Slip and swing match
- This technique is increasingly popular.
- The tight and open grains stay on their respective sides of the sheet, but every other leaf is turned 180 degrees.
- This helps minimize variation in color from one leaf to the next, while minimizing the repetitive effect of the grain and the wood’s natural characteristics.
- Slip and swing matching may create color contrasts at joints.

Flat cut
Quarter cut
Rift cut