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Common questions about Japanese woodworking tools

This video answers common questions about Japanese woodworking tools and how they are used in everyday woodworking. It explains what makes these tools unique, how to choose the right ones, and how to ...
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Help us solve, 'The Mystery Tool'

Do you recognize this tool? This Japanese tool is part of the East Asian collection at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures at the University of Illinois (www.spurlock.illinois.edu). The 30.7 cm long ...
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Japanese woodworking tools : their tradition, spirit, and use / Toshio Ōdate ; [photographs by Brian Gulick, except where noted ; drawings by Toshio Ōdate]

"A Fine woodworking book"--T.p. verso. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!197038~!0#focus ...
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Celebrating the beauty of Japanese carpentry tools

If you’ve ever wondered what stands behind the smooth, exquisite surfaces of Japanese craft and architecture, an exhibition that celebrates Japanese carpentry tools and techniques provides many ...
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Japan House Los Angeles opens exhibition honoring Japanese carpenters

LOS ANGELES — Japan House Los Angeles has announced the opening of “Masters of Carpentry: Melding Forest, Skill and Spirit” honoring Japanese daiku, or master carpenters. The exhibition will be on ...
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The care and use of Japanese woodworking tools : saws, planes, chisels, marking gauge, stones / Kip Mesirow, Ron Herman

Originally published: Woburn, Mass. : Woodcraft Supply Corp., 1975. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full ...