Let me restate the question

[Ron Nossaman]

> What I was getting at, was. I thought the idea of the laminations
> was so that the board, wouldn't crack.
> If the laminations were going the same way, wouldn't there be more
> chance of the board cracking, with the laminations going the same way?
> John M. Ross

I see. Laminations needn't be exactly parallel, but could be 
maybe 10° off easily enough.
Ron N