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Description:
The Complete Japanese Joinery provides the western woodworker
with a practical and comprehensible guide to Japanese joinery. Included
are over a hundred splicing (tsugite) and connecting (shiguchi) joints
with detailed, illustrated, step-by-step instructions and explanations
of their uses. Both very simple and highly complex joints are included,
and some modern simplifications are shown along with more difficult
traditional methods. In addition, there are valuable wood construction
techniques which can easily be incorporated into the western woodworker's
building methods to improve the quality of their structures. A glossary
of the Japanese names of joints and methods gives clear English definitions
and intriguing literal translations.
This extensive comdendium was originally published
separately in two volumes. The amalgamation of Japanese Joinery and
Japanese Woodworking provides the first complete resource on Japanese
joinery for the western carpenter and woodworker.
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