I just did a maple table and glued up the legs and I'm not overly pleased with the results. The glue line is fairly visible. I'd try for one piece if you can.
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I just did a maple table and glued up the legs and I'm not overly pleased with the results. The glue line is fairly visible. I'd try for one piece if you can.
I just wanted to say thank you again for the tip with the cabinet scraper. I gave it a go on the weekend and that cleaned up my tear-out in no time.
I still would like to add another plane to my...
One of my problems is that I don't think my eyes are trained to pick out the grain on this wood. On some woods I have no problem seeing it but on this maple I really have no idea.
I'll definitely...
I even have one of those :) How handy. I forgot about it sitting on the shelf. I'll give that a go. Thank you!
Shooting is currently where one of my biggest gaps lie. Neither my wooden planes nor Stanley's are particularly square. The squarest plane of mine is my Stanley LA block plane but it doesn't have...
Lewis: I'm kinda looking forward to getting a plane that doesn't need to much tuning. I'm not overly enamored with trying to flatten a plane bottom and, worse, trying to square up the sides. So the...
I've lately been working with maple and I'm having a really rough time with tearout. With oak and walnut I generally could get good results with my existing planes but I just can't quite seem to get...