Woodworking

[rikoseishin]

I am final goign to redo my basement, And I am going to do a Japanese inspired design, with one or two tatami rooms. Anyway, I am going to go to thesaw mill and prurchase the boards for the floor, and do them myself. But how were they finished? Were they planned or sanded? Did they use wax or some sort of oil such as tung oil to treat the wood? Also any suggestions as to wood I should use? I was thinking I would use cedar which I know was used alot in Kyoto, but it is very expensive. Any other less expensive woods that were used?.
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[shikisoku]

Are you going to put tatami over the wood floor?

[rikoseishin]

In the rooms, but I am going to leave the halls bare.
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[Azuki Arai]

Just a small remark on this topic, remember that when you see "cedar" in descriptions of Japanese architecture or whatever, it's not the cedar we are familiar with, but Japanese cedar (aka Cryptomeria). It's a different tree altogether, in Japanese called sugi. Sugi is in the cypress family and is not related to actual cedars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugi

Just FYI.
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Kappa mo kawa nagare - Even a kappa can get carried away by the river.

[ltdomer98]

[rikoseishin]

Lol, I do not have kids. I will not have any for at least another 10 years, if then God willing. And I am old fashioned in that I do not let the dog in the house.
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[shikisoku]

I am not expert of this kind.
But if these pictures give you any idea.
http://www.k2-homes.com/portal/house100/list.jsp?sc=0007

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[rikoseishin]

Shikisoku,

Thanks for the pitcures, they did not realy help with the finishing questions I have, but they did give me some good ideas about how to do the cellings, so thanks

Nitsu,

So you used to do framing huh? Well guess what, I am the son of a carpenter so I grew up building houses. Except I can gp from the sill to the shingles..although I would prefer not to.

Oh, and I have been meaning to get those exact books. But I have textbooks I had to get first...dirty rotten...anyway, thanks for the suggestions.
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[rikoseishin]

I have offetn thought of doing that, that way I can go straight to Japan. But I do not know anything about it. They would tel me to frame a LBW, and then I would have to tear it won cause I used mails
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[rikoseishin]

I know, that is why Iam getting a degree in Landscape architecture wiht a minor in Japanese, and i am in the process of becoming a traditionaly trained Japanese garden designers intern
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[rikoseishin]

Well hey if you are down this way we could build a tea house or something, asumming oyu owuld work for some rice and cha
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"The end of our Way of the sword is to be fearless when confronting our inner enemies and our outer enemies."
-Yamaoka Tesshu

Jonah Matheson

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[msr.iaidoka]

niitsu kakunoshin,

There is a surprisingly large Korean population in Charlotte.


平和,

マット
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鋼鉄の海軍

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[msr.iaidoka]

niitsu kakunoshin,

As with any large city there are innumerable schools. However, there is a great Kendou club if you are into weaponry. As for other types of schools, I honestly would not be able to vouch for their validity since I have not had much time since I moved up here to expand my training.


平和,

マット
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鋼鉄の海軍

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[msr.iaidoka]

niitsu kakunoshin,

The Kendou school is fantastic, however there is no good Iaidou in this city. There are some Seitei iaidou no kata studied and practiced by the Charlotte Kendo Club but whether or not that is good Iaidou is up for debate.


平和,

マット
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鋼鉄の海軍

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[msr.iaidoka]

niitsu kakunoshin,

The Charlotte region is nice. It is the biggest city in North Carolina, but it does not compare to New York and Miami/Fort Lauderdale. If you do decide to make it down this way I suggest you live outside of Mecklenburg County (where Charlotte is). The taxes are less in the neighboring counties.


平和,

マット
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鋼鉄の海軍

[niitsu kakunoshin]

[msr.iaidoka]

niitsu kakunoshin,

I just bought a brand new 1500 square feet house in a decent neighborhood for $117,000. There are plenty of you Yankee types moving down from New York and being able to live quite comfortably.


平和,

マット
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鋼鉄の海軍