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Unread 01-10-2017, 08:01 PM   #17
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My thought was to wait a couple weeks/months, and then plane it flat. My pine box was just a 'feasibility study' to see if it was difficult/time consuming/boring. If it was something that would ultimately interest me, I would step up to maple or walnut.

It's good that Don is making these!
Actually the pine is fine, no change or warping.
I "fixed" several small boxes last year that had warped, had to sand them flat, then deepen the cut outs.

Ollie is right about the stress, happens with metal too. That is why it has to be annealed and equalized for some applications.

The wood is not that big a deal - it can be "fixed".
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