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The dreaded post squaring movement. Some woods will always just move a round any time the stress changes alot. One of the ways to tackle this in the prep stages. For example if you need to resaw the piece, start with the resaw leaving things thick since you know it is going to move. When working with a piece a peices that will need a 1/4 in or more off the second face after the reference face is flat but not enough to resaw, I will flatten the reference, then just flatten the second face but not to thickness. Let it sit over night or even a week, then reflatten if needed. After that work evenly from both sides till I hit thickness.