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Can't figure out how to post an image so here is the url for a close-up picture of the multi-point marking gauge.
http://www.xuemugong.com/home.php?mo...2326#pic_block
It is made with cut off hex keys. In this version there are threaded inserts with brass set screws to secure the keys but with no way to grip the screws I don't see the point. If the holes the hex key shanks fit through are tight jsut adjust with a hammer.
Last edited by Michael Kellough; 04-20-2014 at 10:45 AM.
Set screws with nylon or bronze tip inserts would serve well.
Kind of fun to watch, may have to bookmark this. He seems to have just a tad more room than I have in my shop, thoughIMAG0013.jpgCozy place, even can sit on the tool chest to saw dovetails......
Heres the same guy giving a lesson in mortising (with english subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQZsPs7jaPE
And heres the direct link for all his uploaded videos (all have subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/user/zhangzefeng/videos
Last edited by Jussi Auvinen; 04-21-2014 at 11:33 PM.
I can't be sure, because of the jerky camera, but in the last video it seems to me that he set only every other tooth. Is it just me or is this so? If so, then what purpose do the unset teeth serve?
I thought I saw that too. That would make a raker tooth, as used in greenwood crosscut saws.
Watching the episode 4 of the folding stool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyvB2-1Fdrw
At about 28 minutes, while waiting for the glue, he talked about how fast a saw is and how thin/long/wide the wood shaving could be, and emphasized that he used the plane for work, so the quicker the better; not in the "hobby" (sorry, no appropriate word right away), that you can spend hours to plane of some 1/4" inch of wood edge...
He did mention the availability of the metal plane that would cost RMB 3000-5000 (but the episode ended), will search for episode 5 if it exists
Any idea what wood he uses for the plane build? I might just try that build later, after a box gets completed. Which direction was the grain going?
No clue, but they have a full menu of woods in china that we don't generally see here.
Just browsing through more of these -
Making a plough/grooving plane - like a metal skated version of the open-sided planes David shared recently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzth9FMmsd8
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-zyn7TzdZI
" Be willing to make mistakes in your basements, garages, apartments and palaces. I have made many. Your first attempts may be poor. They will not be futile. " - M.S. Bickford, Mouldings In Practice
Thanks for posting that. It felt like I knew what he was saying.