tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37626415243185590172024-03-18T23:44:45.097-06:00kanna deshimodern woodworking with a deep appreciation of traditional and cultural methods..jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-81392975913740165062012-05-04T23:21:00.000-06:002012-05-04T23:21:54.976-06:00aunt cathy's cabineti've wanted to build a cabinet for my aunt (shh.. surprise..) for quite a while now. she has been extremely generous to my wife and me, and i wanted to make her something i thought she'd really like. this will be very similar to the cabinet i built for my mom but a bit more complicated as i'll build a base for it and include a more involved shelving/drawer arrangement inside the case.<br />
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here's a sketchup i used to play with dimensions and a few construction details.<br />
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the base looks a bit small to me now, i'll have to play with it some more. top profile still tbd. doubt i'll use a straight bevel though as i've done a lot of those recently..<br />
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so far i've roughed out the parts for the case, door frame and panel.<br />
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going to let them sit for a week or two before i work them closer to final dimensions. i'd like to get going on it as i've recently joined chris hall's <a href="http://thecarpentryway.blogspot.com/2012/01/carpentry-study-group-update.html" target="_blank">online carpentry study group</a> and i want to make sure i have time to keep up with the next project. not sure what it is yet ;)<br />
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enjoy the weekend!jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-68932790669647366462012-04-30T20:14:00.000-06:002012-04-30T20:14:17.399-06:00a small thank you..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i mentioned a while back that i started a new job in january of this year. my immediate task upon starting was to build a software engineering team for a specific project. our office admin has been incredibly helpful to me as i've stumbled through the company's hiring processes and endless chain of provisioning tasks, etc.. i made her this box as a thank you. i thought she might use it for snacks or candies at her desk.<br />
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she insisted i sign it (not in the habit of doing so though i probably should) and showed it off every chance she got. turns out two office mates are also woodworkers. the next week the admin asked if i'd be interested in a 'dahhdoe' table saw thing and some carving knives she'd scored from her brother-in-law as moving casualties..<br />
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why yes, thank you ;)<br />
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quite a pleasant series of events spawned from a few scraps, a sense of gratitude and a few nights of a favorite activity..jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-78029816518181050002012-04-29T21:29:00.000-06:002012-04-29T21:29:49.200-06:00my least favorite tool..about a month ago i got it into my head that building a 4' straight edge would be a good idea. i found a suitable piece of stable looking cherry one evening and knocked one out. one of those 'not so challenging but satisfying as a - you should have done this a long time ago' projects. <br />
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i hung it on my wall above the 4' level from lowe's so that it might peer down with disdain over the 'far less accurate' hack i'd been using on the rare occasions i needed a 4' straight edge. when i needed to flatten my bench for instance..<br />
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'hey that's a good idea! i'll check my bench top. i haven't flattened it since its initial construction, surely it's moved a bit in the mean time..'<br />
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turns out it had moved quite a bit. perhaps it was a result of using the lowe's level. perhaps i sucked at leveling a large, flat surface with hand planes. doesn't matter now. it was far from flat and my shiny new straight edge was laughing at me. it's mocking was that much more painful as it is my own creation.<br />
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my own little 4' frankenstein.. (yes, i know. shut up..)<br />
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i have adopted the practice of workshop maintenance between projects. finish a project, take a day to fix all the things in the workshop that bugged me during the last project. clean/sharpen/oil all the tools, etc..<br />
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i finished the side table yesterday (final post with log analysis coming soon..) so today was shop maintenance day and i chose to re-flatten the bench top. touched up the blade on my new lie-nielsen #6, grabbed some wax and went to work.<br />
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for some reason (and this seems to happen to me every time..) i maintained a sense of denial about how out-of-flat my bench really was. 'should just take a couple of passes to bring it back to flat. i don't need to bust out the scrub or jack planes, i want to play with my new #6!'<br />
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three hours later, it's flat. i do love the flexibility of the #6 and i've gotten to know it quite well over the last month but yeah.. i've had brighter ideas.<br />
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she does look pretty though ;)<br />
