DIY Japanese Joinery

DIY Japanese Joinery Japanese Joinery is a traditional technique to connect timbers. Hi, my name is Hisao Zen, the creator and author of this site.

I created this website for enthusiastic woodworking beginners to learn the methods and techniques of the art of Japanese Joinery. On this website, you will find many tips and hints that you can use for your own projects. Including the most basic of basics, such as the characteristics of the wood, how to read timber grain and how to mark out the stocks. I will also share how to take care of trad

itional Japanese carpentry tools, and the details of various joints. There are plenty of pictures, illustrations, movies, plans, and templates with each project. After reading the information on this site, try putting the lessons into practice, and in the process, experience the knowledge and excellence of those who have developed these techniques. The potential to create beautiful art lies in your hands!

Besides you want to make sure to skew your plane when planing knots to reduce the resistance. You should avoid fighting ...
01/12/2022

Besides you want to make sure to skew your plane when planing knots to reduce the resistance. You should avoid fighting against knots. If you dare, your blade is highly likely to chip. And for the same reason of reducing resistance, you want to slice the stock as thin as possible. To achieve this the sole of your plane should be carefully conditioned.
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A crown-sawn (plane sawn) board has its front and back like a human. In Japanese woodworking, we refer to the bark side ...
25/11/2022

A crown-sawn (plane sawn) board has its front and back like a human. In Japanese woodworking, we refer to the bark side of a crown-sawn board as the front and the pith side as the back.

How to tell the top and bottom of a timber?In Japanese joinery, we make sure that timber boards are used as they occurre...
22/11/2022

How to tell the top and bottom of a timber?

In Japanese joinery, we make sure that timber boards are used as they occurred in nature as trees. For instance, while building a house, we always use the posts facing the right way up.

But how can you tell which end is the top and which is the bottom?

18/11/2022

Note: In fact, the back must be flattened before the portion is completely gone.

14/11/2022

This rule applies not only to door frames, but to all mortise and tenon joints. “Don't cut down the female piece before assembly”

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fir
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fir

19/10/2021

Drawer handle attached with concealed sliding dovetail




















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16/10/2021




















Working on drawers
15/10/2021

Working on drawers



















21/09/2021

Tool Trolley Episode 7 has now been released!

Everything is done except for the drawers, but I can't catch up with the
video editing😛















30/08/2021

TOOL TROLLEY EPISODE 5 AND 6 ARE OUT!





















12/08/2021

New project video "Tool trolley" has been released!
26/07/2021

New project video "Tool trolley" has been released!














JUICHI by Usui Kengo bought in '97寿一 碓氷健吾
21/07/2021

JUICHI by Usui Kengo bought in '97

寿一 碓氷健吾














Tokonoma Japanese alcove
08/07/2021

Tokonoma Japanese alcove






















Base of tool trolley
01/07/2021

Base of tool trolley

















Tool trolley
26/06/2021

Tool trolley



















Completed a simple tatami room
22/06/2021

Completed a simple tatami room





















Wonder land in Takayama高山大工道具屋
18/06/2021

Wonder land in Takayama
高山大工道具屋


















Setting the hoop of a chiselのみカツラおさめ
15/06/2021

Setting the hoop of a chisel
のみカツラおさめ


















For my next video project!
11/06/2021

For my next video project!

















Japanese style renovation 床脇筆返し几帳面海老束
09/06/2021

Japanese style renovation

床脇
筆返し
几帳面
海老束


















床脇 筆返し #床の間 #床脇
09/06/2021

床脇 筆返し
















#床の間
#床脇

Shoji screens with double lattice.障子両面組子
04/06/2021

Shoji screens with double lattice.
障子両面組子





















"Nagadai" is a plane dedicated to squaring up and straightening the edge of boards, therefore needs to be tuned with 4 c...
02/06/2021

"Nagadai" is a plane dedicated to squaring up and straightening the edge of boards, therefore needs to be tuned with 4 contact points.

The side which goes down when planing is made thicker than the other side, so it can be repeatedly fixed back to the right angle if the plane body becomes out of square.

長台下端調整

















Don't see much benefit of the "tsutsumi" so I have removed it.
31/05/2021

Don't see much benefit of the "tsutsumi" so I have removed it.
















Another lock down in Melbourne. Keep calm and carry on sharpening👍
29/05/2021

Another lock down in Melbourne. Keep calm and carry on sharpening👍



















newspaper is the best to keep constant moisture level😊
25/05/2021

newspaper is the best to keep constant moisture level😊

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