A buddy of mine gave me a bunch of redwood that I tried turning a few plugs with today. Very nice to turn but I noticed that after sanding the grain lines are raised.:confused: Is this common of redwood?

yes it is
redwood has a very hard grainline so the inbetween soft wood part sands easily.
it makes great signs when you cut out letters and sandblast it.

I would suggest you turn the wood with a sharp chisel as smooth as you can, then only lightly sand it. a duplicator would be difficult

I have duped it to make a spook and a pencil, cuts nice but like slip says takes a light touch, really dusty when sanding and make sure you are wearing a respirator as the dust is bad news.
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