Laney College's Japanese Hand Tools II Class: Japanese Gate Project - 2006/12/16

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Highlights from today's class:

• A lot of work got done even though today was the last day of class. We did layout work for some of the big joineries and are in the process of cutting them.

Have a nice Christmas holidays! We'll reconvene on 2007/01/13.

	1, 2, 3, 4 - Mockup joint made by sensei.
	5, 6, 7 - Rafters which have shaped.
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	9, 10 - Ridge beam with all the joints cut out.
	11 - Manny and Herb sawing.
	12, 13 - John Merlie shaping a rafter.
	14, 15, 16, 17 - Jason doing layout.
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	23, 24, 25 - Herb and Wade sawing.
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	28, 29 - Manny doing layout.
	30, 31, 32 - Barry and John Crane doing layout while John Merlie sharpens a blade.
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	39, 40, 41 - Phil chopping out some mortises.
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	44, 45 - Jason chopping out a big mortise.
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	47, 48 - Bob chopping out some mortises. Don't you just love these deer-caught-in-headlights shots?
	49, 50, 51 - More of Phil.
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	58, 59, 60 - Jay test fitting a joint.
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	76, 77 - Manny putting away the Daiku Dojo flag. We'll raise our flag again in another month.
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