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japanese woodworking planes

Japan woodworker is now a part of woodcraft.com. for more than 30 years, japan woodworker has imported professional quality woodworking tools, fine cutlery and gardening tools from japan. woodcraft.com is now the proud home of japan woodworker and we look forward to continuing to bring the worlds finest japanese tools to your shop.. In his book japanese woodworking tools: their tradition, spirit and use toshio odate explains shokunin, master japanese craftsman, are taught that each stroke of the saw, each shaving of the plane and each cut of the chisel are vital, requiring great concentration because each mark is permanent. thin kerf saws that cut on the pull stroke, laminated chisel blades engineered for superb. The japanese planes (kanna) featured here have been recommended as suitable for intermediate level western woodworkers transitioning to japanese planes for the first time. whilst still being relatively affordable, they are professional quality 'lifetime' tools optimised for use on western hardwoods, the blades are laminated from blue paper.

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japanese woodworking planes
The japanese plane is unique because the bottom is not flat. for a smoothing plane the bottom only touches the wood at the front of the plane and right before the blade(pic #5 and #6). there are special planes used for shaping the bottom of the plane, although i just use the planes blade at a 90 degree angle in a scraping motion.. Japanese plane (kanna 鉋), is most commonly a wooden block, or dai (台) containing a laminated blade, sub-blade, and securing pin. in the japanese plane, the blade is fixed in position primarily by the plane's abutments that are cut in the sides of the dai. this is similar to a still manufactured type of european wooden plane, in which the blade is fixed in place by tapping down upon a.

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