Some buildings in the US have been made this way for a long time... -_- There are some that stood for over 350 years and withstood hurricanes.@@ghostboatsofsouthernmichig3773
solid furniture like this would be awesome but also heavy and expensive. That's why so much stuff is mdf board reassembled from wood cutoffs and pressed. Lighter/ Cheaper but defiantly more disposable
It takes alot of skill to make joints like that. Just making a simple dovetail joint takes a good bit of practice to get it to fit with no gaps. Ive built quite a few and my skill level is no where near good enough to do those complex Japanese styles
@@cjgibbsey I think automating a specific set of joint configurations and mass-producing that wouldn't add much to the cost. Expensive stuff in the modern world is often expensive because business owners will always try to drive prices up given any excuse. Obviously, handcrafted furniture is of low efficiency production, and requires an "expert" woodworker, thus that kind of stuff would indeed be expensive. Though I am too optimistic here, given that nowadays they produce wood from paper and wood scraps, glue plastic adherents resembling wood over it all, and what is not glued, is held together by screws. Sometimes I've also seen that hidden wood (aka that within our sofa) is held by staples. People over here don't produce quality products (with few exceptions)... everything is the cheapest shit they can put together, sold as though it had the latest 3nm Silicon Valley transistor technology...
That is what is called in Japan. Such workmanship was popular in China especially refined and promoted by Lao Ban 507-444 BC. 魯班 (公元前507年-公元前444年) which means about 2500 years ago. That was some of the techniques. Some of our ancient furnitures, house and tools in our home town also used that kind of techniques, no nail needed. My late father used to build furniture and tools without furniture. If you understand the craft concept, it is easy to do.
This style of building was used in early America before we were collective as well. Most of the houses that were built this way in my area have been standing for over 350 years and have been through hundreds of Hurricanes.
Do you know what they called it back then when they didn't use metal nails here in America ? No doubt some of it was dovetailing but there's got to be a name for the actual style of building that way ? Edit : somebody said it's called Timber Framing
@gardensofthegods the very first nails made by humans were shaped like a long thin wedge, which the wider part was aligned with the grain of the wood. Compared to modern nails, which are round and are more easily pulled out. If you haven't studied ancient construction techniques rediscovered by modern man, you really should look into it. You'd be surprised at how we used to build compared to the modern industry of repair and rebuild we use today.
OMG...... I could watch them put these pieces together for hours! It gives me such an amazingly satisfying somatic sensation. Plus, having hobbied at woodworking just knowing how hard it is to do acurate, tight joinery really brings home the effort and pride in workmanship that is present in so many aspects of Japan.
It was an art built out of necessity, Japan had always been strong in agriculture but limited in mineral recourses, so they made the most of what they had, wood, plants, and leather, and saved the steel for more important items like weapons.
Yh didnt they order broken glass (shards/trash) from russia years back? Because the packing of the broken glass was cedar crates and japan couldn’t grow em?
They use the wood of a single tree. They have it grow huge branches, chop them off, and use them. The USA uses a LOT of pine. It grows fast, they chop them down, and for the most part they make literally everything including cardboard. There should never be a carbon dioxide tax because the entire world NEEDS carbon dioxide. Without carbon dioxide, there would be no plants. Everywhere there is far too much carbon dioxide, plants will grow. Nature always wins.
@itachisasku some Native American tribes did something similar, though not as grand, mostly because it was the Europeans that brought over the smelting and metal working techniques.
Japanese metal minerals makes for terrible metal, as it's high in carbon. It's why they weren't big on metal fasteners. It's also why their swords have to be forged and folded so many times and require both a rigid and flexible metal forge-welded together to make a decent sword.
I've been studying and practicing these techniques for the past 10 years and can still only make the simplest of joints. The precision to make them is just mind boggling.
@@theezeelife292partially incorrect. The materials a machinist works with are generally much more brittle and less pliable than wood. High precision wood working materials also commonly available. Personally I started with dove tail joints and worked my way up from there it’s all just geometry.
It is time-consuming and prone to cause craftsman physically injuries due to the variety of joinery. It is still practiced today for its beauty, but it mostly customs pieces/orders. While it is true that some buildings constructed with this method have survived hundreds of years... it is mostly survivor bias. The ones that didn't survive are not around anymore. Also, they did use glue... not sure what the video is on about... it mostly used friction via compression and tension, but glue was still a common factor.
@@hadensnodgrass3472that’s the same with every kind of building, the ones that are still around are the ones that are still around, point is it’s not just flimsy stuff that’ll fall over in a day. Machines could do the more dangerous and time consuming parts , you’re just being a wanker here
Whatever it is known for was known for Sunmao from ancient China architecture. It was passed to Japan during Tang dynasty. Of course they developed their own style.
They kinda had too. The high humidity in japan would be the perfect breeding ground for rusty nails. Together with the rare iron on the isolated island, a technique like that is needed to survive and thrive
You abslutly right i live in France near Germany the very old hausse are build in hood "colombage" nos nail in it .thé eco Museeom show some old thechnique named" tenons mortaise" in french without nails too. But i agree with some people if the personne who build are not extremly qualified in woodcraft ... Nail will be a easyer solution.
Treenails were used in shipbuilding up until the late 18th century. They have many advantages. Essentially, it's just a dowel of oak. Using the same material resisted rot.
The mortise and tenon structure is the most common in ancient Chinese architecture. It has a history of at least several thousand years. When was it invented by the Japanese?
