| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| 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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| sagefuri 下振 | Also called shōjiki 正直. A plumb line with a plumb bob, furiko 振子, at the lower end. The plumb bob is a… |
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| shakuzue 尺杖 | A rod-like, rectangular piece of wood made of Japanese cedar sugi 杉, or Japanese cypress hinoki 桧, 1.8 to… |
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| shiage ganna 仕上鉋 | A special finishing plane. A plane used in the final stage of smoothing wood after the surface has been flattened with the… |
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| sokosarainomi 底渫鑿 | Lit. "bottom-cleaning chisel." A chisel designed to clean out the wooden shavings which have accumulated in the base of the… |
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| soridaiganna 反り台鉋 | ✓ | A plane used for moulding curved, wooden architectural elements such as gable boards or projecting rafters. The sole of the… |
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| sujikebiki 筋毛引 | A carpentry gauge used to mark accurate, parallel lines on pillars, door frames and planks, or to accurately redraw the… |
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| suminawa 墨縄 | Also known as sumi-ito 墨糸. A carpenter's inking line. It is used for drawing a reference line (the procedure is… |
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| sumisashi 墨刺 | Also written 墨芯. A bamboo brush or drawing spatula. The tip of a piece of bamboo is sharpened into a pallet shape and then… |
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| sumitsubo 墨壷 | Carpenter's ink pot, or ink pad. The sumitsubo, unlike other carpentry tools, does not have a fixed shape or size.… |
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