Lowe Brothers Company · Dayton, Ohio : Lowe Brothers Company · leaf 8
first sawing the log into quarters, lengthwise, and then sawing these quarters into boards of varying widths. These lattershow the grain of the wood with the finest effects, but make the lumber much more expensive. … Open and Close-Grain f or finishing purposes, woods are generally known as open and close-grained. The open-grained woods are usually hard woods, and close-grained, soft, though there are exceptions to this division. The leading building and finishing woods may be arranged thus: Open-Grained Woods…
Lowe Brothers Company · Paint · Wood finishing
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