Thread: Tear out and stuck at knot

knots are significantly harder than the surrounding wood so you'll always have issues with them.

Tearout can be caused by a couple of issues, the direction you're pushing your plane and a dull plane blade.

Given that you're working in pine I'll suggest sharpening the blade first a sharp plane blade. A sharp plane blade should easily slice through a sheet of paper with a very clean line.

Other then there's your plane setup, however without boring you with all the setup issues i suggest sharpening the blade, even if the blade is brand new it requires a good sharpen for it to perform as expected.

what you are experiencing is normal around knots.

A very sharp blade, a finely set back iron (<0.5 mm), a tough blade -- all can help somewhat. But perhaps the "easiest" fix is a toothed blade.
this is the easiest to find link https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product/...-blade-toothed

Agreed with the commentary about sharpening and taking a thin shaving. You should try both of these. Is your friend an experienced woodworker who has sharp tools? It is not uncommon to find that people use blunt or semi blunt tools.

Another option is scraping with a "card scraper" or "cabinet scraper". I'm not sure how it would go on pine, but it'd be worth a shot. These kind of scrapers can be made by cutting up old saw plate or by just buying one but, again, they must be sharpened. There is video reference material online for how to sharpen and use them.

Cheers,
Luke

Knots are essentially end-grain, locally. As with chisels, the best way I've found for cutting these is to attack it on the bias for a slicing cut. Approach it with the plane or chisel edge at about 5-10 degrees off the direction of travel.

Cheers,
Joe

Thanks guys for the suggestions... Me and my friend are new in this wood working and still learning....