Japanese
tool study Group meeting on the 14th of April
Present on the day
·
Michael
Huntley
·
Andy
Ryalls
·
John Tuffrey
·
Steven
wheeler
Due to the
fact that there were only 4 people present we decided to talk about
Master
Nagatsun-san’s visit in July also the way forward with the JTSG.
The main
comment was how little people reply or comment on postings and other issues.
We as a
group believe that to preserve the future of our craft we must offer free
advice and training especially in hard financial times to people who wish to enter
the world of woodworking. If we are not
willing to do this then the way of the craft may be lost completely. It is
important to pass on skills, as if it was saying a big thank you to all the
many craftsmen that have helped us enjoy the great pleasure that working with
wood can bring. I believe that the Japanese feel the same way and have helped
me understand the way of the future as well as the way of the carpenter.
Please
contribute and help our amazing knowledge grow.
These are a
few of the things that went on.
We talked
about and discussed conditioning Japanese tools.
If you own a
Japanese Plane you will understand the pure pleasure they can bring into your
tool box or workshop. Made by a
craftsman for a craftsman
Kanna Conditioning
and tuning tools.
The Grintec
K2
A blade seating scraper used to scrap away the dai and set the blade.
Used like so
The blade is
laminated and is very high quality, it can be used to scrap the sole as well.
Notice the straight sides on the blade.
The next
tool is a chisel used for opening the mouth of the dai .
This too is a laminated blade ,but the sides are bevelled edged not straight.
The chisel is used like so
The next
tool we looked at was a hoop setting
tool for Chisels. This is a great tool and highly recommended if you’re buying
a new set of chisels.
Inside it is
cone shaped to fit all sizes of hoops.
It is used
to set the hoops at the right height.
Other tools
we looked at was the new type of marking gauges, another quality tool that is
highly recommended by myself.
We all had a
great day and although we discussed joints and cutting them we never got round
to making any, which just goes to show you never know what you’re going to
learn or do at one of the JTSG meetings.
A big thanks
for those who turned up and shared such interesting things and proved old dogs
can learn new tricks.
Best Regards
Andy Ryalls