Get to know 3 Types of Lumber Cuts

Also known as Flat Sawn, is the most common type of lumber cut you will find. Many people like to manufacture their lumber with plain sawn because it is the most inexpensive way to cut logs into lumber. This lumber cuts method starts with cut on a tangent to the circumference of the log, and then all subsequent cutting steps is made parallel to one before. With this kind of method, you will get the widest boards possible with the least amount of log waste. Cathedral pattern will display in your result wood board.

Rift Sawn technique is very similar to Quarter Sawn process. In Rift Sawing, the quartered log is turned slightly off perpendicular before cutting. Resulting a minimum amount of flake on the surface of the boards. A linear grain pattern with no flecking is the result of this method. Rift Sawn lumber also known as radial grain. Rift Sawn is becoming the most expensive type of planks from a log, because it produces the most amount of waste than other lumber cuts.