joshatatlasstands Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Here's the beginning of my next build. The wood I'm using is pretty sweet. Wish I could book match it but I want to retain the thickness as much as possible. I'll start milling the legs today hopefully. Curly Maple is a difficult wood to plane for me, I'm trying to change my angle of attack with the blades and hand feed the planer to reduce tear out. I'm wondering if I should hand plane it at a 45 degree angle too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripthorn Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 That's a nice piece there. I know on highly figured woods, a lot of people will plane at 52-60 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 What a nice PRS top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshatatlasstands Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Sheesh! this stuff is touchy! I'll try the 52-60 degree angle with the hand plane on some scrap tomorrow. I think I did a great job so far and want to get my glue joints finished before I f**k with it much more. I have a good flat surface right now and don't wanna mess that up with sanding etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 That's an awesome piece of wood. It might be a good time to use your plane block as a sanding block. I've had to use mine that way before on curly maple. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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