I need to see if what I am experiencing is just normal. I had a Bradford Pear in my front yard that was pretty in the Spring. I found out later that they are an invasive species. Anyway, it died about 3 years ago and I finally took it down in July. I had heard that the wood was pretty, so I was going to try some turning and maybe scroll saw work. The tree was THOROUGHLY dry when I took it down, so I cut a couple of logs, split them, and took them to the shop for machining. Ran one over the jointer until I got one side flat, then resawed on my band saw and went to the planer to smooth them out. When I turned on the dust collector, I couldn't get any suction. The planer and joiner share the same dust collector. Went through everything and finally determined that the dust collector was clogged just in front of the impeller. The shavings coming off the Bradford Pear aren't saw dust. They are more like hairy little toothpicks and they cling together and clog the dust collector piping. I've done it 3 or 4 times now and I'm not certain I've cleared the whole run yet. Is this what Bradford Pear acts like? Is there anything I can do to prevent this? If this is just the nature of the beast, pretty wood or not, I may just turn it all into firewood.