Description
Japanese Joinery Intensive
This special class covers the equivalent of 8 standard classes!
- Japanese Woodworking Introduction
- Sharpening with Japanese Waterstone
- Japanese Block Plane and Chisel Set-Up & Use*
- Japanese Saws: Getting a Grip
- Japanese Joinery – Mortises & Tenons
- Japanese Joinery – Advanced Mortise & Tenon
- Japanese Joinery – Kanawa Joint
- Japanese Joinery – Shachi Joint
This is a very special offering – class size is capped at 4 participants!
A schedule outline will be provided upon request.
*Focus on chisel setup & use, block plane setup will be optional.
Prerequisites
None
Tools
Required (BASIC TOOL LIST)
- Japanese sharpening combination water stone 1000/6000 grit
- 1/4” and 1/2” bench chisel (Japanese preferred )
- Japanese saw 210mm ryoba style
- Medium hammer 450-570g
- Marking gauge
- 2-3 sheets 220 wet dry sand paper
- Pencil, square, straight edge, old towel or large rag.
Optional (IDEAL TOOL LIST)
- Japanese sharpening water stone 1000-1200 grit
- Japanese sharpening water stone 3000-4000 grit
- Japanese sharpening water stone 6000-10 000 grit
- 1/4″, 3/8”, 1/2″ and any other size Japanese bench chisels 1” is great.
- 3/8” or 1/2” Japanese push chisel
- Japanese smoothing or block plane 48mm
- Japanese scraper plane (tachiganna) 42mm or 48mm
- Japanese saw 210mm and 240mm ryoba style
- Japanese saw 210mm or 240mm crosscut dozuki (backsaw)
- Medium Japanese hammer 450-570g
- Small Japanese hammer 225g
- Marking gauge
- 2-3 sheets 220 wet dry sand paper
- Beveled straight edge
- Japanese square (sashigane)
- Standard square
- Pencil and old towel or large rag
Contact Mokuchi to purchase tools. As a Japanese tool retailer Mokuchi provides guidance on selecting tools and a student discount.
# of Students
Maximum 4
Time & Location
Mokuchi Studio – Port Jervis NY
9am – 6pm (5 days)
