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Bros before you set your sights on those Japanese planes let me tell you that those things are extremely expensive. A friend of mine once brought me to a this place like Binondo but in Osaka and the only thing I managed to buy was a marking gauge! The wooden block planes displayed outside in the "bargains" section cost, IIRC, P3k and this was 10 years ago. I wasn't tool crazy at the time so the P500 I paid for the gauge was enough for me.
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Thanks to this thread (and some other related threads),I got me a pair of Mujingfang hand planes (11inch and 7inch). Sorry, have no photos yet; my PC's video card died so can't upload pics for now.
Got them from the distributor themselves, Wah Tat, at Mong Kok. These planes are available at the Reclamation street shops for HKD240 upwards but Wah Tat sells the 11inch and 7inch for HKD160 and HKD150 respectively. Also got two chisels for HKD45 each.
The office is also the11th floor warehouse where the only English-speaking man there had to weave me thru the maze of shelves to pick out the planes and chisels for me. Felt like I was occupying too much of his busy time (tho he was graciously hospitable) so I just got the planes most accessible. In hindsight, I should've gotten a smaller block plane, too.
Now, hope I'll find the time to tune them!
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Eager to see those planes of yours Grammy!
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Moji,
Time to builld that tool chest we were talking about for you expansive/expensive collection of planes. Dumadami na siya. Dapat may matching lalagyan na sing ganda ng mga planes!
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Im still not set on a design, either wall mounted or toolbox type..plus i haven't been to the shop lately, work's getting in the way 😡
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Wanna see how the Mujis of Moji are being made?
Raw materials
Workshop
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Fettling
Made in China Foot Vise
*Now I know why those planes smell funny
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Moji's Mujis... cute!
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in fairness..naka uniform naman lahat ng workers...wala nga lang safety shoes.
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in fairness..naka uniform naman lahat ng workers...wala nga lang safety shoes.
Baka para mas "feel" nila yung plane 😀
Sabi nga dun sa source, once na pinilit na i-enforce lahat ng safety standards ng OSHA sa mga ganitong factory, hindi na maeenjoy yung low price ng mga Muji dahil for sure tataas ang cost and bababa ang throughput dahil sa mga extra processes.
