re: Japanese carpentry is at another level

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Go to Kyoto

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You can't be a tourist in Kyoto without coming across as a dooshbag now.

I'll tell you one thing... he didn't get that lumber at Lowe's or HD

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Lee Valley

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I ordered the veritas low angle jack plane during the seconds sale week before last. It arrived and the package had obviously been wet during UPS transit. Opened it up and the plane is ruined by rust.
Contacted Lee Valley, sent pics and they’re sending me a new one. It’ll be a “first” since they’re out of seconds. No difference in price. Great customer service is rare these days.

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It always has been. They've perfected their craft (most any craft they take on) and take pride in passing it down and learning it. They value those skills on a level that we just don't.

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This is basically a line from The Last Samurai.

I subscribe to that guy's channel, he is a master carpenter. But his joinery is not very complex. He will even tells you that because he found over the years, complex joints do not have much benefit with modern glues and fasteners. He uses a lot of m/tenon, butt, half laps, scarf and rabbit joints. But I would suggest that their joinery is no different that anything you can find in a western culture. They did not invent those joints, those can be found in western cultures for thousands of years.

That particular dude is a wiz with a circular saw. He has like 5 different circular saws and not a table saw in sight. But if you go watch some of those guys in the northwest that specialize in timber frame construction, you will find the same skills. If you like this work, go watch Essential Craftsmen. That dude is a wiz with a worm drive circular saw too.

I would suggest that most people do not know that woodworking and carpentry are two different things all though most of the same skillset. You can not compare building a house to making a piece of fine furniture; two skill sets.

I still have not see anyone much better than Norm Abrahams, and he specialized in just trying to find projects and demonstrations for normal weekend warrior woodworkers.

One place I do find that Japanese are superior is in their pull saws. They are so much easier to use than a traditional push saw. After watching him I can see they different version of those saws. I am on a mission to get some smaller ones. I am thinking of buying a couple of Japanese pull planes to add to my collection as well. I also want to add a set of Japanese chisels, apparently the fuller in the back of it makes it easer to control the chisel when cutting.

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I love look and sturdiness of wood I just hate how it's diameter can change depending on the weather.

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Because when wood swells or shrinks it does it across the grain, not along the grain. Boards to not get longer when they get wet, they swell. So there is enough tolerance in the joint so that as the wood swells with humidity it make the joint stronger. When its dry and the wood "shrinks" the joints are setup in such a way that gravity is your friend.

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I'll tell you one thing... he didn't get that lumber at Lowe's or HD

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As someone with next to zero carpentry skills, noticeable right away.

Watched the entire video, it’s fair to say he doesn’t half arse any part of his work. As much an artist as a carpenter.

Very impressive to watch a man who takes pride in his work.

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and personal security

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im partial to rooftop Koreans me

And then we have DH Horton.

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Jesus carpentry is at another level lol

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Just a kid from Nazareth

Waste of time. They are building a house that is four times as strong as it needs to be.