Carpentry Tools and the History of Japanese Architecture

10 min

Carpenters are amazing!

15 min

Japanese Carpentry Tools
The Skills and the Spirit

22min

Japanese Carpentry Tools
The Skills and the Spirit (Short Version)

Master Carpenter
The World of Temple and Shrine Carpenters

Master Carpenter
The World of Temple and Shrine Carpenters (Short Version)

Sukiya Carpenter
The Creator of Beauty

A Carpenter of Shrines and Temples Speaks

Osumi Style Ridgepole Raising Ceremony

Chochikukyo-The Wooden Modernism of Koji Fujii

The Skills in the Jomon Period in Japan

The Reproduction of Ancient Tools

Split Lumber

The History of Japanese Saws

6min

The History of Japanese Planes

Using a Two-man Frame Saw

Wide-bladed Rip Saw

Two-man Cross-cut Saw

Spearhead Plane

Carpenter’s Square

Inkpot and Inking Pen

Marking Gauges

Drawing Board

Japanese Stereotomy

Hewing axes and adzes

Saws
Basic Saws

Saws 2
Saws by Application

Chisels 1
Striking Chisels and Butt Chisels

8min

Chisels 2Paring and Special Chisels

4min

Carving (shortened version)

5min

Curving

Gimlets

Planes 1
Smoothing Planes

Planes 2
Special Planes 1

Planes 3
Special Planes Part 2

Woodworking Machines

Making an Inkpot

Making a Carpenter’s Square

Making an Axe

Making an Adze

Adze Makers ｰTakagi Junichi and Takagi Toshio

Making an Adze Handle

Making a Double–Edged Saw

Making a Lumberjack’s Saw

7min

Rebirth of a Konoha Crosscut Saw -Miyano Tetsunosuke(shortened version)

Rebirth of a Konoha Crosscut Saw -Miyano Tetsunosuke

39min

Making a Chisel

Making a Plane

The Making of a Plane -Chiyozuru Sadahide, Master Craftsman

Making a Spear-head Plane  (Yariganna)

Making a File

Making a Gimlet

A Maker of Genno Hammers -Kozaburo(shortened version)

A Maker of Genno Hammers -Kozaburo

A Husband and Wife Team of Tool Makers

The Science of Echigo Blacksmiths

Making a Nail

Ingenious Blades and Sharpening

Sharpening of Chisels

Sharpening

Sharpening Stone

Saw Filing

Stepped Gooseneck Splice (shortened version)

Stepped Gooseneck Splice

Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Splice (shortened version)

Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Splice

Mortised Rabbeted Oblique Splice (shortened version)

Mortised Rabbeted Oblique Splice

Beam Connector (shortened version)

Beam Connector

12min

Kyoro Framing Sytem (shortened version)

Kyoro Framing Sytem

Shaving

The Art of Building China’s Ancient Official Structures

Nepalese Woodworking Tools

Nepalase Blacksmiths

Sumba Island in Indonesia – Pointed Roof House and Carpentry Tools

Lumbermen in Kiso

8min

Kitayama Cedar in Kyoto

Wooden Sleigh

Sawyer

22min

Plasterer

Roofing with Bark

Roofing with Wooden Shingles

Making Architectural Metal Works

Shipwright

A Millennium of Tile Roofing-Recreating Ancient Tiles

Hydraulic Lumber

Arrow in a Sake Bottle-Leveraging the Properties of Wood

From Imagination to Actualization-Sakan Craftsman Kusumi Akira

Solecism of Craftsman’s Technique – Sakan Craftsman Kusumi Akira

Japanese Carpentry Tools
The Skill and The Spirit

22min

Master Carpenter
The World of Temple and Shrine Carpenters

18min

Sukiya Carpenter -The Creator of Beauty

20min

Ruler
(YouTube)

Inkpot and Bamboo Pen
(YouTube)

Marking Gauges
(YouTube)

Drawing a Plan Board
(YouTube)

Stereotomy-How to use a Carpenter’s Square
(YouTube)

Hewing axes and adzes
(YouTube)

Saws-Basic Saws
(YouTube)

Saws-Saws by Application
(YouTube)

Chisels-Striking Chisels and Butt Chisels
(YouTube)

Chisels-Paring Chisels and Special Chisels
(YouTube)

Planes-Smoothing Planes
(YouTube)

Planes-Special Planes 1
(YouTube)

Planes (3) -Special Planes part 2-

Drill
(YouTube)

Curving (shortened version)

Arrow in a Sake Bottle -Leveraging the Properties of Wood