[Woodfix]

Japan meets Krenov II - MaFe style Kanna jointer (Handplane).

MaFe style Kanna jointer II
Japan meets Krenov

In this part I will fit the kanna-mi (plane iron) into the dai (body), to the Japan meets Krenov Naga-Dai-Kanna (jointer plane) I build when I visited my friend Jamie in Scotland last summer.

Part one I build the kanna (hand plane): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/37783
Restoring the kanna-mi (plane iron): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/40427
Setting up a kanna (Japanese hand plane)

This is the kanna I build in Scotland, but never had the time to finish.

So back in the work shop.
The dai (body) held firmly in place on the bench.

Tools for fitting the kanna-mi (plane iron) in the dai (body).
File with side teeth's.
A homemade mini saw from jigsaw blade (I use them for knife making).
A fine rasp.

As you see I fitted the iron quite close when building the dai, but I backed it up a little, so there would be possibility for tuning and adjusting once the iron was ready.
Also I have marked up for the uragane-dome (pin for the cap iron).
This by tapping the iron down, then pacing the cap iron on top and drawing a line on top - then I decide where the pin goes (app center of cap iron) and mark that up, in this way I can transfer the lines and distance to the outside of the dai (body) for later drilling.

What's needed is to first fit the blade to the omote-najimi (bed) and then to the oshi-mizo (ditches).
You can also read quite a lot more about fitting the blade in my first Japanese tools blog: http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/24608 , here you can also see what to do if it becomes to loose.

Now it's all up to precision and patience.
No need to take pictures of this, I spend half a hour.

Once the iron fits I double check for the placement of the pin and offset it a wee bit closer to the blade, to make sure I have a tight fit.
Then drill and remember to put a backing wood, to avoid tear out.

Both sides. ;-)
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda…

For pin I had a old tabletop birthday flag pole… Cut!

Here a close up of the drilling, you can see I put the hole a wee bit under the marking for at tight fit.

Like so!
"Not if anything to say about it I have" - Yoda

The pin are hammered in and I make it just shy of the surface.

Tataaaaa!

Kanna-mi in place!

Uragane in place and it fits just perfect.

Adjusting the blade and shaves starts to fly out the mouth.
It works perfectly, looks like a gem and, cuts like a Japanese sword and make the most beautiful sound.
My ohhhh I did it!
A Japan meets Krenov jointer kanna.

"Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things" - Yoda
So I better just get into business.

And here the evidence, I made you a short video:

Best thoughts,
Mads

LIKE

 

[mafe]

Japan meets Krenov II - MaFe style Kanna jointer (Handplane).

MaFe style Kanna jointer II
Japan meets Krenov

In this part I will fit the kanna-mi (plane iron) into the dai (body), to the Japan meets Krenov Naga-Dai-Kanna (jointer plane) I build when I visited my friend Jamie in Scotland last summer.

Part one I build the kanna (hand plane): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/37783
Restoring the kanna-mi (plane iron): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/40427
Setting up a kanna (Japanese hand plane)

This is the kanna I build in Scotland, but never had the time to finish.

So back in the work shop.
The dai (body) held firmly in place on the bench.

Tools for fitting the kanna-mi (plane iron) in the dai (body).
File with side teeth's.
A homemade mini saw from jigsaw blade (I use them for knife making).
A fine rasp.

As you see I fitted the iron quite close when building the dai, but I backed it up a little, so there would be possibility for tuning and adjusting once the iron was ready.
Also I have marked up for the uragane-dome (pin for the cap iron).
This by tapping the iron down, then pacing the cap iron on top and drawing a line on top - then I decide where the pin goes (app center of cap iron) and mark that up, in this way I can transfer the lines and distance to the outside of the dai (body) for later drilling.

What's needed is to first fit the blade to the omote-najimi (bed) and then to the oshi-mizo (ditches).
You can also read quite a lot more about fitting the blade in my first Japanese tools blog: http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/24608 , here you can also see what to do if it becomes to loose.

Now it's all up to precision and patience.
No need to take pictures of this, I spend half a hour.

Once the iron fits I double check for the placement of the pin and offset it a wee bit closer to the blade, to make sure I have a tight fit.
Then drill and remember to put a backing wood, to avoid tear out.

Both sides. ;-)
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda…

For pin I had a old tabletop birthday flag pole… Cut!

Here a close up of the drilling, you can see I put the hole a wee bit under the marking for at tight fit.

Like so!
"Not if anything to say about it I have" - Yoda

The pin are hammered in and I make it just shy of the surface.

Tataaaaa!

Kanna-mi in place!

Uragane in place and it fits just perfect.

Adjusting the blade and shaves starts to fly out the mouth.
It works perfectly, looks like a gem and, cuts like a Japanese sword and make the most beautiful sound.
My ohhhh I did it!
A Japan meets Krenov jointer kanna.

"Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things" - Yoda
So I better just get into business.

And here the evidence, I made you a short video:

Best thoughts,
Mads

Big smile Woodfix, that was the coolest comment!
Best thoughts,
Mads

 

[stefang]

Japan meets Krenov II - MaFe style Kanna jointer (Handplane).

MaFe style Kanna jointer II
Japan meets Krenov

In this part I will fit the kanna-mi (plane iron) into the dai (body), to the Japan meets Krenov Naga-Dai-Kanna (jointer plane) I build when I visited my friend Jamie in Scotland last summer.

Part one I build the kanna (hand plane): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/37783
Restoring the kanna-mi (plane iron): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/40427
Setting up a kanna (Japanese hand plane)

This is the kanna I build in Scotland, but never had the time to finish.

So back in the work shop.
The dai (body) held firmly in place on the bench.

Tools for fitting the kanna-mi (plane iron) in the dai (body).
File with side teeth's.
A homemade mini saw from jigsaw blade (I use them for knife making).
A fine rasp.

As you see I fitted the iron quite close when building the dai, but I backed it up a little, so there would be possibility for tuning and adjusting once the iron was ready.
Also I have marked up for the uragane-dome (pin for the cap iron).
This by tapping the iron down, then pacing the cap iron on top and drawing a line on top - then I decide where the pin goes (app center of cap iron) and mark that up, in this way I can transfer the lines and distance to the outside of the dai (body) for later drilling.

What's needed is to first fit the blade to the omote-najimi (bed) and then to the oshi-mizo (ditches).
You can also read quite a lot more about fitting the blade in my first Japanese tools blog: http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/24608 , here you can also see what to do if it becomes to loose.

Now it's all up to precision and patience.
No need to take pictures of this, I spend half a hour.

Once the iron fits I double check for the placement of the pin and offset it a wee bit closer to the blade, to make sure I have a tight fit.
Then drill and remember to put a backing wood, to avoid tear out.

Both sides. ;-)
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda…

For pin I had a old tabletop birthday flag pole… Cut!

Here a close up of the drilling, you can see I put the hole a wee bit under the marking for at tight fit.

Like so!
"Not if anything to say about it I have" - Yoda

The pin are hammered in and I make it just shy of the surface.

Tataaaaa!

Kanna-mi in place!

Uragane in place and it fits just perfect.

Adjusting the blade and shaves starts to fly out the mouth.
It works perfectly, looks like a gem and, cuts like a Japanese sword and make the most beautiful sound.
My ohhhh I did it!
A Japan meets Krenov jointer kanna.

"Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things" - Yoda
So I better just get into business.

And here the evidence, I made you a short video:

Best thoughts,
Mads

Fantastic result Mads! You make some really fine tools and I always learn something from your blogs.

 

[mochoa]

Japan meets Krenov II - MaFe style Kanna jointer (Handplane).

MaFe style Kanna jointer II
Japan meets Krenov

In this part I will fit the kanna-mi (plane iron) into the dai (body), to the Japan meets Krenov Naga-Dai-Kanna (jointer plane) I build when I visited my friend Jamie in Scotland last summer.

Part one I build the kanna (hand plane): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/37783
Restoring the kanna-mi (plane iron): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/40427
Setting up a kanna (Japanese hand plane)

This is the kanna I build in Scotland, but never had the time to finish.

So back in the work shop.
The dai (body) held firmly in place on the bench.

Tools for fitting the kanna-mi (plane iron) in the dai (body).
File with side teeth's.
A homemade mini saw from jigsaw blade (I use them for knife making).
A fine rasp.

As you see I fitted the iron quite close when building the dai, but I backed it up a little, so there would be possibility for tuning and adjusting once the iron was ready.
Also I have marked up for the uragane-dome (pin for the cap iron).
This by tapping the iron down, then pacing the cap iron on top and drawing a line on top - then I decide where the pin goes (app center of cap iron) and mark that up, in this way I can transfer the lines and distance to the outside of the dai (body) for later drilling.

What's needed is to first fit the blade to the omote-najimi (bed) and then to the oshi-mizo (ditches).
You can also read quite a lot more about fitting the blade in my first Japanese tools blog: http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/24608 , here you can also see what to do if it becomes to loose.

Now it's all up to precision and patience.
No need to take pictures of this, I spend half a hour.

Once the iron fits I double check for the placement of the pin and offset it a wee bit closer to the blade, to make sure I have a tight fit.
Then drill and remember to put a backing wood, to avoid tear out.

Both sides. ;-)
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda…

For pin I had a old tabletop birthday flag pole… Cut!

Here a close up of the drilling, you can see I put the hole a wee bit under the marking for at tight fit.

Like so!
"Not if anything to say about it I have" - Yoda

The pin are hammered in and I make it just shy of the surface.

Tataaaaa!

