Re: Sapele twisting after processing
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The attached photo shows two sequentially sawn chair splats sawn from a single 4” thick chunk of Sapele. Note that the two splats were sawn adjacent to each other, but one twisted horribly. This happened less than five minutes after sawing. Most strange is how the cutoff on the end didn’t twist. This happened several years ago. I used the one good cutoff for the chair and kept the cutoffs and the twisted splat around for a couple of years just for grins. Most surprisingly, no further movement occurred on either of the three remaining pieces.
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I’ve worked quite alot of Sapele, and have found it notorious for moving immediately after sawing. Once in service though, it seems to be quite stable. I’m not alone with this. Other WW’rs I have met have traded their Sapele stories with me. Despite this one flaw, it remains one of my favorite woods to work.
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