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re: [Full Video] 5-Month Build of an American House by Japanese Carpenters
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:33 am to gumbo2176
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:33 am to gumbo2176
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Japanese are masters of joinery work.
As long as you're within 1/4" you can just shoot that sumbitch full of framing nails and call her done.
-Merica
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:36 am to gumbo2176
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When was the last time you saw an American carpenter take out a razor sharp chisel to shave minute layers of wood off a beam used in framing to make it fit just right????
Friend of mine. He learned how to do this stuff. It's wild
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:41 am to fr33manator
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Friend of mine. He learned how to do this stuff. It's wild
It's easy to go down the proverbial "Rabbit Hole" watching Japanese woodworking videos on u-tube. The time and meticulous attention to detail is staggering.
I watched one video where the crew built a traditional pagoda and didn't use a single nail to erect all the framework. It was all joinery and wooden pegs.
Amazing skills.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:41 am to rickgrimes
Just watched that whole video. Awesome shite. I love watching a good craftsman perform his craft, especially as intrinsically perfect as that dude. It's incredible to watch shite line up so perfectly.
Sometimes I like to watch the ones where the dudes build cabins in the woods by themselves. It's cool to see it come together.
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Construction video rabbit holes on YouTube are the best...
Sometimes I like to watch the ones where the dudes build cabins in the woods by themselves. It's cool to see it come together.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:50 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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What's a shame is that house would last 500 years
Japanese homes are only built to last around 30-40 years, I thought.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:53 am to rickgrimes
That house would cost an absolute fortune.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:53 am to gumbo2176
quote:It’s been a minute
When was the last time you saw an American carpenter
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 7:54 am
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:54 am to rickgrimes
Very cool. But I'd like to see him do that work with the quality of wood ordinarily available for and used in the US.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:58 am to rickgrimes
My house was built in about 9-10 months, same with the other houses in my neighborhood. The framing and structure actually go by very quickly. It's all of the electrical, fixtures, interior that takes the longest.
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 8:01 am
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:00 am to rickgrimes
That’s the heaviest wood framing I’ve ever seen.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:06 am to 385 Tiger
quote:out of all the materials that go into your average new build in the US, the rapidly grown white pine lumber is probably the most shitty
quality of wood ordinarily available for and used in the US.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:10 am to rickgrimes
Nice.
No lain on flaming day.
No lain on flaming day.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:13 am to fr33manator
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My baw, the Japanese are to woodworking what the Germans are to metallurgy.
The amish would like to have a word.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:34 am to rickgrimes
Can we get some of them to immigrate instead of the hacks from the south ?
Me being a carpenter I really appreciate the detail ..
Me being a carpenter I really appreciate the detail ..
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:46 am to rickgrimes
What a beautiful well made house. The craftmanship is top notch. Love to see it. 
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:58 am to gumbo2176
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When was the last time you saw an American carpenter take out a razor sharp chisel to shave minute layers of wood off a beam used in framing to make it fit just right????
Probably 40 plus years ago watching my grandfather build houses, back in the day the chisel was probably the third most used tool behind the hammer and saw. As a life long carpenter he would have loved their craftsmanship, as a WWII Vet I doubt he would have gave them a view
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:58 am to rickgrimes
I bet all of y'all DSLD houses are built to the same standards as what these guys did.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:58 am to fr33manator
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No nail?
FIFY
Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:04 am to fr33manator
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No nails?
I have a fully equipped woodworking shop. 95% of the stuff I make has no metal fasteners, nails or screws.
I use a shiy yon of mortise & tenon, half lap, rabbets, castle joints, etc. And hand cut dovetails. And sometimes dowels with the Dowel Max jig.
I'd like to get a hollow chisel mortise, but since I don't, I use my drill press and a chisel for mortises.
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 9:10 am
Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:14 am to rickgrimes
You see some of those wooden joints they carve into furniture and stuff?
Make a house with those same joints and you can throw a double bird at an EF 2 or lower tornado.
Make a house with those same joints and you can throw a double bird at an EF 2 or lower tornado.
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