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Thank you for introducing my website Dan.
#2902 and #2905 on the following page are typical gooseneck joint (We call Kamatsugi)
http://www.nt.sakura.ne.jp/%7Egarakuta/wood/english/tsugi/kado/i3.htm...

Nagura stone makes slurry and trim the stone surface smooth and flat.
I know two kind of nagura stone. One for natural stone and another for artificial (man-made?) stone.
I feel nagura for natural...

Thank you Ernie. Your kind words encourage me to post my &$%#($' project.:-)
I made the legs with hand tools. not with lathe. I'll post another project with legs with it's process later.

Thanks Jon and Dennis.
It's simple joinery. At first, I made normal miter and made triangle mortise on each taper face. Then insert samll square tip into the mortise.

BTW, how do you saw the...

Thank you Dam.

I learned about Osage Orange in internet. The lamber looks similar
but the fruit is very different. and no Osage Orange in Asia. :confused:
I think the Mulberry what I got is...

Beautiful design and grain. I really like it.
I'm a novice and learn much from your project. Thanks.

(I have no knowledge of Osage Orange but it looks like Japanese mulberry.)

I made a small box (10" width) with castor aralia.I like simple look and simple joinery. :p So I like miter.But the plain miter is not so strong joinery so I inserted
a small tip in the miter face. ...

I like the blue accent.

I like the design , joinery and beautiful grain.
Joinery works successfully as design.

Hi Rob
It looks neat. and if it is your first dovetail, you have great talent on joinery making. Way to go.
And fourth point we ought to focus to improve our skill is,,, enjoy joinery making :)

It's worldwide rule....;)

I like the shape and the grain.Walnut is one of my favorites.
I agree with Carole. If I found dangerous crack, I felt fear and threw it into wood stove. John,you are brave and also patient man

Cute form ,Carole. It reminds me a acorn :)
I wonder if your light condition on your digital camera is set at DAY LIGHT.
Color balance turns to bluish when you take pic under fluorescent or flash...

Thank you for intersting story. I learned another culture of chisel.Very impressive and informative.

Looks lovely. Is that your first hollow form?

I feel it's unable for me to form like that,,,

I'm a novice and have no hollowing tool. Your project tempted me to

buy a new toy , swan neck....

Thank you every one.
Those plates are 9" dia. and I finished with glass coart. The glass coart is a unique finish. Major component is silica. not so tough but food safe finish.
(As for finish, I...

In Fact, I'm also embarrassed after seeing other great projects of big work and great lathe.But as Roger said, We have to start somewhere.
Hi Roger, I'm a novice from Japan.

I wife loves sweets, especially cake.
So I made cake plates with check inlay for each kind of cake,
strawbery, raspberry, cheese,,,,

I wonder how she can keep he weight less than average..:eek:

Hi Mike
I like your wavy goblet. and mallets look comfotable to use.
I intend to make a mallet for furniture making. :)

Hi Jim-san
Congrats. You got good tool :)
Sorry, I could not find English page of hoops (we call Katsura) setting.
But I reccomend the following page.
It's Japanese page but pics or video...

Hi Erin-san, your bench looks good and comfortable to work with.
Workbench is mother of all. Good project is made on good bench.
and the plane ? is also attactive for Japanese woodworker. :)
It's...

Hi John
I was anxious about the problem too.
If I intended to sell or present, I didn't assemble the top like that.
It was a trial to control warp and shrink.
I pressed the top boads firmly...

Hi creekers. Thank you for many compliments for my shoe cabinet.

I'm glad to know some of Western woodworkers like simple design. I was afraid if the simplicity may give somewhere shabby...