Monthly Archives: December 2015

WP 2015 in Review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I’m humbled.  Thanks for a great year! Wishing all a Happy New Year! Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Tsuitate Screen-Part 3

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Greg Merritt

My earliest memory of my grandparents on my father’s side is Sunday afternoon visits.  Grandma always seemed to have cookies, cake or pie at the ready and plenty of sweet tea.  My grandpa Merritt was a firm believer that children … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Tsuitate Screen-Part 2

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I made a start on the tsuitate screen today.  Starting with a couple of fir 2×4’s I was able to cull all of the parts that I needed and managed to avoid almost all of the knots.  If your going … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Tsuitate Screen-Part 1

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Greg Merritt

The tsuitate is a Japanese freestanding low screen.  Typically consisting of a single wood or paper panel and often very ornate.  Many examples are decorated with paintings.  Others have panels that are constructed from a particularly beautiful piece of timber. … Continue reading →

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Blind Dovetail Thru Mortise and Tenon

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Blind Dovetail Thru Mortise and Tenon This joint shows up fairly regularly in books that document joinery and it seems to be predominately utilized in timber framing applications.  

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Cross Lap with Mitered Corners-Part 2

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Thanks to a couple of commenters, Stan and Johan, I can now add a little background information and a written reference to my record for this joint.  The overwhelming evidence is that this joint has been historically employed primarily in … Continue reading →

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Cross Lap with Mitered Corners-Part 1

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Well, I might as well start this journey. Cross Lap with Mitered Corners   I have, as yet, been unable to find any written reference to this joint.  I have seen an example of it from two sources.  

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Joinery Journey

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I love joinery. There is something magical about fitting two or more pieces of wood together. Before the advent of mechanical fasteners, joinery reigned supreme.  At that pre-industrial time is was the cheapest, fastest and strongest way of building with … Continue reading →

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