I watched a number of other videos on removing a twist from a board. You put them to shame by a country mile!! You did it simple, easy and fast. THANK YOU!
This is the kind of video I was looking for. Some people said put a wet towel on the piece of wood and iron it out then clamp it for 24hrs. Well that didn’t work. So I am going to use your method! Thank you sir
I truly enjoyed that! I must have been a carpenter in another life because I almost feel tears swelling up watching this! I am a sculpture (stone)....but there is a yearning to use wood. If I may indulge in a little store : Once, years ago, my mother mentioned in passing that she would like a corner cupboard. I saw a simple photograph of one in a country living magazine and decided to give it a try. Pine boards , with three triangles shelves, glass piece for a window. That was the first time I realized there was stores that sold lumber 🤣. I used the wrong nails ( finishing nails 😂🤣) but the thing held together and I jig-sawed rough folk art type horses to cover my corners etc... I’m still very proud of that project. Someday, I’m going to make something beautiful, and we have most of these tools so there is no excuse. Thank you for the beginner’s inspiration. Your the best! Thanks Jordon for filming and bringing this wonderful teacher to us all. Have a great day boys! Keep them coming. What would be a good first project?
I really enjoyed watching this. Though I'm not likely to work with wood myself, I find the process fascinating! Thank you for demonstrating how it works so clearly and deftly, without a bunch of hype - simply watching you at your craft was so relaxing, and reminded me of watching my dad and grandpa fix things when I was little... I look forward to seeing more videos!
Even if its just hand tools, try it Working wood is relaxing. And you cant make a mistake. When your done its still wood and you worked it. When hand tools were all they had to work with what you could not see was still mostly rough. Buy a knife sharpen it find some soft woods and carve somthing keep in mind always push the blade away from you never tordes you you hands or body. Or anyone else a sharp knife is safe a dull knife can get you hurt. Look for wood carving. Yes at first your projects won't be perfect no ones is you build skill. Its fun relaxing and builds selfe esteem. Also looking at somthing you made with your own 2 hands will give you a warm felling you did that. Giving somthing you made shows who you gave it to you care and love them.
That was simply ingenious; by using hot glue for a hold down! I knew about using a planer jig but, I couldn't figure out a good way to secure the work piece to the jig. Thank you so much.
Thanks for a simple solution to a problem all of us woodworkers have from time to time. I've seen a couple of videos where a jointer is used to also remove twist, although you're a little more limited on the widths of boards you can use that method on. I have a few boards in the shop that have been aggravating me for some time due to the twist in them. I think it's time to fix them.
One of the clearest explanations I've seen about how to do this. Others have asked why not use a jointer planer to make one side true, then use the thickness planer for the other side, but this way means you only need to use one machine. And your jointer may not be big enough for a wide board - thicknessers commonly have much wider beds. You also have far more control with the wedges - with a warp that big it would be rocking all over your jointer bed, so much more difficult to use. Great video, thanks.
I used some large 25 lb weights and didn't have to shave anything off. I laid the warped board on some flat concrete and put some weights on it. Worked great.
@@newpatchincoming6574 a few days for me, I just take the weights off and check to see how straight the board is every morning, then put the weights back if the board is still warped. My boards also seemed straighter after priming and painting for some reason. I also let the boards dry on my flat driveway, of course with the painted side up so to not make a mess.
I was like there is no way he is going to get this straight and WOW! What patience, what skil and what great craftsmanship! Well done gents. I will definitely sub.
Great now you have one board that dimensionally different. That’s fine if you can use it in a project. Most projects you will need the same thickness. Like someone else said Wet it,weight it and wait 👍
I really enjoy your county. I know county from Washington but I don't know county like ya'll. And I mean that in the most admiration and respect. I will forever be a watcher, consumer, subscriber and follower of this channel! Thank you for the knowledge.
This definitely works. The problem with it is you have to waste so much of the board to plane it down and that can create more problems if you need the boards to be a certain thickness.
This is great. I'm actually about to flatten some boards with a planer sled but coudn't figure out how to secure it. I was just sitting there looking at my bench ,there was a hot glue gun right there but i didnt even think about using it. Glad i searched this up. Great channel by the way!!!
Oh, Man! I was so excited. I'm sitting here with a stack of twisted 2 x 8s. But I have a hot glue gun, so I figured I'm going to be rolling soon! Then I started pricing planers. I'm going to have to save up my money a bit before I can use those boards. But when I get that planer, I know EXACTLY what to do! Thank you!
