12h ago
inHeads up: pine with hidden knots almost jammed my planer... caught it by feeling for bumps before feeding.
Well, @rowan128, you're not the only one with dumb hands in the shop. Last week, I fed a piece of oak without checking and it sounded like a gunshot when the knot hit. The planer survived, but my pride took a real hit. Now I run my hands over every board like I'm reading braille, even on the clear ones. It's slow, but better than digging wood chips out of the ceiling.