Does anyone have a good method of planing or smoothing the edges of thin ebony strips to go between ribs? I've bent wider pieces of ebony to the right shape and sliced off thin strips with a band saw. As I cut each piece I could hand plane the cut edge on what was left, but as a result one edge of each fillet (I don't know what to call them) is rough. I'm thinking of trying my Luthier's Friend, but I don't know if it will just grab the piece and mangle it. Bending the ebony was tough (it needed a LOT more heat than the maple I'm using for the bowl), so I don't want to go through all of that and have the strips ruined at the last step. Thanks, Tim Motz
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