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jointed the edges of the boards i'd roughed out for the top and glued it up. twice actually.. as i was tightening the clamps the first time, i noticed a couple of gaps that i hadn't seen and the hot hide glue i was using wasn't behaving quite the way i'd hoped. i think i'd let it sit too long. <br />
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anyway, i got it all clamped up only to pull it apart, clean it all up and do it again. the second time it came together quite nicely.<br />
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also got the haunch recesses and the tapers cut on the legs. i 'cut' the tapers with a scrub plane and my new lie-nielsen #6 (damn that's a sweet plane!) rob cosman style. first time i'd done it that way. the first couple of legs took a while but i flew through the last two. i think i still prefer bandsaw/#6 but it's fun to rip chunks out of a board with the scrub now and again.<br />
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i'm gonna say i spent 3 hours in the shop today. <br />
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next up is cleaning/squaring/shaping the top so i can figure out the length of my aprons. i'm guessing i'll only get 550x550mm out of the top rather than the 600x600 i'd planned for but we'll see..<br />
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total time spent so far = 8.5jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-47439421631872898712012-03-31T21:57:00.001-06:002012-03-31T21:57:59.253-06:00side table II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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huh. a month and a half since my last entry. it's not that i haven't been in the shop doin my thing. in spite of recently taking a new job (which i'm quite stoked about btw..) i've been able to get at least a little shop time nearly every day.<br />
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i've worked on a few different projects which i'll have to show you at some point but i finally got down to the lumber yard and picked up some more cherry to finish the table. i'd planned to pick up some 8/4 to use for the legs but the yard guy was a little grumpy about pulling the bunk down for me. he pointed to the 5 sorry-est looking planks i've seen in a while (the dregs of the last bunk) and said, 'what's wrong with those?'<br />
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i decided to hack the legs out of a large 10' 12/4 cherry plank i've had sitting around for 5 or 6 years waiting for that 'perfect' project. it's in the way and i need legs. i cleaned up one face well enough to study the grain a bit and picked my section. bow saw chewed through it like a fiend.<br />
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about 1.5hrs into the day, i'd roughed out four legs and aprons.<br />
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let a week pass and brought them to final(ish) dimensions. decided one of the legs wasn't up to snuff and hacked out another one real quick. about 1 hour including some shop cleanup.<br />
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came home from dinner tonight and told the wife i was gonna 'tink-tink' for a bit. that's code around here for chopping mortises. got the all clear and went to work. layout and devastation of the 8 leg mortises took a good two hours. <br />
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i still need a lot of practice chopping mortises by hand. i'm still much slower than i'd like to be. a good portion of that time was spent figuring out how i wanted to do the front apron (due to the drawer) but seriously..<br />
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haven't done the haunch recesses yet..<br />
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total hours so far = 5.5jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-90795819424485388802012-02-15T18:19:00.000-07:002012-02-15T18:19:22.075-07:00side tableso it turns out i'm going to take my own advice and keep a log for my next project. my wife and i need new coffee and side tables. they'll be fairly straight forward arts & crafts style so they fit in with the rest of our decor. i'll start with the side table as i want to play with some details, proportions and possibly some subtle (or maybe not-so-subtle) leg shaping on a less expensive piece that i can give away if we decide we don't like it.<br />
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i'm trying to clear out a large project (which i haven't shown you yet..) but i'm down to a couple of very minor trim pieces and figured i may as well start roughing out parts for this project while i curse and fit the trim.<br />
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for the record. i can't stand built-ins..<br />
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anyway, as this is the first actual project that i've started since i began the blog, i figured it would be a good one to, well.. log, i guess. plus, it's such a simple project that it'll be fun to play with the process a bit. i'm not trying to find out how quickly i can build this. in fact, i plan to take my time. i want to get an idea of how long steps might typically take at a nice easy pace. if i want to sit and fuss over some meaningless detail for an hour or two i will.<br />
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here's as far as i got in sketchup. just enough to get the dimensions and proportions sorted a bit..<br />
