15 minutes project, === Chopsticks ===

Great idea, Junji. I may have to make some of these and see if I remember how to use them. Like you, said, it’ll at least be good hand plane exercise. They will make dinner last longer, too. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com

Tim,

Ha ha! you just need to get used to it. I was a basketball player, so when I was about 15-16, my couch told me to use the chopstick by the left hand, so I can dribble with left hand better. And I know it takes forever first. But when you get used to it, it will be just the same as the right hand.
But don’t eat bread with your chopsticks. That’s just weird. (!)

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Thanks for the information!

I noticed that one of the sticks has a sharper point that the other. Is this intentional?

Lew

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

We use long nosed pliers.

Junji: How about a little tutorial or blog on how to make a set of the proper shape and size? Looks like a fun little project. Do you make a jig to hold the sticks while planing? A groove in a board or something? Teach us how its done please. Great job on your set. Thanks for the post.

-- Dennis, WV

detailing ,
it’s what’s for dinner .
the clouds ,
they bring the rain !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Junji, do you check your L-shape fingers for square before measuring ;)

by the way – a good choice for chopsticks material is bamboo which is a bit more resilient to water/soap when washing it after dinner, and has straight face grains with little to no irregularities which could result in open pored on the sides of the sticks (= splinters/chipouts/etc)

Tbanks for the post – it IS a great idea to make.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Hi Junji….........very cool chop sticks!!

-- Robin Renee'

lew,
Oh it does look like one has a sharper point that the other, but actually not. They should be the same. Maybe that’s a trick of the photo…

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Splinterman,

Pliers for dinner?

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

drbyte,
I have heard that some people uses jigs like thsi one you can see. A groove in a board
http://ameblo.jp/sazan-start/theme-10007347746.html

But I use nothing. If you make a lot, it will be easier and faster with this jig. But if you are making a only a few, maybe you don’t need them.

I will write the blog when I have time to take some photos. Thank you for your “please”.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

patron,
Your comments are always like poets, sounds really nice, but hard to understand for me as English is not my mother language… Thanks anyway for your comment, though.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

PurpLev,

Yes, it got to be 90° flat!!!

Bamboo is really popular in Japan, but it is a cheap kind of wood in Japan, because most bamboo chopsticks are disposal. But still I think bamboo is a great wood, if you use it in proper way. I used to make Take-tombo, or mizu-deppou (water gun) with bamboo when I was a kid.

Check this.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Robin,

Thanks…

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

haiku ,
like you ,
it works ,
real good !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle