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If you squint your eyes a bit, it almost looks like a table. You might want to start prepping that Turkey.
clean your rollers, wax your bed, and take very light cuts, you could run 10 times that amount of maple through the blades before you notice any difference.
also make sure the grain is the right way, that makes a world of a difference with hard maple.
I just finished this small bathroom cabinet.
Its all hard and soft maple, all my crud stuff I had laying around, all the bad pieces I didn't use in other projects, it was some knarly stuff also.
sides are all solid panels over ply walls.
it all went through easily after I cleaned roller and waxed bed, and my blades are over 1.5 years old, and used quite often.
I love the way maple feels once its run through planer and sanded a bit, super duper smooth.
I agree - WAX the BED - makes ALL the difference in the world.
I wax everything - even a hand saw - sole of a hand plane - etc.
you could run 10 times that amount of maple through the blades before you notice any difference
Well, Pulled out the grizzly tormek clone, trued up the wheel on it and FINALLY got around to using the planer blade attachment for it. I've had it for years but never used it.
Well, Used it today and I'll be darned if it didn't do a good job on the jointer blades. All back in business!
I've wondered how well those planer blade jigs work. Sounds like they do just fine.