I recently bought some red oak and cherry from my lumber guy and in our conversation he mentioned that some maple stock was “skip” planed because his customers wanted to see the grain on this rough cut lumber. Additionally, I was going to skip plane all my lumber (without jointing first) to reveal the grain along with any imperfections within. Does anybody do this technique?……..it seems like an excellent way to plan the wood for a project. I would plan on keeping 1/8″ more than finished dimension to joint and finish plane at a later date.