"David Starr" wrote in message
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Ben Bullock wrote:
I've just started retrying to master the Japanese plane, and I have some
photos of my misadventures he

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnz/set...7594420844042/

I'd be interested to hear any comments, suggestions or even criticisms
from experienced people.

Interesting photos. I notice in several shots you set the plane blade
side down on the bench. I always lay a plane on it's side, so the blade
is not touching the bench which dulls it.

I'm not sure what the recommended way of doing things is. The traditional
storage system for Japanese planes is to hold them upside down in a rack
with the weight of the plane resting on the back of the blade. This photo
shows a mock-up of an old-fashioned carpenter's workshop:

http://flickr.com/photos/bnz/192328466/

but the system shown there is still in use. I've seen photos of similar
things in modern workshops. You can see in the plane on the right of that
photo that all the weight of the plane is resting on the back of the blade.