Quarter Sawn vs Rift Sawn vs Flat Sawn Explained

They say Quarter sawn lumber has a grain angle off the face of the board of 90 to 60 degrees. Rift sawn lumber has a grain angle off the face of between 60 and 30 degrees with 45 degrees as the optimum. Flat sawn is the most common lumber and has the highest yield from the log.

00:00 Introduction
00:35 Flat sawn or Plain sawn
02:48 Quarter Sawn
05:20 Rift Sawn
05:58 Final comments

[mudassirfarooq]

Among 100s of videos on the topic, this one is most concise, to the point and comprehensive.

[sovereign]

Really great explanation and graphics, exactly what I was looking for.

[Dggerel]

I've been a cabinetmaker for 15 years, and I've never seen this explained better.

[cobratex]

Best video I've seen that clearly demonstrates the log and all cuts. Fantastic.

[josefigueroa]

Best video and explanation I've found. Thanks for taking the time to explain and illustrate this.

[geespar]

I’ve always been puzzled when they say a ‘quarter sawn’ guitar neck is best, so I thought ‘I wonder if I could find out on YouTube’ which led me straight to this gem, thanks very much!

[nathanr]

Really informative, and love the 3d graphics. A high effort video, thanks!

[dlipp]

Great explanation and appreciate showing the examples so clearly and easy to understand.

[HarmeekHans]

Excellent explanation, thanks for posting!

[Control-Freak]

I have some off cuts of Douglas Fir that I want to mill on the band saw to make some shop bins. I was looking and asking myself "how do I want to cut these?" It was time to figure it out, great video!

[suleimannasir]

Honestly I don't understand Rift sawn method 😢