Kanna-mi in place!

Uragane in place and it fits just perfect.

Adjusting the blade and shaves starts to fly out the mouth.
It works perfectly, looks like a gem and, cuts like a Japanese sword and make the most beautiful sound.
My ohhhh I did it!
A Japan meets Krenov jointer kanna.

"Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things" - Yoda
So I better just get into business.

And here the evidence, I made you a short video:

Best thoughts,
Mads

Its a beauty Mads!

 

[mafe]

Japan meets Krenov II - MaFe style Kanna jointer (Handplane).

MaFe style Kanna jointer II
Japan meets Krenov

In this part I will fit the kanna-mi (plane iron) into the dai (body), to the Japan meets Krenov Naga-Dai-Kanna (jointer plane) I build when I visited my friend Jamie in Scotland last summer.

Part one I build the kanna (hand plane): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/37783
Restoring the kanna-mi (plane iron): http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/40427
Setting up a kanna (Japanese hand plane)

This is the kanna I build in Scotland, but never had the time to finish.

So back in the work shop.
The dai (body) held firmly in place on the bench.

Tools for fitting the kanna-mi (plane iron) in the dai (body).
File with side teeth's.
A homemade mini saw from jigsaw blade (I use them for knife making).
A fine rasp.

As you see I fitted the iron quite close when building the dai, but I backed it up a little, so there would be possibility for tuning and adjusting once the iron was ready.
Also I have marked up for the uragane-dome (pin for the cap iron).
This by tapping the iron down, then pacing the cap iron on top and drawing a line on top - then I decide where the pin goes (app center of cap iron) and mark that up, in this way I can transfer the lines and distance to the outside of the dai (body) for later drilling.

What's needed is to first fit the blade to the omote-najimi (bed) and then to the oshi-mizo (ditches).
You can also read quite a lot more about fitting the blade in my first Japanese tools blog: http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/24608 , here you can also see what to do if it becomes to loose.

Now it's all up to precision and patience.
No need to take pictures of this, I spend half a hour.

Once the iron fits I double check for the placement of the pin and offset it a wee bit closer to the blade, to make sure I have a tight fit.
Then drill and remember to put a backing wood, to avoid tear out.

Both sides. ;-)
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda…

For pin I had a old tabletop birthday flag pole… Cut!

Here a close up of the drilling, you can see I put the hole a wee bit under the marking for at tight fit.

Like so!
"Not if anything to say about it I have" - Yoda

The pin are hammered in and I make it just shy of the surface.

Tataaaaa!

Kanna-mi in place!

Uragane in place and it fits just perfect.

Adjusting the blade and shaves starts to fly out the mouth.
It works perfectly, looks like a gem and, cuts like a Japanese sword and make the most beautiful sound.
My ohhhh I did it!
A Japan meets Krenov jointer kanna.

"Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things" - Yoda
So I better just get into business.

And here the evidence, I made you a short video:

Best thoughts,
Mads

Thanks Mike and Mauricio.
Best of my thoughts,
Mads

 

[mafe]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

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Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

 

[lew]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Most Excellent, Mads!

You are right, that smile says it all!

 

[JR45]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Brilliant, no other word to describe this!
Jim

 

[Brit]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

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Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Fantastic work Mads!

 

[steliart]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

what a nice beam compass and an excellent build-up post Mads… thumbs up buddy !!!

 

[madts]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Just plain great Mads.

-Madts.

 

[JoeLyddon]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Very NICE!

 

[Jim Jakosh]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Nice tutorial, Mads! She looks very happy with it. I recognized that sanding damage on your fingers right away. Been done that, too!! They take a long time to heal compare to cuts!
I could not help but notice the planer in the kitchen. Do you know how long I could get away with that here????

Nice work, my friend!!.....................cheers, Jim

 

[MLWilson]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

What an amazing artist is Lena.

 

[Lemongrasspicker]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Very awesome! It's a very wonderful gift and I'm sure that she'll get some great use out of it

 

[builtinbkyn]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Well done Mads! I love the step by step presentation and especially the sketches you worked from. The project formulates in your minds eye, then to paper and then to reality. You have a very happy recipient there too, it seems. Excellent!

 

[kaerlighedsbamsen]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Another lovely and humouristic blog. The bumawashi came out lovely!

 

[CFrye]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Thank you for your detailed blogs on tool building. Always a treat to read, Mads. Lena's smile does say a lot, and her art is smile inducing!

 

[swirt]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Great build Mafe. A fun read. Sorry about your fingers.

 

[mafe]

Bunmawashi with pen holder - Japanese beam compass

Bunmawashi with pen holder
Japanese beam compass

Last time I posted a Japanese compass it was back in 2013 on my blog no 200, now we are in 2017 and this is blog 331 I think, so it must be about time to do one again.
This time the Bunmawashi was not for me though, but for an artist friend who do wall paintings and did a series for elderly homes, where they have dementia, she told me she needed one, normally up to 120 cm, but at times big circles also and also she needed to be able to use different tools for it, so she could draw on different materials, even glass…

Put the old one behind and eyeballed it on the lathe on some exotic hardwood.
Knew this one had to be bigger and more sturdy.

