"no(SPAM)vasys" wrote in message
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Vic Baron wrote:
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Another thought g - I recall that the splitter was really pressing the
wood against the fence rather than just being 'neutral'. I know you can
control the pressure depending on how you insert the splitter - I'll
look at
that also.

My guess would be that you've found the problem. Because of the high
sugar content in maple it doesn't take much to get burn marks.

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Boy, don't I know it. It's been pretty good with the WWII blade for a while
but I think I used the splitter incorrectly.

BTW, completely off topic - I was born about 90miles SW of you in Erie PA.
When I was a kid the lake was a beautiful thing. Then it got so much
pollution that almost everything died. Have they been able to reclaim the
lake at all or is it still a pile of filth?

Vic