"planing" end grain of hard maple

How tempted...

VTAndy4

>... were you to crack the board and put it in the woodstove?

Seriously, cool that the scraper worked.

-Andy, actually too cold here to get into the workshop

Re: How tempted...

George in Lowell, Mich.

>I wasn't that frustrated but I probably have 3-4 hrs. wrapped up it smoothing the ends of 4 blocks of wood. The project was a vise working off Todd's portable shoulder vise idea. I could have left the ends saw rough, but I decided to smooth them up. That is when the trouble started. Actually back at the point when I chose maple as the wood that I was going to use, harder is better etc ;^(

The vise works great and will solve a clamping problem that I have had. Thanks Todd

George in cold but warmer than some places Lowell, Mich.

Re: How tempted...

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>My Pleasure George. Any chance of seeing a pic of it?

Hope it warms up soon for you. Was a little chilly down here in Fl. over the weekend, but not to bad. Actually, this is the time of year to get things done, as in a few months it'll be back to sweating your butt off and that's while you're standing still. }:~{

Todd O.