White oak, esp quarter sawn, can be a bear to plane. I've found that a
super sharp blade is a good start, tight mouth required. But even then,
my Knight high angle smoother can't do everything. I use my LN112 to
finish off the grain reversals, and a card scraper for other bits where
my patience runs out.

My dull 05 with a wide mouth created boatloads more work than I was
ready for on my last tabletop. And a certain lunchbox p)w#r planer just
made it worse.

Nebraska Rod TerMaat asked:

>
> Question 3: Tear out - planing some white oak. There were sections
> where the grain seemed to change directions and my planed surface goes
> from smooth to jagged. Is this more of an angle of the blade issue,
> wrong plane, or ID10T error.

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Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA Process Development Engineering
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