Introduction to Hand-Cut Joinery
Overview & Philosophy
Discover the strength and beauty of traditional jointing methods. Spend a day diving into layout layout tools, sawing fine lines, chopping timber, and building a secure housing joint and bridle joint.
Skills you will master during this workshop:
- Japanese pull sawing
- Chisel Mortising
- Layout offset marking
- Gluing & Clamping
Marcus Miller
Historic joinery master. Author of traditional English structural timber-framing blueprints.
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