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I planed end grain yesterday. After I glue up my strips for a chess board I recut them and flip them. Before I glue them back up I run them through my planer on edge. You have to allow for tear out on the end. Hope that makes sense.

I've made a couple end grain cutting boards, but never ran them through the planer to flatten them. I've watched a couple YT videos and believe it could be done, if you took precautions. However, for me, the risk outweighs the reward. I don't want to take a chance of ruining the board after I've put all the time & effort into getting it to that point. For me, it's better to put the time & effort into getting a good flat glue up so that you minimize the flattening required. The last one I made, I took a lot of time to ensure my cross cuts were straight & square. I used cauls to ensure my final glue up was as flat as possible. A few minutes with my 6" ROS, working through the grits, 60 - 100 - 150 - 220. It didn't take long at all, compared to the time I had already invested. A lot of people use a wide belt sander and that would be ideal, but I don't have one and am not inclined to get one anytime soon.

I use Pegas #6 Super Skip blades for my compound cutting. If you are in the USE and interested in trying them, message me as I sell Pegas.

Finished project..

It turns out there is another part of this project that my daughter in law wanted. A tree that she goes to on hikes. She sent a tree picture. So I had some lacewood that the grain patterns now looks like leaves. The height of this wood is 4 inches. Thickness is 1/2 inch. All cut with spiral blades. I mixed #2 with #00 to help with contouring of branches.

I've always heard you can't or shouldn't plane end grain.. I'm not no woodworker by any means but have always heard you can't or shouldn't plane end grain. Always wanted to make a end grain cutting board but never wanted to have to sand everything by hand.. I just watched a video on Youtube where the lady said if you roundover the edges of the board with a router you can then run the end grain through the planer.. she claims she's done it for years that way. Kind of wanted to see what some of you more experienced woodworkers think of that?

I glue up 2" maple and walnut strips. They form stripes. After those have dried I cross cut the piece I glued up. That makes strips of squares alternating in maple and walnut. Then I have to glue them back up to create the chess board. Writing is not my strong suite. If you still don't understand what I am saying I will try to find a video tonight that explains it better.

An Alex Fox modified pattern. I used 1/4" solid Walnut 8" square. Rather than cutting 12 rings, I cut 7 rings leaving a wider base. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1 MGT blades. After sanding and dipping in diluted Shellac, two coats spray Lacquer Clear Gloss and sanding between coats. Comments welcome.

Hi villagers.. I just got done with a small 4 inch logo. My daughter in law has set up her practice for therapy called "Three Feathers Therapy". This her logo.. This is my small 4 inch plaque. Made from Butternut wood. Wow that is soft wood. 2/0 spiral blade was used. She did not mind to add a bit of tint to the wood. I played with my green and orange transtint dye. Butternut wood did pretty well with green and orange. The middle feather I used water-based stain Provential brown. Very diluted, just to get the tan effect. The 3 bigger stand alone feathers : ( left to right) are oak, olive, canarywood. The oak did not do well with green dye after the finish darkened the oak. Olive is so pretty no tint was needed. Canarywood is orange enough with no stain. The off angle pic has a better angle to show green tint. This angle also shows that I added texture to the edge of the feathers. Spiral blade with slight pressure changes left to right. Lessons learned: Butternut wood is soft. Leaves fibers behind. Breaks easily. "feothors" now has a definition. Scollsawyers need therapy when using butternut. Olive smells like olive oil when cutting. Olivewood is my favorite wood due to smooth creamy patterns. It is hard to find good uses for olivewood to show off the grain patterns. Canarywood wood smells fruity. Nice orange color after an oil based finish. Nice to play with. Me. Mark Eason

I use a polar blade for 1 1/2 compound cutting but usually only a 5 or 7. A 12 would make it difficult to make any turns. You want to clear the saw dust. I have used #6 Pegas Skip tooth and they work well too. One thing that helps if hardwood it to wrap the wood with packing tape.

I use a skip tooth Pegas blade for thick cuts.

Impressive Mark. I really like it. Jerry

Good luck with the move. I really don't envy you. Marg

New shadow box project. I combined the view under and above the water, I think came out nice. Project size is 6,5 x 8,5 inches, 5 layers. Video of making Bass Bass pattern

Hi, Dave, I don't understand why you say "before I glue them back up". They were glued up before you recut them so, why would they have to be "glued back up"? spirithorse

Need scrollsaw blade advice please. I have a Hegner 18” scrollsaw and need to cut some 1 1/2” hardwood. What blade would you recommend? Maybe a Polar 12 or ultra reverse 9? Thanks!

I think I will just stick to scrolling pieces that don't need a frame since it's obvious I'm not up to the task of making any. Made a table saw 45 degree sled. Cut one side with the left angle cut the mate with the other angle and the miter looks good (on the reverse side) Made a frame and the miters weren't tight but since it was being painted the minor gaps were filled. Worst part measuring across: Top is 1/8" wider than the bottom. Dealing with OCD & ADD is a nightmare (Rush to do something and can't concentrate to get anything done)