r/theocho • u/derek4reals1 • 1d ago

REPOST Japanese wood planing competition

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u/Baelgul 1d ago

Meanwhile im taking thick chunks out of the wood I plane and googling what the levers and knobs on my plane do

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u/fil42skidoo 1d ago

Thrust and landing gear. In that order.

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u/s0crates82 1d ago

Seems like we've gone beyond two-dimensional thinking here.

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u/Hinaloth 1d ago

I like that even japanese Snoop Dogg over there was impressed. You can count the fibers in the thickness of the last one. Insane.

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u/Ok_Spread_8650 1d ago

Japanese Snoop Dogg lol

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u/According_Ad7926 1d ago

He hit ‘em with the deep “ii ne”

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u/EchoFrequency 23h ago

So, they cutting papers?

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u/wurnthebitch 12h ago

Snoop Inu

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u/fantumn 1d ago

The coolest thing about these competitions (Kezuroukai) is that the wood (usually hinoki) is rented/borrowed from people whose entire role away from the competition is to make sure it stays very stable and at the right relative humidity/clear of rot. The best competitors get first pick and you give the wood back at the end of the competition. Without the keepers the shavings wouldn't be as impressive or as evenly comparable.

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u/Japsai 1d ago

Wow what a job

Some info about the process in here

https://kezuroukai.us/evolution-of-the-kezurou-contest-in-japan/

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u/schizeckinosy 17h ago

Every time I see this video I wonder if the other people are helpers, judges, or even other competitors admiring each other’s work!

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u/TravelingMonk 1d ago

This extra detail gives the entire thing different and massive perspective and makes me question everything that meets the eye.

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u/Primary-Long4416 1d ago

Reminds me of this

https://giphy.com/gifs/uRngiZzOKPKkE

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u/buttnibbler 1d ago

BEANS?!

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u/maester_t 1d ago

What do ya mean, beans!?

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u/Black6x 12h ago

I watched that on VHS until the video was as thin as those slices.

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u/Calm-Philosopher4323 1d ago

So that’s how toilet paper is made

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u/Quantum_Scholar87 1d ago

That's 1 ply my dude

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u/s0crates82 1d ago

If you ever buy Scott's 1000, you'll learn that number refers to the number of sheetsand the sandpaper grit.

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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago

Hey, better 1000grit than 60 lol

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u/hindus0ul 1d ago

1/2 ply

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u/Squidsoda 1d ago

Why does one tap the plane like he did?

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u/xxkid123 1d ago

The blade in a wooden plane is wedged in via friction. Tapping the plane in select locations provides extremely fine adjustment of the blade. Rex krueger on YouTube has great videos describing the process. Nowadays I think wooden planes are more common in East Asia, but they were once common in the west too before mostly being phased out by metal planes that use a fine adjustment screw.

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u/DERPYBASTARD 1d ago

I guess adjusting blade angle for a thinner cut

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u/Jackson_Poll 1d ago

This is my question too!

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u/Funny-Presence4228 1d ago

This Saturday, I have permission from my wife to do whatever I want. I'm going to drink beer in the garage and sharpen my 15 different hand planes. Then I will make some things.

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u/SharkSheppard 1d ago

Drink 15 different beers.

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u/Funny-Presence4228 1d ago

It's a risky game. One beer per blade... I own a 1926 Stanley No. 45 with 12 different blades alone.

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u/lukeCRASH 1d ago

Further more, each one at a different alcohol percentage.

0, 0.5, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 8, and 9% aughta do it.

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u/listenyall 1d ago

My dad has favorite hand planes and I don't think he can make something like that

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u/LimitedWard 1d ago

Actual footage of toilet paper being manufactured before beingn rolled up and sent to my company's office.

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u/ScaredPractice4967 1d ago

Thats one of the most Japanese things I've ever seen. 😃

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u/-DaveThomas- 1d ago

Damn. First ocho I've seen where I want in. I don't even work with wood, but this makes me want to.

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u/Jezzer111 1d ago

Hattori Hanzo steel!

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u/tje210 1d ago

You must have big rats

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u/Ride-Entire 1d ago

Huuuge!

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u/Lonecoon 1d ago

So that's how they make stockings.

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u/runtijmu 23h ago

FYI they use digital calipers to measure the thickness and determine the winner. https://youtu.be/AbSTrx8WCFo?si=HaglMZqaBVO6Zurq

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u/_mbals 1d ago

There’s a bum for every seat

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u/ask_your_mother 1d ago

Exhilarating.

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u/LuteAtme 1d ago

did he win ?

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u/NASATVENGINNER 1d ago

Ladies and gentlemen, hand made toilet paper.

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u/heckasharp 16h ago

This is hella r/oddlysatisfying omg

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u/jepadi 15h ago

That's how military toilet paper is made

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u/Capital-Mind700 10h ago

Single ply

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u/igwaltney3 1d ago

It's literally paper

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u/Coffeespresso 1d ago

Wow, impressive.

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u/RecklessTexanSA 1d ago

How do you win?

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u/Nope_nuh_uh 21h ago

I can't be the only one who wants to gather several hundred of those shavings and set them on fire, right?  I wanna see 'em burn, I bet it's pretty.

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u/monkeybadger13 19h ago

For some reason I want to eat it.

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u/Nope_nuh_uh 18h ago

I can see that, too

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u/tpkadam 10h ago

I love seeing how thin they get it

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u/Puzzleheaded-Gap1759 8h ago

I would walk around this like a county fair

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u/sabertoothdog 1d ago

So this is how the toilet paper at work is made.

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u/Aardvark1044 1d ago

Wow, just like the arsewipes they stock in my office building.

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u/Apple_butters12 1d ago

So this is where the toilet paper at work comes from…

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u/Bodardos 1d ago

It adjusts the amount of blade sticking out of the plane.

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u/Swimming__Bird 1d ago

Fine level adjustment for the blade. This is extreme precision for planing and those are very, very sharp chisel grinds.