Lee roy
23rd July 2012, 11:22 PM
Getting back into some woodworking after quite a few years of absence, expecting my first born in the next few months and have some toys/projects I'd like to accomplish.
Started by making myself a largish end grain cutting board from jarrah and american beech, I figured I've done one before and it turned out well so I'd boost my confidence and start here. (Its still in the clamps so wish me luck.....)
I splurged a little and bought a gmc thicknesser to go with some other tools I already have, I read pretty much every topic on this forum regarding the DIY/low-end type thicknesser and everyone mentioned snipe, so I was well informed on the unit can/can't do, but I figured for what I will be using it for it should do me.
Tested the unit out and as expected, the last 2" had some decent snipe, but only really on the beech. It was quite difficult to get the beech out of the machine without any snipe unless I used a sacrificial piece, but almost none with the jarrah. Infact I was just running the jarrah lengths through pretty much 1 at a time and so long as I grabbed it on the way out, no problem at all.
I am surprised that the beech would fair worse than the jarrah considering they are of similar density, although the beech was quite dry, cupped and splitting at the ends! :~
Is this a common thing to get mixed results like this with different species? I know why thicknessers snipe, but I figured it would have been at every board rather than species specific?
Started by making myself a largish end grain cutting board from jarrah and american beech, I figured I've done one before and it turned out well so I'd boost my confidence and start here. (Its still in the clamps so wish me luck.....)
I splurged a little and bought a gmc thicknesser to go with some other tools I already have, I read pretty much every topic on this forum regarding the DIY/low-end type thicknesser and everyone mentioned snipe, so I was well informed on the unit can/can't do, but I figured for what I will be using it for it should do me.
Tested the unit out and as expected, the last 2" had some decent snipe, but only really on the beech. It was quite difficult to get the beech out of the machine without any snipe unless I used a sacrificial piece, but almost none with the jarrah. Infact I was just running the jarrah lengths through pretty much 1 at a time and so long as I grabbed it on the way out, no problem at all.
I am surprised that the beech would fair worse than the jarrah considering they are of similar density, although the beech was quite dry, cupped and splitting at the ends! :~
Is this a common thing to get mixed results like this with different species? I know why thicknessers snipe, but I figured it would have been at every board rather than species specific?