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- Showed various props she had purchased from a Chinese mail order company. ：MS Terauchi
- Original own hand-held cutting board using the trimmer： Mr Takeda
- Demonstrates how to precisely align the width of multiple square bars using a shooting board and a western planer： Mr Sakuya
- Developed an accessory to keep the thickness called the “Amembo Kanna”：SUGA56（Mr Sugawara）
- Showed woodwork and demonstrated methods of crafting： Ms Moroi
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Showed various props she had purchased from a Chinese mail order company. ：MS Terauchi
Ms Terauchi showed various props she had purchased from a Chinese mail order company. There were a variety of tools, from cheap but usable ones to ones that made one shake one’s head a little. Among them was a chamfering canner with several differently shaped blades attached, and when Mr Yamano tried it out, he found that it was both cutting and not cutting, a performance that he was at a loss to judge. When Mr Yamano tried it out, he found that it was both sharp and inadequate, so he decided to sharpen the blade and try it again before the next time. Other micro plane blades will also be sharpened and evaluated at the next exchange meeting.
Original own hand-held cutting board using the trimmer： Mr Takeda
Mr Takeda wants to use different coloured wood to make his artwork, which he peels into a single board. To achieve this, he made his own hand-held cutting board using the trimmer shown on the screen. The idea was to move the trimmer along the XY axis to cut the wood underneath and process it to a uniform thickness. However, the results were not encouraging, with problems such as rough surfaces and uneven thicknesses. The participants offered various suggestions for improvement. Mr Takeda was concerned about the noise from the power tools, so he bought and tried a planer, but the results were not good enough. However, the presentations that followed were very helpful to Mr Takeda.
Demonstrates how to precisely align the width of multiple square bars using a shooting board and a western planer： Mr Sakuya
Mr. Sakuya demonstrates how to precisely align the width of multiple square bars using a shooting board (a planing board) and a western planer. The shooting board and the western canner are placed on the workbench in the left photo. In his hand is a square bar. He also has a Japanese Plane, but it is the Western plane that is easier to use, and he listed a number of advantages. Since Mr. Takeda was the presenter before Mr. Sakuya, he had heard that it was not possible to make a clean board out of the different colored wood that had been peeled together, so he put the board through the plane. Mr. Takeda was also quite impressed by the experience of the western plane, and there was even talk of jointly purchasing a Lie-Nielsen plane.
Developed an accessory to keep the thickness called the “Amembo Kanna”：SUGA56（Mr Sugawara）
Mr Sugawara has developed an accessory that attaches to a Japanese planer to keep the thickness of the board constant, called the “Amembo Kanna”. The model shown in the centre photo is his HP-8 Mini Block Plane, made by Bridge City Tool Works, a high-end plane manufacturer, with a fence that moves up and down on either side of the canna body. By lowering the fence slightly and cutting across the wood, it is possible to finish the wood to a certain thickness. The photo on the right shows this method used on a Japanese planer. At first glance it looks like a water strider. The photo shows the shaved wood seen below. The planer can be moved to the left and right within the length of the stick and can handle wide logs. If the lumber is not so wide, the whole planer can be turned at an angle. This is because it is easier to sharpen than to pull straight. I am always impressed by the precision of his tools and his work.
Showed woodwork and demonstrated methods of crafting： Ms Moroi
Ms Moroi has not participated in the meeting for a long time. He showed us some of the work he has produced during that time. Finally, in making the treadle with spread legs in the centre photo, he demonstrated the production of an inclined groove for inserting the legs into the seat plate. Using a self-made inclined-aculet guide, she actually machined the groove while carefully explaining the procedure for making an accurate groove width by inserting a leg end piece between the legs. The groove bottom is finished flat with a Lie-Nielsen Small Router Plane. This canner has been around since before the advent of the power tool router. It is very useful and it is a wonder why there are no similar planes in Japan. Mr Takeda was intrigued and experienced this pleasure for the first time.
