: if I take one of these boards
: and put it in my workshop near the heater, it bends one way (maybe
: 45 degrees of bend from one end to the other) as it dries, but then
: straightens out as the other side dries too.

That's amazing. My shop is pretty dry and I found the scraps I have laying around don't bend that well; even if I soak them a few days. I shouldn't have implied that reclaimed wood won't work for a stripper...