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1. 
   _mj_ | May 29, 2020 10:42pm | #1

   Your tools, your rules. (contrary to cruel trade school fools)

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   rob_ss | May 30, 2020 01:58am | #2

   I'm seriously worried for your friend! They'd better keep that off the interweb or there'll be a serious flame war...

   Someone told me you should try not to do this as it means you didn't plane properly before sanding, but there are no concerns for your planes or blades. They don't think it actually dulls blades faster either (surely you were not planning on finishing with grit stuck in the wood?) and even if it did, sharpening is not hard and has to be done after each project anyway.

   Well, that's what someone told me anyway.

3. 
   john_c2 | May 30, 2020 07:23am | #3

   The proper order of finishing is:

   1. Jack plane
   2. 80 grit sanding
   3. Try plane
   4. 120 grit sanding
   5. Smooth plane
   6. 220 grit sanding
   7. Card scraper
   8. 320 grit sanding
   9. Buy more wood

4. 
   lat_axe | May 30, 2020 09:42am | #4

   I often sand wood before planing it. The wood in question is reclaimed stuff covered in murk, scabby varnish, mud or (in one case) trod-in rabbit droppings.

   Now, would anyone risk their plane blade (or even the sole!) having-at such stuff before knowing what was underneath the coatings? No. After all, a quick blast with the belt sander might reveal that nail head, embedded lump of gravel or a host of insects shouting, "We live here, you know"!

   Sometimes one may rip a sanding belt or disc. These can still be cut up and wrapped around a stick or stuck on a sanding block. You can't do that with a nicked plane blade, though but.

   Lataxe

5. 
   [email protected] | Jun 06, 2020 03:46am | #5

   Update: I tried it, and nothing bad happened (other than feelings of guilt and shame).

6. 
   john_c2 | Jun 06, 2020 04:25am | #6

   Those are normal feelings after trying something . . . new.