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Hand Tools, Routers, Japanese Joinery and More – New on DVD

Pop Wood Editors — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:56:21 +0000

From mastering hand tools to router basics, 18th-century joinery to Japanese hand tools and joinery, you’ll find it all among the five new DVD selections now available to order at ShopWoodworking.com (and four of them are on “pre-sale” which means you save 20 percent if you order before the DVDs arrive in the warehouse). “Handsaws: … Read more »

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NEW: ‘Japanese Hand Tools & Joinery’

Pop Wood Editors — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:37:40 +0000

If you were one of the 450 people at Woodworking in America 2011, then hopefully you were able to fit in one of Jay van Arsdale’s sessions on Japanese tools and joinery. But if not (or for those who were there but want a refresher), we now have the next-best thing to learning from Jay … Read more »

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My Plane is Larger Than Yours

Ajax Alexandre — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:25:01 +0000

Our friend Jay van Arsdale sent us this link from what looks to be a Japanese woodworking event similar to Woodworking in America. Do you have a plane that can do this? – Ajax Alexandre Follow-up from Jay van Arsdale: The large plane used in the video is called a “beam plane” and is generally … Read more »

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Precut – Modern Japanese Timber Construction

Ajax Alexandre — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:40:43 +0000

Last week, author and craftsman, Jay van Arsdale, founder of Daiku Dojo, a Japanese Woodworking group and one of our WIA 2011 instructors, sent me this link to a video on some of the technology that is being employed in Japan to combat the diminishing work force of skilled carpenters and the desire to eliminate … Read more »

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A Teacup & 8 Dinner Plates

Article Index — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:40:45 +0000

Not only living beings retain a soul; some objects do as well.By Toshio Odate Pages: 52-55From the October 2011 issue #192 Buy the issue nowThe word “Pantheism” is defined as “the religious belief or philosophical doctrine, which identifies the universe with God.” And, “The doctrine that God is not a personality, but that all laws, forces and manifestations, etc. of the universe are God.” God is everything and everything is God.WEB SITE: Shinto beliefs are among the oldest recorded religious ideologies in the world. Read more about Shinto and its lasting effect on Japanese culture. TO BUY: “Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit, and Use,” by Toshio Odate. IN OUR STORE: Toshio’s Ash Dining Table story appears in two parts in our August 2010 and October 2010 issues.From the October 2011 issue #192 Buy the issue now Read more »

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Japanese Garden Bench Sketchup Model

Robert W. Lang — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:46:32 +0000

This is a model of a simple bench project featured in an article by editor Christopher Schwarz and former managing editor Kara Gephart. Read more »

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Jatoba Bench

Article Index — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:54:01 +0000

Ebony spacers and plugs add visual interest to this indoor-outdoor design. By Bert Johansen Pages: 49-55 From the June 2008 issue #169 Buy this issue now My lovely wife asked me to build a bench for our entry hall. After considering the intended space – which consists of an 11′ wall – I initially planned … Read more »

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Magobei’s Dining Table: Part 1

Article Index — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:14:41 +0000

A table built for a ‘rags to riches’ patron becomes the perfect project for an accomplished protégé. By Toshio Odate Page: 40From the August 2010 issue #184 Buy this issue nowAll these years, my assistant, Laure Olender, has not only been working with me doing woodwork, she also takes photographs (including those in this article), edits my articles and assists me at lectures and demonstrations. I thought she was ready to do her own large project from beginning to end. I brought up several traditional Japanese woodworking projects, but every one of them had some small, complicated, technical detail that did not fit well for her first large project.I came up with the dining table idea and thought this to be the perfect project for her, so we made a plan. I explained all the necessary concepts to her before she started on the project, as I have many wishes, thoughts, traditions and ideologies about this dining table.Article: Christopher Schwarz takes Toshio Odate's sharpening stones for a test drive. Article: Build an Asian-inspired coffee table with step-by-step instructions. Web site: Learn the history behind traditional Japanese woodworking techniques. To buy: The best way to discover Japanese woodworking is with a Toshio Odate book. In our store: Discover how to hand cut traditional woodworking joints. Read more »

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Nakashima-Inspired Table

Pop Wood Editors — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:02:00 +0000

Most of the lumber used by George Nakashima was sawn from the log under his supervision. Read more »

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