You're ONLY 52. You absolutely can learn this, why not try it out? It's going to be hard, but it will bring you back to being proud when you succeed. Remember that feeling? It's been a long time for me too. But let's goooooo!
Im a carpenter but i have to say hats off to the japanese carpenters. The precision and ability they have with handtools is off the charts. I just dont get enough time to use handtools over power tools.
Nah.... The big build followed a more basic joints. Stop believing everything you see on internet. I'm a carpenter too. By lineage. My grandpa used a more similar joint but not so complex. The point is... The big building don't use this joints. So don't get fool. These joints... Require precision when carving. Require you to try it... multiple times in order to sand it till tight fit. You can't lift a giant log and angle it at weird position and move it like a toothpick over & over again.... The sheer weight alone would break any joints. Plus... These idiots that keep saying they use it to build house... Must've never seen a Wooden Structure House. Try to lift 50kg wooden beam that is over 20M long... Up & down to get them in position... And then we'll talk. In fact... Give me a call. I'll fly over to see it in person. No matter how far.. These are only good for TH-cam video. At most built a chair. Or a Jewelry box. I never seen anyone built anything bigger than some tiny chair & tiny boxes. When building houses... I saw my grandpa create somewhat a 50-50 joint. And he would tighten with a machine belt by using some tool to tighten the belt to keep the join really close. Then he would be begins to carve a square hole in it from one side to the other. Usually 2 holes that evenly distributed. of the beam really big... Sometimes 3-4 holese. And he push in 2-4 sticks and that's that. I travelled to Japan for Ghost haunting 😅. Korea too... Which had same wood technique. I specifically... visit urban regions and old houses... At first... I really thought they might use the technique on big house too but it was never the case. All house I've been too... Use the exact same basic joints as my grandpa.
Some of the joints you see here... Require extreme precision when pushing it in. So imagine lifting a 50kg to 80kg beam and angle or tilt it to specific position and merge it... It would likely you'll break the joints. Also... Big house do use glue. My grandpa have this homemade glue that use as Lubricant to help smooth the joint but it also dried up and seal the joints. I thinking it's tree milk or something latex or natural rubber.... Something organic.... Cause it was water at first... Then he would boil it untill it became thick & yellowish like Honey. Sadly he passed away when I started pick up carpentry and I do for fun.. But by then... I only learned from Dad who also didn't have time and abandoned many told technique in favor of power tools. So the old ways are lost... To us. Who wouldn't want to use tear a bag and pour a glue... Instead of going to forest and get some tree milk and then spend 24hrs cooking it?
@@austinjt4264you lift a 50kg 20m long beam with a crane and you set it into place. If you like to see it then go too any construction of a church cathedral 😂
This technique seems amazing to most people here. But every Chinese would see this quite ordinary. Its called 榫卯 (Mortise and tenon structure). You may find the similar stucture used all over the world in different stages of history. But it is the Chinese who develop it to the highest level. In Tang Dynasty (618-907), the 榫卯(Mortise and tenon structure) was alreay very complex and widely used. This stucture is not only aesthetic but also very strong. That's why it was widely used in both furnitures and load bearing stuctures such as posts and large span roof beams in Tang dynasty. You can also find this stucture are well preserved in many acient Kyoto building, but the entire Kyoto which was the capital of Japan for a thousand years, was basically a replica of the capital of Tang dynasty, namely Chang An or Xi An. Ironically, many acient buildings built with 榫卯 (Mortise and tenon structure) were distroyed during WW2 by Japanese imperialism, while Tyoko and Nara were saved from the bombing of the US. So you can still visit these two places and enjoy 榫卯 (Mortise and tenon structure)
This is Cabinetmaking. It's a widely taught trade here in Ireland and around the world. The Japanese are definitely considered amongst the best and their tools reflect that. Their saws cut on the pull-stroke as opposed to the Western push-stroke, making finer cuts but I've made jewelery boxes, furniture and cabinets using these methods, it's beautiful work. Very rewarding.
They are not only used on cabinet and furnitures in japan, they are used to those massive hundred of years temples. Some parts of those edo castles are also made using using this method.
Well said, much of the same craftsmanship was held and shared elsewhere-- a lot of the early trade between Europe and Japan was their eagerness for Dutch crafts and sciences, especially. _They honor our classic music better than we do, most of the time._
This is Chinese woodworking that started this 3000 years ago using Mortises or grooves called Dougong. There are thousands of these structures existed since Qin and Han Dynasty that's before 200 b.c. Japanese copied this as usual when travelers moved from mainland to Japan during the Qin Dynasty.
@@Koontarules Almost the entire Japanese culture and customs are copied from China. Mostly from the Han and Tang Dynasty. Down to the so called Kimono are actually Chinese women dressing in those ancient times. The same goes for Korean and Vietnamese cultures. Even the national capital of South Korea used to called Han City. It was later changed to the phonetic name of Seoul meaning Capital in Korean. Before, the actual written name means Han City as in Han Dynasty City. The national flag of South Korea is derived from China's I-Ching and Yin Yang philosophy. Vietnam's national name is derived from the Kingdom of Yue (Viet) and South (Nam) from Chinese's ancient Warring Kingdom of Yue in Southern China. Bordering what you would called Vietnam of today. Most of the Northern Vietnamese are all from China. All of the nations like Japan, Korea, Vietnam all celebrates Chinese New Year or Luna New Year. They are all copied from China. Many of the phonetic words used in those nations all sound similar to Chinese local dialects from the northern and coastal regions. They are almost identical to Chinese dialects. You need to learn more about China. If it wasn't for civil war and communism, China would've ruled the world.
