Japanese Woodworking Joinery

If you ve built furniture or casework you ll enjoy the easy introduction to japanese woodworking techniques in this combination of western and japanese joinery.

Japanese woodworking joinery. It s a strong interesting joint that andrew hunter cuts by hand. What is japanese joinery. This is actually a compilation of two japanese books that were translated to english one on woodworking in general tools and techniques and one on joinery. Long before screws and metal fastenings became de rigueur japanese builders had mastered the art of wood joinery.

We decided to make a video about amazing the art of traditional japanese wood joinery i edited the script rewrote the content new voices were recorded new effects work new music new footage. Centuries before the invention of screws and fasteners japanese carpentries created their own beautiful and effective woodworking joints known as joinery closely related to japanese architecture. It was interesting to skim the first book and see how woodworking in japan differs from the west. Therefore its target is only solid wood.

There s so much info here. Japanese woodworking and joinery is the wisdom of how to coax freewheeling solid wood and make things as intended. You ll use familiar tools like the router to make the end panels and a dowel jig to make the some of the joinery. It is the work of tightly slotting together pieces of timber or lumber to hold together and produce more complicated items.

Using techniques handed down in guilds and families for centuries japanese builders would fit wooden beams together without any external fasteners. Is this technique still being used. Used to construct everything from temples to cabinetry japanese wood joinery involves the elaborate process of slotting pieces of lumber or timber together to produce interlocking japanese wood joints. To show the most amazing view of traditional japanese wood joints.

It doesn t get too in depth but i picked up some useful tips. The shapes of the cuts themselves range in intricacy and have hundreds of variations with 48 outlined in the well respected guide the art of japanese joinery by kiyosi seike.