Timber finishing

[Locton]

Hi can anyone give an opinion on the following. I bought some Iroko for a garden project, after putting the timber through my planer & thicknesser; I am still left with timber that is pitted in parts. My question is, is it the timber being of poor quality, or have I not planed/ thickened it down enough to get rid of the indentations? or is it anything else?

My planer/Thicknesser is fairy new so the blades should be okay and it seems okay on other timber.

Any suggestions,

Locton

 

[Chris Knight]

It sounds as though you have tearout where the grain reverses at points. Try taking a very fine cut, and/or reversing the direction of planing or by hand using a well set hand plane, scraping etc.

 

[Locton]

It sounds as though you have tearout where the grain reverses at points. Try taking a very fine cut, and/or reversing the direction of planing or by hand using a well set hand plane, scraping etc.

Chris thanks for your reply, what you have said sounds about right, i will try a very fine cut, on the final cut.

thanks locton