Quick Bits

No, I didn’t win either of the $50 million the other day, so Stu’s Shed is still here, and hasn’t suddenly been gold plated, or suddenly grown to the size of a city block or anything.

I’m most of the way through editing the next video – a look at the Frontline Interlocking Clamp. Will be available tomorrow at the latest.

Just finished making a couple of classic American salads for tomorrow’s July 4th BBQ at work (on July 3, ‘cos I ain’t goin’ to work on a Saturday!) One is a marshmallow salad, and the other is a beetroot, pineapple and lemon jelly salad.

Japanese Plane Blade

While visiting Chris Vesper recently, and looking though his extensive collection of historical tools, a particular Japanese Plane Blade looked particularly interesting.  We didn’t know what the writing on the blade said, so I cornered one of the Japanese lecturers at Monash University who provided the following interpretation

Japanese Plane Blade

To give you a sense of size of the above-plane, it is 4.5″ long, 2.25″ wide and over 0.25″ thick, hollow ground. The Japanese blade-makers sure know their craft. Chris has offered a photo of the blade fitted to the plane (now included)

Japanese Plane with Blade Fitted