Traditional Joinery

[Rob Luter]

Ran across this and had to share. Some pretty precise joinery. There are many more.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1pvUlQgYtk#t=65

[Harold Burrell]

Wow...that was like...awesome!

[Jim Koepke]

+1 on the awesome!

jtk

[Reinis Kanders]

Grain does not mach though:)
Looks like a doug fir, does it?

[Caspar Hauser]

Cedar by the look of it.

[Sam Beagle]

I wish, at some point in my life, that I could even comprehend 1/10 of how they do that. My brain is starving for knowledge. No teacher, and I live far from any schools

[Jim Matthews]

This is what happens when you let construction workers play with Lego blocks.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Japanese-Joinery-Hideo-Sato/dp/0881791210

[Rob Luter]

Here's another one that's impressive:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97NdFOeQ-fk

[Paul Sidener]

I'd like to see them layout and cut the first one. Very impressive, the fit looked perfect.

[David B. Morris]

Thanks for posting this. I would love to apprentice in Japan!

[Winton Applegate]

My brain is starving for knowledge. No teacher, and I live far from any schools
I have a similar dilemma :
I'm starving for some ice cream and I don't think I have the strength to make it to the store.

The Library
my man
It's called The Library
and
Inter Library loan if you are really out in the sticks.

That is where I got my first dose of Japanese jointery VHS before there was You Tube.

[Winton Applegate]

That is truly beautiful !
I can just see some really talented and competent guy starting to make a joint like that on a job site in America.
Would get canned for sure.
Then they would put some sheet metal on both sides and hammer drill drive a bunch of screws all over the place and stand back and admire it not even noticing the pronounced kink.
Then for the pièce de résistance stand around and gossip for longer than it took to cut that joint.
Good thing we fired that time waster.
Sheeesh
did you see all those lines !?
Good thing we caught him before he "ruined" those expensive planks.

[Pat Barry]

I suppose that they use some Titebond III in there for the final assembly since its obviously an outdoor project but they get high marks for creative joinery. Looks a bit stronger than the good old scarf joint.

[Winton Applegate]

On the bird's mouth joint if he put it together off the hand saw I was going to kill myself.
Wheuuuu
that was close.
That was a nice touch how he made the second half in another room, walked in and put it together without a hitch.

[Winton Applegate]

And I notice he solved the problem of his hammer handle hitting the floor by putting the hammer handle up in his poch.

[Joshua Hancock]

Found a video of them starting the joint shown in the first one.
http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/hand-tools/a-traditional-locking-scarf-jointnot-so-traditionally-made_o.aspx

[Patrick McCarthy]

Rob, that was beautiful to watch.

[Jerry Olexa]

Thanks for posting!! Great work!

[Ryan Baker]

Always love seeing joints like that! Good stuff!