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i was able to sort through my rapidly dwindling stock of cherry, rough out parts for the top and decide on a pleasing panel arrangement in an hour. crosscut with the bow saw, jointer-planer-jointer, and ripped to rough width on the table saw. <br />
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thought i had some 8/4 for the legs but i don't so i'll have to stop and pick some up in the next day or two.<br />
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total hours so far = 1jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-7211502737614137892012-02-11T22:37:00.000-07:002012-02-11T22:37:15.196-07:00get woodworking weeki've really enjoyed reading all the blogs this week. lots of great ideas and tales of efforts to inspire someone to take up an activity that i really get a kick out of. i felt a little left out because i couldn't come up with anything to contribute. nothing that wouldn't conflict with my '<a href="http://kannadeshi.blogspot.com/2011/11/printfhello-world.html" target="_blank">i have nothing to teach you</a>' mantra at any rate..<br />
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then i came up with an original idea. i've had two original ideas so far in my time here on earth and i'm too old to remember now but i think the first may well have been to keep track of how many original ideas i have..<br />
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i was doing something woodworking related (i can't say specifically, it'll spoil a surprise) and feeling quite grateful for everyone that had helped me discover what a great thing it is to work wood. there are those that gave me the initial inspiration, those that put a tool in my hand to get me started, and those that offered their assistance and advice when i got stuck, or wanted to know more about something new.<br />
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i found a way today to thank someone that, though we've never met, has helped me a great deal with some of the more recent discoveries in my woodworking journey. i hope he enjoys it but even if doesn't, it felt good to make an effort on his behalf in a show of gratitude. something i should have done a long time ago.<br />
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so, here's my small offering to 'get woodworking week'. as the week draws to a close, think of all those that helped you along the way, pick one, and thank them..jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-78937085901209410842012-01-18T19:55:00.002-07:002012-01-18T19:55:38.553-07:00mom's cabinet IIthought i'd throw up some final pics of the cabinet i built my mom for christmas. i ended up spending a whole lot of time on things that never sound like they'll be a big deal during the planning phase. the pull, the latching mechanism and a surprise door twist (i swear it was flat when i put finish on it..) ended up taking a good bit of time. i really need to start keeping a project log to keep track of the time i spend on different aspects of each project. bet i'd learn a lot from it. anyway..<br />
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here are a couple pics of me working on the pull. i had a not-so-original idea in my head and kept poking a piece of scrap with a chisel until it gave me what i want. <br />
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here's a pic of my 'i want to fuss on this a while' set up. notice it gives me 3 stops to work against. very fast..<br />
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and here's a shot of the finished pull. i'm quite happy with it..<br />
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the finish is shellac and wax on the maple panel, oil and wax on the rest.<br />
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overall, i'm quite pleased with it. it's the first project i've built around a specific piece of wood (door panel) which was interesting because i had to size the cabinet around it, rather than build the door to fit the cabinet. it's also the first (non shop) project where i've cut the dovetails by hand. embarrassingly, it's also the first thing i've made for my mom. lot of firsts and it was fun..<br />
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my wife lived up to her 'coolest.wife.on.the.planet.' reputation this christmas and bought me paul sellers' <a href="http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=68762&cat=1,51618&ap=1" target="_blank">working wood dvd and book series</a>. i watched all 7 dvds in two days and i've watched several for a second time since then.</div>
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each dvd follows paul as he builds a project. the projects begin with a simple cooking spoon which covers paul's ideas on shaping wood and progress through boxes (dovetails), bookshelves (dadoes), tables (mortise/tenon), etc.. each project builds on the lessons that came before while focusing on the current project's relevant techniques. </div>
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the technical lessons are masterfully demonstrated, thoroughly explained and amazingly well shot. in most of the technical instruction video i've seen, you don't see the same level of detail that the narrator sees. 'see how i'm splitting that knife line in half? uh no, actually.. not usually. this dvd set is different. nearly every time i leaned into the monitor to get a closer look, the camera would switch to an amazingly relevant angle and focal point. it happened so often that i started laughing. bravo..</div>
