Was just over on Woodweb and came across this comment from Doc on KD wood:
"Twist results mainly because the sawmill cut the lumber at an angle to the grain.
Perhaps it was a crooked log. Perhaps the sawmill cut parallel to the pith and not parallel to the bark. -
Unless there is sever taper to a log I mostly cut parallel to the pith. My ideal is to be able to cut the pith out with the 3/16" kerf of my Lucas (I dream a lot too.
) With the exception of large hardwoods where I cut parallel to the bark when trying to get highest grade, like quarter sawn white oak and then make a corrective cut at the center.
Construction conifer lumber (western grading rules) allows up to a 12:1 slope of grain which I think is really excessive.
So what does everybody else do?