On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 12:07:34 PM UTC-6, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Leon wrote:
> > On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> >> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
> >> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
> >> off the tool.
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
> >>
> >>
> > A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
> > single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.
> >
>
> Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...
>
Not if it's cottonwood.
On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:44:00 AM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
> off the tool.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
That's pretty cool, but I'm tired just from watching how hard he seemed to be working.
I wonder how many times a day he does that demonstration. His body is tweaked in such a manner that it can't be good for him over the long term.
On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 2:29:20 PM UTC-5, Greg Guarino wrote:
> On 3/2/2015 7:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> > A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
> > right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
> > off the tool.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
> >
> >
> It does seem awfully odd that they have a competition like this, but the=
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> fact that it draws an audience suggests an admiration for craftsmanship=
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> and precision that's hard to argue with.
Greg,
Perhaps it's odd and perhaps not. I belong to a woodworking club on Long I=
sland and we hold a plane shaving contest along with our annual show. Usua=
lly the board to be planed is less than 2" wide. You must have a continuou=
s shaving along the 8 or 10 ft. length and the thinnest one wins. I think =
last year the winning shaving was about 0.0012" thick.
There's a variety of woodworkers in my club and, I suppose, worldwide. Som=
e couldn't care less about using a hand plane and some enjoy trying to fine=
tune their tools to perform to the extreme.
I like to think I'm somewhere in the middle.
Bill Leonhardt
On 3/2/2015 12:05 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>> On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>>> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
>>> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
>>> off the tool.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
>>>
>>>
>> A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
>> single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.
>>
>
> Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...
>
Nu'uhhh. didn't you see those guys wiping their hands on the board to
see how smoove it is?
On 3/2/2015 1:17 PM, Sonny wrote:
> On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 12:07:34 PM UTC-6, Mike Marlow wrote:
>> Leon wrote:
>>> On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>>>> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
>>>> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
>>>> off the tool.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
>>> single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.
>>>
>>
>> Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...
>>
>
> Not if it's cottonwood.
>
there's your sign! ;~)
On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
> off the tool.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
>
>
A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.
;~)
Leon wrote:
> On 3/2/2015 6:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
>> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
>> off the tool.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
>>
>>
> A demonstration of how Japanese singly ply toilet paper is produced. A
> single hunk of timber is capable of turning out 1,000,000 plies.
>
Yeahbut - it scratches yer butt and leaves streaks behind...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On 3/2/2015 7:43 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> A sharpened steel wedge in a block of wood that will, when set up
> right, pull off gossamer shavings leaving a polished finish straight
> off the tool.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tsm-YrGXes8
>
>
It does seem awfully odd that they have a competition like this, but the
fact that it draws an audience suggests an admiration for craftsmanship
and precision that's hard to argue with.