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Trade Secrets: Even split, even grain

2026-03-06T10:11:00

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A simple method for joining plates with even grain orientation

In his Trade Secrets article ‘Sawing wood in the right direction’ (The Strad, June 2011), Nicolas Gilles describes the method he uses for sawing tonewood. I hope that the article presented here offers a useful method for luthiers to join their plates once cut, and also to improve their understanding of grain orientation…

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