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Preacher Man Preacher Man , you inspired me to check the scrap bin at Menards . Found some hard maple , sap ( light ) and heart ( dark ) . Nothin fancy , just face grain . I use Titebound 2 , because it has a short set time . Water resistant . Not bad for a couple bucks worth of wood .
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You should check out some of your local cabinet shops. They will usually run something through their planers for a few bucks.


Yeah, some will. I used to, but I had a guy bring me some boards, and one of them had a hidden nail in it.
Cost me $20 to have 3 blades 24" long sharpened, and about 3 hours getting them reset perfectly again.
Plus my planer was down for a week.
So if a guy is nice enough to plane something for you, make sure you inspect every inch real close.

Bear
 
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Yeah, some will. I used to, but I had a guy bring me some boards, and one of them had a hidden nail in it.
Cost me $20 to have 3 blades 24" long sharpened, and about 3 hours getting them reset perfectly again.
Plus my planer was down for a week.
So if a guy is nice enough to plane something for you, make sure you inspect every inch real close.

Bear

Bear, that's why I have an Helical blade cutter head, if I mess something up, I only have to rotate a couple of blades.
 
Bear, that's why I have an Helical blade cutter head, if I mess something up, I only have to rotate a couple of blades.

Yeah, we had one of those in Tech School---a 36" wide. Neat !!!
Mine was just 24" wide, 3 blades, with serrated & Segmented feed rollers.
Fun getting it down 17 steps at 700 pounds!!!

Bear
 
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This is a fun thread! Here's one I made a few years ago, still looks great today :)

I've been meaning to make a second one to dedicate to meat and I think maybe this thread finally inspired me to get one it. This one is edge grain walnut made from scraps I had.

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I thought I had a Pic of this without anything on it, but I can't find it.
So this one is All Maple End Grain, and I made it about 55 years ago, in 10th Grade.

Bear
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