When Do You 'Go Against the Grain'? — VOA Learning English
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Have you ever looked closely at a piece of wood? If you have, you might have noticed its beautiful grain.
When talking about wood, grain describes the appearance of cell fibers in the wood. A wood’s grain is important when choosing the right sort of wood for a project. Different kinds of wood have different grains, which affect their appearance, strength, and usefulness.
Paying attention to a wood’s grain helps you to know how to work with it. For example, if you are cutting a wood board with the grain, you would use a tool called a rip saw. If you are cutting across the grain, you would use a crosscut saw.
Cutting against the grain…
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