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Frank’s reply reminded me of the sofa table build. In the first episode Paul talks about quarter sawn wood and de medullary it produces.
From wikipedia:
In addition to the grain, quartersawn wood (particularly oak) will also often display a pattern of medullary rays, seen as subtle wavy ribbon-like patterns across the straight grain.
An image search in Google indeed shows very markings on oak ().
Apparently this is highly desirable. I will still try the card scraper.
Thanks Frank, Dave.
Wesley