| This blog is written by chscholz | 11 entries so far |
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #8: The Huntington Gardens
Last weekend I had the the distinct pleasure to visit the Huntington Gardens in LA, CA. Unfortuna...
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Pensai Table #2: Version -0.75
Here’s another practice version of a “Real Asian Style” table. I tried to use t...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #7: Glue-less edge joints
When mentioning that Chinese woodworking does not use glue I always get the question how to edge-...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #6: Sharpening
Introduction to Sharpening of Chinese tools One 15th century contractor complained that his cra...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #5: Liu Shifu's Toolbox
Chinese ToolboxesSay you are a Chinese woodworker and, during your seven years of apprenticeship ...
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Pensai Table #1: Motivation and Design
Like in any project I had hoped that I would have completed this long ago. But since I still feel...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #4: Chinese Hammers: the Common Unknown Tool
Anybody who has studied Chinese woodworking will not doubt have come across prints like this one ...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #3: The Mystery of Sung Hua Stones
Last week I had the distinct pleasure to visit the Gu Gong in Taipei (aka. the National Palace Mu...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #2: Preparing stock
It’s all about efficiency.For us hobbyists it is interesting to see how full-time hand tool...
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Traditional Chinese Woodworking #1: Liu Shifu
Forgive me, I don’t hang out here all that often. I finally had the opportunity to visit a ...
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Zhuhai and Meixi village #1: In search of the perfect handcut dovetail
So what is it, the ultimate handcut joint? The ultimate joint will require precision, flawless ex...
