Removing acrylic caulking from cork roadbed

[Gary S]

With the way your benchwork is built, I am shocked that you had the issue. You did a first class job on the construction, and plywood typically doesn't expand and contract very much. The paint should have helped maintain the moisture content of the wood. The only variable I see is that you mentioned "gasket" cork. How thick is it, and what are its characteristics? Could it have dried out in the high heat and shrunk a bit?

I sure wish you would have taken some photos of the buckled track. We always hear of these things, but never get to see it (unless it happens to us! :cry: )