You can get a nice stock from rift cut wood but it is the least likely cut to have balanced figure.
Actually buzz, as you can see from the illustration I provided, rift sawn wood has a higher percentage of lumber with the growth rings nearly perpendicular to the face of the cut side. So it is actually more likely to have balanced figure than a lot of quarter sawn boards or blanks. But a true rift sawn log will yield less lumber and more waste than quarter or flat sawing.
No, true rift cut wood has the grow rings at 45 degrees to the blank, making it LEAST likely to be balanced.
You can get a lovely stock from rift cut wood but they are most often one sided when it comes to figure. Wonderful examples of wood cut in the 3 different style are shown at hunterbid.com
Keep trying Billie kieth....
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