Amazing carpentry skills with his ultra-thin hand-planed shavings of only 3 micrometers thickness

[@leehaelters6182]

Less than half a thousandth (of an inch)? I want to measure that shaving myself. And I would like to see a video of George Nakashima's claim of a plane set so finely that it took a shaving with only its own weight pulling it down an inclined board.

[@WoodworkingEnthusiasts]

yeah, you're right, 3 micrometers thickness = 0,000117 inches thickness

[@leehaelters6182]

@@WoodworkingEnthusiasts, to be fair, in the video the numbers used by the narrator are 10 microns to 30 microns, which I calculate to be a minimum value of .00039 inches. I realize that the shaving we see in the video is finer than any I have acheived, but four tenths demands verification. Well that is one thing, but in the first part of the video the craftsman seems to suggest that planing the surface of a wide wooden board or tabletop to a flatness using the 10 micron value is a matter of skill and enough time. I believe this to be hyperbole, but perhaps I should finish watching the video.

[@axialmount5571]

3 microns is indeed up there but if you lookup "kezurokai" or the japanese planing competitions, the top competitors absolutely archieve sub 10 micron shavings. One thing to know is that to make those reccord thin shavings they use very high quality timber. I found a few examples of what is mentioned in the video. here's someone making a 5 micron shaving: kzbin.info9aa23olfwpM and here's a short where you can see a competitor simply pulling his plane with a rope not even putting any pressure on it: kzbin.infot6nFj2f_sZY

[@TonKuipers134]

Wow, what a very interesting lecture on the Japanese plane. Also very interesting for Western planers👌

[@WoodworkingEnthusiasts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ericlipps7152]

Really appreciate this channel, gives me hope that my planes will be functional someday.

[@WoodworkingEnthusiasts]

our pleasure!

[@mauroplatania236]

Compliment for tutorial..!!👍

[@WoodworkingEnthusiasts]

Glad you liked it

[@OsoyOunpatito]

Mi dios que trabajo maravilloso perfecto cepillado ultra delgado!!! Maestros

[@AviantoMr]

what is the name of the wood or the original tree of this log wood?

[@andrewcheckley4316]

Very impressive . what type of wood is he planing?

[@WoodworkingEnthusiasts]

That is Yoshino Hinoki cypress

[@davidhouchin2353]

More like refridgerated butter than wood i imagine