Eugene,
My lady of over thirty years (we still "live in sin", but don't tell the
grandchildren of our trangression) has a phrase. "Ask Murphy the time and
he'll tell you how to build a watch".
> Wow. There's a whole lot of writing going on here to clrify Herbert's
inquiry into what, I'm pretty s
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
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.
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005, Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> The wood in the back of me lute has stripes which
> run perpendicularly to the regular growth-ring grain.
not sure what you are attempting to describe, maybe too tired to visualize
it.
Hardwoods have a variety of structures, perha
