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Thread: MJF Photos - as promised!
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1st September 2004, 05:39 AM #1
MJF Photos - as promised!
Hi -
As promised, here are a bunch of photos of MuJingFang planes being made...not exactly what one thinks of as a factory eh????
Kinda neat what one can make with a few hand tools....
Cheers -
Rob Lee
Note - the links all lead to photos 34K to 48K large...
<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/home/temprl/Raw_matl.jpg">Raw Materials</a>
<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/home/temprl/Raw_matl2.jpg">Raw Materials 2</a>
<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/home/temprl/Workshop.jpg">Workshop</a>
<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/home/temprl/footvise.jpg">Low tech vise</a>
<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/home/temprl/workshop2.jpg">Workshop 2</a>
<a href="http://www.leevalley.com/home/temprl/fettling_1.jpg">Fitting the blade</a>
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1st September 2004, 08:29 AM #2Originally Posted by Rob Lee
How about this for a thickness-planer.......
Cheers,IW
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1st September 2004, 10:05 AM #3
Very interesting pictures Rob, thanks for showing.
It's funny, but that was not the mental picture I had of the MujinFang factory.
I wonder how many man hours it takes to make one plane?
Craig
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1st September 2004, 10:16 AM #4
Yep, great shots, thanks Rob.
It's amazing what they can do with their hands and a few simple tools. I wonder what will happen to it all if they ever get an OH&S department...
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1st September 2004, 01:10 PM #6
Yes, thanks for sharing the photos with us, Rob. Does this mean that Mr Ho is still in business then? A number of posters on the board have said that Mujingfang planes were being off-loaded so cheaply because the factory had closed down. Many of us are obviously impressed by the planes and it'd be good to know that they'll be available for a while yet. Anybody know for sure?
John
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1st September 2004, 06:56 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for sharing that Rob.
Arron
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1st September 2004, 07:13 PM #8Originally Posted by craigb
Thanks Rob,
P
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1st September 2004, 10:09 PM #9Originally Posted by jshaw
Hi -
Nope - he's doing very well for himself - the hand-made planes just aren't that expensive. I should also note that MuJingFang is his trade name for the tool line - not the company name.
Cheers -
Rob
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2nd September 2004, 09:50 AM #10
THanks Rob. So is he looking for a distributor in Oz?
The only way to get rid of a [Domino] temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde
.....so go4it people!
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2nd September 2004, 09:43 PM #11
That's scary
Imagine what those guys could do with the quality tools we have at our disposal (like the ones they make for us). Makes me feel even more useless than usual
To make precision cuts I rely on power tools, with hand tools I'm, well, a tool.
Oh well, inscrutable Asians may be, but they're bloody talented.Cheers
Jim
"I see dumb peope!"
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2nd September 2004, 10:27 PM #12Originally Posted by TassieKiwi
I don't think so - I know he deals through some Taiwanese trading companies, or sells directly.
Cheers -
Rob