Yes would love a video on setting up the plane. This video had a bunch of details, I think those same details on setting up a new Kanna would be great from your perspective.
This video is a definite keeper….it opened my eyes to several things that, in hindsight, ring my “that makes perfect sense” meter. One example being “there’s not much to be gained by sharpening past 1000 grit”…..awhile ago another popular woodworking channel said this same thing, with the reason being that an extremely fine edge (above 1000) while being measurably “sharper”, is also more fragile and does not (or will barely) survive its first contact with a piece of hard wood. Please keep them coming. I’ve never heard the phrase “hammer out an edge”….I’d definitely find a video about that to be of interest.
Been missing your amazing content! ❤ Edit: get a microfiber cloth for cleaning the stones, easy to find in the house cleaning supplies aisle at your favorite grocery store
I absolutely agree regarding high levels of finishing stones. If you're doing real work, you rarely have to time to bring it up to 10k. Personally I actually polish my tools depending on their quality. If I find that they are capable of keeping a wicked edge for a very long time, I'll polish them a bit more. I also polish based on role. For rough work like scrub planing and mortising, I generally polish to 1k. For my medium smoother and paring chisels I bring to 2k (though its more like 4-6k). For my very fine finisher I will sharpen on my fine natural stone , around 6-9k. If you have a high grit stone, you don't need to use it for every tool.
You have some very helpful information in your video and your calm voice is awesome. But I have to admit, Nights when can't sleep, I go to my workshop in the basement und I'm polishing my Japanese chisels and plane blades up to 16,000 ;-) They are really shiny, but as you said, this does not have a big influence on their performance. At least not for me.
The idea is that if you see light reflecting off of the edge in any way it indicates you have a blunt/unshrapened area where the light is reflecting. No light reflecting indicates that the edge tapers into infinity and is either sharp or is approaching being fully sharpened.
Depending on the grit you're using yes. It's one reason I like the shapton stones. They leave a good polish so it's easy to see where you've sharpened and where you haven't
Some tools will have a small amount of brittle metal right near the edge as a result of the heat treat. You may just need to work the edge past that point and then try again
I don’t know if you have discovered this yet but I see Japanese carpenters put a bevel on the sides of the kanna blade to stone the ‘train track” marks the blade can leave on the work. I’m not confident enough to do it yet. I noticed your blade didn’t have those bevels.
Some of the tracks left by planes are solved with a slight cambering of the edge, like mentioned in this video. Another important feature are the "mimi", or "ears". You'll see that the corners of kanna blades are ground off, this correlates with the shoulders in the plane body.
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Yes would love a video on setting up the plane. This video had a bunch of details, I think those same details on setting up a new Kanna would be great from your perspective.
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This video is a definite keeper….it opened my eyes to several things that, in hindsight, ring my “that makes perfect sense” meter. One example being “there’s not much to be gained by sharpening past 1000 grit”…..awhile ago another popular woodworking channel said this same thing, with the reason being that an extremely fine edge (above 1000) while being measurably “sharper”, is also more fragile and does not (or will barely) survive its first contact with a piece of hard wood. Please keep them coming. I’ve never heard the phrase “hammer out an edge”….I’d definitely find a video about that to be of interest.
I would love a video on setting up and sharpening Japanese planes
Duly noted
Been missing your amazing content! ❤
Edit: get a microfiber cloth for cleaning the stones, easy to find in the house cleaning supplies aisle at your favorite grocery store
I absolutely agree regarding high levels of finishing stones. If you're doing real work, you rarely have to time to bring it up to 10k. Personally I actually polish my tools depending on their quality. If I find that they are capable of keeping a wicked edge for a very long time, I'll polish them a bit more. I also polish based on role. For rough work like scrub planing and mortising, I generally polish to 1k. For my medium smoother and paring chisels I bring to 2k (though its more like 4-6k). For my very fine finisher I will sharpen on my fine natural stone , around 6-9k.
If you have a high grit stone, you don't need to use it for every tool.
Id love to see a video on a set up of a Japanese plane.
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Love your videos. Gonna buy some tools soon and get into Japanese joinery, cant wait!
Thanks for watching!
You have some very helpful information in your video and your calm voice is awesome. But I have to admit, Nights when can't sleep, I go to my workshop in the basement und I'm polishing my Japanese chisels and plane blades up to 16,000 ;-) They are really shiny, but as you said, this does not have a big influence on their performance. At least not for me.
Could you do a more in depth thing about sighting the blade? I couldn't really figure out what you were talking about when you explaining it.
The idea is that if you see light reflecting off of the edge in any way it indicates you have a blunt/unshrapened area where the light is reflecting.
No light reflecting indicates that the edge tapers into infinity and is either sharp or is approaching being fully sharpened.
What do dull spots on the bevel edge look like? Is that the darkened area?
Depending on the grit you're using yes. It's one reason I like the shapton stones. They leave a good polish so it's easy to see where you've sharpened and where you haven't
Have you ever considered a bucket of water to clean swarf and such instead of wiping and leaving lint over the stones?
Yes. However my toddlers love to grab buckets of things and dump them out randomly all over the place.
Hi, I have sharpened my chisel but it’s keep getting chipped 😢.. have encountered the same problem?
it’s about 35degrees bevel, should I increas ?
Some tools will have a small amount of brittle metal right near the edge as a result of the heat treat. You may just need to work the edge past that point and then try again
I don’t know if you have discovered this yet but I see Japanese carpenters put a bevel on the sides of the kanna blade to stone the ‘train track” marks the blade can leave on the work. I’m not confident enough to do it yet. I noticed your blade didn’t have those bevels.
Apologies, I commented before watching the full video.
All good
Some of the tracks left by planes are solved with a slight cambering of the edge, like mentioned in this video. Another important feature are the "mimi", or "ears". You'll see that the corners of kanna blades are ground off, this correlates with the shoulders in the plane body.
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