentioned that the shop is a little dryer then normal so I am contributing this issue to dryness, I will though, not "place in dishwasher".. lol, and place them end on end, hopefully, I can get them oiled before anymore go wonky on me. Thanks for the help, suggestions and jockularity ...this was my first post to this forum and look forward to many more to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks for the post(s), the pieces/projects are always well looked after....too much time and money is put into them to not heed basic priciples. The board that started to cup was of Cherry and rock maple, I have noticed last night while sanding that a second board (Walnut and rock Maple) has started to bow a bit as well, all my project materials are stored in a wood storage area and has for years without too much incident outside the occasional Spruce board doing the twisty turny thing...outside of that never had an issue. I have talked too some others and they mentioned that the shop is a little dryer then normal so I am contributing this issue to dryness, I will though, not "place in dishwasher".. lol, and place them end on end, hopefully, I can get them oiled before anymore go wonky on me. Thanks for the help, suggestions and jockularity ...this was my first post to this forum and look forward to many more to come. Did you wait 10 or so days to let the boards acclimate from the wood storage to the shop? Generally you want your boards adjusted to the area they will be milled, cut, and worked before actually working with it to avoid these types of problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snibley Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 yes the storage area is inside the shop and the cherry has been there for at least 1-2 years, the Maple less about 3 months. so no issues there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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