Welcome to Wood Talk, for Woodworkers by Woodworkers.

Now here are three guys who like to use a lot of words yet say nothing at all.

Mark, Matt, and Shannon.

Okay, well, it's the weekend and we're doing a show,

and that's why we call it the weekend show.

It is, we'll talk number 340 for December 2nd, 2016.

Wow, we're already in December.

That's nuts.

Don't be December.

Geez, Christmas is coming fast.

On, so yeah, on today's show we're going to talk about matching wood and hiding glue joints and this question was inspired from Brian

He wrote in and asked I've been making large pieces of wood into smaller ones for about three years now. It's a great way to spend your time, Brian. The next thing I really

want to work on is matching wood and getting better with hiding joints and glued up panels.

I know you have done many different videos on the subject, but I'm wondering how this is done if you

like me are purchasing rough lumber. I know you can see the grain and color to a

degree but I've had no luck in getting solid matches.

Do you have to buy extra and hope some of them work out

and others work?

The reading's just not my thing these days.

Do you have to buy extra and hope some of them work out and others work on another project?

So what do you say, Shannon?

Well I do think that there's something to be said about recognizing the grain in the rough, but I also think that comes from looking at a lot of wood, which I do. I look at a lot of wood.

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