Thread: more japanese crafts

Brilliant site, Bela. I just had a look at a couple of the Edo joinery vids. Fascinating to watch that guy sitting on the floor using his foot as a clamp, as well as the use of heat during the glue up process.

Pity it's in streaming windows media format: always seems to be a bit flaky on the Mac.

Well spotted, and thanks for the link.

Originally Posted by zenwood

Brilliant site, Bela. I just had a look at a couple of the Edo joinery vids. Fascinating to watch that guy sitting on the floor using his foot as a clamp, as well as the use of heat during the glue up process.

Pity it's in streaming windows media format: always seems to be a bit flaky on the Mac.

Well spotted, and thanks for the link.

Some say it can be saved,(the video)i have only seen one ,off a cd.Plan to record them all .I love to see others at work.Always get some ideas.Love to learn from other peoples experience/example
Regards ,Bela

Just brilliant. What a pleasure to watch that master crafstman employ real Darkside methods to produce a stunning peice of art. Apart from Zen`s observations, i also loved seeing him using the string to clamp up the miter and the little 90deg ply splines he inserted into it, and hand plaining the rounds. And the shooting board was as simple as you could get, just a board on blocks. The bench hook that is used to pair the joins on the drawer sides and then flips it on end for a support to cut the dovetais was a ripper. And how good were the simplistic way he made the drawers, and tapped in the wooden pegs, then the drawers slid in just perfect. The finished peice was just truley stunning. A pure joy for any woodie to apreciate. The site is firmly in my favourits and has to take place in the top of the pile in the inspirational web site section. Well done Bela for posting it

If their are any of our Japanese speaking brothers out theirthat could let me know what the brew is thats being applied to the Paulownia Chest on page 7 vid number 5 thanx

Hmm: anyone know how to save streaming WMF files on a mac? The format really spoils such a wonderful site.

Well, I've just had a look at the 'Edo Joinery' page. Each of those links under the [Narrowband] and [Broadband] sections can be right-clicked and 'save as' on my linux box. Have you got a 3 button mouse on your Mac? If not, you might have to Control-Click to get the drop down menu.

The actual links are there, so it's not really a streaming media site, although it might look like it if you don't notice how it's doing it.

Links:

http://www.kanko.metro.tokyo.jp/tra/...ashimono01.wmv
http://www.kanko.metro.tokyo.jp/tra/...ashimono02.wmv
http://www.kanko.metro.tokyo.jp/tra/...ashimono03.wmv
http://www.kanko.metro.tokyo.jp/tra/...ashimono04.wmv
http://www.kanko.metro.tokyo.jp/tra/...ashimono05.wmv

The saved movie plays fine in linux, so I can't imagine it being a problem on your mac

Great to see you are enjoying the videos.Have a look at some of the other stuff as well, ie. the bamboo screens ,the fishing rods ,tokio frames etc.I long been fan of japanese metalwork and have interest in other crafts that somewhat overlap.Have a look at the previous jap.craft links as well.
http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/index-E.html
Regards ,Bela

Nothing real flash but i found it interesting just the same.
Sinjin
http://www.miki-kanamono.gr.jp/dento.../index.html#01

if you hit the back button a couple of times it leads onto some really good links.
such as.
http://www.miki-kanamono.gr.jp/dento/english/index.html

Top Site thanks


Rgds

Great link Bela - thanks for that. I just love the old artisan's skills shown here. Interesting how the western and eastern methods so closely align - making up panes, tongue and groove, etc. Good stuff!