How do you Plane a Block of Wood Without Chipping its ends?

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Question: How do you Plane a Block of Wood Without Chipping its ends?



-ThanksHow do you Plane a Block of Wood Without Chipping its ends?Place a piece of scrap wood next to it in the vice. Make sure that it is tight up against it and that they are level with one-another. If you get my drift.How do you Plane a Block of Wood Without Chipping its ends?plane with the grain, or take MUCH less material off per stroke. Less than 1/16", smaller until it works 4 u.How do you Plane a Block of Wood Without Chipping its ends?Clamp a sacrificial piece of wood on the end.How do you Plane a Block of Wood Without Chipping its ends?
if you are hand planing...work from middle out (with grain of course)...if using a self feeding plane, the hardest part is starting without putting a slight knick but not impossible if you feed flat and straight (use a large table BEFORE the plane to help feed straight to start...and always, plane in very very small increments. By the way, you should cut to length AFTER you plane, not before and then this is not an issue