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2. Butcher block - Wikipedia

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   The term 'butcher block' can also refer to the pattern or style of a traditional block adapted to other functions, such as table tops and cutting boards. [3] There are two basic styles of butcher block: end grain and edge grain. [1] Besides maple, popular contemporary woods include teak, birch, or walnut, sometimes in alternating patterns.

3. Cutting board - Wikipedia

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   Cutting boards with non-toxic natural waxes and oil coatings, such as linseed oil and beeswax are the most ideal. This wooden cutting board shows signs of scoring after repeated use. Wood boards need to be cared for with an edible mineral oil to avoid warping, and should not be left in puddles of liquid. Ideally, they should be suspended freely ...

4. Wood grain - Wikipedia

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   Wood grain is the longitudinal arrangement of wood fibers [1] or the pattern resulting from such an arrangement. [2] 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 ...

5. How to Make a DIY Side Grain Cutting Board - AOL

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6. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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   On a table saw or router, cutting against the normal feed direction at the end of the cut to prevent tearout. close grain Any wood grain with very fine fibers of cells that are not visibly porous. compass saw conversion The reduction of a whole log into pieces suitable for working. Conversion can be done in three basic ways: sawn, hewn, or ...

7. Quarter sawing - Wikipedia

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   Flat sawn wood (especially oak) will often display a prominent wavy grain (sometimes called a cathedral-window pattern) caused by the saw cutting at a tangent to a growth ring; since in quartersawn wood the saw cuts across the growth rings, the visible grain is much straighter; it is this evenness of the grain that gives quartersawn wood its ...