Ujukitsu!

About four years ago I got some Ujukitsu fruit from a farmers market in downtown Houston. In case you have never tasted this delightful citrus, imagine perfect lemonade.

The only sources I have been able to find have been independent growers. The last thing I want to do is risk bringing a citrus disease into […]

February 3rd, 2009 | Category: Gardening, Husbandry | Leave a comment

Japanese Plane Making Tools

I had some good instructions on making a dai, the wooden part of a Japanese plane. Sadly I can’t find it right now. It has the layout lines quite detailed. Then again, what I am looking for is the layout of a skew rabbet. I am copying one that I have, but I would love […]

February 2nd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools | Leave a comment

Grizzly Japanese Chisels and Gouges, Part 5

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5, (Part 5)

I got the replacement chisel from Grizzly! After all the practice it took longer for the wax mix to heat up than it did to get the handle ready.

I have tested the new one and it is doing fine so far. […]

January 30th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tools | 5 comments

Smoking Pipe

I figured it was high time I made myself a pipe. I grow my own tobacco, and my corn cob pipe has a plastic mouthpiece that pleases me not at all. I found a flawed chunk of mesquite and started work.

I started the big hole with a one inch bit. Then I drilled the […]

January 29th, 2009 | Category: Woodworking | 4 comments

What is a Hand Tool?

The Jointmaker Pro has gotten me thinking.

When I was a child, I noticed no distinction, but then I was a child. A power drill was a hand tool, a drill was a hand tool. Now that drill is a hand drill or egg beater, the power drill is still a power drill or just […]

January 28th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Power Tools, Tool Making, Tools, Woodworking | Leave a comment
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