• Peppycito
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      Quarter sawn means the grain is perpendicular to the face. There’s plenty of quarter sawn boards in the other methods. Rift sawn means the grain is at 45° to the face. I’ve heard “live sawn” called “slab sawn” that includes the heart and it cups like a bastard.

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        That’s still not the difference though. Rift sawn is cut radially.

        It’s for shit like violins.

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    The way quarter and rift sawn are shown, it would be virtually impossible to cut. There’s no through-line that a sawblade could actually make.

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      There is, quarter the log then cut boards from alternating sides of the resulting right angle.

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      There are Mills with circular blades. Not every saw has to be a band saw.