ok, I'm inspired...

[patl]

http://www.eurus.dti.ne.jp/~k-yazawa/finger.html

He has quite a lot of interesting joints at http://www.eurus.dti.ne.jp/~k-yazawa/jointwork.html too, some I know I'm going to be scratching my head over for a while.

Pat.

 

[head clansman]

hi
excellent links thanks for showing it . hc

 

[motownmartin]

I've seen this before, its very good, the bloke must have a lot of time on his hands.

 

[Philly]

Love the "finger" joints - very cool!
Philly

 

[Ironballs]

Excellent, those finger joints are good. Not so sure about the Bontempi music in the furniture section though

 

[wizer]

I think the finger joints are just too wacky, despite the incredible craftsmanship.

I do like the fine comb style joints on their.

 

[Night Train]

That is really nice work.

It looks like the raised Oriental characters are the ends of through tenons.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks, I spent a long time on your link, I particularly liked the links button as well. Went to Exotic jewelery boxes option (new)

 

[CWatters]

Looks like it's done by printing the joint onto paper and sticking that to the work to use as a template. Great stuff..

http://www.eurus.dti.ne.jp/~k-yazawa/hishigata.html

 

[PeterBassett]

I can't for the life of me figure out how he got that joint together.
It's like a dovetail but in both directions. There must be a cheat to it, one side of the joint must be not the shape it seems to be.

Any thoughts?

EDIT : Or perhaps it goes together like a hinge. It starts out flat and fits together as the "leg" is angled down to 90. Maybe.

 

[bouncymat]

can't remember what they are called but you are right they do hinge together.

 

[PeterBassett]

Ah, thought that might be it..

Cheers.

 

[yo_chuci]

i was thinking the same...
i was looking at this one

and thinking that the circle parts of the tails can't be full depth so it can hinge and pull out... i suppose if that was the case then an it would have to be put together as 1 piece before popping in to its square shape to lock it all together. /_ / to |_| etc... but all four sides...

can't figure it otherwise.

 

[xy mosian]

Hi,

Could the Bar End dovetails be variations on the Rising dovetail?

xy

 

[AndyT]

I can't for the life of me figure out how he got that joint together.
It's like a dovetail but in both directions.

It does slide together but with both pieces at 90 degrees, inside corners touching, so the direction of slide is at 45 degrees to either surface. David Charlesworth covers it in one of his books.