I was thinking the same thing, we’re pretty limited on space so I don’t have a full work bench, this could be great for storing it in the open in place of a cat scratching post/elevated spot for them in the living room when not in use lol
Usually I make some drawings first, see how things go together, proportions, design etc but here nooo :) There are also more changes along the way that were not in clip :)
Absolutely love the aesthetic look of this beam, and it's portability, that heavy base has so much potential for other uses, an anvil base (Ura Dashi), splitting stump, a seat/stool , mini bench base, you are an inspiration.
There is definitely an elegance and beauty to the Japanese way of working. Your beam setup is particularly nice. Inspires to do good work. Thank you for the video!
Just so people know, this is not the Japanese Workbench. Odate was a Shoji carpenter and this was the portable, usually site built, planing beam that they used for dimensioning stock, etc... I built one of these out of a 2x10 for the single purpose of tapering sail battens. It was mechanically excellent for that purpose. The piece of perfect wood I chose for the beam, plus a tiny screw hole, then went on to another life. Japan had a lot of highly specialized craftsmen who work on single products like combs or gift boxes, and they use specific work surfaces or fixtures. I don't know if there is such a thing as a general, recognizable Japanese workbench, any more than there would be a single bookcase sized library that would serve doctors, lawyers, and engineers. In the 80s I went to Bear Brook park for that foundational event where Masterpiece Tools brought over expert craftsmen from Japan. The planemaker had a stump to work on, into the surface of which he mortised a stop. That was his setup. They don't really seem to need a book of plans to know what they need in order to make a product that they have produced their whole life. Will it be a thing 90% of the surface of which is designed to hold stuff they don't make? Some of their shops are like 10' x 10', tiny garages you might put a Japanese compact car in. In the west, window makers also had specialized planing beams that held the relatively more complicated parts in western windows, and positioned the parts for molding.
Nice work from an experianced man! I was amused to see an MHG chisel... and yes - I also still use some of my western chisels made of old swedish steel. For me it is a natural process to move over to japanese tools step by step... Toshio Odate wrote a real woodworker bible by the way. Glad to read it in english :-) Over and over... I enjoy the fact that there is a huge community of woodworkers that embrace handtools nowadays. Let's go and create some unique, useful and hand-made things that last more than a lifetime!
Thanks! Yeap, probably it was the longest gap between clips. Nothing youtube worthy projects and family stuff this period. Now I have a few on the roll.
Interesting that Japanese saws and planes are used on the pull stroke . That was what initially attracted me to japan hand saws some thirty years ago. the blade is always in tension ,increasing the control and accuracy . i wonder why no other country came up with such a genius idea .
Thanks! Indeed, probably because they do many tasks, crafts etc working on the floor it came natural to make tools that are used on the pull stroke, using their own body as a stop. Pushing ones would not have work this way. I tried some time using the western planes when working on the floor, impossible :)
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Hi Adrian, I love your work. A few favourites for me are the Japanese toolbox and small mitre boxes. This planing beam is one I will watch again. It’s so simple and beautiful and I wish I had room for one in my shed. Hopefully you will keep producing these beautiful projects.
Excelentes proyectos muy bien desarrollados y mejor ejecutados , los japoneses son muy buenos trabajando la madera , gracias por compartir tanta creatividad y conocimientos , un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón , Galicia ( España)🤓 😜
nicely done, though I can't say I see the logic in a base that could hold a space shuttle on one end with toothpicks on the other. and what were all those holes for? it looked like some had threaded rods presumably to aid the spacecraft carrying capacity, but others just go clean through?
Wauw, just wauw. This is such a beautiful piece of art, disguised as a most minimalistic workbench. Such efficiency to work with! I salute you. (again…)
Very pretty and nice, but much fancier than described in Odate's book. Reading his book, I could see their mindset was very simple and utilitarian, yet they could achieve great things with skill and practice. When I see Western woodworkers get into Japanese tools, they often take the traditional stuff and "pimp it up". For better or worse - you decide! In my opinion, the simplicity is often diminished or lost.
While I definitely admire the precision and detail that went in this thing, I can’t help but notice this is by no means just a traditional planing beam.
Thanks! I saw this detail in the book, normally the wrap that stool against a pole in the shop. I don't have that so I made it just to look cool, although it kinda cost some bucks for that rope, around 25$ :)
Very cool. It reminds me a little of a few of the traditional bits and pieces used to do green woodworking in the UK. I knocked together something to debark branches with a draw knife that is a little similar, this is a more elegant design though
Thanks! yeap, it was the longest gap between clips. didn't had any youtube worth clips plus some family stuff made me not post. But now I have a few on the roll, hope to bring them soon
Thumbs up , just for Cat friends , very nice looking planing beam , and you probably have the cleanest looking workshop i or anyone else on You Tube has ever seen ! ;-)
Beautiful and satisfying to watch. Would love to work on something like this with tools like that. The wood being used for planing board seems better than any lumber I can ever get my hands on without having to take out a 2nd mortgage >.
