The best thing to do with a heavily twisted board is to put it back on the rack at the lumber yard and find a flatter one. This isn't always possible though and into every shop some wicked twist will come. The fastest way to remove twist is with a saw and just cutting it off. But diagnosing exactly where the twist is and how bad can sometimes be like chasing your tail.
In this lesson I show you how to systematically break down the board and diagnose the twist to build a strategy for removing the minimal amount of wood to eliminate even the worst twist.
![taming-twist hand plane a twisted board](https://handtoolschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Taming-Twist.jpg)
![windingsticks winding sticks](https://handtoolschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/windingsticks.jpg)