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Which plane or plane setup is best to trim tails and pins on through dovetails?

I finished the top box for my dovetailed bookcase out of rswo and now need to trim the excess tail and pin material. Which plane is going to give me the best results on the end grain of this hard lumber? I have a jack plane, a fore plane and a low angle block plane at my disposal... Thanks
- kooshball
- Thread
- Sep 11, 2011
- dovetails pins plane setup tails trim
- Replies: 6
- Forum: General Woodworking
Cherry tearing out when cleaning out pins and tails

I was playing around in the shop today making a small dovetailed box with some leftover cherry. I cut the pins and tails on the bandsaw and was cleaning up the bottoms with mallet and chisel - thus I'm cutting across the end grain. I'd been doing exactly the same thing yesterday with some red...
- merrill77
- Thread
- Sep 12, 2010
- cherry cleaning pins tails tearing
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Hand Tools and their Use