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No help to you on this one. What works for me is to make the interior cuts. Glue the fret piece to the backer, put a bigger, thicker board on top with a LOT of weight on it. It will glue together flat. Next day, cut the perimeter.

 

Hope this helps next time Friend.

 

jerry

Posted (edited)

Maybe if it said Chicago Black Hawks it wouldn't have bowed. :):)

LOL you may be right i did 3 different teams stacked cut 3 at a time so 9 of them all together with the same kind but those came like this LOL i knew boston was twisted LOL just kidding boston fans😊

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Not sure what would be the right name for this.made this today and it bowed like crazy anyone have any ideas of how to fix the problem?

 

Hi

 

I once had this problem when using plywood, which is my material of choice for portraits. This happened to me when I tried an experiment of transferring the pattern onto the plywood instead of using a regular paper pattern. I tried ironing the transfer on and the heat gave it a major bow which made it impossible to use.

 

I can't give you a solution as to how to fix it except turn it over and weight it down for a week or so but the bowing might be heat related so if you store your material in a hot place, try changing it to somewhere cooler.

 

Don't know if this will help or not but just giving my tuppence.

 

Cheers

 

Tony

Posted

Todd, what is the material you used to make this out of, is it just plain plywood? Was there any bowing in either piece, before you glued the two together? When you did the glue-up, did you lay the project flat with weight on top of it to keep it flat? Looking at it, it looks as if the side that has had paint applied to it, is causing the bowing. You may be able to correct it by painting the back of the backer, and by adding a poly finish to the front of the piece. Don't try to use a water base finish, it has to be a poly or lacquer type. Don't apply the finish to the front or back of the item, until you have a way to clamp or hold it flat. And then, only apply the finish to one side, either the front or back, it doesn't matter which is done first. Let the finish dry until it is good and dry, then finish the other side. The main thing, is to keep it clamped flat for this to work.

Len

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Hi Newfie

If you really are planning on keeping it

I would try to screw a piece, possibly two strips of hardwood from the back

You could screw it along the outside edge

 

Another team would definitely solve this problem as stated above............LOL

 

Fab4

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lay it face down on a damp rag.  the moisture will cause the grain to swell on that side causing it to flatten.  Pretty much what Len was saying.  You got the back wet, which caused that to swell longer than the dry front.  Equal the front out and you should be good to go.

 

Russell

Posted

sometimes the use of a heat gun on the wood can help. I have done this and it has worked for me.. I am not sure about the proceedure but I believe that you heat the covects part and the makes it expand. maybe worth a try.. you don't want to hold the gun really close, hold it away a few inches and let it hear your board slowly and see it that helps.

 

 

Dick

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