Japanese Plane: Shaping Wood

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  Finish Plane

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  Finish Plane

  A well tuned Japanese plane can produce gauze thin shavings. The highest quality for finishing will leave your wood surface silky smooth. This requires skill and knowledge. This is class is about achieving the glassy smooth finish possible with Japanese finishing planes!  During the weekend you will start with a new 60mm Japanese smoothing plane. This is a versatile size plane (kanna) and is well suited for those new to finishing work with Japanese planes. You’ll tune and sharpen the blade, fit it to a Japanese white oak block, and start making shavings.

  Yann will cover sharpening, tapping out a blade, correcting blade shape and bevel angle, and fitting the blade to the block. Of the three main Japanese tools – plane, saw, and chisel, the Japanese kanna is the most difficult to gain a working knowledge. With Yann’s guidance and a dedicated weekend of work, you’ll receive the basics of Japanese plane usage and a great foundation of skills.

  Advanced classes will require experience planing parts. This course a great way to acquire those skills and a good quality plane to advance your hand tool woodworking, regardless of if you choose to adopt the range of Japanese hand tools.

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  Japanese Joinery – Secret Mitered Dovetails

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  Japanese Joinery – Secret Mitered Dovetails

  This class is offered as an exercise in elegance. Once assembled these dovetails go unseen. They are a rarity since other methods to join corners with miters mostly use routers. These “secret”, blind to the untrained eye, dovetails are an elegant demonstration of craftsmanship.

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  Sharpening with Japanese Waterstone

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  Sharpening with Japanese Waterstone

  Waterstones enable you to get the sharpest edge in an efficient and clean manner. No messy oil or grinding down your tools! In this one evening session, students will learn to sharpen woodworking chisels and plane blades, as well as pocket knifes and kitchen knifes using Japanese water stones. Tool sharpening with waterstones is a fundamental part of Japanese woodworking. It is also a very useful skill if you’re maintaining any tools that benefit from the sharpest of edges. Chefs interested in the skill for knives are very welcome in this class!

  Care and maintenance of sharpening stones will also be covered. Discussion will also address the differences between grits, the optimal grit sequence to get the sharpness needed for your task, and how to maintain a flat sharpening surface on your waterstone. A sharp tool is a safe tool.

  This class or equivalent experience is a prerequisite for all other classes, except for Japanese Woodworking Introduction

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  Japanese Block Plane and Chisel Set-Up & Use

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  Japanese Block Plane and Chisel Set-Up & Use

  This class is an introduction to Japanese woodworking tools. A high quality block plane with a laminated blade and a chisel with a laminated blade are great additions to any woodworkers set of tools.  While many “convert” to Japanese tools after using them,  this class will provide experience with great tools and new skills regardless how much a student chooses to adopt the Japanese tools. This two day intensive will focus on sharpening and setting up a new Japanese chisel and block plane.  It will include:

  • Making the subtle adjustments required to fit the plane blade to its wooden dai (block)
  • Conditioning the sole of the dai
  • Practice using Japanese waterstones specifically with the blades for these tools
  • Techniques to flatten the backs of chisel and plane blade
  • Preparing and “mushrooming” chisel handles

  Students will also receive instruction and have opportunity to practice proper planing technique.

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