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none of this however, is why you want to own this dvd set. sure, you'll pick up some tips. paul's been a master woodworker for over 40 years. you're going to learn something. there will be a few 'aha!' moments. for me it was his mortising technique. i have <a href="http://store.finewoodworking.com/making-mortise-and-tenon-joints-frank-klausz-061039.html" target="_blank">frank klausz</a> and <a href="http://www.shopwoodworking.com/product/design-better-mortise-tenon-joints-w1473/woodworking-cds-dvds" target="_blank">bob lang's</a> videos (which i also highly recommend) on cutting mortise and tenons. i've read everything i can find on the joint. but paul's tip about keeping the bevel vertical on the trip back up the ramp was pure gold for me. i spent a whole afternoon playing with it.</div>
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the reason you want to buy this dvd set though, isn't the techniques, it's paul. specifically, paul's attitudes on working wood. he prefers peace and quiet to the scream of a router and the snick of his beloved #4's blade to feeding a dust collector. he uses machines (as i've come to) to dimension rough lumber to size and uses hand tools for joinery and finish prep. he believes we're a generation of hobbyists and professionals who, in absense of a proper guild system, have been educated (and ultimately misled) by magazines and tv shows that exist to sell us tools we don't need. this dvd series covers exactly what paul thinks we DO need.</div>
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i have only two gripes about the dvds. first, paul spends almost no time discussing finishing except to let us know that a finishing dvd is in the works. second, the editing really started to get on my nerves after a while. the woodworking action is constantly interrupted by computer animation that is sometimes a helpful rendering of a cut or display of a technique but is often just an unwelcome interruption. i appreciate what he's trying to do here but i wasted enough time playing quake II and unreal tournament, thank you. the shots of penrhyn castle and the furniture within are easily an even trade however. what an awesome place to have a workshop. in all, these are minor, minor complaints in light of everything that's presented and i'm sure he'd have a few choice words for my refusal to properly capitalize, so a grain of salt if you will..</div>
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i'm working through the book which is proving to be much more than just a reiteration of the dvds. there's quite a bit of good content that i'm sure they wouldn't have had time to film. i was happily surprised to find that it wasn't just the 'workbook' i was expecting.</div>
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these are, hands down, the most difficult tools in my shop. for any of you that may not be familiar with them, they are japanese hand planes or kanna. the name of this blog is a hack of the little japanese i know meaning, 'student of the plane'. i chose the name because my kanna have taught me a great deal about woodworking and how i learn since i've begun to use them.<br />
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i purchased the first three from <a href="http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html" target="_blank">hida tools</a> a little less than a year ago as (from left) an ishihisa joiner plane (nagadai kanna), ishihisa smoother plane (hira kanna), and an additional dai for the smoother cut at a 45deg angle for use on harder woods. the fourth kanna shown is an ebay blade and my first (clumsy) attempt at making my own dai using some left over beech.<br />
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kanna are quite simple tools in terms of components and moving parts but incredibly subtle and demanding in setup and use. i am far from the first to make this observation but i seem to be somewhat of a poster child for the difficulties many westerners face trying to tame these tools. <br />
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ironically, i managed to fit my first kanna (the ishihisa smoother) to its dai quite well. the blade bedded firmly and had just enough space to facilitate adjustment. i didn't manage to get quite as good a fit with my subsequent attempts however. my 45deg dai will require some shimming as the tsutsumi tripped me up a bit and i was a bit too aggressive removing material from the bed. <br />
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obviously, i'm still very much a beginner at setting up and cutting dai. i have nothing of use to share myself other than to point you to those that i've tried to learn from. check out <a href="http://giantcypress.net/tagged/Japanese%20plane%20setup" target="_blank">wilbur pan's</a> excellent series of write ups, jay van arsdale's '<a href="http://www.californiadaiku.com/" target="_blank">japanese handplanes</a>' dvd and toshio odate's '<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Woodworking-Tools-Tradition-Spirit/dp/0941936465/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323125373&sr=1-1" target="_blank">japanese woodworking tools, tradition and spirit</a>'.<br />
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just as i sat down to show you my kanna (O.o) and discuss my experiences with them, chris hall released the first entry of a series titled, '<a href="http://thecarpentryway.blogspot.com/2011/11/smile-and-wave.html" target="_blank">smile and wave</a>'. i decided to wait because he was addressing the sole conditioning of a kanna to be used for truing. he was challenging the traditional (well, traditional to the west..) method of conditioning with promises of a 'better way'.<br />
