Daiku Dojo Classes
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ode 200. See the Laney Summer 2008 Class Schedule. Enroll now! |
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Jay van Arsdale teaches Japanese woodworking classes at Laney College and at his shop. His classes
cover traditional Japanese woodworking tools and joinery. Basic tools include noko-giri (saws,) nomi (chisels,)
kanna (planes,) sumi-sashi (layout pens) and sashigane (squares.) In the introductory classes Jay also covers sharpening.
A lot of sharpening. After you've sharpened you tools you can enjoy the hands-on joinery work that's a joy to look
at and do, that function as well as you can ask for.
Schedule: Saturdays at Laney College 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. To enroll in classes go
to http://www.peralta.cc.ca.us/ and follow the direction for new students. The following classes are available for Spring and Fall semesters:
- 210A (Code L1733) - Traditional Japanese Hand Tools and Joinery I (for beginners)
- 210B (Code L1734) - Traditional Japanese Hand Tools and Joinery II (for advanced students)
- 200 (Code L1225) - Special Projects Laboratory (for advanced students)
Laney College is located at 900 Fallon St., Oakland CA (across from the Lake Merritt BART Station and Oakland Museum).
Highlights From Class
Class Photo Journal
- 2008/05/24 - Japanese Hand Tools I Class: Last day of Spring 2008 semester.
- 2008/03/01 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Sliding dovetail joint with floating dovetail key.
- 2008/02/23 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Making bird's mouth joinery.
- 2008/01/26 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Making sliding dovetail joinery.
- 2007/10/13 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Building mock-ups of Nakashima's Conoid chair.
- 2007/09/16 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 33).
- 2007/09/09 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 32).
- 2007/08/11 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 31).
- 2007/07/28 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 30).
- 2007/07/21 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 29).
- 2007/07/07 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 28).
- 2007/07/01 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 27).
- 2007/06/22 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 26) - Painting end grains and chamfers, test fitting of joints.
- 2007/05/19 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 25) - Test fitting doors, ridge beam carving, more mortise and tenon works.
- 2007/05/12 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 24) - Completely dismantled gate, roof material preparation.
- 2007/05/05 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 23) - End cap carving, building doors and wall panels, dismantling rafters.
- 2007/04/28 - Japanese Hand Tools I Class: Joinery.
- 2007/04/28 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project (Part 22) - Fitting rafters, building doors.
- 2007/04/21 - Japanese Hand Tools I Class: Student photos.
- 2007/04/21 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 21) - Fitting rafters, building doors.
- 2007/03/31 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 20) - Gate assembly.
- 2007/03/24 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 19) - Joinery exercise from Jay's morning introductory class
- 2007/03/17 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 18) - Gate assembly.
- 2007/03/10 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 17) -
- 2007/03/03 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 16) -
- 2007/02/24 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 15) -
- 2007/02/10 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 14) - Carving completed, painting began.
- 2007/02/03 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 13) - Carving, big joints.
- 2007/01/27 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 12) - Rafter carving continues, cutting big tenons, Jay's saw sharpening demo.
- 2007/01/20 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 11) - Workbench assembly, rafter carving, more joinery.
- 2007/01/13 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 10) - Big joints & secret of gooseneck joint.
- 2006/12/16 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 9) - Layout work and cutting of big joints.
- 2006/12/09 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 8) - Post and beam mortise/tenon, carving cloud pattern on rafters, more mockup joinery.
- 2006/12/02 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 7) - Post and beam joinery, lots of sawing and chopping.
- 2006/11/18 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 6) - Work on ridge beam, rafters with slanted dovetails, and prototype of gooseneck joint.
- 2006/11/11 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 5) - Layout on paper.
- 2006/11/04 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 4) - Timber dimensioning.
- 2006/10/28 - Joinery works, wooden trestles.
- 2006/10/21 - Joinery works and making marking gauges.
- 2006/10/14 - Curved plane demonstration and more yari ganna demonstration.
- 2006/10/07 - Yari ganna demonstration, Herman's coopered-bottom chair.
- 2006/09/30 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 3) - Joint selections for gate.
- 2006/09/18 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 2) - Life-sized Mockup
- 2006/09/09 - Joinery project: Kiguchi-ari.
- 2006/08/26 - Japanese Gate Project (Part 1)
- 2006/05/20 - Last day of class for Spring semester (see also Party at Jay's workshop)
- 2006/05/13
- 2006/05/06
- 2006/04/29 - Preparation for Nikkei Matsuri Festival
- 2006/04/22 - Tuning Katsusaburo block planes
- 2006/04/01, 04/8 - Making a Dai
- 2006/03/25
- 2006/03/18
- 2006/03/11
- 2006/01/21, 01/28, 02/04, 02/11 - Building Workbenches
