Daiku Dojo News in Chronological Order

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2008/06/03 - User Profile: Bob Le (work in progress).
2008/06/02 - Robert Meadow's Publications (The Lutherie).
2008/05/24 - Japanese Hand Tools I Class - Last day of Spring 2008 semester.
2008/04/23 - Check out Michael Hollihn's Blog for a podcast of Jay van Arsdale's talk on The Japanese Saw at the Timber Framers Guild 2007 Western Conference.
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.
2008/01/27 - 2007 Inomoto dai making seminar at the Shizutani School..
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).
2007/06/10 - Garden structures at Sacramento State, by Jay van Arsdale..
2007/05/28 - Added Inspiring Images page to the main page.
2007/05/20 - Class field trip - Tea ceremony (chanoyu) and tea room (chashitsu) appreciation.
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).
2007/04/29 - Daiku Dojo participated at the 2007 Nikkei Matsuri.
2007/04/29 - John Burt's Joinery Samples.
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 and wall panels).
2007/04/21 - Japanese Hand Tools I Class - Student Photos.
2007/04/21 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 21 (Fitting rafters, building doors).
2007/04/17 - Machiai Workshop at the Timber Framers Guild 2007 Western Conference. Added Nishiyama's letter on 2007/05/20.
2007/03/31 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 20 (Gate assembly).
2007/03/24 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 19 (Joinery exercise from Jay's morning introductory class).
2007/03/17 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 18 (Gate assembly).
2007/03/10 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 17.
2007/03/03 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 16.
2007/02/24 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 15.
2007/02/10 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 14 (Carving completed, painting began).
2007/02/03 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 13 (Carving, big joints).
2007/01/29 - As of today, Daiku Dojo has over 160 web pages and 3000 images. If you have trouble finding something, try using our Daiku Dojo search page (served by Google).
2007/01/27 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 12 (Rafter carving continues, cutting big tenons, Jay's saw sharpening demo).
2007/01/20 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 11 (Workbench assembly, rafter carving, more joinery).
2007/01/15 - Woodworking How To's. Added photos of chisel tray and toolbox stack (updated on 2008/01/27).
2007/01/14 - Gallery: Japanese Pull Saws (Nokogiri). Added Nakajima ryoba, Mitsukawa ryoba's on 2007/02/14.
2007/01/13 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 10 (Big joints & secret of gooseneck joint).
2007/01/13 - Gallery: Japanese Chisels (Nomi). Added Tasai's mokume push chisels (updated on 2008/01/28).
2007/01/12 - Nokogiri: Mark Grable's Japanese Handsaw Sharpening Service.
2007/01/12 - Mahogany Masterpiece Catalog.
2007/01/01 - Yataiki - Consolidated Web Page. Everything relating to Yataiki will be located here. Added more Yataiki photos from the 2003 workshop on 2007/02/19.
2007/01/01 - Interesting Woodworking Web Links (Links page updated).
2007/01/01 - Japanese Woodworking Tool Makers. Added dai makers: Inomoto #1 and #2, Kokichiya, Nimura, Matsuo, Hisao, and Horiba on 2007/02/15.
2007/01/01 - Added Daiku Dojo Search Page. We use Google's search engine.
2006/12/26 - Books on Japanese woodworking. Work in progress. 2007/05/25 Added Douglas Brooks Tub Boat book.
2006/12/16 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 9 (Layout work and cutting of big joints).
2006/12/11 - User Profile: Lee Coleman.
2006/12/09 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 8 (post and beam mortise/tenon, carving cloud pattern on rafters, more mockup joinery).
2006/12/02 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 7 (post and beam joinery, lots of sawing and chopping).
2006/11/29 - User Profile: Manny Hernandez.
2006/11/21 - 2004 Photos of Inomoto-san (dai maker).
2006/11/19 - "Sai Soku, Issai" or "Measure Twice, Cut Once" added under Classes section. This poster is hung in Lee Coleman's shop.
2006/11/18 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 6 (Work on ridge beam, rafters with slanted dovetails, and prototype of gooseneck joint).
2006/11/15 - A blast from the past: Yataiki Stories, by Mark Grable.
