People ask why we don’t just run a Banksia pod blank straight through the sander… here’s why 👇 First, I take a hand plane to knock down the glue lines and flatten one side. It’s slow, gritty work—the pod is full of voids, resin pockets, and those wild seed holes. You can’t rush it, because the grain wants to tear out and the glue wants to grab. Once it’s flat, then it’s safe to run through the drum sander to bring it true and even. Every pass reveals more of that crazy texture Banksia is famous

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