As other people have pointed, it's a beautiful joint and you did an extremely good job on it. It doesn't seem that there is much wood left, maybe the main function of this joint it that all is hidden. Tatemae is a very important aspect of life here.
I was wondering the whole time what the little bit of wood you left on the sides was for, until you joined the two together and I understood it was to overlap the chamfer. The result with the 2 chamfers meeting as a miter is a REALLY nice detail... I'd never have though of that and might be adding it to some design sometime. I love your adventure !
i copy the most strong joint you published here in "You Tube". i sketch & draw them, decide my good judgement on measurements, because i am building me an outdoor kitchen,. this place over the hill of Vegas is so windy, canopy tarp is not that strong so i am using lots of 4x4's & 2x4, no screws & no glue,. i am using 3/4 dowel to serve for a lock,. & 1/8 dowel to lock the 3/4, i am looking for a long term usage, i realized the glue & screws never last long especially got involved on heavy wind & heavy rain, the more it rain the more the wood gets lock & stiff,.. could hardly sway the connection,.. thanks for sharing your video Dorian,.
Very nice work and as for the music, I used the volume control and turn it off, guess that was beyond some people! ;) Thanks for this video and all the others.
Beautiful workmanship and an ingenious concept including how you made that bevel to hide the secret of the joint. If given to someone to take apart, he would have to rack his brains. Because wood is what it is , I think I would have driven a long screw through that male dovetail as what material remaining in it is not really that much. Here is a teaser; as it, is the joint strength is too one sided, so how about making two smaller side by side so that the load is distributed better over the slot. The smaller male parts would certainly have to be aided by a long screw in each of them.
+Carmel Pule' thank you! I would refrain from msking the male piece with two dovetails. In this scale it would make the male piece very prone to breakung and I wouldn't want to use screws unless absolutely necessary.
Dorian Bracht im starting to find that its becoming a reaccuring joke about your videos and ypur channel . . . the music is horrid still love your craftsmanship no matter how bad your taste in musis is ;D
Very nice joint. Have you considered showing the mark out dimensions overlayed on the unassembled parts of the joint? I have found the mark out sections of your videos aren't clear.
Thank you! Well I never intended these videos to be tutorials, since I am doing most of these joints for the first time. I had to figure the dimensions out myself as well ;)
I'm pretty sure this joint is mostly for decorative purposes. I think you'd be better off using simpler and stronger joints. Also sorry for the late comment.
you do good work. i take it the purpose of this joint is to have a sort of self locking joint that could be used in a knock down application? (which would replace a fixed mortise and tenon?)
Was thinking you were going to put it in the other way, then tap a block into the hole behind it to hold it in place. Obviously I missed the "blind" part.
LOL I feel so advanced! I've up'd my game to screws and glues! Last weekend, I started moving to level 3...The Kregg! Seriously, I love all these joints & sometime I'll play w em. They look fantastic
hey Dorian, welche japanischen Eckverbindungen würden sich für eine "SerienProduktion". Baue mir demnächst Bienenstöcke und würd gern alles ausschließlich von Hand, mit der Japansäge und Stemmeisen, ohne Schrauben machen wollen, nur so aus spass am Holzwerken
I'm afraid this is just not to my taste, the mind bogglingly beautiful craftsmanship is entirely hidden inside the joint and the finished product just looks like some idiot forgot the screws.
+brocktechnology that's the whole point, to have a rail or other element hidden. Seeing screws is ugly and you don't always want to see every joint for aesthetic reasons.