Hi, David. You might check your area for a maker space ("fab labs" are the best). They may have wood working tools you can use. Also, you can take a wood working class at a local junior college and use their tools. Just my $0.02.
enjoyed the lesson... good information. Unfortunately I'm trying to unwarp a table top from 1900. It was damaged in a fire in 1976 (water damage). It was out of a Law Firm in Dallas Texas in 1900. We acquired it from a good friend of ours in 1966 and it had belonged to her grandfather. I have removed the apron and legs and am now trying to straighten the top that is severely warped.
Thanks for the great video. I have a twisted 4" x 8" section which I will be using as a pilaster to break up siding and board and batten cladding on my house build. This technique will fix this issue. Also, I will be laminating sections for railing rails and posts, so this will come in really handy. Cheers from Canada.
Carefully my best frinds either stair at me or try to lick me. My dogs too. My wife dosnt liked to be petted. Last thing I want is her starring at me, usually means I didnt put the lid down.
I don't have a planer either. But it should be possible to use the same technique using a router as a planer (on a sled) I'm going to try this in the (near) future. On much smaller boards though.
Nice technique -- that's one way! I've used a hot glue gun and shims on a board through a thickness planer to save what can be saved for future use. Thanks for providing this video. Ignore the haters -- they were abused children. 😅 My .02
ha ha with hot glue.... and a great big machine! lol I did enjoy the video. I was looking for a way to fix a warped table myself and I don't have a workshop :) Loved the accent too. I'm an Aussie :)
F#@king genius! I knew i would find my answer here. Doing it now and no you dont need a 600$+ planer. My 16" porter-cable rips shit up just fine. Thanks.
My only issue is you lose sooo much thickness. Wouldn’t it be better to cut down the middle, plane individually and then re-glue it ? That way you lose very little in thickness ? I saw that done somewhere
Great method! I would leave it a day and see if it remains flat, since removing wood can also change the internal stresses. It may take a few times for it to stabilize.
@@conradpaul6100 you can, but there’s no guarantee that it still won’t move. Cutting away wood releases internal stress, and the wood will always want to neutralize that stress. If you glue up immediately, you may end up with a wider glue-up going out of flat. If it’s wider than your planer at that point, you’ll have to hand plane it to get it flat.
So many people make sleds with stops on one or both ends to hold the wood in place. You don't, do you ever? Your method seems to work just fine. Please keep making videos.
Wow! You reduced that board down to a toothpick! It's better to mill your stock as close to the finished size, leaving some excess for snipe, trimming, etc. That said, a better method is to split the wood down the center, mill the two pieces flat to the same thickness, joint the cut edges flat and then glue them back together. This leaves a lot more material with minimal loss.
Thank you for this video! I recently did a burn design and it caused my wood sign to flex in the middle. Any suggestions on how yo fix it without cutting/planning it? Thank you!
Put calls over the back side and glue them to it provided they are stright it should take out the bow. You can also glue on aluminum like 1x2 angle the hot glue will stick to both the wood and the aluminum. But either of thoses 2 ways will have to stay on it. You can flatten it with steam and weight On the top of the bow it might make it flater but it will take sevral trys to get it true. And it could bow back.
"wow this is incredible I've got a glue gun, and I can make some wedges. I'm totally going to be able to sort my warped aprons out after dinner" *Camera pans to huge industrial planer" 😢
My question is how thick was the piece of wood you used before it was flattened and how thick was it when it was completed. I would imagine that if you're going to be working with 3/4 inch wood, you would need a 1inch piece to start. If you start with a 3/4 inch piece then you might have to bring it down to 1/2 inch which is not good.
Dammit, of all the workshop tools I'm trying to justify buying before I justify a planer; I need a planer for this *simple* fix 😁 Otherwise great tip !👍
There’s no guarantee that heating and wetting will result in the board staying flat once dried back to 7%. Milling it flat is more reliable for fine hardwood projects. Not every board needs to be 3/4” thick. There’s plenty of use for half inch and even quarter inch boards. And the thinner it is the less important warping is since you can often force it flat with screws or glue depending on What you’re making.
Good solution if you don't need to worry about keeping the thickness of the board. I am looking to fix 1/4" baltic birch ply and can't afford to lose any thickness. Do you have suggestions for this?
As a novice woodworker myself, i honestly was waiting for miracle.
Same. I guess a planner is essential to fix this kinda problem.
Likewise
I guess the title should mention the thicknesser too
Being a father and or a grandfather teaching your kids stuff like this is so rewarding
I can’t wait to teach my children
This is great if you want to turn 100% of your board into 50% board and 50% wood chips
I watched a number of other videos on removing a twist from a board. You put them to shame by a country mile!! You did it simple, easy and fast. THANK YOU!
