25 June 2007

かんな・カンナ・鉋!/ planing, planing and planing!

きょうはものづくり研究会の1年生、2年生全員が鉋がけの作業でした。
2年生は「大型家具」の実習中。ダイニングテーブルや整理箪笥を作っていて、いまちょうど組み立て前の部材の仕上げをしています。

All the students of Craft and Furniture Making Dept. were practicing hand planing today.
The second-year students are making furniture such as a dining table and a chest of drawers. They are planing the components before assembly right now.


1年生は鉋の仕込み方、使い方を習って、まな板と下端定規(鉋の台を調整するためのもの)を制作中。
ひたすら研ぎ、ひたすら削る毎日です。
The first-year students are learning how to 'set up' the handplane, how to sharpen its blade, and how to use it. They first make a chopping board, then a wooden straight edge to adjust the base of their plane.






これが下端定規
the wooden straightedge