January, almost gone already?

Hello again Lost Sheep,

(I say that because these posts are so irregular, you can’t be a faithful reader any more!)

Just wanted to pop my head up and say hello, that I’m not kaput just yet and I’m so busy that I really do not have enough time to get everything done that I want to (same . . . → Read More: January, almost gone already?

Apologies,

Hi,

I must apologize for the lack of activity here on the Tools from Japan blog. Posts were planned, but didn’t pan out. A holiday greeting was planned, but don’t get done. Many things were planned, but never happened.

The reason?

Time, or actually a severe lack of it.

Over the Christmas/New Year period, I was expecting that things would . . . → Read More: Apologies,

Atoma diamond sheet replacement.

Hi,

Too much going on to get into too many details here, but it’s a video. Watch it if you need to, don’t if you don’t.

It’s just taken 3 days, 4 video editors, 3 video decoders, half a dozen codec tweaks, a replaced computer cpu, re-editing 8 times, numerous shutdown/start up cycles and other assorted crap . . . → Read More: Atoma diamond sheet replacement.

I’m not dead…

Hi All,

Just poking my head up here to state that I’m still alive, but have so much stuff on the go that it’s ridiculous. I can’t manage to get enough time to get everything done that I want to, even putting in days that start at 8AM and finish at 2AM.

Just silly, but such is . . . → Read More: I’m not dead…

How Sigma Power ceramic stones are nailed together…

Hello again Faithful Reader,

I apologise for the long delay between posts here, been a tad busy of late…

Anyway…

A question was asked recently about stones and how they’re made, and I said “I’ll ask and find out”. Eventually I got around to that, and today got a reply from Sigma Power as to how their ceramic stones . . . → Read More: How Sigma Power ceramic stones are nailed together…

New cat(egory) and new(s)…

Hi again Faithful Reader,

Quite an interesting day today.

I got the undivided attention from the president of Sigma Power corporation, Mr. Tsuyoshi Saitoh for a couple hours this afternoon.

And we talked. And talked. And talked…

Actually I did most of the talking, and I think the co-pilot was surprised/impressed. Usually I don’t say much, but today I couldn’t . . . → Read More: New cat(egory) and new(s)…

I just had several crisises.

Is it ‘crisises’ or ‘cricii’? Whatever, I got them in bulk.

Oh, hi Faithful reader,

#1, Wrong saw delivered. I’m not upset here, since I gave a certain lovely fellow lots of grief with saws this week, so sending the wrong one was probably pay back for me being a pain in the rear.

#2, I’ve run Sigma Power . . . → Read More: I just had several crisises.

So, what’s in the 1K-6K-13K stone set?

Hi again Faithful Reader,

Or maybe I should switch that to “Faithful Watcher”?

Instead of bashing in lots and lots of words, I hastily put together a couple of short videos explaining what is in the Sigma Power ceramic #1000, #6000, #13000 and Atoma #400 sharpening stone set.

(And if a certain Mr. Jon Broida sees this, it’s your . . . → Read More: So, what’s in the 1K-6K-13K stone set?

Carrot, Part II…

Hello again Faithful Reader…

The response the original carrot (in the form of a full set) has been good, and those of you who’ve jumped on it as I requested should be receiving your “order is on it’s way!” emails over the next few days.

But, even from the beginning, I knew that the original 1000-6000-13000 is a . . . → Read More: Carrot, Part II…

Carrot anyone?

Hello again Faithful Reader,

I mentioned a carrot in my last posting here, and if you pop into the store and take a look, you’ll see it sitting there, bold as brass, on the front page under ‘new items’.

The pointy orange root vegetable looks interestingly like an Atoma #400 diamond plate…

Did I say the carrot would be . . . → Read More: Carrot anyone?