Question: Sand or Scrape?

TWS <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I got this very nice set of Quilted Maple for a project (I posted a
> picture of the wood on ABPW) and it has been planed with a LOT of tear
> out where the grain reverses. My question is: should I put this
> through a wide belt sander to get rid of the tears or scrape or some
> combination of these?
>
> Size of each piece of wood (I have two) is 9.25 inch by 22 inches.
> Thickness is slightly less than 1/2 inch and I'll be happy if the
> result is at least 3/8 inch. I'll be finishing with Danish or Tung
> oil.

Either sanding or scraping would work. If you have a drum sander,
then that's certainly the way to go.

You probably know that you can reduce some of the tearout by using
very sharp blades and by dampening/wetting the surface prior to
sending it through the planer.

If you have a drum sander that is the way to go. I just used a random
orbital sander to sand a curly maple coffee table and it took forever.
Ahhh, the price of perfection.

"TWS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I got this very nice set of Quilted Maple for a project (I posted a
> picture of the wood on ABPW) and it has been planed with a LOT of tear
> out where the grain reverses. My question is: should I put this
> through a wide belt sander to get rid of the tears or scrape or some
> combination of these?
>
> Size of each piece of wood (I have two) is 9.25 inch by 22 inches.
> Thickness is slightly less than 1/2 inch and I'll be happy if the
> result is at least 3/8 inch. I'll be finishing with Danish or Tung
> oil.
>
> TWS