This is BAD! Better to Cut then Flatten or Flatten then Cut?? | Flatten Large Slab/Wood

With all the milling I have been doing recently I have been asked several times if it is better to Cut then Flatten or Flatten and then cut your lumber. Had a guy at work ask me to flatten a tabletop for him and this is a great opportunity to show my thoughts behind the question!

I am of the opinion that it is better to cut your stock or slabs to a dimension close to what you will be needing because it will likely GREATLY reduce the amount of wood that you will have to remove. This table top was a great example. If you could even find a jointer wide enough you would have lost almost 3/8" of the thickness of the table. By cutting it and taking out much of the warp before even hitting the jointer I was able to fix the table by removing only 1/8" of an inch.

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