Warning: a finish carpenter in Tacoma showed me his trick for reading grain before cutting, and it saved me $200 in wasted oak | Carpenters - nhfree.com
Warning: a finish carpenter in Tacoma showed me his trick for reading grain before cutting, and it saved me $200 in wasted oak
He ran his thumb along the board and said 'the grain tells you which way it wants to split, so cut with it, not against it,' and I've been doing it on every rail and stile since.