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this immediately caught my attention as i've never been able to get my nagadai kanna to perform satisfactorily. i had conditioned the sole in the 'traditional' manner and the plane was extremely difficult to use. i had to extend the blade quite a bit to even get it to engage the work and when it did, it would 'dive' into the board and take an overly thick shaving. additionally, if i worked at either end of the board i was clearly creating a convex surface as the plane would rise up the beginning of the board and drop off the end following the contour of the sole.<br />
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having recently flattened the tops of two new workbenches, i'd had plenty of opportunity to fuss and fiddle with my nagadai kanna but eventually i would have to give up and grab my veritas #7 to get the work done. i was all but convinced that my blade wasn't sharp enough (though clearly my others were) or i hadn't bedded the blade correctly, etc.. <br />
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chris's series explains quite thoroughly why the behavior i'd observed is <u>exactly</u> what should be expected from my sole configuration. he spends four posts explaining why it won't work. in the fifth and final post (seriously, the wait was killing me..) he explains the 'correct' way to condition a kanna sole for truing.<br />
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the solution was both liberating and frustrating at the same time. encouraging because i'm looking forward to reconditioning my sole chris' way and see if i can finally make good use of my nagadai kanna for truing. frustrating because i suspected the damn solution the entire time. see the comment i left on chris' first post in the series. i had the answer, though i over estimated the importance of reducing friction..<br />
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it's frustrating because i saw a potential solution to my problem and never gave it a shot. i don't yet have the faith in my skills to dismiss what i understand as 'common knowledge' in favor of conclusions i reach through my own experiences and discoveries.<br />
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i'll get there eventually. i've been through enough learning curves to recognize that it's normal. you have to start with wisdom that's passed to you while you build up your own experience to draw from. it'll come in fits and starts. you'll make mistakes between trusting what you've been taught and that which you've learned. <br />
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enjoy the process. i am..jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-73048377452166236092011-11-27T17:39:00.001-07:002011-11-27T17:48:29.629-07:00who's the masta?<br />
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sho'nuff? perhaps. is he the latest master level member of chuck bender's <a href="http://www.acanthus.com/category/nobswoodworking/" target="_blank">No BS School of Woodworking</a>? don't think so. who is?!?<br />
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kiss my converse..jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-29931406323831933152011-11-22T15:25:00.001-07:002011-11-22T17:02:44.518-07:00suma what?!?remember when you were a kid, you'd do something stupid and blame it on your friends? your mom would ask, 'if all your friends jumped off the golden gate bridge would YOU?' <br />
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so here's my latest bridge..<br />
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i first read about the sumitsubo in toshio odate's, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Woodworking-Tools-Tradition-Spirit/dp/0941936465/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322001036&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use</a>, which if you're new to all this, is pretty much 'the book' on japanese tools. the sumitsubo seemed to me at the time, both messy and complicated. look at the fingers of a japanese carpenter and compare the load of gear above to a pencil and i'm sure you'll agree. i 'couldn't hear jimmy' at the time (first to name the reference in the comments gets cool kid pts.) and dismissed the sumitsubo as a quaint tool of antiquity.<br />
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then i got jay van arsdale's <a href="http://californiadaiku.com/" target="_blank">Connections</a> dvd a month or so ago. i'm hoping to get to a full review of this dvd soon but he spends a good bit of time talking about the sumitsubo, it's advantages over pens/pencils, etc.. watching him use it made it seem like a lot of fun and i'm willing to put up with a little mess for a good bit of fun and an interesting learning curve. that's why i work wood in the first place..<br />
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so, i ordered up the gear shown above from <a href="http://www.hidatool.com/" target="_blank">hida tools</a>. i'd offer a linked list of the above but their website makes that difficult. clockwise from left..<br />
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tsubosei brand wood sumitsubo 180mm $64.10<br />
takumi brand silk line .25mm 1.70<br />
karuko pin (oak, kind of hidden in pic) 2.60<br />
takumi brand black ink 160cc 7.90<br />
bamboo sumisashi (pk of 2) 4.80<br />
takumi brand raw silk sumiwata 3.30<br />
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not sure i should have added that up. don't know about you but i bet i can get a MOTHER of a mechanical pencil for $84.40 ;). there are far cheaper, plastic options that can easily save you $50 here but i enjoy beautiful things on my bench.<br />
