[SCA-BMDL] carpentry query: avoiding wood warp

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Logan <asciiaardvark at gmail.com> writes:
> Is there any way to avoid warping without adding too much weight?
> I'd like my door halves to line up with eachother and their respective frames.

Plywood is pretty stable, but you have to keep it dry. Warping often
occurs when one side is exposed to weather/humidity and the other not as
much. waterproof the entire thing and you'll be better off.

Possibly look into stressed skinned platforms. 
Really strong. Really light. 

Essentially a sandwich:
thin board, lattice , thin board.  Screwed and Glued.
you could probably get by with lauan on either side
(and strips of lauan as the lattice)

good luck!

http://lonestar.edu/blogs/rkreps/files/2009/11/construction.pdf has some info.

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