Originally Posted by ramonajim

That right there is why the 12" wide assembly you bought won't warp.... and every single board will. Those strips are glued up with the grain facing opposite direction from one strip to the next - which prevents warp, twist, etc.





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Take a look at virtually every table top ever built - if it LOOKS like one big piece of wood, it is probably veneer laid over a substrate of either glued up strips (older tables, including VERY fine furniture) or a stable material like fiberboard/particle board/etc.