grain direction

[Bob Cooper]

for the back of a roughly 48"x48" cabinet -- glass front/shelves -- is it more traditional to run the grain vertically or horizontally? Wife said vertically but then she became undecided...and then asked me "what is standard".

[Ron Citerone]

I would run grain up and down. Interesting to see what others think.

[Jim Becker]

Vertically and attached with wood movement considered if done with solid stock...typically shiplap with spacing and a single fastener top and bottom on the centerline of each piece used to construct the back.

[Brian Tymchak]

+3 Vertically.

[Bob Cooper]

Vertical it is

[Mel Fulks]

Yeah ,grain vertical. Learned that as a kid watching ‘Westerns’ . “Reach for the Sky”. It saved lives ! Remember the horizontal stripes on
Mash (TV show) Korean made suits? We all laughed at them.

[Tom Bender]

492868Slats in the back of my desk are not visible from the front. One can be left out to allow power to get thru and the desk pushed flat against the wall despite plug protruding from the outlet.

[Bob Cooper]

I like that curved top!!

[roger wiegand]

another vote for vertical

[Tom Bender]

The curved top is not really the top, just an intermediate stage of construction.

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[Brian Tymchak]

The curved top is not really the top, just an intermediate stage of construction.

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Love the design of that desk!

[David Sochar]

If you look at it from a historical perspective, the top center panel would run horizontally, since there was no good way to glue for width, and tho large, trees were not that large.

Or, you may let the panel stock on hand decide what to do.

That leaves the two squarish panels that could be run either way. I use a quarter for such decisions.

Once you make it however you make it, people will look at it to determine the 'standard.'