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May. 15/2021
Repair a carrying chopsticks

The carrying chopsticks have broken. I thought I'd buy a new one, but I decided to repair it because it was "MOTTAINAI".
1.The upper side is a broken chopstick. I used to think that the material was wood, but if you look closely, it looks like bamboo.
2.First, make a chuck attachment that grabs chopsticks. Drill a 7 mm in the round bar.
3.Make a slit with a saw.
4.Grasp the metal part of the broken chopsticks with a three-claw chuck.Then turn the bamboo part.
5.This part is brass. Diameter 4.2 mm * length 15 mm.
6.This is the material bamboo.
7.Mark the edge of the bamboo a 8mm circle and use a hatchet and knife to shave it into a about round bar.
8.Drilling 4.2 mm.
9.Glue the brass parts and bamboo with ”Cemedine Super X2”.
10.Turning to 7 mm.
11.Turning it into a taper.
12.From near the center to the tip, shave it in a square with a sander.
Finish with urethane "kigatame ace". The upper side is the repaired chopsticks.

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