Nice. Putting theory into practice. Looks like the wall is going to get in your way when you're doing longer pieces. But maybe it's just the camera angle.
Hi Adrian, great build but I was wondering if this is something you actually use in your daily woodworking now? I'm thinking of building on but not sure how much I'd actually use it (or if it just looks cool).
Hi, I use it for shoji mostly, when long thin strips are involved. Other than those it just seat leaned on the wall and the base is a support for everything 🙂
What is the benefit of the bench being on an angle? Presumably it is better ergonomically? Are there other benefits? Or was it more due to size? It came out beautiful, I would like to better understand why it is designed so.
Yes, the small slope and gravity helps you while planing with japanese planes. Probably for western planes you will need to reverse, start from high and end with low
Impressive!!! Hey Adrian, i just wanted to know How tall are you? To see if the mesures on the video are good for me. That's a really nice planing beam congrats!
A combination of simplicity, elegance and function. Tell me, do the legs of the A frame slip on a smooth interior floor? I could see that in a workshop that may not be a problem.
Thanks! It seems they don't. I had in mind to add a rope from the underside of the beam, about 1m away, then to the lower side of the A sawhorse, just for safety, but it wasn't the case. The only risk is that I will hit the sawhorse with my leg but I will see how will go when I will work more on this tool. Maybe I will add that rope eventually
I miss your videos. They give me so much peace while inspiring me to polish my own craft. I hope everything is well in your life.
I am just editing a video now, in a couple of days will be here. All ok, thanks
Japanese Woodworking Tools is such an incredible book, and I'd recommend it to anyone, not just people interested in Japanese woodworking tools.
Indeed, one of the best book on woodworking!
@@AdrianPreda Could you make please a video where you list your top 5 books on woodworking you found in all your time of working with wood?
Films like this are an absolute joy to watch. 👍
The rope makes a nice scratch post for the cat :D
Don't let them know, I haven't yet showed that :)
I was thinking the same thing!
I thought exactly the same! 😂
you beat me to it
I was thinking the same thing, we’re pretty limited on space so I don’t have a full work bench, this could be great for storing it in the open in place of a cat scratching post/elevated spot for them in the living room when not in use lol
youtube and woodworking, you have the best content.
I love your "rapid prototyping" setu
Usually I make some drawings first, see how things go together, proportions, design etc but here nooo :) There are also more changes along the way that were not in clip :)
Ispirazione che affonda le radici nel tempo. Saggezza e serenità..grazie mille
Absolutely love the aesthetic look of this beam, and it's portability, that heavy base has so much potential for other uses, an anvil base (Ura Dashi), splitting stump, a seat/stool , mini bench base, you are an inspiration.
Japanese style woodworking definitely is useful and practical. this planning beam is another proof. Thanks Adrian. We learn a lot from you
There is definitely an elegance and beauty to the Japanese way of working. Your beam setup is particularly nice. Inspires to do good work. Thank you for the video!
Thank you very much! In the next video I will be using more this beam, making some shoji screens
@@AdrianPreda Do you recall how much rope you needed to do that wrap?
Incredible craftsmanship
Einfach Großartig 🙏💪
Just so people know, this is not the Japanese Workbench. Odate was a Shoji carpenter and this was the portable, usually site built, planing beam that they used for dimensioning stock, etc... I built one of these out of a 2x10 for the single purpose of tapering sail battens. It was mechanically excellent for that purpose. The piece of perfect wood I chose for the beam, plus a tiny screw hole, then went on to another life.
Japan had a lot of highly specialized craftsmen who work on single products like combs or gift boxes, and they use specific work surfaces or fixtures. I don't know if there is such a thing as a general, recognizable Japanese workbench, any more than there would be a single bookcase sized library that would serve doctors, lawyers, and engineers.
In the 80s I went to Bear Brook park for that foundational event where Masterpiece Tools brought over expert craftsmen from Japan. The planemaker had a stump to work on, into the surface of which he mortised a stop. That was his setup. They don't really seem to need a book of plans to know what they need in order to make a product that they have produced their whole life. Will it be a thing 90% of the surface of which is designed to hold stuff they don't make? Some of their shops are like 10' x 10', tiny garages you might put a Japanese compact car in.
In the west, window makers also had specialized planing beams that held the relatively more complicated parts in western windows, and positioned the parts for molding.
Brilliant! The use of gravity combined with using the larger back muscles makes for efficient planing.
Danke für die stillvolle Videos.
