Filled the holes with a slurry of epoxy and shavings. Sanded from 80 to 400 then 5 coats of Lacquer. Once cured, I wet sanded using 1000, 1500, 2000, and 3000.
The wet sanding put a super high gloss on it that in some pictures you see mirror-like reflections.
Lesson Learned from this Job: Jobillo is very hard wood. My planer bit had to be replaced after this job due to it getting overheated. I would recommend using air assist versus vacuum and having extra planer bits. Have it blow directly on the tool to aid in cooling it.
Turned out beautiful! Good finishing and patience running through the grit sequence.
When using my 5 Pro for large pieces like this I have found that using shallower DOC’s and higher feed rates minimizes the heat issue for the carbide cutters. The good thing is when they do get dull I can simply rotate them and have a brand new cutter!
Interesting…. I know wood species definitely has a play in this. Sometime it’s just part of milling. None of my tooling likes Ipe very well and Jobillo is a little lower than Ipe on the Janka scale.
When you say max feed rate, was that the default for the tool or did you change the feed rate to max for the machine?
