| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 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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