Japanese planing bench. I always liked redwood for my outdoor projects (and that’s what the originals were made from) so I spent the extra cash – about $200. Some more details in the captions of the album. It is inspired by the simple yet elevated Japanese woodworking and design style. You can build the whole thing without using any power tools other than a miter saw, and it will probably only take you a few hours. Its 40 lb are made of five 6-feet long redwood 2x6, supported by foldable saw horses since I need to minimize space when I put everything back inside at the end of the day. A traditional Japanese planing beam, mostly used for thin and long pieces like shoji stiles and rails but it can be adapted and used also for other woodworking tasks. This post comes from my Japanese planing board blog. My workbench isn't always the most ideal work surface…. Overall, I took inspiration from: Building a Japanese Planing Beam video Planing beam accessory Building this garden bench could not be any easier. Most japanese woodworkers, from what I can tell, just put a big hunk of This design uses my atedai (japanese floor bench) in a way that kind of works like a planing beam, but with clamps as additional reinforcement. 2gb wt l6 lnvkbg au3vke 8vxbeujw gh7 bux wahdap bnzj1