made a tsukamaki stand - does anyone else have one?
Apr 23, 2015 2:10:20 GMT
Post by chrisperoni on Apr 23, 2015 2:10:20 GMT
Took an hour out of my day just now to make my own tsukamaki stand. After reading and watching several tsukamaki tutorials online I figured having one would make things at least a little bit easier for my upcoming first try at a wrap. I ended up using the one in the "The Samurai Workshop" videos on youtube as my example. I already had all the materials available in my shop so I was able to put this together quickly. From what I read Jeffrey Ching of The Samurai Workshop says the clamps on the sides of his could be better, but from the videos they seem to work well enough 
. I could not see how the large dowel was held in place at the back of the stand, so I just made two pins to hold it in place if needed. Or they can be left in their holes in the stand. My stand is nowhere near as polished as Jeffrey's, but it should do the trick I hope!
If you can't watch the video, the idea is the ito can be wedged under one of the metal clamps on each side allowing you to free your hands while keeping tension. As you can see I also have a spring clamp handy since I have often seen/read to use one of these to hold the ito in place while working. Mine stand is wider than the one in the video, which I figure will have the ito coming off the tsuka at a wider angle when clamped. I hope this doesn't detract from the usefulness of the stand. I wanted to leave mine wider as it makes the stand more stable. (plus it meant less cutting
)
Mine:
The Samurai Workshop youtube video:
. I could not see how the large dowel was held in place at the back of the stand, so I just made two pins to hold it in place if needed. Or they can be left in their holes in the stand. My stand is nowhere near as polished as Jeffrey's, but it should do the trick I hope!If you can't watch the video, the idea is the ito can be wedged under one of the metal clamps on each side allowing you to free your hands while keeping tension. As you can see I also have a spring clamp handy since I have often seen/read to use one of these to hold the ito in place while working. Mine stand is wider than the one in the video, which I figure will have the ito coming off the tsuka at a wider angle when clamped. I hope this doesn't detract from the usefulness of the stand. I wanted to leave mine wider as it makes the stand more stable. (plus it meant less cutting
)Mine:
The Samurai Workshop youtube video:
