Eigenvector wrote:
Let's say you have a long board that has a bow to it - nothing huge
but maybe 1" deflection over 8 feet on a 6" board. How would you
remove that bow? I'm thinking about it and wonder, because you
don't have a straight edge to use as as reference point, removing
the bow with a bandsaw or tablesaw seems terribly wasteful, but
bending a 6" board doesn't seem possible.

Bending out a 1" deflection over eight feet on a 6" board is nothing.
You think the planks on a boat grew bowed? The necessary bending on
those is/can be measured in feet for a middle size boat. Now, if you
meant crooked rather than bowed, that's a different thing.

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