<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/12/2002 11:51:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:<BR>
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Terry writes<BR>
I see clearly the reasoning behind an advantage to skewing laminations of quarter-sawn maple for a cap. I understand how you can laminate rotary or flat sawn maple into a cap, but I don't understand why it would make for a good cap. Won't you end up with something that is essentially a flat-sawn cap? I guess I don't know too much about why it is said that a quarter sawn cap is better than a flat sawn cap - I guess I just assume that experience has shown that the quarter sawn is stronger - more resistant to crushing by the string. If you are using rotary cut or flat sawn laminations</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Terry-- You answered most of your own question. Flat sawn wood splits more readily than quarter sawn hence the use of quartered lumber in boards and bridges.<BR>
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