Crafts & Woodworking
With the Grain: A Craftsman's Guide to Understanding Wood
Christian Becksvoort
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Becksvoort teaches design and joinery choices that respect wood's natural movement, so furniture survives decades of seasonal expansion and contraction.
A woodworker's practical explanation of wood movement, grain behavior, and design choices that work with — rather than against — how solid wood expands, contracts, and ages.
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