Miscellaneous Tools [Zatsu-dougu]
Sweeping
1 Tools for sharpening blades
1.Whetstone
The whetstone is used to polish the blade of the chisel or plane. Natural stones are mainly shaped into rectangular shape, but natural whetstones can only be obtained from a very narrow range and production is limited, so artificial synthetic whetstones have been used in recent years. Whetstones are divided into Arato, Nakato, and finishingto (Ato) according to the degree of intimateness of stone particles, and there are various names such as covering the production area depending on the production area.
Arato is a whetstone that sharpens the blade, and is often used by Nagasaki Sasaguchi To and Omura To. Nakato is a whetstone that further sharpens rough blades and arranges them in the correct blade shape.In addition to the use of blue-gray Aoto and Numatato from Gunma, Amakusa To, Iyoto, Jokeiji To, Shirato, etc. There is.
The finishing grinding wheel is also called a joint, used for the last adjustment Sharpening, and the cutting blade is finished on a mirror surface. Finishing abrasives include inner whet and nest plate whet. The finishing work is mainly from Kyoto, and the stone of Nakayama, which was called Motoyama, was a typical finishing work, so now it is called Motoyama and finishing work as if they were synonym. In addition, in order to sharpen blades with a curved blade, such as a round shape or a round plane, use a used whetstone processed according to the blade type.
Kongo sand tot is made of hardened Kongo sand and is mainly used for Ara Sharpening.
2.Gold plate
The metal plate is a flat iron plate that is used to push the chisel or plane back. Back push is an indispensable task to sharpen the back of the blade to an accurate plane so that the blade can be cut straight. For back push, place a small amount of Kongo sand on the metal plate, add water droplets, extend it, and sharpen the back blade. Gradually fine particles of Kongo sand remove Sharpening wounds. Finally, rinse the Kongo sand and sharpen it with a finishing grinder.
3.Others
Bean plane blade Sharpening Ruler is used to sharpen small blades that are hard to hold by hand. Supports the blade of the bean plane and the blade of the split Marking Gauge between this Ruler, making it easier to sharpen. An oil whetstone is a whetstone that is pre-imposed with oil on a natural stone called Arkansas Stone in the United States.
From the left of various grinding tools to the metal plate, Kongo sand tot, natural roughto, synthetic atom
From the left of various grinding tools to natural Nakato, natural finishing grinding, and 2 whetstones for curved surfaces
- ＊The contents of this page are excerpts from "Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Collection Item No. 6 - Hammer, Axe, Maku and Other Tools".
- ＊The names used in the museum are mainly based on the names of tools used in the Kansai region. The name of the tool may be different depending on the region or researcher.