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Hey all… I am a hobbyist woodworker and made this piece for a very nice lady I met off Facebook marketplace. She wanted a huge firepit cover to give to her son for Christmas.
The wood is Doug fir shaved down to an inch and a half thick and paneled. The wood is from a local mill and kiln dried to 12% moisture. I used titebond 3 to glue it all together and dowels between the layers to keep them all secured. This firepit cover is huge. It’s almost 48 inches round, it was custom made to cover her son’s pit.
After cutting and sanding, I used 3 heavy coats of varathane spar urethane ( the one with UV protection) I love this stuff and have it on all my outdoor furniture.
5 months later I got these pictures showing significant warping. I have the same finishes used on benches older than this firepit cover and they haven’t moved at all.
It’s always heartbreaking when a issue like this happens because I really put my heart into my work… it’s only happened once to me in the past were I had someone take one of my woodworking projects and accidentally run over it.
My question to you guys is this… have you ever see. A cover bend due to the sun alone? Or is it more likely to have been set over a warm bed of coals warping it… Thanks