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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #124

Question

List in order of least to most expensive:

Plain-sliced red oak Rift-cut white oak Combed-grain red oak Plain-sliced white oak

What is combed grain?

Answer

Typically, from least to most expensive:

Plain-sliced red oak
Plain-sliced white oak
Rift-cut white oak
Combed-grain red oak

Combed-grain is a selection from rift-cut wood material that is distinguished by the tightness and straightness of its grain.
 


 

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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2002, Dave Guadagni.

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Wood grain apparent in a weathered barn in Key West.
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