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so here's a not-so-brief walk through of me trying to put this thing together..<br />
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here are a couple of shots of the sumitsubo out of the box..<br />
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of course, i don't read japanese so i decided that they weren't in fact instructions, but a charming little shinto poem imploring the spirit within the sumitsubo to cut down on my layout errors. emboldened by the spirit's benevolence and referring to toshio's advice in his fore mentioned tome, i charged on..<br />
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wrung it out and arranged it into a shape roughly twice the size of the sumitsubo's ink pot..<br />
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arranged half of the wadding within the ink pot, then fed the silk line through the grommet shown at the top of the sumitsubo, over the wadding and through the grommet on the wheel side of the ink pot..<br />
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i then attached the line to the wheel (as you would attach fishing line to a reel - toshio) and wrapped up all but about 2' of the line on the wheel. then i saturated the first half of the wadding with sumi ink.<br />
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i tucked the rest of the wadding into the ink pot, sandwiching the line between the two halves and saturated the top half of the wadding with the ink as well.<br />
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here's the glamour shot.<br />
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i removed the sumisashi from the packaging. there are two, this one felt more ninja..<br />
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i shaped each end of the sumisashi (chisel left, hammer mashing on the right), dabbed the ends in the ink pot and took her for a spin. cool eh?<br />
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pretty sure i'm going to have a lot of fun playing with this. i'll post again after i've had some time with it. happy to field any questions or comments.<br />
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now, go explain this one to your mom..<br />
<br />jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-23218711123425513092011-11-20T19:03:00.001-07:002011-11-20T21:48:26.018-07:00my workspacesi started, as many modern woodworkers do, working in the garage. i staked my claim to one stall of our three car garage and tried to come up with some sort of workflow that allowed enough room for me, my machines, wood and my current projects.<br />
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then, about a year ago, i got turned on to hand tools. yes, i'm one of 'them'. feel free to leave mocking comments ;).<br />
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i began to accumulate hand tools and quickly found my existing workbench impossible to work with. it had pretty much failed with power tools as well but i'd managed to 'make do' so far. i read everything i could find on workbench design (schwarz, landis, odate, etc..) and decided to build a nicholson. i'll do another post on the how's/why's but i managed to make space in my 'shop' for the new bench and was quite happy. <br />
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working in the garage in colorado is wonderful in the spring and fall but winters are cold and my west facing garage made summer time unbearable. in the past, i'd simply avoided woodworking during those times but i was far too stoked to take an extended break and i was in the middle of several projects that i didn't want to postpone. <br />
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inspired by tom fidgen's experiences as related in his wonderful book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Made-Hand-Furniture-Projects-Unplugged/dp/1558708952/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321845677&sr=1-2" target="_blank">Made by Hand</a>, i decided to build a hand tool area in my basement and dedicate the garage space to machine work. of course, my nicholson wouldn't fit down the stairs so i had to build another bench, a roubo, for the basement. i tacked up some paneling (which i don't like, plan to replace..) and built another tool shelf.<br />
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the new space clearly isn't finished yet but it's usable and i'm looking forward to be able to work through the winter in comfort. there have been days where i've made more trips than i'd have liked from one area to the other to grab a tool/pencil/square/etc. but that's diminishing as i settle into the new workflow.<br />
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as many others have done, i try to use the machines for the rough work (milling, dimensioning) and do the fine work (layout, joinery, finishing) in the hand shop. it's still a new process for me but i'm happy with it so far.<br />
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here's a pic of the garage area before i built the basement area. i'll clean up and post a current one soon..<br />
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here's a shot of the basement as it sits now..<br />
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thanks for reading and i'd be more than happy to answer any questions.<br />
