Why does nobody talk about how a $300 batch of walnut can just decide to cup on you overnight?

I had a whole stack for a built-in bookcase in a Seattle bungalow go from flat to a 1/4-inch curve in the middle after I left it in the shop over the weekend, so now I'm staring at a pile of expensive firewood and a very unhappy homeowner.

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the_richard2mo agoTop Commenter

That's brutal, a quarter inch in a weekend? The Seattle air must have just poured into your shop. It's like the wood waits until you turn your back to throw a fit. All that work and money just gone in a couple of days, I'd be sick. Hard to explain that to a client when it feels like the material itself betrayed you.

avery72122d ago

Quarter inch in a weekend? That's insane. I'd be pulling my hair out if I prepped a board and it moved that much that fast. Makes you wonder if the wood was just sitting in some damp warehouse before it got to you.

evana712mo ago

Betrayed you" is right, @the_richard. Did you have it sealed at all?