A testament to a strong mind! One cannot do this work and have a tangled mind. You have to have patience, among other mental skills. You definitely can’t be a person who wants instant gratification! You wouldn’t have to mental fortitude to be able to complete the project! Such pride, and care taken!!!! Bravo… makes you wonder how different whole groups of people can be.
Omg stfu. I can snort oxy and meth every day, and still make "amazing" structures that had tenon and mortise joints cause I'm not a soft minded simpleton like you @@jinimurray4090
@@Ana_crusis actually in my experience you want to avoid rulers as much as possible with joinery. You trace it out, cut it, and then use the first piece of wood to transfer to the second piece, cut it with slightly too much wood left and then shave it down carefully until it fits just right.
@@kugelblitz1557 I'm afraid there are times initially specially when you need some measurements. That's when the invention of rulers becomes handy. *Mortise gauge?*
These 'shashimono techniques' used in South India are in the 1000s of years before not in wood working but, surprisingly, in stone work. Hundrets of Ancient South Hindu Temples are still there as proof of this stone fixing technique.
this is good woodwork. In Indian temple they use the same technique with stones to build multi level temples. Some of these temples date back as old as 5000-10000 years and still standing
We do this in carpentry school in Czech republic. That Japanese woodworkers use non glued joining doesn't mean it's only made in Japan, other countries do it too, and it's one of the most sturdy joins that you can make, so it's actualy common for woodworkers from all around the earth to know how to do these all around
This is also used in 3D printing to save print space and for easier assembly. Sure, you can print bolts and what not, but a rigid design will more or less beat a cheap plastic screw.
I've seen whole houses moved in almost one piece and put back together in a week and it's beautiful to see a real change in the mindset of Japanese people who have a better way of saying look at the world and reflect upon it
Can this be used to build "soft" robots not just houses hmm... Imagine a robot (hand + feet) made out of these type of lego blocks, printing or injecting molding the parts then assembling them to create another robot perhaps smaller or bigger until you have millions of identical robots at different size scales.
Similar type of methods to join wood or rocks was the culture of ancient india there are not only wooden artifacts but also whole temples and forts in India from ancient times in whose no filament in used to join two adjacent rocks THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WAS FORMED DURING 13th CENTURY OR EVEN BEFORE THAT Which is popularly known as HEMADPANTHI ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
This is an Ancient Asian technique that was used to construct Huge Temples in Asia and still is being used. Very recent structure is the Ram temple built in India only with stones, no iron or other stuff. This technique was also later passed on to different continents like Mayan temples, Egyptian Pyramids. Ancient people were highly advanced in construction compared to today's Engineers even using most advanced machines..
The mortise and tenon structure was invented by Lu Ban, a carpenter in the Warring States Period, 2500 years ago. This kind of structure has been widely used in traditional Chinese architecture, and has become one of the characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture.
Man, just sitting here thinking of what it mustve been like back then in that beautiful countryside, crafting shashimoto homes, drinking sake, smokin a lil herb, farming. Sounds kinda nice to me.
you worked from sun up till sun down. the past truly is remarkable, we should be thankful for the sacrifices that countless generations before us had to make to give us this quality of life. We have the internet, we can explore every corner of the world, read any book, find out ANYTHING. The level of information available to any person today is more than what was available to every single human combined before the 1990s. I am thankful i get to live during the age of the Internet, when i can know so much. The rest of modern life… it’s soulless and dead, but at least we can appreciate the past without having to go through it ourselves
We have such buildings in Romania too. U should also make a video about that. The Romanian Maramures wooden churches. Hundreds of years old, use no nails.
In India this is called "Hemadpanti Architecture" Where tenon and mortise joints were used to construct temples in India in the olden days. It is really marvelous. ❤❤
Here in America people would say : "we don't need no skilled craftsmanship, we want planned obselesence , we don't want things lasting for centuries we want to build, tear down and rebuild every few years , that's how you make the bucks " .
This is invented by the chinese, not japanese. Japanese just used the idea and gave it another name. If you look at ancient architectural monuments in china, none of them use nails at all, pure woodworking
Only difference is that they did it themselves, did not claim to be the only ones to have invented it and didn't have any weebs parading around copied homework xD
Because it is all wood, the joints can flex and are a fantastic example of ancient aseismic design. Learnt about it in human geography, building structure adaptations are super interesting.
It’s amazing, I believe that the time to process wood in order to give it not only the right joint but the correct dimension as it has to be accurate must have been tremendous. In Western Europe, although there are many carpentry styles, rough wooden beams assembled with rough joints and long iron nails was and is still the way to go nowadays for classical houses. My uncle, in the south west of France lives in a 300 years old house, some walls, floor etc.. remade, naturally, carpentry though, older than the oldest ancestor we even know
It is impressive. For other countries, it is totally okay if the architecture isn't like this. They are compelled to improve such ways due to incidence of earthquakes in their country.
In malaysia, we built houses with this knowledge also its happen when the time of ANCIENT KEDAH in 500 bce, one of the oldest civilization in ur region..its good to know many place also do it.😊
Craftmanship at another level. 😊
Absolutely true
"smartly"
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax
but it's hard to do man lol
@JamesShelnutt2 if something is easy anyone can do it.
