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many boards as possible. Quarter sawed lumber is secured by first sawing the log into quarters, lengthwise, and then sawing these quarters into boards of varying widths. These latter show the grain of the wood with the finest effects, but make the lum- ber much more expensive. … Open and Close Grain For finishing purposes, woods are generally known as open and close grained. The open grained woods are usually hard woods, and the close grained, soft, though there are exceptions to this division. The leading building and finishing woods may be arranged thus: Open-Grained…
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