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30 July 2014 at 9:42 pm
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Hi there,
It looks like your plane could do with sharpening. You need a razor sharp iron and very little set on your plane when working end grain.
I also noticed a fracture on the right hand side of the board in the photo, which may have come from planing the whole way across the board. On end grain, you need to stop just before the end, then come from the opposite side.
Hope this helps. Sharp tools is the most important thing in hand tool work!
George.