Going crazy. Trying to smooth some walnut.

[Robert Rozaieski]

Maybe a chipout or something similar that is getting stuck between bed & iron or between iron & chip breaker?

[Ben Rafael]

I reflattened the backs and honed the blades and that didn't change anything, no chipouts that I can see.

[Ted Owen]

So, Ben, it's all your planes that create the marks, and on all woods? Then what do the planes have in common? For example, what do you use to lubricate the soles. Do you put Camelia Oil on your plane bodies or blades?

Best, Ted

[Ben Rafael]

I've put wax on them before, but very light. The strange thing is that I have 2 iron and 1 wood plane all doing the same thing and they started doing it at the same time.

[Ken Bryant]

The sole common denominator seems to be you -- or, perhaps, your workbench, though I can't offhand see how the bench would come into it.

[Ben Rafael]

That's a nice way of saying it's me.

I've handplaned at least 1000 feet of wood without this problem, I dont see how I could've changed my habits suddenly.

[Wiley Horne]

Dept. of Crazy Theories:

1. The walnut board has a hard-to-see buried nail or piece of staple in it somewhere that you are planing, and that eventually gouges a burr in the sole of any plane you try. Each plane will then gouge the cherry as well. Cure: Check plane soles for burrs.

2. There is a newly-located grinder in the lumber storage area that has flung spalled-off grit onto the lumber. Test: Scrape along the boards with a card scraper; examine whether there is grit in the scrapings.


Wiley