On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 03:35:09 GMT, "Keith Carlson"
wrote:

I'm sure there's others on the wreck well-versed in mission-style furniture,
I just happen to remember Andy making many related posts.

Do you know what time it is over here ? When's a kibozo (look it up)
supposed to get any sleep ?

The tops on things
like dressers, coffee tables, side tables, etc. are glued up from very
narrow pieces. I didn't have a tape on me, but I'd say about 1.5 inches
wide. Is this true to authentic "Craftsman" style furniture by the likes of
Stickley? (Can't remember from pics I've seen).

I've not seen that before.

Sounds like a cheap hack to emulate quartersawn stock from skinny
trees and cheap flatsawn timber. What's the figure like ? It doesn't
matter if it's narrow stock (from a stability point of view) or if
it's quartersawn (if it's narrow, it'll be stable enough any way you
cut it) but it sounds like the visuals are going to suffer badly,
especially any ray flake.

I know nothing of red oak, so don't know how that would end up
looking, however you sawed it.

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