How to make a Wooden Katana from hardwood flooring // Woodworking
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I was inspired to make a wooden katana using left-over hardwood flooring! \nSubscribe to my channel: http://bit.ly/1k8msFr\nSecond Channel: http://bit.ly/iltms-2\n\nCheck out Alec Steele's series: https://youtu.be/0eeWUw59GYk\nCheck out Geeks Wood Shop katana build: https://youtu.be/pSjzORXq2AQ\n\nMORE PROJECTS, POSTS AND EVENTS\nhttp://www.iliketomakestuff.com\n\nTOOLS & SUPPLIES:\nhttps://kit.com/iliketomakestuff/my-woodworking-tools\nhttps://kit.com/iliketomakestuff/shop-safety-gear\n\nWant to support ILTMS? Get exclusive content and more... \nhttp://www.iliketomakestuff.com/patreon\n\nBUY A SHIRT, STICKER, DIGITAL PLANS and MORE!!\nhttp://www.iliketomakestuff.com/store\n\nFOLLOW:\nhttp://twitter.com/iliketomakestuf\nhttp://www.twitch.tv/iliketomakestuff\nhttp://instagram.com/iliketomakestuff\nhttp://facebook.com/iltms\n\nI have always been intrigued by martial arts and after watching Iron Fist on Netflix I had the idea of making my own practice katana. I had a lot of scrap hardwood flooring from our home renovations, so I found some really beautiful pieces and got to work.\nMost of the sword is made from left over cumaru teak flooring that I recently used in our house. It has a really beautiful grain pattern and some elegant figuring, plus it's extremely dense and hard. I had just finished watching Alec Steele's series on making a Damascus steel katana, so I had a rough idea on how the whole thing went together.\n\nFirst, I drew out the rough shape of the blade based on some online dimensions. I cut out this shape on the bandsaw making sure to leave a tang on the bottom that would fit inside the hilt. I rough sanded the blade to give the sword some definition and moved on to the tsuba, or hand guard.\n\nI found another smaller piece of teak flooring for the tsuba. I used some calipers to measure the tang dimensions and transferred those lines to the blank tsuba. I drilled out this space and had to chisel and file the pocket very carefully so that the blade tang would sit snuggly into it. After I had a good fit, I cut the tsuba into an oval using a paper template.\n\nAfter researching how katana hilts are wrapped in cotton or silk strips, I decided to recreate that look with an inlayed contrasting wood. I had a piece of scrap oak flooring from my boys' room which would look awesome against the teak hilt. While I worked on other projects, I had my friend Josh CNC out the hilt design and the resulting diamond pattern looked just like a traditional fabric wrap. I hogged out the inside of the hilt to receive the tang and once I got a snug fit, it was time to assemble the major components.\n\nThe tsuba fit onto the tang and the tang fit into the hilt. I added a kashira or pommel to the end of the hilt and it was all done. I finished the katana with some linseed oil and beeswax polish and it looks gorgeous! I am so happy to have my own sword and I feel like a true samurai!\n\nIf you liked this woodworking prop, check out the playlist above for more!