My uncle in Vermont just built a garage completely using this method, not one fastener was used. Truly remarkable craftsmanship
And where was the building inspector😀
Some buildings in the US have been made this way for a long time... -_- There are some that stood for over 350 years and withstood hurricanes.@@ghostboatsofsouthernmichig3773
😂😂😂@@ghostboatsofsouthernmichig3773
Uncle ben was it 😅😅
Cool - I'm in VT - would luv to see it!
This is something that should be taught and utilized everywhere.
solid furniture like this would be awesome but also heavy and expensive. That's why so much stuff is mdf board reassembled from wood cutoffs and pressed. Lighter/ Cheaper but defiantly more disposable
It takes alot of skill to make joints like that. Just making a simple dovetail joint takes a good bit of practice to get it to fit with no gaps. Ive built quite a few and my skill level is no where near good enough to do those complex Japanese styles
@@cjgibbsey I think automating a specific set of joint configurations and mass-producing that wouldn't add much to the cost. Expensive stuff in the modern world is often expensive because business owners will always try to drive prices up given any excuse. Obviously, handcrafted furniture is of low efficiency production, and requires an "expert" woodworker, thus that kind of stuff would indeed be expensive. Though I am too optimistic here, given that nowadays they produce wood from paper and wood scraps, glue plastic adherents resembling wood over it all, and what is not glued, is held together by screws. Sometimes I've also seen that hidden wood (aka that within our sofa) is held by staples. People over here don't produce quality products (with few exceptions)... everything is the cheapest shit they can put together, sold as though it had the latest 3nm Silicon Valley transistor technology...
typhoons and rain would wether the wood u stupid fk
gone are the forest that's why people tend to use metal and concrete
That is what is called in Japan. Such workmanship was popular in China especially refined and promoted by Lao Ban 507-444 BC. 魯班 (公元前507年-公元前444年) which means about 2500 years ago. That was some of the techniques. Some of our ancient furnitures, house and tools in our home town also used that kind of techniques, no nail needed. My late father used to build furniture and tools without furniture. If you understand the craft concept, it is easy to do.
China has much higher tech. They were building a flying machine during BC5++
@@maxleong77blud they LITERALLY CAUSED COVID19 because someone thought bat burgers was a good idea
yes my grandfather also worked with wood using these techniques in china
It’s so satisfying to see two pieces of wood get pushed together like this! It’s just amazing!!!
I love it when wood is pushed towards anything
hehe@@warrenarnold
Ill volunteer
@@warrenarnold a blender?
@@warrenarnold but not your wood, f to the egget
This style of building was used in early America before we were collective as well. Most of the houses that were built this way in my area have been standing for over 350 years and have been through hundreds of Hurricanes.
Was used every.. so cool 😊
Do you know what they called it back then when they didn't use metal nails here in America ?
No doubt some of it was dovetailing but there's got to be a name for the actual style of building that way ?
Edit : somebody said it's called Timber Framing
And yet we build with rockwool for walls. It's a viscious cycle of nature and human wastefulness.
@gardensofthegods the very first nails made by humans were shaped like a long thin wedge, which the wider part was aligned with the grain of the wood. Compared to modern nails, which are round and are more easily pulled out. If you haven't studied ancient construction techniques rediscovered by modern man, you really should look into it. You'd be surprised at how we used to build compared to the modern industry of repair and rebuild we use today.
@@gardensofthegods'mortise and tenon' is the English name for this type of joinery..no, its not only Japanese, and did not originate there. 🙄
The amount of precision needed here is incredible. Such complete devotion and attention to every detail is amazing.
Amazing yes but wood has some give in it so the precision isn't as necessary as per say more brittle materials like stone
As wood work student, this has blown my mind
This is what happens when you need to build a house, but there is no metal around to make screws or nails
OMG...... I could watch them put these pieces together for hours! It gives me such an amazingly satisfying somatic sensation. Plus, having hobbied at woodworking just knowing how hard it is to do acurate, tight joinery really brings home the effort and pride in workmanship that is present in so many aspects of Japan.
It was an art built out of necessity, Japan had always been strong in agriculture but limited in mineral recourses, so they made the most of what they had, wood, plants, and leather, and saved the steel for more important items like weapons.
Yes tomohagane was very important to the Japanese they treated it almost spiritually.
Yh didnt they order broken glass (shards/trash) from russia years back? Because the packing of the broken glass was cedar crates and japan couldn’t grow em?
They use the wood of a single tree. They have it grow huge branches, chop them off, and use them. The USA uses a LOT of pine. It grows fast, they chop them down, and for the most part they make literally everything including cardboard. There should never be a carbon dioxide tax because the entire world NEEDS carbon dioxide. Without carbon dioxide, there would be no plants. Everywhere there is far too much carbon dioxide, plants will grow. Nature always wins.
@itachisasku some Native American tribes did something similar, though not as grand, mostly because it was the Europeans that brought over the smelting and metal working techniques.
Japanese metal minerals makes for terrible metal, as it's high in carbon. It's why they weren't big on metal fasteners. It's also why their swords have to be forged and folded so many times and require both a rigid and flexible metal forge-welded together to make a decent sword.
I've been studying and practicing these techniques for the past 10 years and can still only make the simplest of joints. The precision to make them is just mind boggling.
thats a you problem. plenty of people could do this within 10 years you just suck ass at it. lol
Ask a machinist
@@Fujhipngff a machinist has less fragile materials to work with and tools capable of far more precision.
@@theezeelife292partially incorrect. The materials a machinist works with are generally much more brittle and less pliable than wood. High precision wood working materials also commonly available. Personally I started with dove tail joints and worked my way up from there it’s all just geometry.
