Re: scrape or plane?


the_mak wrote:
> I have a 2" thick 2'x4' pine table top that I have stripped to the bare
> wood. I want to avoid sanding as much as possible. Would a scraper or
> plane be the tool to use to get the top smooth. There are some minor
> grooves nothing too deep.
>

A good hand plane would work fine for that. A scraper would
be slower and unless the scraper is also mounted in a plane
body (e.g. scraper plane) it would smooth the wood but not
flatten it.

Also planes tend to leave a nicer (shinier) surface on softwoods
than do scrapers. Dunno why.

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