I bought a BEAUTIFUL piece of AAAA flamed Canadian maple from www.veddermountainhardwoods.com
It really is stunning. I'm not a great fan of flamed maple that looks relly straight and symmetrical... so this one has a little 'curl' in it....
So the trick here is the thickness the pieces, then cut a smooth edge on the side they will be joined....
Easier said than done!!
Of course I decided to thickness the UNDERSIDE, just in case I ran into problems.... I discovered that machine planers don't like flamed maple AT ALL. They chop out horrible chunks of the flame. I didn't realize that the density & structure of the flame caused structural fluctuations.... This would have been better achieved on a power sander. But we get by with what we have!!
The same 'chatter' occurred when I tried to use the jointer for the surfaces that were to be joined..... just couldn't get a clean cut.
So off to the table saw I went.... really - with a sharp thin blade, the table saw can produce a beautifully flat clean cut. Relief!
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