@@robpowell7856 the early Japanese did not have access to instruments that could measure in micrometers like machinists do.
This art should be kept alive and to be passed on to another generation
It is time-consuming and prone to cause craftsman physically injuries due to the variety of joinery. It is still practiced today for its beauty, but it mostly customs pieces/orders. While it is true that some buildings constructed with this method have survived hundreds of years... it is mostly survivor bias. The ones that didn't survive are not around anymore. Also, they did use glue... not sure what the video is on about... it mostly used friction via compression and tension, but glue was still a common factor.
@@hadensnodgrass3472that’s the same with every kind of building, the ones that are still around are the ones that are still around, point is it’s not just flimsy stuff that’ll fall over in a day. Machines could do the more dangerous and time consuming parts , you’re just being a wanker here
it is called engineering. :)
an engineer would never be abled to make this@@ahmetkarslgil2268
This is very useful in 3d printing
Whatever it is known for was known for Sunmao from ancient China architecture. It was passed to Japan during Tang dynasty. Of course they developed their own style.
Yeah, air water and fire everything came from china including covid
They kinda had too. The high humidity in japan would be the perfect breeding ground for rusty nails. Together with the rare iron on the isolated island, a technique like that is needed to survive and thrive
No its Japanese.
China is fake. As 80% of chinese are fake Not real.
Well most cultures discovered this technique.
It's not unique to Japan. It's just what it's called there.
In Germany we call it "anlängen".
Davon hab ich hier noch nie gehört
Oder "zinken"😁
Fingerzinkung, schwalbenschwnzzinkung ect.😊👍🏻
You abslutly right i live in France near Germany the very old hausse are build in hood "colombage" nos nail in it .thé eco Museeom show some old thechnique named" tenons mortaise" in french without nails too. But i agree with some people if the personne who build are not extremly qualified in woodcraft ... Nail will be a easyer solution.
The Germans do everything original
The Shakers did the same thing
The houses in my town date back to the 1400s
They are made with wood with wooden pegs.
Treenails were used in shipbuilding up until the late 18th century.
They have many advantages.
Essentially, it's just a dowel of oak.
Using the same material resisted rot.
Termites don’t exist in Japan I guess.
Pfff mine date back to 1500s
BC
@@MrMatterhorn89 Shiro Ari, White Ants. Yep. Hungry, too.
@@MrMatterhorn89 somehow haters will hate
Fascinating. Wish I would’ve had an old master teaching me 50 years ago.
I guess most of these "Knowledge keepers" were vaporized by US Bombs ?
Same here!
Wish I'd had...
@@MandPLogistics so true, and I am, but the old dog doesn’t move so fast…the knowledge is there, it usually enough
@@arboristo4407you don’t need to move fast. Just get an old book on carpentry.
The mortise and tenon structure is the most common in ancient Chinese architecture. It has a history of at least several thousand years. When was it invented by the Japanese?
After the Chinese invented the Japanese.
@@lcx0cd 你是懂的，大兄弟
I've been a woodworker ever since I graduated high school I'm 52 and this blows me away. I wish I knew how to do this type of carpentry.
You're ONLY 52. You absolutely can learn this, why not try it out? It's going to be hard, but it will bring you back to being proud when you succeed. Remember that feeling? It's been a long time for me too. But let's goooooo!
You will enter the dazzling world of 4 square. Or patience.
CNC machine would help
This joint technique have been discovered earliest 7000 years ago in China, Forbidden city all built in this technique 600 years ago
You can do dovetails with a chisel... and lots of practice
Holy crap those are some freaking amazing joints.
Yes. And when you glue those joints together, then it's very strong, too. Sometimes, you don't need to take things apart.
This was invented in China lol
@@EastAsiaCreativeMediabut the Chinese aren’t famous for it. The Japanese are. Lol.
@@EastAsiaCreativeMedia Nothing was ever invented in china. It was only copied there - cheaply and poorly. That hasn't changed to this day
It’s acutely from tang dynasty of China. The monk’s name Ganjin brought the building technology to Japan.
Im a carpenter but i have to say hats off to the japanese carpenters. The precision and ability they have with handtools is off the charts. I just dont get enough time to use handtools over power tools.
Nah.... The big build followed a more basic joints. Stop believing everything you see on internet.
I'm a carpenter too. By lineage.
My grandpa used a more similar joint but not so complex.
The point is... The big building don't use this joints. So don't get fool.
These joints... Require precision when carving. Require you to try it... multiple times in order to sand it till tight fit. You can't lift a giant log and angle it at weird position and move it like a toothpick over & over again.... The sheer weight alone would break any joints.
Plus... These idiots that keep saying they use it to build house... Must've never seen a Wooden Structure House.
Try to lift 50kg wooden beam that is over 20M long... Up & down to get them in position... And then we'll talk. In fact... Give me a call. I'll fly over to see it in person. No matter how far..
These are only good for TH-cam video.
At most built a chair. Or a Jewelry box.
I never seen anyone built anything bigger than some tiny chair & tiny boxes.
When building houses... I saw my grandpa create somewhat a 50-50 joint. And he would tighten with a machine belt by using some tool to tighten the belt to keep the join really close. Then he would be begins to carve a square hole in it from one side to the other. Usually 2 holes that evenly distributed. of the beam really big... Sometimes 3-4 holese.
And he push in 2-4 sticks and that's that.
I travelled to Japan for Ghost haunting 😅. Korea too... Which had same wood technique.
I specifically... visit urban regions and old houses...
