December 2011
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User made maebiki saws from France
Bensonlook Son sent me photos of two maebiki-inspired saws that he made. This is quite an ambitious project, and I salute him for trying this out. Here’s his description. (Bensonlook is not a native English speaker, but I think his description is excellent, even if his word choice might seem unique at times.) Thanks to Bensonlook for sending me the photos and writeup.
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Hi Wilbur,
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WatchIf you grew up in Chicago in the 1960’s-70’s, I’m sure that you’ll remember Hardrock, Coco, and Joe playing on WGN at Christmastime.
Asian American item of interest: Centaur Productions, which made this cartoon, was co-founded by Wah Ming Chang, who was also known for developing the model for Pinocchio when he worked at Disney, and designing the props for the 1961 movie The Time Machine and the...
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Progress of Sun-thickened Raw Linseed Oil →
Stephen Shepherd:
I started this small batch of raw linseed oil in April and it has been exposed to sunlight every day since then.
An eight month long demonstration of a traditional finishing technique. Now that’s commitment.
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WatchHere’s a short clip of me trying to use the maebiki. This is the second cut that I tried to make with it, which is the cut that runs along the glue line of this cutoff from my workbench leg glue up.
Most videos that I have found of Japanese sawyers using maebikis usually have them sawing horizontally, not vertically as I am doing here. I make no claim as to the correctness or the quality of...
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You call that a saw? Now this is a saw!
This is a maebiki. It’s one of the biggest, baddest saws I have ever seen. It’s designed for resawing logs, and is also known as a “whale back saw” due to its shape, although I am not sure if that is a direct translation of maebiki. The large size of the plate is to keep the saw straight in the cut. The straight slant along the toe of the saw is designed to allow a second...
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Using Milk Paint →
Bob Rozaieski is going to piss Stephen Shepherd off.
[Milk paint] is actually not a period-appropriate finish for 18th and 19th century furniture. Instead, furniture from these periods were typically finished with an oil-based paint made up of linseed oil and natural pigments, with white lead added for increased opacity.
Then again, maybe not.
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WatchBruce Springsteen is from Thailand, that Asian bastard.
(From outtakes of the Jersey Shore segment from the 2011 Emmy Awards.)