A strike-through chisel. Normally, when constructing a pass-through mortise, the timber is carved away from both sides with…

Also called urame 裏目.
The scale marked on the back side of a carpenter's square, which is the square root of…

A plane used to smooth the sides of a groove, particularly in a doorsill or lintel, after the base plane, *…

Lit. "splitting gauge." The splitting gauge is used to mark thin pieces of wood along the grain so that it can be broken…