At first... I really thought they might use the technique on big house too but it was never the case. All house I've been too... Use the exact same basic joints as my grandpa.
Some of the joints you see here...
Require extreme precision when pushing it in.
So imagine lifting a 50kg to 80kg beam and angle or tilt it to specific position and merge it... It would likely you'll break the joints.
Also... Big house do use glue. My grandpa have this homemade glue that use as Lubricant to help smooth the joint but it also dried up and seal the joints.
I thinking it's tree milk or something latex or natural rubber....
Something organic.... Cause it was water at first... Then he would boil it untill it became thick & yellowish like Honey.
Sadly he passed away when I started pick up carpentry and I do for fun..
But by then... I only learned from Dad who also didn't have time and abandoned many told technique in favor of power tools.
So the old ways are lost... To us.
Who wouldn't want to use tear a bag and pour a glue... Instead of going to forest and get some tree milk and then spend 24hrs cooking it?
Forgets to mention the biggest disadvantage: it takes a lifetime to accomplish the skills
@@austinjt4264you lift a 50kg 20m long beam with a crane and you set it into place. If you like to see it then go too any construction of a church cathedral 😂
You do realize those are made by industrial machinerie.
The concept is the same but it was a lot less impressive
This technique seems amazing to most people here. But every Chinese would see this quite ordinary. Its called 榫卯 (Mortise and tenon structure). You may find the similar stucture used all over the world in different stages of history. But it is the Chinese who develop it to the highest level. In Tang Dynasty (618-907), the 榫卯(Mortise and tenon structure) was alreay very complex and widely used. This stucture is not only aesthetic but also very strong. That's why it was widely used in both furnitures and load bearing stuctures such as posts and large span roof beams in Tang dynasty. You can also find this stucture are well preserved in many acient Kyoto building, but the entire Kyoto which was the capital of Japan for a thousand years, was basically a replica of the capital of Tang dynasty, namely Chang An or Xi An. Ironically, many acient buildings built with 榫卯 (Mortise and tenon structure) were distroyed during WW2 by Japanese imperialism, while Tyoko and Nara were saved from the bombing of the US. So you can still visit these two places and enjoy 榫卯 (Mortise and tenon structure)
This is Cabinetmaking. It's a widely taught trade here in Ireland and around the world. The Japanese are definitely considered amongst the best and their tools reflect that. Their saws cut on the pull-stroke as opposed to the Western push-stroke, making finer cuts but I've made jewelery boxes, furniture and cabinets using these methods, it's beautiful work. Very rewarding.
They are not only used on cabinet and furnitures in japan, they are used to those massive hundred of years temples. Some parts of those edo castles are also made using using this method.
I love pull-saws! ❤
It's literally just joinery people just slap a nice exotic name on it and act like it's uniquely Japanese
It's not rewarding, it's racist
Well said, much of the same craftsmanship was held and shared elsewhere-- a lot of the early trade between Europe and Japan was their eagerness for Dutch crafts and sciences, especially. _They honor our classic music better than we do, most of the time._
This is Chinese woodworking that started this 3000 years ago using Mortises or grooves called Dougong. There are thousands of these structures existed since Qin and Han Dynasty that's before 200 b.c. Japanese copied this as usual when travelers moved from mainland to Japan during the Qin Dynasty.
Is th first time I have heard someone copied a Chinese thing it always the other way around I thought. Copy culture.
Fact checked. Indeed there was a long history that the Japanese learned this from the Chinese and used it under a different name.
@@Koontarules Almost the entire Japanese culture and customs are copied from China. Mostly from the Han and Tang Dynasty. Down to the so called Kimono are actually Chinese women dressing in those ancient times.
The same goes for Korean and Vietnamese cultures. Even the national capital of South Korea used to called Han City. It was later changed to the phonetic name of Seoul meaning Capital in Korean. Before, the actual written name means Han City as in Han Dynasty City. The national flag of South Korea is derived from China's I-Ching and Yin Yang philosophy.
Vietnam's national name is derived from the Kingdom of Yue (Viet) and South (Nam) from Chinese's ancient Warring Kingdom of Yue in Southern China. Bordering what you would called Vietnam of today. Most of the Northern Vietnamese are all from China.
All of the nations like Japan, Korea, Vietnam all celebrates Chinese New Year or Luna New Year. They are all copied from China. Many of the phonetic words used in those nations all sound similar to Chinese local dialects from the northern and coastal regions. They are almost identical to Chinese dialects.
You need to learn more about China. If it wasn't for civil war and communism, China would've ruled the world.
High IQ craftsmanship. Certain parts of the world you’ll never see anything close to this
Do Japanese have higher creativity or rest of the world slowly got slowly downgraded due to poor education system?
@@gauravpatil9652 Japanese culture is about hard work, honor, and respect, and not about selfishness, dancing, and shaking your ass.
Earthquakes is why
@@EddyOfTheMaelstromAnother Japan simp that knows nothing about their culture.
@@gauravpatil9652Not creativity. They score high in spatial awareness on IQ tests. They produce good engineers.
Commentary that is finally useful. Bravo!!😂❤
A testament to a strong mind!
One cannot do this work and have a tangled mind. You have to have patience, among other mental skills. You definitely can’t be a person who wants instant gratification! You wouldn’t have to mental fortitude to be able to complete the project!
Such pride, and care taken!!!!
Bravo… makes you wonder how different whole groups of people can be.
