Nakajima TSUNAGO User manual

Readthismanualthoroughlybeforeusingtousethisproductsafely.
ThereisacertainlevelofskillinvolvedinusingTSUNAGOeffectively.
Thisprocesswillbemadeeasierbyreferringtothismanual.
AvideoonhowtousetheTSUNAGOhasbeenreleasedonYouTube.Lookfor“HowtousetheTSUNAGO” .
TSUNAGOUserʼsManual
Firstopenuparecessholeattherearofthepencil.TurntheTSUNAGOcap
tomatchitupwithdialsetting[1].Inserttherearendofthepencilandrotate
itclockwise.
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2. Checkthatthepenciliscenteredbylightlypressingtherearendofthepencil
downonthecutterbeforecutting. Theholecuttingprocessmaycausethehole
cuttobeslightlyoffcenterdependingontheshapeandsizeofthepencilinuse.
4. Afteropeningupthisrecess,lightlytapthepenciltogetridofanyresidueleft
intherecesshole.
1.Takecarenottoinjureyourselfwiththepointofthepencilwhencuttingout
arecessholeintherearofthepencil.Excessiveforcemaybreakthewooden
partofthepencil.
(Useawoodworkadhesiveforrepairsifthisbreaks)
3.Cutarecessholeoutoftherearofthepenciluntilthetipofthepencilreaches
theredline.

Next,carveoutaprotrusionontheotherpencil.Turnthecaptomatchit
upwithdialsetting[2].Insertthepencilandcarveitdown.Finally,setthedial
tosetting[3],inserttheprotrudedpartandcleanupthecutoutpart.
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•Childrenaretousethisproductinasafemannerundertheguidanceofaguardianoranadult.Storeitoutofthereachofsmallchildren.
• Avoidjoiningtwolongpencilsastheresultingpencilwillbetoolongtouse.Keepthelengthofjoinedpencilstoaround18cmandunder.
• Thisprocessisdifficulttoperformwhenthepencilsaretoosmall.Joinpencilsbeforetheybecometooshortifpossible.
• TSUNAGOismainlysuitedforusejoininghexagonalandroundpencilswithadiameterof7mmto8mm.
Thecorediametermustbelessthan3mm.
• Thisproductcannotbeusedwithpencilswithmetal,resin,rubberorothermaterialsandpaper-basedpencils.
• Thisproductcomeswithashavingbladeandacutter.Takeduecarewhenhandling.
• Donotdismantlethisproductunderanycircumstances.
• Youmayformblistersonyourfingerswhenopeningholesinnumerouspencilsatonce.
• Takecarenottoinjureyourselfonthepointofthepencilwhenopeningarecessholeonashort,shavedpencil.
• Sealjoinedpencilswithawoodworkadhesive.
Youwillnotbeabletousearegularpencilsharpeneronthejoinedpencilwhenitisnotsealedintoposition.
• Pleasebeawarethattheprice,use,designandsizeofthisproductmaychangewithoutnoticeinordertoimprovethisproduct.
Cautionsforuse Pleasereadbeforeuse.
NAKAJIMAJUKYUDOCO.,LTD.
7-3-28,Miyakenaka,Matsubara-city,Osaka,Japan.
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7.Makesuretouseawoodworkadhesivetofirmlyfixjoinedpiecesintoposition.
Quicklywipeoffanyexcessadhesiveonthesidesandwaitforittodry.Once
completelyset,aregularpencilsharpenercanbeusedonthejoinedpencil.
5.Ifyoufinditdifficulttocarveoutaprotrusionwithdialsetting[2],smooththe
protrusionoutusingdialsetting[3].Youshouldbeabletoeasilycarveouta
protrusionwithdialsetting[2]aftersmoothing.
Keepcarvinguntilarightangleisformedasshownintheimagebelow.
6. Aftercarvingoutaprotrusionwithsetting[2],makesuretocleanupthewood
shavingswithsetting[3]beforeinsertingintotherecessholewhilegently
rotating.Notdoingsteps(4)and(6)maycausethewoodtobreakwhenjoining
thetwopiecestogether.Adjustthepositionasneededifthepencilinsertedisa
littleoffcenterfromtherecesshole.
Beawarethatthepencilscannotbejoinedproperlywhenthedepthoftherecess
holeisinsufficient.
Youcanalsocleanuptheprotrusionwithdialsetting[3].
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