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Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer grain orientation?
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 1/22/2012, 12:48 pm

The best grain orientation is vertical, but if you're ripping your stringers from a wider board, you may need to start with a flat grain board in order to get vertical grain stringers. The same is true when you're making rib stock.

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Skin-on-Frame: stringer grain orientation?
paxtonm -- 1/21/2012, 1:15 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer grain orientation?
Charlie -- 1/21/2012, 9:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: stringer grain orientation?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/22/2012, 12:48 pm