This is the kind of video I was looking for. Some people said put a wet towel on the piece of wood and iron it out then clamp it for 24hrs. Well that didn’t work. So I am going to use your method! Thank you sir
I truly enjoyed that! I must have been a carpenter in another life because I almost feel tears swelling up watching this! I am a sculpture (stone)....but there is a yearning to use wood. If I may indulge in a little store : Once, years ago, my mother mentioned in passing that she would like a corner cupboard. I saw a simple photograph of one in a country living magazine and decided to give it a try. Pine boards , with three triangles shelves, glass piece for a window. That was the first time I realized there was stores that sold lumber 🤣. I used the wrong nails ( finishing nails 😂🤣) but the thing held together and I jig-sawed rough folk art type horses to cover my corners etc... I’m still very proud of that project. Someday, I’m going to make something beautiful, and we have most of these tools so there is no excuse. Thank you for the beginner’s inspiration. Your the best! Thanks Jordon for filming and bringing this wonderful teacher to us all. Have a great day boys! Keep them coming. What would be a good first project?
I really enjoyed watching this. Though I'm not likely to work with wood myself, I find the process fascinating! Thank you for demonstrating how it works so clearly and deftly, without a bunch of hype - simply watching you at your craft was so relaxing, and reminded me of watching my dad and grandpa fix things when I was little... I look forward to seeing more videos!
Even if its just hand tools, try it
Working wood is relaxing. And you cant make a mistake. When your done its still wood and you worked it.
When hand tools were all they had to work with what you could not see was still mostly rough. Buy a knife sharpen it find some soft woods and carve somthing keep in mind always push the blade away from you never tordes you you hands or body. Or anyone else a sharp knife is safe a dull knife can get you hurt. Look for wood carving.
Yes at first your projects won't be perfect no ones is you build skill.
Its fun relaxing and builds selfe esteem.
Also looking at somthing you made with your own 2 hands will give you a warm felling you did that. Giving somthing you made shows who you gave it to you care and love them.
@@bobbg9041 I like that a lot. You can't make a mistake because in the end its wood, and you worked it hahaha
Love the background music as well as your demonstration!
That was simply ingenious; by using hot glue for a hold down! I knew about using a planer jig but, I couldn't figure out a good way to secure the work piece to the jig. Thank you so much.
Thanks for a simple solution to a problem all of us woodworkers have from time to time. I've seen a couple of videos where a jointer is used to also remove twist, although you're a little more limited on the widths of boards you can use that method on. I have a few boards in the shop that have been aggravating me for some time due to the twist in them. I think it's time to fix them.
One of the clearest explanations I've seen about how to do this. Others have asked why not use a jointer planer to make one side true, then use the thickness planer for the other side, but this way means you only need to use one machine. And your jointer may not be big enough for a wide board - thicknessers commonly have much wider beds. You also have far more control with the wedges - with a warp that big it would be rocking all over your jointer bed, so much more difficult to use. Great video, thanks.
I'm so excited for this channel! I love your instagram, I'm stoked to see all of your wisdom and love for what you do on here as well!
Also love seeing your dog 🐶 we have a gsp puppy, we love spotted friends!
Awesome use of wedges and glue. Simple but ingenious. Love it!
I used some large 25 lb weights and didn't have to shave anything off. I laid the warped board on some flat concrete and put some weights on it. Worked great.
Doing the same
How long did you leave it for
@@newpatchincoming6574 a few days for me, I just take the weights off and check to see how straight the board is every morning, then put the weights back if the board is still warped. My boards also seemed straighter after priming and painting for some reason. I also let the boards dry on my flat driveway, of course with the painted side up so to not make a mess.
@@anonymoususer7663 thanks
I was like there is no way he is going to get this straight and WOW! What patience, what skil and what great craftsmanship! Well done gents. I will definitely sub.
I knew he'd do it. What got me was the simple soft spoken way he showed us.
Great now you have one board that dimensionally different. That’s fine if you can use it in a project. Most projects you will need the same thickness.
Like someone else said Wet it,weight it and wait 👍
I love how you did it. An easy, simple and effective way. Thank you too much! God bless you more!!!
I really enjoy your county. I know county from Washington but I don't know county like ya'll. And I mean that in the most admiration and respect. I will forever be a watcher, consumer, subscriber and follower of this channel! Thank you for the knowledge.
I'm so excited for this channel…
This is relaxing and wholesome. Thank you!
This is so relaxing! Thank you sir!
This definitely works. The problem with it is you have to waste so much of the board to plane it down and that can create more problems if you need the boards to be a certain thickness.
