Elegant japanese wood fence styles.
Japanese roof 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.
You ll use familiar tools like the router to make the end panels and a dowel jig to make the some of the joinery.
In this series i explore different wood joinery techniques.
It involves building wooden furniture without the use of nails screws glue or electric tools.
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This is not a how to video.
Many of our projects plans and kits are in japanese style design but we do employ some traditional american joinery and western style building techniques.
Japanese post and beam also reduces the use of diagonal bracing in their buildings by using a large number of pieces in the framework creating a layering effect which creates structural integrity.
Japanese carpentry was developed more than a millennium ago from ancient chinese wooden architecture influence and uses distinctive woodworking joints.
For example our azumayas use rafters ridge beam rafter ties and modern connectors which are mostly concealed instead of the traditional japanese way of constructing roofs.
Traditional japanese carpentry is renowned for its intricacy craftsmanship and durability most of which is accomplished without the use of nails relying instead on precise measuring cutting and use of a variety of joinery techniques.
The advantages of having japanese joinery is the fact that they are incredibly durable tough flexible visually appealing and material efficient.
This framework traditionally starts with larger building members at the base of the structure with large spans between the timber and terminates at the roof with much smaller pieces spaced more closely together.
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Using techniques handed down in guilds and families for centuries japanese builders would fit wooden beams together without any external fasteners.
Just sit back and join me on my venture to find beautiful joinery.
Long before screws and metal fastenings became de rigueur japanese builders had mastered the art of wood joinery.