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Thread: Amazing skill.
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20th January 2013, 01:46 PM #1
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Amazing skill.
There is a video at 大阪泉州桐箪笥 ~の技~ vol.2 - YouTube showing a team of Japanese craftsmen making a cabinet. The skill they have is mind blowing. There workbench is the floor and their vice is their foot. Well worth watching. This video was just posted in another thread but I was so stunned I thought it deserved a home of its own.
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20th January 2013, 02:26 PM #2
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Nice video! I like the test fitting of the drawers...such an accurate slip fit that pushing one drawer in forces the other one out by air pressure alone.
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20th January 2013, 02:42 PM #3
I'd love to know what sort of timber they are using.
If I made a set of drawers that acted like pistons there'd be only one day that they'd work correctly, and that's the day they were made.
What happens when the humidity changes??
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20th January 2013, 03:22 PM #4
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The first couple of guys; I bet their chisel once where quite a bit longer.
From what I remember speed it just as important as quality to the Japanese traditional craftsman.
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20th January 2013, 06:35 PM #5
Hi Ian
I suspect that was Paulonia (or Powton). It is very soft and light, similar to Balsa. I have used it a little. It is much prized for boxes and furniture.
I have seen that video before. I noticed two new features this time: the first was that the dovetailer was lubricating his chisel in what looked like wax. I've not seen that before. The other was that the drawers tapered in sized downward rather than upward, as is more common in the West.
Regards from Perth
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20th January 2013, 10:01 PM #6
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The true trade of "cabinet making"
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20th January 2013, 10:28 PM #7
Derek, is Paulonia stable despite changes in humidity?
I was under the impression that all timber moved to some extent or other, but those drawers leave little room for any sort of movement.
I am curious because there's a bloke just over the border who sells the stuff. Might be worth a drive
Ian
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21st January 2013, 01:22 PM #8
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21st January 2013, 02:46 PM #9
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24th January 2013, 07:39 PM #10
Thank you for sharing very interesting.