<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Terry, you shoulda been a termite. ;-)<br> Anon<br> <br> Farrell wrote: <blockquote cite="mid006001c70861$5e7a6d00$0201a8c0@DESKTOP" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Maple is a spectaculary fabulous wood. When it is perfectly quarter-sawn, the medula rays make such a beautiful pattern. Below is a picture of what one needs to do to quarter-saw a hunk of maple.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br> </font></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">And below is a close-up of how beautiful perfectly quarter-sawn maple is. What a delight!</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br> </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">FWIW: The process above is cutting laminations for a laminated bridge cap on the band saw.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Terry Farrell<br> Farrell Piano</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</a><br> <a href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</a></font></div> </blockquote> </body> </html>