On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 4:04:57 PM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Do you run a metal detector over the finished boards before cutting?

No. I don't have a metal detector. You'd think I'd have one, with all the old salvaged cypress (with tons of nails), I have. I try to eyeball those lumbers, as best I can. That previous pecan, with the nails.... the nails were big and the defects they left in the wood were really obvious. Can't say that about some of the old cypress, with lots of small wallpaper tacks everywhere, in some boards. The heads break off and the nail part is often difficult to see or detect by eye. Sometimes, more than I like, the jointer or planer is my metal detector for that salvaged lumber.

Sonny