Wow. There's a whole lot of writing going on here to clrify Herbert's inquiry into what, I'm pretty sure, was trying to address the flame/figure of maple (or similar flamed timber).
Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, September 10, 2005 4:57 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double-striped wood. > Herbert, > > Alan has given you a good answer but may I add a bit. And my use > of terms > may be argued. I have a problem with the word "grain" as applied > to the > annular rings versus to "planing with the grain". Close grainded > wood is > wood with small annular rings, according to the definitions I've > seen. But > lute ribs, and all other planks, are cut perpendicular to the annular > rings - along the long axis of the tree. (The rings grow outward > while the > tree grows upward - although I know this isn't standard > nomenclature). The > grain we plane along is the vesicules that run vertically in the > tree to > carry nutrient in the "live" outer ring(s). The annular rings are the > circles we see when we cut across a log. The closer the rings the more > closely the vesicules are packed, and the closer the "grain". > There is no > way to cut a tree longitudinally without having a curved "grain", > in the > sense of the annual rings. Just go to Home Depot and look at the > end grain > of the planks. > > Some trees have patterns of the vesicules within the annular ring, > I have no > idea how or why that happens, but that is your cross pattern. > Theoreticallythere sshould be none as one would expect (neglecting > knots or deep roots of > branches) a longitudinal pattern if there were a difference in the > growthrings. I quit here, my imagination can't picture a way for > the tiger stripes > to be natural, but I think they probably are. > > > The wood in the back of me lute has stripes which > > run perpendicularly to the regular growth-ring grain. > > Oops, I may have misinterpreted this. What do you mean by growth > ring grain? > You only see the growth rings from the end grain and I was > assuming you > meant the longitudinal grain from the pores. > > Best, Jon To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
