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Home 2014 Archives for December 2014

Archives for December 2014

December 24, 2014 By Al Navas

This artist finds his inspiration underground

Video Credit: CBS Sunday Morning

While most of us prefer to work above ground, artist Ra Paulette has been making his own caves by carving IN the sandstone hills in New Mexico.

I wish everyone Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays! May the New Year inspire you to make your own things, no matter the medium you choose.

— Al Navas

Filed Under: Blog, Holiday, Video Tagged With: carving, stone

December 23, 2014 By Al Navas

Stanley A6 handplane performance after sharpening the iron (“blade”)

My brother-in-law gave me the (fairly rare) Stanley A6 aluminum handplane as a present recently. Although it needs a little work to improve appearance, I simply wanted to check how it would perform after sharpening the iron (“blade”).

I was interested in sharpening this hand plane right away, as the iron had nice camber to it; this was a signal that the previous owner used it to quickly flatten edges and faces on lumber. My guess is that the camber is about a 6- to 8-inch radius.

What do you think? I still must sharpen a bit more, using my scary sharp setup – five PSA sheets of sandpaper on a large and very flat 1/4-inch plate glass.

I *needed* a longer hand plane, as the Stanley 4-1/2 was the longest I had. This one will do a great job at jointing lumber I will be using for small boxes.

The A6 is technically a foreplane, which falls between the A7/A8 jointer planes, and the #3 and #4 smoothers, and the jack plane, or #5.

As time permits, I might clean up some of the surfaces on the iron, the cap iron, the frog, and the plane body itself. I will probably not replace the broken tote (“handle”).

– Al Navas

Filed Under: Blog, Hand plane, Tools Tagged With: performance, sharpen, Stanley A6

December 14, 2014 By Al Navas

Two Points of View (POVs), One Scene: GoPro plus Google Glass

I created this short video with two Points of View: One was a GoPro camera, and one was Google Glass with the camera just above my right eye.

I am interested in YOUR opinions:

  1. Does having more than one POV help you understand a little better what I did with my hands?
  2. Or is showing more than one POV a source of confusion?
  3. Does synchronizing the action help provide a better understanding of the scene?
  4. Or would showing each POV separately provide a better understanding of what transpired?

I look forward to your comments. Thanks!

— Al Navas

 

 

Filed Under: Blog, Video

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