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STL185: Reading Bob Van Dyke's Mind

Published: March 15, 2019, 2:30 p.m.

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Question 1: From Shawn: I\u2019m working on a Christmas present for my sister. \xa0It\u2019s a hallway table with 2 drawers in cherry. This is the first piece I\u2019ve made with cherry. \xa0Some of the surfaces have a quarter sawn grain orientation and I\u2019m finding them highly prone to tear out. My card scraper seems to be the only tool I\u2019ve got that can tackle it, and even then I still have to pay really close attention to the changing grain direction. I\u2019d like to hear any recommendations you might have about tools and techniques to deal with tear out, and also about other tear out prone woods you\u2019ve worked with. I\u2019ve found quarter sawn maple to be difficult as well.

Question 2: From Joe: To build a bed for my grandson I ordered 50 bd ft of rough lumber, \xa0Black walnut. The wood was beautiful but this is where my confusion began. I got the job done but I don't know if I went about it the best way. The bed with headboard, frame, 6 drawers underneath, and footboard had over 100 pieces. All the lumber was about 8 inches wide and about 10 feet long. Is it better to mill the long boards and then layout all the parts, or layout the parts oversize and cut them out and send smaller pieces through the planer and jointer?

Segment: All-Time Favorite Tool

Mike: 6-in. Combo Square
Bob: Stanley #4\u2013Type 11
Ben: Lie Nielsen honing guide

Question 3: \xa0 From Mike: I\u2019ve come to realize my jointer needs tuning, and i recall you guys saying how you set your outfeed table a hair lower than your cutter head. I can\u2019t find the episode that contains this discussion, but i don\u2019t recall there being any reasoning for this. I adjusted mine as y\u2019all suggested but found this was causing the trailing ends of the boards to not touch the blades. After reading my powermatic manual, it says to have the outfeed table level with blade, so what\u2019s up with your hack causing me this grief?

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