This kind of work requires CHARACTER
especially not seen in (young), people in USA Well done, Japan! Thank you
Omg stfu. I can snort oxy and meth every day, and still make "amazing" structures that had tenon and mortise joints cause I'm not a soft minded simpleton like you @@jinimurray4090
How can they make the cut so accurate? Incredible.
They use instruments called "rulers" 😂
And the right wood.I doubt that it works on any type.The wood they show looks extensive, too.
@@Ana_crusis actually in my experience you want to avoid rulers as much as possible with joinery. You trace it out, cut it, and then use the first piece of wood to transfer to the second piece, cut it with slightly too much wood left and then shave it down carefully until it fits just right.
@@dumymariposa6795 'extensive?
@@kugelblitz1557 I'm afraid there are times initially specially when you need some measurements. That's when the invention of rulers becomes handy.
*Mortise gauge?*
Coming up with shapes is the easy part. Making them fit so tight is the hard part. That is skill
These 'shashimono techniques' used in South India are in the 1000s of years before not in wood working but, surprisingly, in stone work. Hundrets of Ancient South Hindu Temples are still there as proof of this stone fixing technique.
Craftsmanship that has been forgotten by alot of men. We need to keep this alive for obvious reasons
Not just for men
@@StanCat4shut it
@@StanCat4 th-cam.com/video/a-0iaC-1_Fo/w-d-xo.html
It's still taught in cabinet making
@StanCat4 OK then why aren't women building more stuff? Oh cuz they're busy with something hmmm what is that?
It's not just Japanese it's what the Amish do and it's what every human culture did for thousands of years before nails
Facts
@@FrenchViking466 Too bad opinion and emotions seems to be more important these days
It’s acutely from tang dynasty of China. The monk’s name Ganjin brought the building technology to Japan.
@@marcoazrael 难道外国人不知道这一点吗
Yeah, it's not that special. And nails are way better IF they are available.
“No metal so no risk of corrosion”
*Termites entered the chat*
Water enters the chat
those are a risk for anything made of wood. Nails won't save anything from termites.
this is good woodwork. In Indian temple they use the same technique with stones to build multi level temples. Some of these temples date back as old as 5000-10000 years and still standing
I prefer finally crafted joints as well.
ISWYDT
@@DraftySatyr 😁
And the blunt ends.
This is really satisfying
We do this in carpentry school in Czech republic. That Japanese woodworkers use non glued joining doesn't mean it's only made in Japan, other countries do it too, and it's one of the most sturdy joins that you can make, so it's actualy common for woodworkers from all around the earth to know how to do these all around
Just because he said its japanese doesn't mean others dont use it... he said its a japanese method, i mean its literallt free use
@@SpaceCatTW he shouldn't have called it japanese then.
@@captainsunbear5472 Your logic is kinda stupid, Let me ask you this, who can eat a pizza which was originated in italy?
1.italians
2.everyone
@@SpaceCatTWhe never said its a Japanese method he said it's japanese woodworking
@@SpaceCatTWthis is more stupid than his logic
Love the Japanese craftsmanship 😊
Everything the Japanese touch is always top tier.
Actually invented by Chinese. Most ancient temples in China don’t use a single nail
@@leonardw5487everything Japanese touch is probably stolen 😂
Stolen from other culture. This wood working technique is not exclusive to the Japs.
This is also used in 3D printing to save print space and for easier assembly. Sure, you can print bolts and what not, but a rigid design will more or less beat a cheap plastic screw.
Amazing handcrafted 🪵 👍
I've seen whole houses moved in almost one piece and put back together in a week and it's beautiful to see a real change in the mindset of Japanese people who have a better way of saying look at the world and reflect upon it
yeah, my lego house
Can this be used to build "soft" robots not just houses hmm... Imagine a robot (hand + feet) made out of these type of lego blocks, printing or injecting molding the parts then assembling them to create another robot perhaps smaller or bigger until you have millions of identical robots at different size scales.
Similar type of methods to join wood or rocks was the culture of ancient india there are not only wooden artifacts but also whole temples and forts in India from ancient times in whose no filament in used to join two adjacent rocks
THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WAS FORMED DURING 13th CENTURY OR EVEN BEFORE THAT
Which is popularly known as HEMADPANTHI ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
Nice work by letting them know our ancient Indian engineering brother
Ancient Indian temples where made this way but instead of wood the temples where made of stone
This is what happens when the ancient used long forgotten, super strong laser cutting methods
Now I have to look that up.
I think the medieval Rus had churches built with no nails
This is an Ancient Asian technique that was used to construct Huge Temples in Asia and still is being used. Very recent structure is the Ram temple built in India only with stones, no iron or other stuff. This technique was also later passed on to different continents like Mayan temples, Egyptian Pyramids. Ancient people were highly advanced in construction compared to today's Engineers even using most advanced machines..
This is the peak of happiness for men ☺
Amazing
The mortise and tenon structure was invented by Lu Ban, a carpenter in the Warring States Period, 2500 years ago. This kind of structure has been widely used in traditional Chinese architecture, and has become one of the characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture.
Man, just sitting here thinking of what it mustve been like back then in that beautiful countryside, crafting shashimoto homes, drinking sake, smokin a lil herb, farming. Sounds kinda nice to me.
you worked from sun up till sun down.
the past truly is remarkable, we should be thankful for the sacrifices that countless generations before us had to make to give us this quality of life.
We have the internet, we can explore every corner of the world, read any book, find out ANYTHING. The level of information available to any person today is more than what was available to every single human combined before the 1990s.
I am thankful i get to live during the age of the Internet, when i can know so much.
