Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How quartersawn lumber behaves
Quartersawn boards put a radial face outward, so they change width less and cup less.
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From the opening
Quartersawn lumber is cut so the growth rings meet the wide face at a steep angle, close to square, which means that face is a radial slice through the log. Its width therefore lies more in the radial direction and less in the ring-around direction that moves the most. The opening covers rings stand steep to the face, width movement is mostly radial, and oak rays appear as fleck.
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Inside
- Rings stand steep to the face
- Width movement is mostly radial
- Oak rays appear as fleck
- It still moves, only less
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Quarter sawing and radial faces
- Ray fleck on quartersawn oak