As I go through this standing maple desk project, I am sawing, planing, and sanding. Soon, I will be drilling and chiseling too. As I plane this hard maple (I really got reminded how hard it was today when I needed to cut a small piece of plywood in modifying a jig), I’m getting a better sense on how a blade feels when it dulls down (of course, I still am struggling with grain direction and tear out).
After a lot of planing, I needed to do some sharpening. I’m doing a nice, consistent job and making it quick too. Nice to see that I’ve really improved my sharpening to a consistent state.
When you see various experts working on projects, they leave out many of this kind of minutiae that has to go on during projects.
