This document discusses timber conversion methods for carpentry and joinery. It introduces the aims of teaching learners about timber conversion and identifying at least two conversion methods. The key timber conversion methods covered are through-and-through, which is a quick but wasteful method that results in plain and quarter sawn timber; quarter or rift sawing, which produces beautiful grain but is expensive; and tangential sawing, which is used for large logs and produces structural timber that may shrink considerably. Diagrams illustrate each conversion method.