Japanese floor sill joint - GIF

Floor sill joint from a 92-year-old Japanese house.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...821#post175209
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...468#post173721
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...286#post106821
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1821#post94823
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1354#post93553
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2258#post76045
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...840#post156278

Incredible bit of wood butchering there!

Does that to make the joint earthquake proof?

The carpenter must have been paid by the hour instead of by the job.

That floor sill joint shows the ingenuity, creativity, and respect for the natural resource the Japanese culture embraces. It also, like so many other Japanese wood joints, points to an amazing effort to not throw away smaller pieces of wood. They endeavor to include a perceived useless piece of scrap in a way that is completely necessary as locking wedges. Carpentry is just another quasi religious practice in the Japanese culture. I am almost never unimpressed when exploring Japanese hand crafts, but Japanese wood craft is mesmerizing to me. Thanks for posting!