Excellent Discussion of Grain Matching and Compatability

[Jim Becker]

In case you don't venture to the Design Forum here at SMC, please take a few minutes and read the excellent pictorial by Tom Sontag on how choosing grain in project components can make substantial and visible differences in how your project will look.

Link to thread

[Rick Schubert]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Jim. I don't normally follow the Design Forum.

Rick

[Gary Keedwell]

Yes, thanks for the kink, Jim. Nice to see them all grouped together for comparison. Real eye opener.

Gary K.

[Jim Becker]

That thread actually reinforced my current penchant for using rift sawn material on rails and stiles as I have been on my cherry vanity projects, especially with the crotch panels...said panels really are highlighted that way. Makes for very stable components, too.