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Wilbur Pan lives in New Jersey and is responsible for what goes on here. The website is mainly about Japanese woodworking tools and other woodworking things.
Giant Cypress
1d ago
Three of Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji →
On the occasion of a complete set of Katsushika Hokusai’s “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” being offered for auction by Christie’s, Joel Moskowitz offers some great information and insights on them, including this tidbit:
The complete set actually consists of 46 prints because Hokusai added 10 prints to the series. If you’re thinking of adding the series to your own walls, bear in mind that Christie’s has set the estimate between 5 to 7 million dollars.
So if I win the lottery, I know what I’ll be shopping for ..read more
Giant Cypress
1w ago
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival 2024 →
if you’re thinking about going to this, there’s an early bird discount that ends tomorrow.
Also, Yann Giguère and Jason Fox was kind enough to ask yours truly to give a talk at this event this year. Despite the fact that I’ll be yammering on for an hour, it should be a great time anyway ..read more
Giant Cypress
1M ago
Just in case you haven’t seen this, here’s the writeup on my Japanese jack plane. One of the distinguishing features about this plane is the pronounced camber that’s on the blade. The camber is what allows this plane to take thick shavings and get rid of wood in a hurry. We’re not going to win any planing contest with this thing, but it’s awesome at what it does.
Rich asked about how the camber is established. The first step is to realize that this is not a precision operation, so no need to be too precious about this.
The next step is marking the camber on the plane blade. Using a 10" radius ..read more
Giant Cypress
1M ago
Hi Rich,
Thanks for the kind comment. I really appreciate it
To answer your questions, I created a separate post. I had too many photos to be ideal for a Tumblr Answer post ..read more
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1M ago
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tumblr notification printer is online, I’d share a picture but I want some mutuals’ names on the notifications for that ?
there’s some issues with upside down mode and long lines but otherwise we are so in business
hang on that’s not hug emoji ..read more
Giant Cypress
1M ago
The debate continues every single year.?? #shorts
Happy Year of the Dragon from Giant Cypress!
There, I solved it.
(Thanks to Julie Huang for the link ..read more
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1M ago
There We Went Again →
Brian Ward:
We found a new house a more quickly than I thought we would. And it’s in… New Jersey. Central Jersey, in particular, if you believe that such a place actually exists.
Central Jersey is the best Jersey. Welcome to the Garden State, Brian ..read more
Giant Cypress
2M ago
More Japanese saw action at set build for my son’s high school drama club. One of the students wanted to trim off the end of the bracing used in making platforms for the set, like I did last week. After using my ryoba, she said, “That was easy!”
Japanese hand tools for the win ..read more