How do I smooth a cross section of a tree?
Woodworking Asked on December 19, 2020
There are already 2 questions on here that deal with this but they both deal with this at large/massive scale:
Smooth tree trunk cross section
Flattening the face of a board without using a jointer
I’m trying to smooth a tiny cross section (6 inches wide) of a mesquite tree to make a coaster and the solutions discussed in those questions are way too over the top.
So far I’ve tried a cordless sander (Ridgid R86064B) with 80 grit paper but haven’t made much progress. I also tried using a plane but because of the circular grain and the small size wasn’t able to get that to work.
Suggestions?
One Answer
A planer would work. I took a night school woodshop class in the local high school to use their very nice planer .I ran 4 pieces of 4 X 4 -8ft rough sawn oak through it . Then a 1 X 16 - 8 ft oak board ; it had beautiful burl , from a local small hardwood lumber yard. Lucky it was only one board because it was so loud I think I wore out my welcome .
Point is there is likely a planer you somehow get to do the job.
If it is 6" in diameter ,a 6" joiner should handle it .
Answered by blacksmith37 on December 19, 2020
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