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<br />jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-24412797774191748892011-11-20T18:26:00.001-07:002011-11-20T20:53:46.386-07:00mom's cabineta little late to really call this a build thread but i thought i'd catch you up on my current project. this is a small cabinet i'm trying to get done for my mom for christmas. <br />
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there are a couple of firsts for me with this project. this is the first time i've worked with a spalted wood, this being maple. i found it crumbled quite easily during planing and sanding but i finally came up with a surface i'm happy with. </div>
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this is also the first project i'll be giving to someone where i cut the dovetails by hand. they came out pretty well but i'll wait until i've applied the oil before deciding if some hand cut moldings will be added to the effort ;)..</div>
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thanks for reading. comments, questions and suggestions for content are always welcome.</div>jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762641524318559017.post-51950075966481694762011-11-19T17:39:00.001-07:002011-11-20T15:26:25.345-07:00printf('hello world!');<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i'm going to blame everything on this damn rock. i've successfully resisted the urge to create <b>yet another woodworking blog</b> for a few years now. there are so many out there, i couldn't bring myself to add to the noise. i don't have anything to contribute in the way of knowledge or technique. i haven't recently emerged from an enlightening apprenticeship with a master temple builder or hungarian cabinetmaker. even my experiences are adequately covered by established bloggers. <br />
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for example.. bob rozaieski (see? first post and i'm already name dropping..) covered the building of, and his experiences with his nicholson bench quite <a href="http://www.logancabinetshoppe.com/podcast-the-workbench.html" target="_blank">thoroughly</a>. mine turned out a little differently (benefiting from some of his experiences in fact) and some of the tools and techniques i used were different because i have different preferences. but as much as i wanted to share the experience and my shiny new bench, i didn't want to have a 'me too!' blog that clogged up a bunch of readers with tired content.<br />
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then today i found this gorgeous rock on my doorstep. i brought it inside and unwrapped it like it was christmas morning. i showed it to my very understanding wife and explained to her that it was dug out of a mine near kyoto, japan where it had lived for millions of years before being dug up, shaped and sent to my doorstep in the blink of an eye. <br />
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two things happened.. <br />
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first, i was filled with an urge to share this rock with everyone i knew. second, i realized i didn't feel comfortable with my knowledge of how to care for a natural waterstone. i don't want to be the knucklehead that destroys this beautiful creation of natural forces and geologic time because i'm excited to play with my latest bright, shiny object.<br />
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i've found a bit of info on their care in archived forum posts and the stone even came with some brief, non-specific instructions but i'm still a little hesitant. specifically, i want some reassurance that the solvents in 'lacquer or varnish' won't destroy or weaken the stone when i 'apply several coats to the sides and base of the stone' as the instructions indicate. lacquer can mean something quite different in japan than it typically does here. when i hear 'lacquer', i start looking for a can of deft and i have a feeling shellac might be a better idea..<br />
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it's usually around this point that i head off to ask my question in a <a href="http://woodtalkonline.com/" target="_blank">forum</a> but forum questions require context and the relevant audience. there aren't that many people using natural waterstones today and i suspect that number is dropping as they become harder and harder to come by. <br />
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so i sent off an email to jay van arsdale hoping that he might find the time to answer a question that i'm sure he's heard a thousand times. there are a <a href="http://thecarpentryway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">few</a> <a href="http://giantcypress.net/" target="_blank">other</a> woodworkers i really enjoy that are likely to have some ideas as well but it was jay's <a href="http://californiadaiku.com/" target="_blank">kanna</a> dvd that gave me the final push to try natural waterstones in the first place.. so i figured it was his turn ;).<br />
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when i was done i came back to the same idea, 'i really ought to start a blog..'<br />
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my intent then is that this blog will allow me to provide a good amount of context for all the silly little questions i come up with, the goofy, tangential discoveries i make, and the treasures i find and create. it will also, i'm hoping, find an audience with similar interests that might be entertained in exchange for the occasional observation or bit of advice they might care to share.<br />
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so it begins.. a pleasure to meet you all..jason dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189657802447892571noreply@blogger.com2