Can you think of another way though? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is great. I'm actually about to flatten some boards with a planer sled but coudn't figure out how to secure it. I was just sitting there looking at my bench ,there was a hot glue gun right there but i didnt even think about using it. Glad i searched this up. Great channel by the way!!!
Oh, Man! I was so excited. I'm sitting here with a stack of twisted 2 x 8s. But I have a hot glue gun, so I figured I'm going to be rolling soon! Then I started pricing planers. I'm going to have to save up my money a bit before I can use those boards. But when I get that planer, I know EXACTLY what to do! Thank you!
Hi, David. You might check your area for a maker space ("fab labs" are the best). They may have wood working tools you can use. Also, you can take a wood working class at a local junior college and use their tools. Just my $0.02.
I just got a planer so I am excited to take any board and make it flat. Thank you for the great tip!
Making it flats no problem. Its making it bow that takes time.
Man has the perfect explaining voice. Such kindness.
enjoyed the lesson... good information. Unfortunately I'm trying to unwarp a table top from 1900. It was damaged in a fire in 1976 (water damage). It was out of a Law Firm in Dallas Texas in 1900. We acquired it from a good friend of ours in 1966 and it had belonged to her grandfather. I have removed the apron and legs and am now trying to straighten the top that is severely warped.
Read my other comment.
I've been doing this using superglue and painters tape but this looks WAY easier. Thank you!
Best video I’ve seen yet on how to fix a warped board
Thank you. Cheers from Brazil!
great tip with the hot glue. And I just love your accent , I was born in the UK and a Londoner,
Cool video! I love working with wood. I want to set up my own woodshop someday.
You have the name for it!
Did you do it yet? Its been a yr
Excellent demonstration, thank you!
Thanks for the great video. I have a twisted 4" x 8" section which I will be using as a pilaster to break up siding and board and batten cladding on my house build. This technique will fix this issue. Also, I will be laminating sections for railing rails and posts, so this will come in really handy. Cheers from Canada.
Wow, amazing what you can do when you plane from 4/4 to 2/4!
Nice! I dig your shop as well
A very well executed video! Professional camera work for sure!
How the heck is his drawing hand so steady?!?!
He uses his finger to index the edge of the board.
Thank you, short and straight to the point !
Thank you for the excellent tip!
Awesome just what I need. Thanks there mate.
New sub all the way from North Borneo 💪👍👍👍
Keepin' it simple and true. Spread some knowledge through experience, then go out and pet your best friend. A slice of the good life, 👏👏👏
Carefully my best frinds either stair at me or try to lick me.
My dogs too. My wife dosnt liked to be petted. Last thing I want is her starring at me, usually means I didnt put the lid down.
Thanks for sharing!! That was great.
I wish I had a planer, though! Haha
I don't have a planer either. But it should be possible to use the same technique using a router as a planer (on a sled)
I'm going to try this in the (near) future. On much smaller boards though.
@@hansdegroot8549
It works. But the finninsed job won't be as finished youll need to do a few more steps to it depending on its use.
Nice technique -- that's one way! I've used a hot glue gun and shims on a board through a thickness planer to save what can be saved for future use. Thanks for providing this video. Ignore the haters -- they were abused children. 😅 My .02
Amazing video. So simple. Love the music, love the old boys twang. I'm gonna be watching alot of his videos.
ha ha with hot glue.... and a great big machine! lol I did enjoy the video. I was looking for a way to fix a warped table myself and I don't have a workshop :) Loved the accent too. I'm an Aussie :)
Need to add " and a kick ass planer " to the title. Great video!
"how to cut the straight board out of the middle of a twisted board". Well done!
Ok I'm a young person from Toronto who likes to sew and I enjoyed this 👌👌
Very interesting technique. Thanks for sharing.
F#@king genius! I knew i would find my answer here. Doing it now and no you dont need a 600$+ planer. My 16" porter-cable rips shit up just fine. Thanks.
Great tip!
My only issue is you lose sooo much thickness. Wouldn’t it be better to cut down the middle, plane individually and then re-glue it ? That way you lose very little in thickness ? I saw that done somewhere
Great method! I would leave it a day and see if it remains flat, since removing wood can also change the internal stresses. It may take a few times for it to stabilize.
If you gluing up a few boards, then why can't you stick them all up together immediately once this is done and whilst the wood is all flat?
@@conradpaul6100 you can, but there’s no guarantee that it still won’t move. Cutting away wood releases internal stress, and the wood will always want to neutralize that stress. If you glue up immediately, you may end up with a wider glue-up going out of flat. If it’s wider than your planer at that point, you’ll have to hand plane it to get it flat.
@@Pauken11 ok Jim, thanks for that. Would be nice to learn the theory about Wood, sure it wood help with my woodworking efforts
ahhhhh great tip! i suspected as much but i am a bit of newbie. I was wondering why my board was slightly out after checking it 2 days before.
