I'm preparing some wood for bending - the backs of a couple of Windsor chairs.
Is there any advantage in orienting the grain one way or the other when bending? I have Lon Schleining's book "The Complete Manual of Wood Bending" and he says (p149) that the grain orientation doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is grain runout - and I'm using riven wood so there's very little runout.
What's your experience? Have you had better success with one grain direction than the other? I can go either way because my pieces are fairly square right now.
Mike