Timber Framers Guild 2007 Western Conference: Machiai Workshop - 2007/04/12

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Session highlights:

• Another day of strange weather. While it didn't rain, it was very windy and cold.
• Test fitting the components.
• Raising the machiai.

	1, 2
	3
	4, 5 - All joints test fitted and checked for squareness.
	6
	7, 8
	9, 10, 11, 12, 13
	14
	15, 16
	17, 18
	19
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	24
	25, 26, 27
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	31
	32 - Senga demonstrating how to draw a curve line with an ink line.
	33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
	40, 41, 42, 43
	44
	45
	46, 47 - Jay got into the action.
	48
	49
	50 - Senga planing through some difficult grains on these wild Port Orford cedar posts.
	51, 52
	53, 54
	55, 56, 57, 58
	59, 60, 61
	62
	63
	64, 65, 66, 67 - Mike Laine made this miter joint.
	68, 69
	70
	71
	72
	73, 74, 75
	76
	77
	78, 79
	80, 81
	82, 83, 84, 85
	86, 87, 88
	89
	90
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	92
	93, 94, 95
	96, 97
	98
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	100
	101
	102, 103 - Senga trying out a Lie-Nielsen model maker's block plane. He seemed thoroughly impressed.
	104, 105
	106
	107, 108, 109, 110
	111
	112
	113, 114, 115
	116, 117
	118, 119 - Japanese daiku's secret to tight joints!
	120
	121, 122, 123
	124, 125, 126
	127
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	135, 136, 137, 138
	139
	140, 141, 142
	143, 144
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	148, 149
	150
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	154
	155, 156, 157, 158
	159 - Senga's Ichihiro chisel set. According to him, Ichihiro was famous for his sen work on the ura, especially on the 3mm chisel. He likes Funahiro too. He thinks Funahiro is striving to achieve Ichihiro's standard.
	160, 161, 162
	163, 164