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PeterF
 Post subject: Rift sawn headstock
PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:29 am 
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The grain's at about 30° to the face. Is it usable or should I find something else?

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What type of wood is it ? If Honduras mahogany or Spanish ceder, it should be OK. Anything else I would think twice
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Sometimes rift sawn wood can be stable depending on species an age of wood.
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On something as thick and small as a headstock, rift or even flat sawn makes little difference.
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Barry Daniels wrote:
On something as thick and small as a headstock, rift or even flat sawn makes little difference.


Ditto that!
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James Ringelspaugh
 Post subject: Re: Rift sawn headstock
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One of the great unique things about mahogany is that shrinkage rates are about the same in the radial and tangential directions, so dimensional stability is not a concern.
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