I wouldn't be too concerned with cupping in the tips of the final core as the wood is so thin that it will easily press into shape and stay flat. What I'm worrying about is how you will profile a cupped core blank to the correct thickness. Depending on your profiling method, you'll need to make sur...

Little background: I have been gluing up my maple cores and pressing them in the mold so they have the chamber profile in them, but I'm having an issue with the cores cupping near the tail. I'm not sure what is going on and whether it is something I should be concerned about. With a little weight, t...