working with man made wood is a breeze squaring it off, but as soon as i work with pine ,my god i feal like pulling my hair out every thing i"ve made has been solid pine and been doing it for 1 and a half year"s and the way i see it i"ll all way"s be learning.reason being that i find squaring off pine is it"s never dead straight and to me that"s a problem.love to hear from you, and wander if it"s only me that has that problem ?