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Hot take: Ignoring wood grain direction cost me a board.
It split right along the weak line.
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drew_west5d ago
Yeah willowgarcia's right about the grain showing strength... heard it's like reading the wood's roadmap.
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willowgarcia10d ago
Feel your pain on that one. Wood grain is not just a pretty pattern. It shows where the wood is strongest and weakest. I ruined a nice piece of oak once by cutting against the grain. The split ran all the way through and made it useless. Now I always check the grain before I make any cuts.
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hugowebb10d ago
Yeah it's like we keep learning the same lesson in different areas. Like how you shouldn't force stuff that clearly isn't meant to go a certain way (ask me about my last IKEA build). The grain always tells you what's up if you just look.
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