| Blog series by Jojo | updated 749 days ago | 2 parts | 1030 reads | 25 comments total |
Part 1: "kebiki" -- AKA The Double Marking Gauge
This is the first post of a new series about the traditional woodworking tools of Japan. Don’t expect them to be thoroughly reviewed here. I just want you to meet them and get to know different ways of doing the same things. ... ”Kebiki” is today’s tool. It is a simple yet smart marking gauge. Instead of a single pin it uses two discrete well sharpened knives that tear the wood fibers very neatly. .. Both knives slide inside a routed channel that ensu...
Part 2: Today's tool is the "mizo ganna", AKA the shoulder plane
The traditional woodworking tools in Japan all share a few common characteristics, the most important of which is its simplicity, followed very closely by its ability to perform a single dedicated task extremely well. This leads to an amazing variety of almost identical tools that do different things. This is best seen when you take a look at the shelves that store the ”kanna” in a reseller’s shop. I probably should have started saying that ”kanna” is the generic...
Due to my present status of "shopless" woodworker you are not likely to see many -if any- projects here for the time being but, at least, I'll try to contribute giving you my views of the japanese side of woodworking through the old works you can find here all over the place.
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