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Grain (wood)
Wood grain is the longitudinal arrangement of wood fibers or the pattern resulting from such an arrangement. Definition and meanings R. Bruce Hoadley wrote that ''grain'' is a "confusingly versatile term" with numerous different uses, including the direction of the wood cells (e.g., ''straight grain'', ''spiral grain''), surface appearance or figure, growth-ring placement (e.g., ''vertical grain''), plane of the cut (e.g., ''end grain''), rate of growth (e.g., ''narrow grain''), and relative cell size (e.g., ''open grain'').Hoadley, R. Bruce. "Glossary." ''Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology''. Newtown, Conn.: Taunton, 1980. 265. Print. Physical aspects Perhaps the most important physical aspect of wood grain in woodworking is the grain direction or slope (e.g. against the grain). The two basic categories of grain are straight and cross grain. Straight grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piece. Cross grain deviates from the longitudinal ax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodgepole Pine Spiral Grain
Lodgepole can refer to: ;Towns or cities * Lodgepole, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada * Lodge Pole, Montana, census-designated place in the United States * Lodgepole, Nebraska, a village in the United States * Lodgepole, South Dakota, an unincorporated community in the United States ;Species * Lodgepole chipmunk, a species of rodent * Lodgepole pine a species of tree ;Creeks or lakes * Lodgepole Creek Lodgepole Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 25, 2011 in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Nebraska and ..., a creek within Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming in the United States * Lodgepole Lake, a lake in Idaho, United States ;Other * '' Lodgepole (sculpture)'', a sculpture by Lyman Kipp * Lodgepole Community Hall, a National Registered Historic Place {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