The rest of modern life… it’s soulless and dead, but at least we can appreciate the past without having to go through it ourselves
Yeah besides having a raw asshole because you're never able to really get it cleaned down there without modern toilet paper 😂
Back-breaking work and filth is all you get from medieval farming life with a high chance of death by bandit or lord.
@@heraadrian7764 so kinda like today but with dominos pizza
@@steviechampagne Haha You Serious. Right?🤣
We have such buildings in Romania too. U should also make a video about that. The Romanian Maramures wooden churches. Hundreds of years old, use no nails.
Beautiful !!!😊
In India this is called
"Hemadpanti Architecture"
Where tenon and mortise joints were used to construct temples in India in the olden days. It is really marvelous.
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Thanks for naming this technology. Like, subscribe. 😃
It's not technology😂. Does that look like a computer to you😂. It's a method of building
💀 please don't tell me you don't understand what technology means @@ClaytonBigsby01
@@ClaytonBigsby01 something doesn't have to be electronic to be considered technology smart guy.
This is extremely high quality, amazing 😍
Here in America people would say : "we don't need no skilled craftsmanship, we want planned obselesence , we don't want things lasting for centuries we want to build, tear down and rebuild every few years , that's how you make the bucks " .
True, but it is a waste of natural resources and we have housing crisis.
Everything rots deteriorates after certain amount of time
Nobody would ever say that. It’s so anti American it’s not even funny
Not everyone can afford a house let alone one made like this.
Nowadays things are shot together with nail guns & the big "who cares" reigns supreme
Amazing!
So bloody beautiful 😍😊
They're also incredibly satisfying to watch
Smh some of the most satisfying stuff I’ve ever seen- true genius!
INDIA,This interlocking system,was used 5000 years ago to construct temple and Dam.
This is invented by the chinese, not japanese. Japanese just used the idea and gave it another name. If you look at ancient architectural monuments in china, none of them use nails at all, pure woodworking
I agree Japan and Japanese are great.
Indians used this architecture ages ago, in all other countries copy it and think of their own.
This is insane craftsmanship! Mind blowing.
Japanese strive for perfection is just insane!
WONDERFUL TECHNOLOGY, THANK YOU
This is how Japanese craftsmanship shines around the world.
In India we have 1000year old temples using this interlock system in stones.
The Japanese culture is so amazing. So impressive.
Indians made huge towering temples using similar technique. Those temples last 1000-2000 years!! Simply astonishing!!!
Only difference is that they did it themselves, did not claim to be the only ones to have invented it and didn't have any weebs parading around copied homework xD
As a woodworker, these joints are absolutely incredible. The precision of these craftsman is beyond my comprehension.
Because it is all wood, the joints can flex and are a fantastic example of ancient aseismic design. Learnt about it in human geography, building structure adaptations are super interesting.
I love this type of wood working ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful craftsmanship
We Kashmiris have this technique for centuries and is still in use
AND SO BEAUTIFUL !!!
Precision in Japan takes another level!
It’s amazing, I believe that the time to process wood in order to give it not only the right joint but the correct dimension as it has to be accurate must have been tremendous. In Western Europe, although there are many carpentry styles, rough wooden beams assembled with rough joints and long iron nails was and is still the way to go nowadays for classical houses. My uncle, in the south west of France lives in a 300 years old house, some walls, floor etc.. remade, naturally, carpentry though, older than the oldest ancestor we even know
We INDIANS 🇮🇳already, have this interlocking system not with woods but stones
only by this technique INDIANS built a astonishing temple
HELL YES..THATS WONDERFUL!(Iplan on trying it...with MY OWN CUT DESIGNS!
This is Chinese traditional building craftsmanship called 榫卯 sunmao.
Ye chinese tends to claim everything theirs
@@howis-goinYeah… so does America and Espeacially the british museum
@@Asytol_ you are totally tell the truth👍🏼🫡
@@howis-goin 日柠檬
@@howis-goin 多读书
This is so satisfying to watch
日本の指物は紙一枚さえも入る隙間無く木を組む技術が凄いのですよ
This is how all the ancient temples around the world were build. They were giant stone puzzles assembled without using any concrete.
It is impressive. For other countries, it is totally okay if the architecture isn't like this. They are compelled to improve such ways due to incidence of earthquakes in their country.
With the new CNC-Machines its a very good thing to produce such woodproducts
Japan has my respect 🤍
Japanese are truly fascinating! Their intellgence and creativity is ahead of our time.
Making virtue out of necesary conpromise is the mark of the foolish.
YEAH ! In India , Charpai where this craft used you can find them one or one in every village house . It homemade in India
I love this kind of woodworking.
In ancient India these techniques implemented to build temples with heavy weight rocks these temples not disturbed still now
So satisfying to watch 👀
This would actually be perfect for guitar necks
I haven't heard of that. It's fascinating and beautiful. And very functional at the same time.
Everything they do there is art❤
Never doubt the traditional japanese craftsman
Extreme precision is required to make those
Our country getting GLAZED with this one 🗣🔥🔥
The definition of "satisfying" to watch
I saw this method used on a Chinese temple in Indonesia a few years ago. Incredible stuff.
When he said it should be easy to disassemble when necessary, I immediately thought, jenga the whole building
It takes years to master this craft.❤❤❤❤
In malaysia, we built houses with this knowledge also its happen when the time of ANCIENT KEDAH in 500 bce, one of the oldest civilization in ur region..its good to know many place also do it.😊
This made bank break ins way easier and flammable amazing new work 💀