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   user-148830 | Apr 16, 2007 07:56pm | #1

   Don,
   You didn't say how you were trying to remove the marks. If you're sanding, you're probably heating the wood up, again, which causes the wood to dry out and burn. I would suggest recutting the end grain to remove the burns and then use a low angle plane to remove the saw marks. Hand planes, if tuned and sharpened properly, do a great job of removing burns.

   If you're not a hand plane user, then you could try to file or rasp away the burning and then continue to hand sand up to your fine grits. Sometimes using a card scraper on end grain does a good job. Try these suggestions. Good luck.
   Gary