A board with a straight, flat face with one square edge is widely considered a fundamental requirement for precision work like joinery. Given this basic condition, all good things are possible (at least, in principle): accurate measurements, square shoulders, straight tenons. But a current dining table commission challenged how I think about this set of conditions and forced me to come up with an alternative that would facilitate solid work. […]
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