Frohe Weihnachten 🎄
Excellent, love those long shavings of your Japanese plane
What an esthetic look, I love it ^^.
Love these videos - and especially love seeing more traditional Japanese woodworking!
Thanks!
Sir it looks like a peace of Furniture well done
Artisan . Calm peaceful mindful.
Your workshop looks very nice!👍👍👍
Thank you!
So fun to watch my friend!
Hey Jonathan, thanks! Cheers!
@@AdrianPreda congrats on 100k as well!
Excuseme 🤝🤝
Big fan of yours man! Awesome to see you’re a decent human aswell as a great wood smith!
Impressive, thanks
I hit the thumbs up button, but only because I couldn't find the one thousand thumbs up button. I am definitely going to make one. SOON!
Very very nice Adrian as all the stuff you make! 👍thank you.
the best video ever
Nice work from an experianced man! I was amused to see an MHG chisel... and yes - I also still use some of my western chisels made of old swedish steel. For me it is a natural process to move over to japanese tools step by step... Toshio Odate wrote a real woodworker bible by the way. Glad to read it in english :-) Over and over... I enjoy the fact that there is a huge community of woodworkers that embrace handtools nowadays.
Let's go and create some unique, useful and hand-made things that last more than a lifetime!
High quality! Nice
Beautiful work Adrian. But then, that's what's expected from your shop. Just Beautiful
Thanks Nik!
Beautiful
The most relaxing woodworking video I've watched in a long time. Nice work!
Thanks 👍
Amazing. 😮
Thank you. It was instructive.
Well done. I've been wanting to make this myself!
Thanks!
BEAUTIFUL WORK!
Wow, brilliant. 45 degree groove, kumiko rabbet, all the details. so well executed. Love it.
Very very NICE.
So cool!
Very nice!
*GOOD JOB*
*I LIKE YOUR DESAIN PROJECTS*
😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thanks! Yeap, probably it was the longest gap between clips. Nothing youtube worthy projects and family stuff this period. Now I have a few on the roll.
Interesting that Japanese saws and planes are used on the pull stroke . That was what initially attracted me to japan hand saws some thirty years ago. the blade is always in tension ,increasing the control and accuracy . i wonder why no other country came up with such a genius idea .
Thanks! Indeed, probably because they do many tasks, crafts etc working on the floor it came natural to make tools that are used on the pull stroke, using their own body as a stop. Pushing ones would not have work this way. I tried some time using the western planes when working on the floor, impossible :)
Wonderful! Nice to see you
Thank you! 😊
Watch your video was almost like a holy experience!! I subscribed because I had too!! Please keep those videos coming🖖🖖
Love your work.
Thank you!
Ce relaxant, este primul video pe care-l urmaresc, daca nu citeam comentariile nici nu vedeam numele canalului tau. Felicitari, faci o treaba minunata!
Hi Adrian, I love your work. A few favourites for me are the Japanese toolbox and small mitre boxes. This planing beam is one I will watch again. It’s so simple and beautiful and I wish I had room for one in my shed. Hopefully you will keep producing these beautiful projects.
Thanks! Next will come some shoji projects using this beam
Well done. Always excited to see your videos.
Thanks!
Excelentes proyectos muy bien desarrollados y mejor ejecutados , los japoneses son muy buenos trabajando la madera , gracias por compartir tanta creatividad y conocimientos , un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón , Galicia ( España)🤓 😜
Gracias!
nicely done, though I can't say I see the logic in a base that could hold a space shuttle on one end with toothpicks on the other. and what were all those holes for? it looked like some had threaded rods presumably to aid the spacecraft carrying capacity, but others just go clean through?
Wauw, just wauw. This is such a beautiful piece of art, disguised as a most minimalistic workbench. Such efficiency to work with! I salute you. (again…)
😊😊👍👍
Hello my friend,
Congrats on the project and smart way of working that hides great experiences. See you. Big greetings.....
Thank you! Cheers!
@@AdrianPreda 👏👏👏👏
I love everything about this project. Except the paint.
Very pretty and nice, but much fancier than described in Odate's book. Reading his book, I could see their mindset was very simple and utilitarian, yet they could achieve great things with skill and practice. When I see Western woodworkers get into Japanese tools, they often take the traditional stuff and "pimp it up". For better or worse - you decide! In my opinion, the simplicity is often diminished or lost.
Luar biasa.. hebat.. tampak rapi
Thanks
While I definitely admire the precision and detail that went in this thing, I can’t help but notice this is by no means just a traditional planing beam.
