Ingenious Japanese Wood Joinery
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Everyone has their fetish, and Dorian Bracht‘s is joinery. This Berlin-based artist’s obsession with the craft is demonstrated on YouTube where he regularly uploads videos of his projects. Bracht warns his viewers upfront: “This is not a ‘how to’ video,” he says. “Just sit back and join me on my venture to find beautiful joinery!” (no period here) And it really is beautiful. Using Western and traditional Japanese joinery techniques, he creates some of the most delicate joints without nails or glue – with only wood and his tools.
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Everyone has their fetish, and Dorian Bracht‘s is joinery. This Berlin-based artist’s obsession with the craft is demonstrated on YouTube where he regularly uploads videos of his projects. Bracht warns his viewers upfront: “This is not a ‘how to’ video,” he says. “Just sit back and join me on my venture to find beautiful joinery!” (no period here) And it really is beautiful. Using Western and traditional Japanese joinery techniques, he creates some of the most delicate joints without nails or glue – with only wood and his tools.
And this is how a truly good carpenter can make sturdy, beautiful furniture with no glue or metal. We have a pair of chairs done that way and they were expensive and worth every penny. They will never come apart.
Very clever,I do wonder though how many are "normal" wood working joints compared to just a bit of showing off ;)
I love the dovetail/tenon combo (at 0:40). I'll have to see about trying that sometime.
Just brilliant, and as other commenters pointed out, very satisfying...
many of these joints would be extremely difficult to machine by hand, plus misalignment during assembly would be quite likely to damage the lumber. I see no threat to bed-bolts and t-nuts :)
Load More Replies...That's not only Japanese. It's also used by every German carpenter...
Why is it so satisfying to see pieces of woods fit each other perfectly.
"I'm going to cut this long piece of wood into two intricate pieces, and then push them back together to make one big piece again".
And this is how a truly good carpenter can make sturdy, beautiful furniture with no glue or metal. We have a pair of chairs done that way and they were expensive and worth every penny. They will never come apart.
Very clever,I do wonder though how many are "normal" wood working joints compared to just a bit of showing off ;)
I love the dovetail/tenon combo (at 0:40). I'll have to see about trying that sometime.
Just brilliant, and as other commenters pointed out, very satisfying...
many of these joints would be extremely difficult to machine by hand, plus misalignment during assembly would be quite likely to damage the lumber. I see no threat to bed-bolts and t-nuts :)
Load More Replies...That's not only Japanese. It's also used by every German carpenter...
Why is it so satisfying to see pieces of woods fit each other perfectly.
"I'm going to cut this long piece of wood into two intricate pieces, and then push them back together to make one big piece again".
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