Hand Planing question

[jonluv]

New to some tools——-Just got a Stanley Bailey 41/2 from eBay £7– —-Cleaned it and refurbed with help from YouTube
Tried it out today on Walnut,Sepele,White Oak and all is OK. Planed some redwood and one way excellent results but planed the other way and it ripped out chunks , not very happy can any one please help.

 

[Jon.1976]

You’ll have been planing against the grain when it was tearing out. Do what you did originally and plane in the other direction.

At some point you’ll encounter timber with interlocking or spiralling grain, when it’ll tear out no matter which direction when using a normal plane iron setup.