furry edges

**12bolts** · 7th August 2012, 01:59 PM

Hi all,
I am making a wall plaque out of well seasoned, home milled, raintree.
It is about 240mm W x 450mm H x 35mm T with a radiused top. Looks a bit like a tombstone

. When I ran it through the thicknesser it came up reasonably good but I was left with some furry surfaces. These sanded off quite well and I was happy with the finish. After routing a decorative edge it all came up very good except for one area on one side. This is along the grain but obviously against the way the wood fibres exit that edge? I have cleaned it up some with light sanding but if I go much more I am rounding off the sharp clean corners and edges of the profile. Would routing this side with the direction of cutter rotation work? When I ran across the grain on the square bottom and also as I passed over the domed top it came up cleanly. You can feel the end grain but it is not protruding and is sanding down easily. If I put a coat of finish on will that help the furry edges to stiffen and hold their place so that I can sand them off?
Open to any other suggestions.

Cheers Phil

**SAISAY** · 7th August 2012, 08:01 PM

Sanding sealer before sanding?
That's what I used when it happened to me.
Where in NQ are you?
I have a twin drum sander.
Cheers
Wolffie

**SAISAY** · 7th August 2012, 08:04 PM

D'oh
Just realised you are talking about the routered edge not the flat side.
I would give it a coat of sanding sealer.
Cheers
Wolffie

**Dengue** · 7th August 2012, 08:34 PM

Can I suggest that your router bit is not razor sharp. That is one of the reasons that you are getting furry edges

**malb** · 7th August 2012, 08:49 PM

One suggestion I have seen on US videos for cleaning up router burns or other cosmetic defects profile routed into a job is to hand scrape the defect with the router bit used to form it. Removes material to clean it up without changing the profile. Haven't tried it but it should work if your bit is reasonably and you can arrange cutter orientation to match the desired scraping direction.

Alternatively an extremely light back route cut should clean it up if you are sure that you can fully retain control of the router and job at all times.

**12bolts** · 8th August 2012, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Wolffie

Where in NQ are you?

Hi Wolffie, Just outside Ingham.

Originally Posted by JillB

Can I suggest that your router bit is not razor sharp. That is one of the reasons that you are getting furry edges

Hi Jill, it is a carbide bit that has had minimal use. Probably not razor sharp, but pretty good nontheless. It is doing a good job on 90% of the edge, including across the end grain. Just that one area where the grain orientation (I think?) exits at an awkward angle.

Originally Posted by malb

...is to hand scrape the defect with the router bit used to form it. Removes material to clean it up without changing the profile.

Thats not a bad idea, might try that.

Originally Posted by malb

Alternatively an extremely light back route cut should clean it up if you are sure that you can fully retain control of the router and job at all times

Yeah the workpiece is well clamped and the cutter has a bearing, so I think I could.
thanks all for the replies, will see how I go.

Cheers Phil

**SAISAY** · 8th August 2012, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by 12bolts

Hi Wolffie, Just outside Ingham.

Cheers Phil

Went there on Sunday, that Continental deli there is good. Spent a lot of money on their lovely cheeses

And a huge yummie cheesecake.
Cheers
Wolffie

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