Reply by MedicKen

1560 posts in 1631 days

#1 posted 685 days ago

Loren is right…..Maple is notorious for tearing. Another trick, very light cuts and be sure of the grain direction. Also, you might try running the board at a slight angle through the planer, it is kinda like canting a hand plane to make it cut easier

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