KAKURI Compass Plane 42mm Curved Sole Plane for Woodworking, Japanese Hand Plane KANNA Wood Circular Plane Tool for Smoothing Round Surface, Made in JAPAN

Product Description

Authentic Japanese Craftsmanship Brand

KAKURI Corporation was founded in 1946 in Sanjo City.

Sanjo City is the leading production area of cutlery in Japan.

We manufacture the products with superior quality and functions, such as gardening tool, saws, chisels, professional carpenter tools.

Taking advantage of more than 70 years of experience and results from our founding in 1946, we design hand-made products individually.

From a professional standpoint, we select and sell only high-quality products.

Please feel and enjoy the authentic Japanese products of the KAKURI brand.

Product Features

Razor Sharp Japanese Steel

The blade is made of Japanese steel with excellent sharpness. You can finish woods beautifully with light force. The blade is sharpened by Japanese craftsmen. Sharp right out of the box.

Blade Width: 1.6″ (42 mm)
Cutting Width: 1.5″

Mini Hand Size

This mini plane is easy to grip and ideal for precision work. It is easy to use even for beginners.

Body Length: 6.2″

Professional Tool for Finishing Curves

You can smooth the curved wood. Japanese planes are used with a pulling force, not a pushing force like Western planes. It is easy to apply force evenly and is ideal for a beautiful finishing.

Japanese planes require blade adjustment before use. Please refer below.

How to push out the blade

What you need

Use a Genno hammer or a wood mallet to adjust the blade of the plane. Using a hammer under 16.2 oz for fine tuning.

1. Hit the head of the plane blade

The cutting edge comes out by hitting the head of the blade with a hammer.

2. Check the blade edge

Turn the plane upside down, level the line of sight and check at the blade edge. It looks better when viewed on a white background.

3. A strand of hair’s width is ideal

Adjust the amount of the blade edge as your purpose.

0.08mm: Rough cutting
0.05mm: Medium cutting
0.02mm: Finish smoothing

How to retract or remove the blade

When the blade is pushed out too much

When the blade comes out too much, hit the corner of the body and the blade will return.

When the blade comes out diagonally

If the blade comes out too far to the left, hit the left side of the blade to adjust (return) until it is horizontal. In the case of the right, adjust by tapping the right side of the blade.

When removing the blade

Hitting the corner of the plane while pushing down the blade with your finger. You can remove the blade. * If you can’t get out by tapping lightly, try hitting harder. The blade must be removable.

CAUTION!

When adjusting the blade, be sure to hit the CORNER of the body. If you hit the center instead of the corner, the plane may crack.

Chip breaker (Ura-gane, Osae-gane) adjustment & Tips

Why you need a chip breaker

If you shave wood against the grain, it will not cut well. By adjusting a chip breaker, a beautiful finish is possible regardless of the grain.

KAKURI Japanese Plane is double-blade style and has a chip breaker.

If the shavings are being straightened and came out towards the blade, then the adjustment is OK.

1. Hit chip breaker to adjust the position

Tap only the chip breaker and adjust it to near the tip of the main blade.

2. Adjust the edge of the chip breaker closer

Adjust until the distance between the chip breaker’s edge and the main blade’s edge is about a line of a single hair (about 0.002 inch).

*When you tap the chip breaker too much, remove the main blade once and adjust it again.

How to sharpen a blade accurately and easily

Since it is quality Japanese steel, excellent sharpness revives over and over by sharpening the blade appropriately. KAKURI’s plane honing guide is convenient for sharpening a Japanese plane blade.

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Japanese Steel
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Japanese Oak
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Use
Smoothing, Chamfering
Chiseling, Mortising
Sharpening chisels and planes
Nailing, Chiseling, Adjusting plane
Nailing, Chiseling, Adjusting plane, Assembling wood
Cutting

Made in
JAPAN
JAPAN
JAPAN
JAPAN
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Japanese Steel
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Japanese Brass
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Cutting
Marking, Cutting, Carving
Marking, Cutting, Carving
Marking, Cutting
Clamping, Gluing
Drilling pilot hole, Making hole

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PROFESSIONAL HAND PLANER FOR CURVED FINISHING: The concave bottom hand plane smoothes the round surface of the wood. After cutting out roughly the wood with saws or wood chisels, this block plane finishes the surface to a silky smooth. This hand tool is easy to use for DIYers and furniture makers, professional carpenters, and woodworkers.
RAZOR SHARP JAPANESE STEEL BLADE: Only Japanese high-grade materials are used. The forged plane blade is razor-sharp and durable, and it is possible to restore the sharpness by sharpening with a whetstone. All KAKURI brand products are manufactured in Japan and handcrafted by Japanese craftsmen. *If you are a beginner and worry about sharpening the blade, please use KAKURI’s honing guide.
HEAVY DUTY WOODEN BODY: The body is made of Japanese natural oak wood, which is heavy-duty and comfortable in hand.
OFFICIAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTION: KAKURI Official English instruction is included. The length of the blade is adjustable by hitting with a hammer. Fine adjustment of the blade is necessary when using a Japanese plane.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS: Made in Japan / Blade: Japanese high carbon steel / Body: Japanese white oak / Size: 2.2 x 6.2 x 2.2 inches / Blade Width: 1.6 inches (42 mm) / Cutting Width: 1.5 inches