Japanese tool study Group meeting on the 14^th 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

http://www.fine-tools.com/hilf.htm

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