Great video.. Very valuable lesson. Thanks.
That’s the smartest thing I’ve seen in a bit
Is this woodworking or a meditation video?! So calming! 😂
Great vid thanks! 😃
So many people make sleds with stops on one or both ends to hold the wood in place. You don't, do you ever? Your method seems to work just fine. Please keep making videos.
I'm more impressed with the pencil mark being perfectly flat at the end
That is clever mate, thanks so much!
How to fix a warped board with hot glue........ and a $4000 plainer haha, I'm just kidding great video man and that is some really nice cherry.
Wow! You reduced that board down to a toothpick! It's better to mill your stock as close to the finished size, leaving some excess for snipe, trimming, etc. That said, a better method is to split the wood down the center, mill the two pieces flat to the same thickness, joint the cut edges flat and then glue them back together. This leaves a lot more material with minimal loss.
a truly great idea,if one has a thicknesser/planer !
The pencil marking trick using your finger as a guide is cool
cool method. allthough I feel "hot glue" was not the main tool for the title :D
Nice trick I needed this for a cutting board I just made that's got some cupping in it
Thanks for getting straight to the point. I hate videos that take 10 minutes to tell me about their life stories.
Now I want a planer ... very satisfying.
Awww, seem so kind😊
Well done fella , stay lucky, stay safe, 😉🇬🇧
Maravilloso trabajo amigo, no se a que precio venden esas maravillas de maquina pero aca en chile son muy caras
I guess I could put my jointer in the trash now. Thank you!👍
Thank you for this video! I recently did a burn design and it caused my wood sign to flex in the middle. Any suggestions on how yo fix it without cutting/planning it? Thank you!
Put calls over the back side and glue them to it provided they are stright it should take out the bow. You can also glue on aluminum like 1x2 angle the hot glue will stick to both the wood and the aluminum. But either of thoses 2 ways will have to stay on it.
You can flatten it with steam and weight
On the top of the bow it might make it flater but it will take sevral trys to get it true. And it could bow back.
Great job
Beautiful video. New sub right here.
That was Brilliant sir
"wow this is incredible I've got a glue gun, and I can make some wedges. I'm totally going to be able to sort my warped aprons out after dinner"
*Camera pans to huge industrial planer"
😢
TBF i could just straddle my board resting on some dining chairs and plane it with my no4. So actually still very helpful, thanks.
What about slightly bowed boards going it hard to get it out using my thickness planer any suggestions?
Fantastic content! Any suggestion for doing this with a wider slab and no planer?
Research router flattening table
Brilliant!
Great video
Love your accent 🤗
helpful to me. thanks.
Useful info and watch - tks
This cat sounds just like my uncle in east Tennessee.
Great job.
My question is how thick was the piece of wood you used before it was flattened and how thick was it when it was completed. I would imagine that if you're going to be working with 3/4 inch wood, you would need a 1inch piece to start. If you start with a 3/4 inch piece then you might have to bring it down to 1/2 inch which is not good.
Thanks bro, l have a 15 ft black walnut that warp as heck. I needed some good tips how to get it flat.
Dammit, of all the workshop tools I'm trying to justify buying before I justify a planer; I need a planer for this *simple* fix 😁
Otherwise great tip !👍
Exactly how I was shown when I was a 3rd year apprentice cabinetmaker in NZ no need for the planer first
You the man!!!!
Thank you! I have a few twisted boards and soon I will not.
Yes its simple but 40 percent of the wood was removed do you have any technique that the whole wood will be saved?
Weight and/or clamps
I have to do this with a god damn plainer.No fancy machines.Thank God i am a hobbyist.
Awesome. Just need a planer now
Not the solution I was hoping for but still a good video.
now you got 1/2 a board. just use hot water clamps or weights put in the sun
Hmm, that's a bit of an exaggeration. It reduced it somewhat, but not by half.
Better to have a thinner flat board than a thicker unusable one.
Clamped to what?
There’s no guarantee that heating and wetting will result in the board staying flat once dried back to 7%. Milling it flat is more reliable for fine hardwood projects. Not every board needs to be 3/4” thick. There’s plenty of use for half inch and even quarter inch boards. And the thinner it is the less important warping is since you can often force it flat with screws or glue depending on What you’re making.
Good solution if you don't need to worry about keeping the thickness of the board. I am looking to fix 1/4" baltic birch ply and can't afford to lose any thickness. Do you have suggestions for this?
weight and/or clamping
Brilliant 👍
3:22 skilled one you can see here.💪
Good looking dog you have there.