anon wrote in message . ..
On 5 Aug 2004 11:14:11 -0000, Jerry Built
wrote:

. Look at the position of the knots,
you don't want ones on one face of the stiles only, as the knot
will tend to cause distortion on drying - the timber will try
to "bend" towards that face. Knots on the edge, or that go
straight through, are OK.


The day has come to buy the doors, can you explain the above a little
more please?

a small percentage of knots shrink at a different rate to the rest of
the wood, resulting in warping.