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I have a piece of slightly figured maple measuring 23 x 6 x 3/4 that I
wetted and planed last night. However it appears to have dried with a
slight (somewhere between 1/32 and 1/64) bow in it (maybe it wasn't
planed completely flat either, but it sure looked that way last night).
I'd really like it to lay flat w/o going through the whole process
again; there is some thickness to spare but I don't want to risk it
bowing again/more. Is it realistic to think that if 1/8 shims were
placed under the outsides of the board then weighted for a few days
that the bow could be negated?

Thanks

Brian Sheeres

I do not think that will work . Each time you mess with the surface you
rearrange the internal stresses in the wood because the stresses at the free
surfaces is zero, and by planing it you have created a new free surface . It
might take several days for the stresses to completely relieve themselves .
each time now you repeat the process the movement should be less