The usual sanding, grids: 120 180 320 600 1200 and finally shavings.

Marking up for the beam and the wedge.
Putting a pen one something flat and turning it.

Now I can pre drill for the chisel work, this is just for saving time.
Remember the slope for the wedge.
(You can read more in my last blog; http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/38511).

Notice I make the holes smaller than the actual size, like this I have room for mistake.

Honing the chisels on a loaded strop.

Setting the edges again a wee on the good side of the pen, so I can clean up at the end.

Then it's just to go for it and be careful not to go through before the backside are pre cut also, otherwise you might make a tear out.
(Trust me, I have done this several times).

Made what we in Denmark call a cow (ko), a jig to hold it while working, this makes it sometimes easier.

For the beams I found different types of wood and the first one I finished up with planes and a card scraper.

For the next beams, I ran the wood through the thicknesser first.

Now the wedges can be drawn.
I choose some contrasting wood.

Sawn out.

Now the beam can be locked in place.

Next step was to try and figure out a way to make a pen holder.
Made a few sketches and then tried my way.
Here drilling holes through some stock.

Then turning it on the lathe and giving it a tapered shape.

Drilling through the beam.
(Out of focus).

Taddddaaaaa!
A pen holder.

The wedge locks the pen in place and it can be used with different sizes of tools.
I am happy with this, think it match the original design and use same ways of holding.

Then I can make some more, one for each beam.

Taper, taper.

Cut.

Here some of the ideas on sketch.

Drilling the pen hole.

Marking for the wedge hole.

Pre drill.
Remember the wedge angle.

Cleaning up the hole, just as I did on the compass.

To make a pen for the compass, an old broken drill bit gets new life.
Mount it in a accu drill, spin it against your grinder, like this you can fast and easily shape it.

Mount it in the compass with epoxy glue.
Out of focus again, the focus is on my fingers… Yes I wear band aid…

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18

Show Content

Here you see why… As I was using the disc sander on this project for some clean up, I slipped my fingers into the grid 60… bad idea. This is how the fingers look one week after.

The pen holder result.
Here mounted with a scratch awl, I made for it.

Here you can see how it locks with the wedge.
It works really well, so I am pleased.

Last part of the task, was to be able to use it on glass.
This was one that I had to think about but came up with an idea.
Fist some hardwood.

Turning a wee thing…

This is the thing and under it, is this stuff you use to hang posters on the children's rooms, sticky stuff, we call it elephant snot in Denmark.

Here it is, the thing on a window.

And with the compass set in the hole.

As you can see, it can even hold it's own weight, so that should be a winner.
It can also be used to cut foils on glass, when mounting a cutter in the pen holder.

And set in wood.

Made this little utility holder, with different tools, extra wedges, cutter, eraser, elephant snot and pens.

The head folded up for transport.

All ready to go.

The tree arms in different lengths and utility's hold together by O-rings.

Here just waiting to be picked up.

On a mission?
You can see here that the longest arm are app. two meters so some serious circles can be made.

Ok, a peace mission…
(Stop it MaFe, you are not funny as your daughter tells you so often).

Finally Lena came to pick it up!
I will say no more than, please look at that face.
You can also take a look at her website: http://www.lenah.dk/
I am a happy man.

Hope this blog can inspire others to make some tools.

Best thoughts,
Mads

Hi there,
swirt, smiles, yes that one hurted for a while, but all fine now, not eevn a mark.
CFrye, she is quite a talented woman yes. I am always impressed when I see what she is up to. Thanks.
kaerlighedsbamsen, thanks I try to make it a wee more than woodworking, so I am really happy for the words.
builtinbkyn, I do work in a quite unsystematic way, kind of mix up drawings, ideas as I go and just finding my way. If I work from sketch I tend to get bored and feel like it's a job, also I feel shape is better judged in real life. Thanks.
Lemongrasspicker, I have to admit I will be looking for round objects in her paintings by now. ;-) Smiles.
Mark Wilson, yes she is a special kind, a smile maker I feel.
Jim Jakosh, ha ha ha, yes the planner in the kitchen! It is my workshop kitchen, that's why, so I am the only one to get upset, when I find shavings in the food. Laugh. Thanks.
Joe Lyddon, smiles.
madts, I will go for PLANE great. ;-)
steliart, as long as you keep the fingers out of the sander. Tank you.
Brit, thank you with a smile.
Jim Rowe, a shiny smile on my lips says thank you.
lew, yes it made it all make sense. Thanks.
Best thoughts,
Mads