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Designing for Appearance
Grain and texture
Grain refers to
the direction, size and arrangement of fibres in the timber. Different
species have different grain patterns and this can transform appearance.
In generic terms grains can be described as: straight, sloping, spiral,
interlocking, irregular and wavy grains, and may be accentuated by the
type of cut used when sawing the timber (i.e. back sawing or quarter
sawing).
Basic grain patterns are shown in Figure 10.
Texture is associated with grain, and refers to
whether the wood is coarse, fine, even or uneven.
Much of this is related to the size and
arrangement of the wood cells. Such features tend
to be important when viewing the timber at close
range. For details on grain and texture of
individual species, refer to the Species Guide (use link 'species index' at top of page)
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