Working with end grain


Josh Kester

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Hi there,

I work as a forest fire fighter and collected a bunch of cookies off fires this year. I have one that varies from 9cm-11cm in thickness and I am trying to make that uniform all around so I am trying to shave sides down. I started out using a sander and quickly realized that would take too long. Right now I am using a rasp and that seems to be working better, I was just wondering if anyone had any better ideas.

 

Thanks,

 

Josh

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Router and a sled is the only practical way to flatten a cookie of end grain wood. It is very likely to crack , warp and split as it dries out. That's just the nature of wood as it dries. If you can weigh the piece on a fairly accurate scale then you can track the weight over time and when the weight stabilizes for several weeks it may be ready to flatten and sand. 

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