How To Work With Warped Wood

A third device is the ironing machine.

How to work with warped wood. Press the iron down on one end of the covered wood. Place the wet towel over the wooden tabletop wood cabinet door or other item and wait for the iron to reach its maximum heat. While some wood is kiln dried to accelerate drying other wood is air-dried.

Pallet free and common wood is subject to warping due to mostly being outside. Keep the wood clamped and wrapped in a warm location. Place the wood in a clamp carefully over-tightening the clamp until the warped area starts to straighten out.

During my journey of learning to make wood signs I have dealt with many different types of wood. The steam machine is specially designed to straighten warped wood. Press the iron over the warped surface.

Others simply accept what they have while others are interested in learning the process of how to straighten warped wood. I am making four rustic looking table tops with planks of hemlock and butternut. Keep going until the entire piece is no longer warped.

All you have to do now is to press the wrapped wood with the hot iron set on Steam and go over the entire surface carefully. It contains a tank in which water is boiled and steam generated. Check the progress of your work regularly and remove the wood from the clamp if there are signs of damage.

If you are into wood furniture you may have to experience when using this several times. Warped wood is often a result of moisture and heat. Warped wood is not hopeless after all.