bob wrote:

I just finished a 2' x 5' oak tabletop, made from 4 6" slabs glued up. After
planing, I sanded it by hand with 320, following the grain. It was like
glass when I was done. For something that small, do it by hand. Can't beat
it.


It couldn't have been "like glass" unless you filled the pores. g did
you?

Dave