How to fasten wooden parts without nails, glue and self-tapping screws

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26

Surely your knowledge of detachable wood joints ends with a "dovetail". And the ancient Japanese craftsmen knew hundreds of fastening methods. A modern carpenter has studied them, made GIFs and posted them on Twitter. So far, he has revealed over 80 methods.

The coolest joiners and carpenters are said to be able to build a house without a single nail. Japanese artisans, even amateurs, are just that.

A few years ago, a young carpenter in the automotive industry came across a book describing traditional Japanese woodworking techniques. He was very fascinated by the descriptions of the connections of parts without the use of nails, screws and glue. He wanted to learn how to do the same. But there were no diagrams for making fasteners in the book. Then the guy decided to draw them himself.

He used the free service Fusion-360 to model and animate the parts. The Japanese translated the resulting result into GIFs and posted it to his Twitter account under the name. In almost a year, the young carpenter visualized 85 different types of detachable connections.

The variety of mounts is truly amazing. With their help, you can make basically anything - a stool, a sofa, a table, and so on. The main thing is to have straight arms and a good, preferably electric tool.

But even if the manual labor does not inspire you at all, you will probably enjoy watching GIFs. The grace with which the details mesh with each other is mesmerizing.