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Anonymous Sat Oct 19 15:56:46 2019 No.1701846 [Reply] [Original]

I have been doing carpentry for 10 years, or so, using only hand tools, no power tools, and my dream is to get so precise with my cuts that I dont need nails or screws or glue to hold a piece together. Trouble is that it never quite works out that way. I keep asking myself, Is it because I am working with pine only? is it the tools or the techniques I am using? I can cut straight. My measurments always work out, but somehow I just cant get that extra precision I am looking for. Should I take some classes with a master carpenter? They are expensive but I am a dedicated hobbyist. Is there anywhere online that can teach me about getting that extra something my carpentry needs?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 19 16:03:19 2019 No.1701851 Try some hardwood before you go splurging on lessons.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 19 16:35:17 2019 No.1701864 Hard to say without seeing some of your designs but it could be because of that. Japanese joinery/carpentry uses friction and gravity to hold things together. Maybe read some of their books and steal some ideas for joints etc.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 20 01:07:33 2019 No.1702104 File: 1.31 MB, 1280x720, woodporn2.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1701864 >Hard to say without seeing some of your design Post pictures of your stuff.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 20 03:24:35 2019 No.1702145 >>1702104 >C O O M Fuck, I love hand planing. As for OP unless you're a 15th century Japanese carpenter who has no iron for nails and horses for glue there is no point in even trying to do what you want.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 20 04:56:18 2019 No.1702163 >>1701846 I can't remember the name for it but the Japanese do some amazing stuff as you described. Lots of really interesting YouTube vids I've watched. Recommended

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 20 04:59:18 2019 No.1702164 >>1702145 Yes there is, the point is craft mastery and it's an honorable as fuck thing to try and do. Keep at it op

>>	Damon Che Thread Ambassador Sun Oct 20 05:19:07 2019 No.1702168 >>1701846 its not precise or it dosnt fit or it doesn't hold together . . .your question is imprecise.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 20 13:19:22 2019 No.1702319 File: 48 KB, 350x350, pine-finger-joint-board.jpg_350x350.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OP can't into pine.

>>	Damon Che Thread Ambassador Sun Oct 20 15:53:49 2019 No.1702414 >>1702319 don't opine.

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