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Originally Posted by runamuck
Look at the grain on the side of your braces. See how it runs at an angle?
If you were to split one of those braces it will split right along the grain at a tangent to the bottom of the brace. Ideally, the grain needs to run perfectly parallel to its length. When you split the billet before cutting it to size that ensures that runout is at a minimum.
The side grain will ideally look
Like this
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You can't see runout from looking at the end grain or the face of the board. What the endgrain does show you is whether the grain is cut on the quarter, or whether it's rift or flat sawn. But runout is as important a factor in the strength of the brace as it is being quartersawn.
Jim McCarthy
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What you are saying makes sense. I was getting snagged in the grain when chiseling.I was shooting for llllllll on the brace. I need to turn my wood 90 degreesish. I'll try it today.