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Nov. 30th, 2006 02:55 amI'm intending to do use a Japanese Shoji screen motif as the unifying element in remodeling my house. After having shopped around a bit and discovered even fairly humble screens go for $120 or more, I decided it was worth looking into making them myself. I was hugely into working with my hands as a kid, and might well have been the pinnacle of human Lego engineering at some point around age 12. Since getting into computers, I've really missed actually physically building things. I've finished reading Shoji: How to Design, Build, and Install Japanese Screens by Jay van Arsdale and ordered my first set of tools based on it's advice.
Now I just have to figure out what all these woodworking terms mean...
Now I just have to figure out what all these woodworking terms mean...