David N Brown
06-13-2009, 11:31 AM
My problem is with tearout (TO) on a board I am preparing to glue up to make a mission table top. The tearout is situated all around a knot, this in it’s self I understand is not unusual, but I have run out of solutions for this board.
I am using Doug Fir and have jointed and planed this board which came out with the tear out around the knot ( newly sharpened blades in the jointer and planer). The TO is too deep to sand or scrape at this point.
So I took the approach that I would hand plane out the TO with my Bailey #7. It has a brand new Hock blade, lapped flat and is taking whisper thin transparent curly shavings. No matter what angle I attack it from, I still get TO, both on the board and in my hair. (can’t afford to loose anymore of that !)
Since I am relatively new to wood working, do I have anymore options with this? Am I using the wrong techniques for hand planing or should I be using a different technique/tool for the job?
Is this one of those woods and situations that could only be fixed by a drum sander/belt sander (TO to deep for hand belt sander), as this wood and knot cannot be planed due to the grain around the knot? Should I just be looking at repairing the TO by filling?:confused:
Appreciate any input I can get. Thanks.
I am using Doug Fir and have jointed and planed this board which came out with the tear out around the knot ( newly sharpened blades in the jointer and planer). The TO is too deep to sand or scrape at this point.
So I took the approach that I would hand plane out the TO with my Bailey #7. It has a brand new Hock blade, lapped flat and is taking whisper thin transparent curly shavings. No matter what angle I attack it from, I still get TO, both on the board and in my hair. (can’t afford to loose anymore of that !)
Since I am relatively new to wood working, do I have anymore options with this? Am I using the wrong techniques for hand planing or should I be using a different technique/tool for the job?
Is this one of those woods and situations that could only be fixed by a drum sander/belt sander (TO to deep for hand belt sander), as this wood and knot cannot be planed due to the grain around the knot? Should I just be looking at repairing the TO by filling?:confused:
Appreciate any input I can get. Thanks.