As for a hand sander, I do have one (I think the cheapest possible from Screwfix) and it's terrible and extremely blunt. One of these days I'll sharpen it and figure out how to use it without taking absolute chunks out left and right!
Edit: I mean hand plane! In response to hlvd's suggestion
Thanks for the replies everyone. I think the issue probably is DOC, but not my intended DOC. I reminded myself how much 2mm is and that's way more than I'm meaning to cut when I get the kickback. But the sled is wood and has been sitting in the garage for a while, and I think there is a now a...
Hi,
I've just purchased a flattening bit which I expect to be quite good, as it seems pretty well made and it's an expensive one (for me, at least): https://amzn.eu/d/9aDEjcN
I used it yesterday and today and I'm getting tons of kickback when I'm trying to flatten some end grain wood using a...