Japanese Woodworking Tip – "Kigoroshi"
Japanese Woodworking Tip – "Kigoroshi"
Stop watching, and start making!
Has this video inspired you to want to start creating your own works of art? If so, you’re probably not satisfied simply watching someone else work, right? What I think you really want to do is feel the texture of the wood with your own fingers, smooth the surface of a piece of timber with a hand plane, and put together pieces of timber that you crafted with your own hands. I’m not wrong, am I? Then I urge you to visit the following link.
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Tools used in the video
Z double-edged 240
Tsunehiro bench chisels
the video wastes a lot of time, the explanation is incomplete, and it really doesn’t seem useful. the only way this would make a better joint is if you compressed the wood while it is slightly oversized, and then planed it doen to size, so that the compressed area of the wood would expand larger than the gap it’s filling.
also kinda weird how in a demonstration about that hammer denting the wood, you rather carelessly dent the wood with the hammer all over.
“This is a photo taken after 10 minutes”
*Show’s video*
Me: I believe him.
Watching these Japanese craftsmen do their work is like attending a symphony, beautiful.
Can’t you just use a square drill bit 🤣
That is just so beautiful to watch perfection in joining wood. Good tips to know as well. Thank you for sharing.
Having worked with wood for over sixty years, this is a great video and a beautiful example of how to use Japanese tools to make a near perfect joint. I would trade some of my chisels which have been handed down through the years and are kept razor sharp to have a few of those chisels that are being used. They have a deliberate concave area in the back but a perfect cutting edge which can be kept sharp on the front which is where the work is done. Thank you for posting a most excellent video and how 1.2k people give this a thumbs down I will never know, perhaps they don’t understand tools and how to use them. Much respect from an old woodworker!
木殺しではなく継ぎ手では？
Boy. You could shave with them chisels !
Umm.. Wouldn’t the gap re-appear once the wood dries up? Or am I missing something?
This is sooooo much more difficult than this expert makes it look !!! Amazing!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Glue works too
Just saying 🙃
Beautiful I recently started to get into wood working after taking apart and restoring some of my grandfathers old tools and while they are western style tools planes etc I find the Japanese approach to wood working to be very calming so I had to subscribe
I love those tools.
In Germany we do it as well
Even the pencil they use is nice. I only use my Kurutoga for writing.
Always a pleasure! Would like to buy more Japanese tools, but so expensive in the UK.
What is the purpose of hammering the wood before joining the two pieces together?
you could just use a table saw with a dado blade.
Nostalgic 🙌🏾
Beautiful! How strong are these joints if you don’t use any glue?
Do not use chisels for prying or scraping. If the piece is cut properly the chunks will fall away.
Thank you for sharing
what will happen when that moist will dry after few days? will that gap shown again?
Totally love how Japanese build/rebuild structures using this type of woodworking joinery.
They should teach this in Mexico so when the construction workers seek in our country , at least they will have the knowledge to build something correctly. Instead of the half ass Mexpert quality
Before you do anything you must first learn to put the right edge on the blade and well as know the wood
It’s not rocket science is it ?
Nice tip thank you
made in Japan by a master craftsman is what we want, made in China by slave labour is what we get
When I use those expensive chisels from Japan ($$) they have a concave back so I am not able to keep alignment in some circumstances. the chisels from the US are junk with poor steel hardness and expectedly a quick rate of dullness in white oak or walnut. I have the Martin T60C with a dado program asking how far from the end is the dado at cross grain, depth of dado, width of dado and it tells one how many passes for the dado or regular square kerf blade as used. Some dados are 2.5" X 5.5" for beam work to match another like size beam. It is perfect off the saw with flat floor cuts and a nice fit using a 350MM German blade. When I bought the saw I did not realize this dado software was in the package. One can tighten or loosen the fit by .001" due to some woods (even with a fresh blade) cut differently than others. It can take 3-4 weeks to get a new blade from Germany. I can cut 40-42 dados in a day and never look back.
im not a woodworker but i love watching these videos
What’s the pencil used looks interesting
Now they use CNC to the work, hand tools? What is that?
Beautiful
As a musical instrument maker, it’s fascinating to see cabinetmaking done to the same level of skill as expected in violin making. Great work.
cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott
I use wood hammer instead of iron hammer to knock on my wood working.
Btw, thank you for sharing your technique. I think I need those very sharp chisel.
Best work
How can I get started? What is the first step?
I expected something else with ‘making perfect joints’
これ木殺しじゃない。
Thanks
I’m sure you will find amazing woodworking plans on the Woodglut website.
Thank you for sharing this information, it is very wise knowing how the wood will work by compressing fibers, addition of moisture and also warning NOT to bruise the wood permanently with the hammer. Please keep up this good work, and also posting more videos.
Could that be a permanent fix without glue screws or dowels ?
This time I will use Woodprix plans for this.
Beautiful.. I wish my chisels were that sharp.. Looked effortless..
Great!
The name of the chisels is Tsunehiro. Unfortunately the blacksmith of these chisels has passed away years ago, so it’s virtually impossible to get the same ones.
The quality of chisels matters a lot for sure, but if you want to bring out the full potential of your chisels, you must acquire proper sharpening skills. If you want to learn how to sharpen your blade super sharp, go to http://diyjapanesejoinery.com/course/. The first month is free.
Brilliant!! Literally making a series of joints almost identical to this one…. Very helpful thank you
Nothing special about this.