| 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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| yariganna 槍鉋 | A plane thought to have been the only plane employed in ancient times to pare and finish timber. Today carpenters do not use… |
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| yasuri 鑢 | U-shaped metal pieces nailed to a gate, allowing it to be locked with a sliding timber gate-bar *… |
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| yokobikinoko 横挽鋸 | Also read yokobiki nokogiri. A crosscut saw. A saw used for cutting wood across the grain. | Architecture, Tools |
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