This video is dedicated to my fiancée Saki who has always supported my woodworking, and even gifted me two of the planes in this video! Would like to work on more woodworking youtube videos, if you're interested in this kind of stuff let me know below, I have a lot to share on Japanese woodworking. I recently moved into a flat for a new work opportunity so I've had very little time for wood working, but i've still managed to make it work here :)
hey, Long time!! congrats on the engagement! Really informative video too! I recently bought my partner the Fujikawa Professional Oire Nomi Japanese Chisels. It's nice to have watched this and to consider what else i could get to add to his collection. Great to see you are doing well
Saw you post on reddit about your sliding dovetail plane. I just got one that cuts both male and female joints. Unfortunately I'll be away from my tools for the summer. I would love to see you tune your newly acquired plane and test its functionality. I'm a total novice so seeing someone go through the process would be very helpful. Will help me make an Atedai in the future as well.
Yes, most Sepele doesn't plane well. I use a Hong Kong style 62° angle smoother marketed by Mujingfang. It takes type 2 shavings with no tear out and the iron can be reversed to create a scraping plane for a mirror finish in nasty grain and rock hard tropicals.
Josh, thanks for the explanation!! I was wondering which plane to get and what they are used for. Is one more versatile than the other? I have a small budget and I am beginner.
Great video! Did you put the camber on the Hira/Herashi-Kanna or did it come cambered? Were you able to accomplish using water stones or did you need to use an electric bench grinder? Thanks Josh these are great videos!
Thanks, hoping to make some more videos when I move to a house in the next couple of months. Used a bench grinder followed by some water stones 200 -1000 grit if I remember correctly!
end grain as in the grain of the block going vertically up and down? wouldn't be as stable as "quarter sawn" like it is, this is the strongest "most stable" way a board can be cut so it is less likle to twist or warp over time, some still will when cut but all natural woods have internal stress that is released when cut open. end grain will flex al lot with humidity differences throughout the year.
Did you modify a smoothing plane to make the scrub plane or did you buy it as scrub plane? I have been searching for a place to buy a Japanese scrub plane and have had no luck at all in finding one.
Hi, I modified it. I found a cheap kanna on ebay and cambered the blade using an eletric grinder, then using some waterstone going from I think 200 grit to 1000 grit if I remember correctly. I also added the grips on the side, works a charm, but the grips could be prettier in all honesty.
If you haven’t seen a shooting boarding in use, there is TONS of info available on them nowadays. It’s kind of like the planing board he’s using in this video, except you would use it to hold a board in place crosswise and the plane perpendicular and square to it, then you “shoot” very light slices of end grain off after cutting it, and with a well-tuned board, you end up of a nice square piece to the end grain. You could set one up for Japanese or western-style planes.
