Ameet Savant wrote: > I thought wood was easier to break/crack along grain than across grain. > i.e. a thin long strip of wood with the grain oriented width wise is more > likely to fail than a think long strip of wood with the grain oriented > length wise. > I could be wrong, but something didn't add up with Oscar's statement.
I think what OZ was saying is that when viewed from the end of the spar, it doesn't matter which way the grain goes, horizontal or vertical. At least that's the conclusion we came to last time we had this discussion. Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
