I bought a nice 8′ piece of quarter sawn Sapele to make picture frames. I ripped it and put it on the shooting board to cut the rabbet for the picture to fit in. I had to clamp in down to cut the rabbet and when I un-clamped it, check out what happened.
Clamped down on the shooting board.
Un-clamped and Twist!
And the bend is not your imagination.
I’ll cut this into shorter sections to make the frame, but I’m not sure if that’s going to help. Sigh …
Great headline!
Ha! Yes, there was a lot of twisting AND shouting of unrepeatable words going on.
Well, that’s a bummer! The Sapele I’ve gotten has been really, really stable. (I’m probably going to regret saying that next time I go in the shop…)
It probably didn’t help that I cut it into 8′ x 1 1/2 strips. Going to look for some nice walnut now. 🙂
I used some maple that moved on me every time I planed it. It ended up in a fire 🙂
Yeah … that might be this board’s gona end up.