Thanks.. yeah the one I have has a lot more to grab hold of... so to speak.

Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
I think your test piece is probably giving you a false result, even in the initial shot it looks very close grained and splintery so possibly not a fair test.
In a good way or a bad way? There is a lot of splintering, yes. But I was expecting/hoping the ash of the body to be more forgiving than pine. Do you think ash will be worse?