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30th September 2014, 12:34 PM
Thread: Japanese saw in action
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Japanese saw in action
There's a short video on YouTube of a Japanese saw here:
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5th August 2014, 11:44 PM
Thread: A few hammers
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Hikone Castle
Here are a few photos of Tenbin Yagura at Hikone Castle showing some adze work.
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Interesting roof structure.
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5th August 2014, 10:57 PM
Thread: A few hammers
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Chisels
I sent a photo of the stamp on one of the chisels to a Japanese carpenter I met on my trip. He said they are Fuji Hiro chisels and the type of chisel is Sumi Nagashi.
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31st July 2014, 09:12 PM
Thread: A few hammers
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Adze & chisels
Here is the adze next to a 1 litre can of Fujiyama beer and Mt Fuji in the background.
The body of the can is around 15cm High
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30th July 2014, 11:01 PM
Thread: A few hammers
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Adze
The adze is stamped 高木作 - Takagi
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30th July 2014, 09:59 PM
Thread: A few hammers
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Sky Dragon hammers
The stamp is 天龍 on all three. This translates as sky dragon or ten ryu in romaji. The lady at the shop did mention they were hand made and the best ones she had.
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30th July 2014, 01:17 AM
Thread: A few hammers
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A few hammers
I bought these in Osaka on the weekend. Prices are in yen.
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17th April 2012, 11:18 PM
Thread: Percy Blandford timber & canvas canoes
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Skinning with PVC
I used a hot air gun and lots of clamps. The PVC is quite supple once it gets hot.
I clamped the PVC at the bow and stern with as much stretch as I could get at room temperature and then heated a...