Author: Henry Lanz
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780806962368
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explains the proper use of the various types of Japanese saws, planes, chisels, sharpening stones, and measuring tools
Author: Kip Mesirow
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: 2006-09-01
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1933330139
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Essential information for hobbyists and professionals; fully illustrated
Author: Hideo Sato
Publisher: Rodale Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780881790047
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tells how to use and care for Japanese woodworking tools, shows how to create traditional Japanese joints, and looks at the techniques used to frame a house
Author: Hideo Sato
Publisher: Hartley & Marks Publishers
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780881791211
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →La menuiserie japonaise complète est le manuel le plus accessible et le plus complet disponible en anglais sur l'art du travail du bois au Japon. Ce livre couvre tous les aspects du métier complexe et exigeant du travail du bois japonais, y compris le soin et l'utilisation des outils, la disposition et le marquage du bois, la découpe des joints et leur assemblage final.
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Published: 1997-06
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →American Woodworker magazine, A New Track Media publication, has been the premier publication for woodworkers all across America for 25 years. We are committed to providing woodworkers like you with the most accurate and up-to-date plans and information -- including new ideas, product and tool reviews, workshop tips and much, much more.
Author: Azby Brown
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2014-01-07
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1462913784
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Genius of Japanese Carpentry tells the story of the 1200-year-old Yakushiji monastery in Nara and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the depredations of time, fire and warfare. Although the full monastery reconstruction will not be completed until 2030, one of the main temples, the Picture Hall, has been completely restored employing the same woodworking technology used to create the original building. This new edition of an architectural classic is by Azby Brown—one of the world's leading experts on Japanese architecture. It contains a new preface and many new text materials and photographs—most of them now available in color for the first time. Azby Brown chronicles the painstaking restoration of the temple through extensive interviews with the carpenters and woodworkers along with original drawings based on the plans of master carpenter Tsunekazu Nishioka. An inspiring testament to the dedication of these craftsmen and their philosophy of carpentry work as a form of personal fulfillment, The Genius of Japanese Carpentry offers detailed documentation of this singular project and a moving reminder of the unique cultural continuity found in Japan.
Author: George Basalla
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989-02-24
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1316101584
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents an evolutionary theory of technological change based upon recent scholarship in the history of technology and upon relevant material drawn from economic history and anthropology. It challenges the popular notion that technology advances by the efforts of a few heroic individuals who produce a series of revolutionary inventions owing little or nothing to the technological past. Therefore, the book's argument is shaped by analogies taken selectively from the theory of organic evolution, and not from the theory and practice of political revolution. Three themes appear, and reappear with variations, throughout the study. The first is diversity: an acknowledgment of the vast numbers of different kinds of made things (artifacts) that have long been available to humanity; the second is necessity: the belief that humans are driven to invent new artifacts in order to meet basic biological requirements such as food, shelter, and defense; and the third is technological evolution: an organic analogy that explains both the emergence of novel artifacts and their subsequent selection by society for incorporation into its material life without invoking either biological necessity or technological progress. Although the book is not intended to provide a strict chronological account of the development of technology, historical examples - including many of the major achievements of Western technology: the waterwheel, the printing press, the steam engine, automobiles and trucks, and the transistor - are used extensively to support its theoretical framework. The Evolution of Techology will be of interest to all readers seeking to learn how and why technology changes, including both students and specialists in the history of technology and science.