Laney College's Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project - 2006/11/18

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Highlights from today's class:

• Jay, our master carpenter, doing layout and creating templates.
• Jason, Manny, and Wade working on the ridge beam.
• Phil, Herman, and Jim working on a prototype of a gooseneck joint.
• Everyone pitching in to make the rafters with slanted dovetails.

	1 - The main and supporting posts are stood up to show the proportion of the gate.
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	3 - Jason measuring the distance between the main and supporting posts.
	4 - Jason cutting the bevel on the ridge beam. The rafters will eventually be mounted to the ridge beam at an angle.
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	6 - Bob cutting a tenon jig which will be used to cut the gooseneck for the prototype joint.
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	8 - Herman choping the mortise end of the prototype gooseneck joint.
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	10 - Manny preparing his plane for planing the ridge beam.
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	12 - Donna cutting a tenon for the new workbench.
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	17 - Wade is getting his chisel nice and sharp.
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	20 - John cutting the rafters to size.
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	22 - Manny and Jason planing the ridge beam. Check out the nice pile of shavings.
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	26 - Herman continues to work on the gooseneck joint. This thing is harder than it looks!
	27 - Lee pitching in with the rafter work.
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	36 - Jay making the template for the slanted dovetails on the rafters.
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	52 - Donut break. Thanks to Manny for feedin' everyone. The energy level went up another notch after we chomped down on the donuts.
	53 - Jim: "Hmm... This will only be my third..."
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	55 - Jim, John, and Jay discussing the slanted dovetail layout for the rafters.
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	65 - Is Herman still working on this? It seems so.
	66 - Jay lending a helping hand. The keyhole saw helps open up the gooseneck a little bit to make chopping easier. Be sure to keep a keyhole saw in your toolbox - it's very handy!
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	68 - John laying out the slanted dovetail on the rafters. He's using the template which Jay made earlier.
	69 - Everyone's cutting rafter today it seems.
	70 - Jim doing the layout for the gooseneck tenon which will join with the mortise that Herman is working on.
	71 - Bob using a kebiki (mortise gauge) to transfer the dovetail width to the end grain.
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	97 - Bob and Jay discussing the stock options backdating woe which is affecting many high tech companies in Silicon Valley. B-)
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	99 - Jay and Bob examining the Chiyozuro Nobukuni blade. See this blade in our Kanna Gallery.
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	106 - Slanted dovetail on a rafter.
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	109 - Donna, our quality inspector, is giving her stamp of approval.
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	115 - Test fitting of the gooseneck joint. See us cut a smaller version of this joint in class.