In my last post on my about my dai making experiment I talked about how the shavings leaped from the plane. I tried to explain that to a non-woodworker at my day job and they just couldn’t picture it. So I shot a short video that shows my plane in action. I’m horrible at video, but here you go…
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HILLBILLY DAIKU 
Music to my ears
To mine too…nothing like that ripping sound and a glass smooth surface.
Gorgeous! Up and over the blade as they should, nice work!
Thanks Brian. I still have a bit of conditioning to do and I need to work on the blade a little, but I’m getting close.
Very nice sound!!!
Now you only need to buy blades for your planes! 🙂
And how about reverse grain and knots? How does it work?
Exactly! I’ve already ordered a blade off of eBay from Japan.
It does really well in the pieces that I have tested. My most demanding test is to plane against the grain. In most of the tests the only difference was a slight reduction in smoothness of the resulting surface, but no tearout.
Cool!
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Shoop. Shoop. Shoop. Dig it!
Like Salko said…music to my ears.
Do you find it a challenge to keep even pressure during the the length of the pull stroke?
For short pieces I do pretty well. For longer pieces that require me to move my feet…that’s a work in progress.