"The high level of sofistified is simplicity" 👌👏
The rope adds so much depth to the footstall. This build was great to watch and to learn a new kind of bench. Cheers
Thanks! I saw this detail in the book, normally the wrap that stool against a pole in the shop. I don't have that so I made it just to look cool, although it kinda cost some bucks for that rope, around 25$ :)
Very cool. It reminds me a little of a few of the traditional bits and pieces used to do green woodworking in the UK. I knocked together something to debark branches with a draw knife that is a little similar, this is a more elegant design though
Hey Adrian, wieder ein tolles Projekt. Kannst du mal einen japanischen Grundhobel vorstellen, kann keinen finden?
a true man
Welcome back. I was looking at your channel and sad that last upload is 7 months ago. glad you upload again & hope you have a great day
Thanks! yeap, it was the longest gap between clips. didn't had any youtube worth clips plus some family stuff made me not post. But now I have a few on the roll, hope to bring them soon
Tolle Arbeit
und eine schöne Idee für Zuhause
Thanks!
Great video, as always
Glad you enjoyed it
Always great class... 😉
Thank you! 😃
Ciao complimenti bellissima Realizzazione.ed utilissima per alcune lavorazioni bravo👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Grazie! Nel prossimo video, facendo shoji, lo userò!
Foarte frumos lucrat!
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Thumbs up , just for Cat friends , very nice looking planing beam , and you probably have the cleanest looking workshop i or
anyone else on You Tube has ever seen ! ;-)
Thanks 👍
Great job Adrian, as usual !👌👍
Thanks again!
Thinking of tackling this project instead of a traditional bench. Laminate to 8x8 and adding some bells and whistles
Beautiful and satisfying to watch. Would love to work on something like this with tools like that. The wood being used for planing board seems better than any lumber I can ever get my hands on without having to take out a 2nd mortgage >.
The cat is going to find that base irresistible 😂 Always a pleasure to see what you're up to!
Thanks! :) I bet, haven't showed yet
You will soon become a real Japanese carpenter :-))
Thanks :)
Nice. Putting theory into practice. Looks like the wall is going to get in your way when you're doing longer pieces. But maybe it's just the camera angle.
Thanks! That's why I added a second, forward, notch on the low support to bring the beam a little forward so I have clearance for the plane
I just discovered your channel. You work and videos are incredible! Please start making content again.
Love this! Will have to make… thanks for the inspiration and great video
Thanks!
amazing work 👌🏻
Thanks!
wauuu, so very naci. Wonderful
Thank you!
great work, once again !
Thanks!
How has this worked out anyway? Like do you find yourself using the beam?
Your planing beam is nicer than my desk now hahah :) Thanks for another excellent video.
Thanks! :)
Perfect!!!!
Thanks!
Very nice your video and skills! What kind of wood did you used in this project?
excellent content!
Thanks!
Hi Adrian, great build but I was wondering if this is something you actually use in your daily woodworking now?
I'm thinking of building on but not sure how much I'd actually use it (or if it just looks cool).
Hi, I use it for shoji mostly, when long thin strips are involved. Other than those it just seat leaned on the wall and the base is a support for everything 🙂
Workbench whith a сat scratcher. 👍
Now that was an awesome build Adrian! Leave it to the Japanese to come up with something like that.
Thanks! Yes, very simple and practical tool
nice job
Great stuff. How long did you finally make beam.
Super Projekt gutes Video
Thanks!
What is the benefit of the bench being on an angle? Presumably it is better ergonomically? Are there other benefits? Or was it more due to size? It came out beautiful, I would like to better understand why it is designed so.
Is it as simple as reducing labor by pulling downhill?
Yes, the small slope and gravity helps you while planing with japanese planes. Probably for western planes you will need to reverse, start from high and end with low
Impressive!!! Hey Adrian, i just wanted to know How tall are you? To see if the mesures on the video are good for me. That's a really nice planing beam congrats!
I have that book :) excellent work! Maybe I’ll try it too
Really beautiful work, Adrian! It turned out fantastic! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! Cats always included! 🖖😊
Thanks! You too!
Foarte frumos. Imi place ca lucrezi curat.
Multumesc!
Great job! And congrats for 100k subs!
Thank you Marco!
Yet another amazingly beautiful video and project. Thank you.
Thanks!
Show de bola meu amigo parabéns pelo seu trabalho ganhou mais um inscrito e deixo aquele like valeu 👍🏻👍🏻💯💯🤝
A combination of simplicity, elegance and function. Tell me, do the legs of the A frame slip on a smooth interior floor? I could see that in a workshop that may not be a problem.
Thanks! It seems they don't. I had in mind to add a rope from the underside of the beam, about 1m away, then to the lower side of the A sawhorse, just for safety, but it wasn't the case. The only risk is that I will hit the sawhorse with my leg but I will see how will go when I will work more on this tool. Maybe I will add that rope eventually
Where did you go? Will you be making anything again soon? I love your videos but if not I hope your current pursuits are going well!