Japanese woodworking videos
Just for inspiration
Here some of the most interesting videos I ran into on my YouTube searches.
Please feel free to post more in the comments if you have some of interest.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_p7libPJKg&feature=related
My favorite Japanese cabinetmaker.
Tools, floor, workbench.
Cabinetmaker:
How to flatten a board with a kanna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85GrCHbdaJ4
Japanese box maker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qYq4aHoLSU4
Japanese carver.
Mini kanna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj8YKdrmqmA&feature=related
Japanese carver.
With his chisels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyuPa98wd0c&feature=related
Japanese cabinetmaking.
Milling, heat shape, the magic fit drawer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvURVFpqSI&feature=related
Japanese woodworker using the traditional yari kanna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWL7Ep8JGsU&feature=related
Japanese woodworker using the traditional yari kanna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJnZ4YLm7RQ&feature=related
Japanese teacher shows how to set up a kanna.
Mini saw horses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbXdzRJQND0&feature=related
Japanese woodworker making magic shaves and show how to use the body.
Spoke shaves and the xxx kanna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W8jyEI1wWQ&feature=related
Flattening a big slap.
Notice the wall behind…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdFTBoHxaNo&feature=related
Japanese using the traditional axe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ili7NUfBDWw&feature=related
Japanese using the traditional axe.
Notice the dance of the feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMIYoRo2DQ&feature=related
Japanese marking.
Ink pot and pen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNkt3cVxLEc&feature=related
Cabinetmakers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj3KkJXHBW8&feature=related
Bamboo bow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI5MnE1oqDo&feature=related
Bamboo patience…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8-irskO2M0&feature=related
Bamboo more…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fyODs2beEs&feature=related
Cool carpenter with his kanna.
Long beam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfbg-eYcXw&feature=related
Amazing cabinetmaker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85GrCHbdaJ4&feature=related
Amazing cabinet maker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhs_6fUxp8c&feature=relmfu
A chest of drawers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjT-8HMVmU&feature=related
Cabinetmaker.
All process and heat bend method.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgNVCOpYojA&feature=relmfu
Cabinetmaker.
many details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U98YYBeG7NI&feature=relmfu
Cabinet finish surfacer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71W6WnQiOeo&feature=relmfu
Wood nails in use.
Fantastic workshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krUDmQBUAQQ&feature=relmfu
Cabinetmaker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L41Bw4SXJqQ
Knife sheath maker wood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjvICAMiOY&feature=relmfu
Finish and hardware.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZXYh_b-34
Cabinetmaker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwzeONtOAFg
Drawer.
Method I used for the Japanese tool box.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQNyA0SBoVA&feature=relmfu
Japanese shooting board.
Nice details, workshop ways and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6xP9ShD4rk
Inlay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcS6LZT7KI&feature=related
Curtain maker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzW4UeoN8mQ&feature=relmfu
Cabinetmaker.
Wonderful, making a small cabinet of drawers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sGwQ3bMv8
Alternative lathe…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bOj6hhv4qc&feature=related
Japanese shooting board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxSREGh8vHA&NR=1
Update 14072012
Japanese guy sharpening and hammering out a kanna blade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjbRcnESURI
Hammering the kanna blade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omy749ByoVQ&feature=related
Making a kanna body:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nxn25v0GAU&feature=related
Sharpening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUf7mQJvxeo&feature=related
Making an axe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I_GOLkwOoo&feature=related
Wonderful video on how to make cabinet, notice the wonderful old men making dovetails.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRPS9jZuFeA&feature=related
Using a planing board:
http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/30030
Mixed:
https://youtu.be/MV53BM2n4S4
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As said I hope it can bring some inspiration and perhaps some respect also for these masters,
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
23 comments so far
lysdexic
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#1 posted 06-19-2012 10:13 AM
Thank you Mads. What a great resource. You are very kind to share your time and efforts.
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Jamie Speirs
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#2 posted 06-19-2012 10:26 AM
Mads, that is some research.
Oddly enough I use standard planes on the pull
as you cant push in a wheelchair without going
backwards. LoL
Jamie
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
lysdexic
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#3 posted 06-19-2012 10:33 AM
Great quote Jamie. I find the converse to be true as well. Small men revel in the misfortune and suffering of others as I it makes small men feel larger in comparison. I know a lot of folks like that.
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naomi weiss
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#4 posted 06-19-2012 11:50 AM
Wow, tak for posting! It’s so hard to find information about Japanese woodworking online!
-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor
mafe
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#5 posted 06-19-2012 12:39 PM
For contrast…
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
Nate Meadows
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#6 posted 06-19-2012 01:32 PM
Wow, thanks for sharing Mafe. One could spend forever watching all those and trying to learn from them. There is so much to learn!
Your Friend,
Nate
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Mauricio
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#7 posted 06-19-2012 05:06 PM
Great resource Mads, I will definitely work my way through all of these videos.
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Mauricio
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#8 posted 06-19-2012 06:30 PM
The mitered box joints on the third video are absurd!!! In a good way though, wow all that work for a joint that will be hidden.
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
Joe Watson
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#9 posted 06-19-2012 06:55 PM
Mafe any videos of how to make a handle for a pull style saw? I have a cheap plastic handled pull saw that the handle broke would like to make one wasn’t sure how its done. I have an idea but would like verification.
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DaddyZ
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#10 posted 06-19-2012 07:25 PM
What a list of videos !!
-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one
David Kirtley
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#11 posted 06-19-2012 07:59 PM
Mafe: The second video labeled flattening a board with a kanna and a couple others is a 6 part series. Here is a playlist with all 6 in order. He does much more than flatten the board ;)
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SebLolo
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#12 posted 06-19-2012 08:46 PM
Thx a lot MaFe. Many interesting and instructive videos!
Seb
mafe
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#13 posted 06-20-2012 12:29 PM
Thank you guys,
David thank you, I have watched them all, he is a inspiration.
Joe, no Japanese vid on the subject, but look at these two, it might be a inspiration:
http://toolmakingart.com/2009/01/26/repairing-a-japanese-saw/
http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=162903
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
jjw5858
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#14 posted 06-23-2012 02:09 AM
Thanks Mads, this is a great blog to learn more with all of these videos. Thanks for taking the time!
-- "Always continue to learn, laugh and share!" JJW
mafe
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#15 posted 06-23-2012 11:04 AM
;-)
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
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