| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| kamakebiki 鎌毛引 | A double-line marking gauge with an iron handle bent into an L-shape where the marking blade is attached. The iron handle is… |
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| kanazuchi 金槌 | A carpenter's hammer with an iron head. It differs from the steel double faced hammer *… |
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| kane-no-te 矩の手 | An architecutural element which incorporates a right angle. For example, a corridor with a right angle bend is referred to… |
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| kanejaku 曲尺 | ✓ | A carpenter's square. It has a long side, about 49 cm, and a short side about 24 cm, and looks like an L shaped ruler. Also… |
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| kanna 鉋 | A plane, used to shave away the surface of timber to get a smooth finish. In Japan, where most buildings in pre-Meiji… |
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| kebiki 毛引 | A marking gauge. A tool used to draw accurate, straight lines on the surface of timber. The marking blade is fixed to the… |
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| kiri 錐 | A gimlet. A tool used to bore holes in timber by rotating the blade tip. Gimlets are divided into three types depending on… |
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| kiwaganna 際鉋 | A plane used for shaving and finishing the sides of a mortise or an internal angle. There is a plane for left-side cutting… |
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| kizuchi 木槌 | A mallet that is usually made of oak or holly. It is used in cases where a metal hammer such as the *… |
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| kotenomi 鏝鑿 | A trowel chisel. A type of paring chisel *tsukinomi 突鑿, with… |
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| maebiki oga 前挽大鋸 | ✓ | A large ripsaw with a blade about 60 cm long and 40 cm wide. It was first introduced in the 15th century and was used until… |
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| maebikinoko 前挽鋸 | Standard purpose carpenters' ripsaw. A ripsaw with a blade approximately 35-40 cm long and 12 cm wide. The blade narrows… |
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| maruganna 丸鉋 | A special type of plane used for paring a curved wooden surface. A sotomaruganna 外丸鉋 is used for paring a concave… |
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| marunomi 丸鑿 | A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a thin, arc-shaped… |
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| masakari 鉞 | A carpenter's hewing ax. It is smaller than a tree-felling ax, tazuki 多都岐, and weighs between 750 and 1300 g. The… |
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| mentoriganna 面取鉋 | A special plane used to cut bevelled corners. A shooting board, that serves as a guide, is attached to a small smoothing… |
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| mizoganna 溝鉋 | ✓ | Also known as shakuriganna 决鉋. A plane used exclusively for making grooves in a doorsill or lintel. If the width of… |
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| motoichi shakuriganna 基一決鉋 | ✓ | A plane used to curve the grooves in a doorsill or lintel. Unlike the *mizoganna 溝鉋,… |
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