Has anyone seen this?

[rbdoby]

Doing some research on build a wooden hand plane I ran across this.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1088425/japanese_hand_plane_contest/

If I can make a plane that cuts half this well I'll be happy!

Rick Doby

 

[Sealeveler]

That's amazing.That is not my Stanley.Tony

 

[Alex Franke]

Wow -- some of those shavings are like gauze!! Thanks for posting!

 

[PChristy]

That was cool:icon_thum thanks for sharing

 

[P Crews]

That's cool. I was looking to make a wooden plane myself. Interested in which plan you decide on. I've only starting looking and found some plans from Popular Mechanics that look OK.http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/woodworking/1273456.html?page=1


Paul

 

[tjgreen]

Funny you should post that - I was just watching one of the old episodes of the Woodwright's shop online (there's a previous forum thread w/ link), and he does a segment (season 2600) with John Reed Fox where they talk about Japanese planes. They use a high-grade laminate steel planing iron, in a simple wooden block; the bottom of the block is actually beveled, unlike the perfectly flat tuned sole I was always told was key. He finishes sharpening using a 30,000 grit stone. He produced a shaving that was 5 microns thick. Very interesting, and the guy does some amazing work - all hand-built, and some crazy joinery.

 

[TN Woodie]

Checked out both videos. Amazing.
If you haven't, check out the video with the Roy Underhill and John Red Fox.
http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/schedule/26season_video.html
It's a hoot to watch John cringe whenever Roy picks up a plane or chisel.:gar-La;

 

[rbdoby]

Paul,

All the plan I found are basically the same with some variations. I like this one because it uses set screws to adjust the iron.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/BldHndPln

Fine Woodworking has some very good articles and videos on their website also.

Rick Doby

 

[Travis Porter]

Very impressive! The guy making that plane was VERY good!

I had heard about the planing contests in Japan that measured thickness of shavings, but I didn't know they did lengths of shavings as well.

VERY COOL! Thanks for posting.

 

[augden]

I think I need to go sharpen my planes more. Thanks for the link.