On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 16:44:55 +0200, Juergen Hannappel
wrote:

Andy Dingley writes:


[...]

One solution is to only use radial boards, which don't curve. In
medieval times this was done by splitting the tree rather than sawing
it (also easier work) to give very stable "riven" boards,
unfortunately wedge-shaped. Around 1900, the fashion was for

Which gives rise to the question why you never see boards made from
two suck wedge-shaped ones glues together to form a rectangular slab?


if you have the technology to get riven boards flat enough to glue
them together you almost certainly have the technology to saw the
board you want out of the log.