Very enjoyable to watch these guys very calmly do what they need to do with no
extra movements.

The slitting gauge works because the wood is thin and he has selected the
perfect boards - I wonder what type of wood it is and how much of the thickness
had been cut?

Neat to see him use the chute board as a square for marking, although I didn’t
see him measure the length he cut - good guesser?

And I was surprised to see him use sandpaper.

Ed Minch


On Oct 4, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Michael Blair  wrote:

> Recently we've explored shoot boards and planes, and a little earlier, there
was a discussion of slitting gauges.  While I don't get all mystical about
Japanese tools, I stumbled across this video today that shows a Japanese cabinet
maker at work, and both threads are covered in the video.  It starts (after the
Lowe's commercial) with this fellow cutting a board to width using the Japanese
cutting gauge.  So quick! Not much later, he's shooting the ends of the boards,
holding the plane at an angle to make a shearing cut.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=G_sGwQ3bMv8
> 
> Mike in Sacto