Would someone explain this?

[Dave Bagwill]

Maybe a diagram would help - but I've read somewhere about gluing together some non-1/4-sawn wood and ending up with quarter saw or something like that? I do NOT get it. I am also probably framing the question incorrectly. If you can read my mind - I'll take off the tinfoil hat for a few minutes - please help me on this.

[bertoncini]

You can take flatsawn lumber and cut neck profiles out of it and when you glue them up the grain will be vertical...magic...quartersawn. If you don't understand, I think I have a Maple blank like this in shop I can try to get a good picture for you.

[ken cierp]

Exactly -- all our laminated necks are made from flat sawn material, when you stand it on the narrow edge it is a vertical grain sandwich.

[TonyinNYC]

Mmmmm....sandwich...

[Dave Bagwill]

Dave if you find a minute sometime to shoot an explanatory pic it would really help. The visualizing thing has never been my strong suit which is, surprisingly, sandwiches. :-)
Thanks.

[bertoncini]

Dave

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Here is the profiles as they would have been cut from the flatsawn boord

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Here is the flatsawn "sandwich"

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And here is in proper position

Hope this helps...please forgive the sloppy work...very old stuff I have had here for very long time

[Dave Bagwill]

I will study that, Dave. There are just some concepts that kick my butt. It looks like you've simply turned the sandwich on its side?