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Scribe-fit Joinery

This 4-page article is about an important Japanese joinery technique that is used in Japanese carpentry and Japanese tea house construction.  Scribe-fit joinery is the traditional Japanese woodworking method for fitting one round or irregular timberframe member against another.  This article describes how the top of a square post can be formed to fit a round roof purlin.  If you are interested in Japanese tea house design or in actually building a Japanese tea house, this article is worth reading.

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