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Why not get really fancy. Straight up vertical grain in the middle, graduating
to 45 degrees at the edges ?
<p>Just another one of these thoughts of mine... :)
<p>RicB
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Honestly I wonder if it matters. I cut up some tight grain& dense old
sugar pine stock from material gutted from a old pipe organ. Some of the
pieces took on a beautiful tight arc appropriate for some tight radius
treble ribs. The material is stiff and predisposed to this orientation
already. It sounds like a good match ehh? I used some already. No worrys.</font></font></font>
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If there was a slight stiffness difference it could be made up in rib thickness.
No big deal. Ask some one in our engineering dept. if the wood strength
formulas change for this slight change in orientation. (that would be you).
I doubt if it requieres a different calculation.</font></font></font>
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Why would it be benificial to change the grain orientation to have the
ray run the other way.I don't follow this.</font></font></font>
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Regards</font></font></font>
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Dale</font></font></font></blockquote>
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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