I just finished up 50 of Larry's happy Christmas trees. I was starting with 3" x 3" basswood stock and milling it down on the table and bandsaw. I was milling it so that the "face" grain was the "presentation" surface or, the surface I did the face carving on. I noticed I had lots of what I call "feathering", that is, wispy edges on some of my cuts that I could never get to blend in. I've got more wood arriving this weekend and I'm wondering if I mill the stock so that I'm carving on what would be the "edge" grain if that would help with the feathering. Any thoughts?

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