2006/11/14 - A blast from the past: 2003 Team Yataiki Workshop. Check out the photo album by Jason Peace.
2006/11/12 - Bridge in Olympia, Washington.
2006/11/12 - Gallery: Sumitsubo (Ink Pots). Added Manny's sumitsubo on 2007/05/28.
2006/11/11 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 5 (layout on paper).
2006/11/04 - Gallery: Japanese Hand Planes (Kanna). Added Mosaku white steel plane on 2008/01/29.
2006/11/04 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 4 (timber dimensioning).
2006/10/28 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Joinery works and wooden trestles.
2006/10/21 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Joinery works and making marking gauges.
2006/10/14 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Curved plane demonstration and more yari ganna demonstration.
2006/10/13 - Yataiki photos - Courtesy of Manny Hernandez. These photos were taken in April 2003 (Team Yataiki workshop at The Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding). More photos added on 2006/11/14.
2006/10/08 - Examples of wood joinery - New joint added: Osaka Castle - Otemon Gate's pillar splicing joint.
2006/10/07 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Yari ganna demonstration, Herman's coopered-bottom chair.
2006/09/30 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 3 (joint selections).
2006/09/18 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 2 (life-sized mockup)
2006/09/09 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Joinery project: Kiguchi-ari.
2006/08/26 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Japanese gate project, part 1 (updated on 2008/02/19).
2006/08/08 - Gallery: Japanese Hand Tools - Added kamaji woodworking knives by Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Kinshiro mortise gauge.
2006/07/10 - Jason Stearns' teak gate.
2006/07/06 - Fence project for the Oakland Japanese garden.
2006/07/06 - Hiroshi Sakaguchi's work at the Lake Merritt Japanese Garden in Oakland, CA.
2006/06/17 - Jay's Summer Workshop - Double-Panel Shoji.
2006/05/21 - Herman Hsu's home workshop.
2006/05/21 - End-of-term party at Jay's workshop.
2006/05/20 - Japanese Hand Tools II - Class photos.
2006/05/13 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Miscellaneous activities.
2006/05/13 - Examples of wood joinery - Updated.
2006/05/07 - Jay van Arsdale's shoji is featured in San Francisco Chronicle's Decorating With Jennifer Thompson, by Jane Meredith Adams.
2006/05/06 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Testing new dai, more work on bulletin board.
2006/04/30 - Daiku Dojo at Nikkei Matsuri in San Jose, CA.
2006/04/29 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Herman's Taiwan trip report, Nikkei Matsuri preparation.
2006/04/22 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Tuning Daiku Dojo planes. Planes are by Tesshinsai Houraku (Yoshihiro Yamamoto, aka Katsusabura maker).
2006/04/08 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Making a dai.
2006/04/02 - Building Bamboo Structures in Costra Rica by Marisha Farnsworth.
2006/03/25 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Lee's shoji screen.
2006/03/25 - Barry Stone's door project.
2006/03/18 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Miscellaneous activities.
2006/03/11 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Barry's door assembly.
2006/02/19 - California daiku make a quiet scene. See also:
    Ludo's April 2006 Blog.
    Chris Feddersohn's Kezurou-Kai photos.
2006/02/12 - Herman's visit to the College of the Redwoods.
2006/02/11 - Japanese Hand Tools II Class - Building workbenches.
2006/01/28 - Toolboxes and Tool Storage.
2005/12/12 - Daiku Dojo discussion forum is up and running.
2005/10/22-23 - Kezurou Kai at the Japanese garden at Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA.
2005/07 - Gate with five-legged seat structure.
2005/07 - Yataiki, by Mark Grable.
2005/07 - Never a Dull Momment, by Mark Grable.
2005/05 - June Steingart Arg Gallery Exhibit at Laney College, Oakland, CA.
2005/04 - Metate, by Jay van Arsdale and Mark Grable.
2003/04 - Team Yataiki report.
2003 - Japanese tools, transcendence of craft beyond technique, by John Burt.
2001 - Five Practical Handsaw Exercises and Introducing Sashigane, by Mark Grable.
2005/06/26 - Daikudojo.org domain registered. Website came online on 2006/06/28.