How long should I wait?

[MorrisWoodman12]

I've ripped a piece of oak (115 x 75mm) into four. Each piece is just over a metre in length and about 35 x 55mm. The original piece has been in a dry garage for about four years. It's all now sitting in my dry unheated, other than the solar gain, workshop. How long should I leave it to twist and warp before reducing it to the final size now that I have released some of the tensions in the wood?
Thanks. Martin

 

[pgrbff]

At those sort of sizes I can't imagine you will have to wait very long.

 

[MorrisWoodman12]

I hope not. Present plan will only be about 36 hours as I want to get the job complete.

 

[pgrbff]

I have to make some 40x60cm chestnut drawer fronts, supported only at the bottom. Ikea draws. The chestnut has been sitting around a long time and has barely moved over 8", even the flatsawn. machined it down to 20mm thick last week.

 

[pgrbff]

although 36 hours isn't very long if you can wait a buìit longer