A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8

On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:44:00 AM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8

That's pretty cool, but I'm tired just from watching how hard he seemed to be working.

I wonder how many times a day he does that demonstration. His body is tweaked in such a manner that it can't be good for him over the long term.

On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.

;~)

Leon wrote:
On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.


Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...

--

-Mike-

On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 12:07:34 PM UTC-6, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:
On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.


Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...


Not if it's cottonwood.

On 3/2/2015 12:05 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:
On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.


Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...

Nu'uhhh. didn't you see those guys wiping their hands on the board to
see how smoove it is?

On 3/2/2015 1:17 PM, Sonny wrote:
On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 12:07:34 PM UTC-6, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:
On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.


Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...


Not if it's cottonwood.


there's your sign! ;~)

On 3/2/2015 7:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


It does seem awfully odd that they have a competition like this, but the
fact that it draws an audience suggests an admiration for craftsmanship
and precision that's hard to argue with.

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 2:29:20 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote:
On 3/2/2015 7:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
off the tool.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8


It does seem awfully odd that they have a competition like this, but the
fact that it draws an audience suggests an admiration for craftsmanship
and precision that's hard to argue with.

Greg,

Perhaps it's odd and perhaps not. I belong to a woodworking club on Long Island and we hold a plane shaving contest along with our annual show. Usually the board to be planed is less than 2" wide. You must have a continuous shaving along the 8 or 10 ft. length and the thinnest one wins. I think last year the winning shaving was about 0.0012" thick.

There's a variety of woodworkers in my club and, I suppose, worldwide. Some couldn't care less about using a hand plane and some enjoy trying to fine tune their tools to perform to the extreme.

I like to think I'm somewhere in the middle.

Bill Leonhardt