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   DestinDave | Feb 05, 2003 05:26pm | #1

   I usually use a piece of white pine for test cuts and haven't noticed any problem with it.. Cuts better than many hardwoods. Can't imagine why you're having trouble with it..

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   jrhatch | Aug 13, 2010 05:34pm | #2

   Rout and shape pine.

   Router / shaper speed and sharpness are of key importance here. But the problem sounds like moisture content of the wood. It fuzzes and produces different waste when it is wet.

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   BruceS | Aug 14, 2010 07:21am | #3

   Pine fuzz

   My guess is that you are getting the fuzz mostly on the end grain,   or to some extent on curved sections where you are going up hill on the grain.   As others have said using very sharp bits will help, but never completely resove the problem.      I really hate to say this, but.   Some times on very problematic fuzzing lumbers  I will do a VERRRY light climb cut on the uphill grain on the final pass.   But only if you have many hours of hand routing  experience and good control. 

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   swenson | Aug 14, 2010 07:38am | #4

   I climb cut cherry most of the time.  Very slow speed and very light cuts and total concentration, hand held and also on the table.  If I don't do this I get chip out when I least expect it... some cherry seems to be more brittle than others.  By the way, Bruce S, I love your "Count to Ten".  I have little red paint drops of blood painted on all of my most dangerous power tools where I can see them as a reminder of what can happen.  When I first saw your Count to Ten sig a few weeks ago I added a little #10 to each "blood" spatter.  It's the first thing I see when I turn on the switch or hit the button.

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   swenson | Aug 14, 2010 08:14am | #5

   Better late than never.

   I just noticed that the three of us are answering a question posted SEVEN YEARS AGO... I hope crt2cu2 hasn't been holding his breath waiting.

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   Jammersix | Aug 14, 2010 10:54am | #6

   Nope

   It's not seven years old.

   I climb cut all the time, freehand, in a table or guided by a pattern as a matter of course.

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   BruceS | Aug 14, 2010 02:44pm | #7

   Oops.

   Oh well,  fun to revisit.   Never even noticed the date.