{"id":11989,"date":"2000-01-01T11:42:32","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2019-06-27T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:43:48","slug":"my-baltic-birch-is-warped-what-do-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/my-baltic-birch-is-warped-what-do-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"My Baltic Birch Is Warped, What Do I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s normal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some\n warping or cupping is normal, especially in thin and wide sheets. It&#8217;s \nthe nature of wood in this kind of sizing proportions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\n use, it usually doesn&#8217;t pose a problem. Baltic birch plywood is a \nutility material for making drawers and cabinets; projects in which the \nthinner material (1\/4&#8243; and 1\/8&#8243;) is put to use in cabinet backs and \ndrawer bottoms. They&#8217;re captured within grooves or stapled or glued in \nplace. Therefore the warping is inconsequential.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\n we understand that you probably don&#8217;t like it &#8211; or sometimes the \nwarping is just too much to deal with. If that&#8217;s the case, please \ncontact us for a replacement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s normal.&nbsp; Some warping or cupping is normal, especially in thin and wide sheets. It&#8217;s the nature of wood in this kind of sizing proportions.&nbsp; In use, it usually doesn&#8217;t pose a problem. Baltic birch plywood is a utility material for making drawers and cabinets; projects in which the thinner material (1\/4&#8243; and <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/my-baltic-birch-is-warped-what-do-i-do\/\">&#8230;<br \/><small><em><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/em> <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lumber-help-faq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11990,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions\/11990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}