How To Find The Grain Direction  

James...my method is the last one you mentioned. Step 1: run plane along board. Step 2: curse at the tear out resulting from planing in the wrong direction. Step 3: flip board around and hope i can remove the tear out.

So you're turning the board after 1st plane passes too, ouffff, not alone ^^ !

Thank you for this video. I often get annoyed that I get the wrong side. Would it be a good idea to make a whole video out of it? Maybe with a todo on crossing fibre directions? Or if you have to plane against the grain, e.g. for glued table tops.

I just love the honest ending lol 😂

Could you talk a little bit faster?

It's like the USB of wood working

I usually look at the face grain then run my fingers over it to see which way feels rougher, then go with what my fingers tell me. I should really do that process the other way round and only look at the face grain if my fingers can't tell.

That's how I do it

So how do you know if you’re planing against the grain? Does it snag and not peel a thin strip?

Watched it three times and still couldn't catch what you were saying in parts. Please slow down.