rip cut

Along the grain

A rip cut is a woodworking cut made parallel to the grain of the wood, as opposed to a crosscut, which goes across the grain.

Rip cuts typically use coarser-toothed saw blades designed to remove material efficiently along the wood fibers: I need to make a rip cut to narrow this board.

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lumber · plywood · fence · kerf · teeth · wood · parallel · straight · panel · joinery · splinter · feed · push stick · carbide · thickness · board · workshop · cabinet saw

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Opposites
wood grain direction

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Perpendicular timber cut

cross cut · cross-cut · miter cut · bevel cut

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G