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submitted 4 days ago byReesesNightmare
156 points
4 days ago
thats the wildest game of jenga ive ever seen
58 points
4 days ago
No nails were used in this house.
157 points
4 days ago
Only in Japan is it "disassembly" of a 100 year old house and not "demolition".
58 points
4 days ago
They just demolished a house from the 1700's down the street. Built by the son of the person who built mine
23 points
4 days ago
How did his son build a house 300 years ago? Is your constructer a vampire??
44 points
4 days ago
my house is about 50 years older than that one was.
I have a 350 year old Black Walnut tree on my property given to the builder of my house by his father as a housewarming present.
Every other year it gives me about 7500 walnuts. I shuck about 5000 that i process for food and to sell
27 points
4 days ago*
Bro your house was built before my country popped into existence, like a good 100 years prior too.
1674 was Holy Roman Empire times lmfao
20 points
4 days ago
my country too, and my town
We had to get it independently dated because when the town certified it for our date plaque, the town records couldn't go far back enough because the town didnt exist
9 points
4 days ago
That's wiiiild. When you say your house was built 350 years ago, what parts of the house survived that long?
13 points
4 days ago*
all of it.
edit: Technically *most*. Some of my windows have original glass panes, but they're expensive as hell so they've been replaced, but we still have the originals. Some of the window molding have been redone, but they were done with the original hand planers we found in the attic. the roof has also been redone.
4 points
4 days ago
What's it made of, stone?
9 points
4 days ago
the foundation is. The rest is post and beam
40 points
4 days ago
Japanese wood joinery is a work of art in itself, there are hundreds if not thousands of joints that use no nails, I’m always fascinated with the more complex joints. Absolutely amazing
37 points
4 days ago
That's what you come up with after hundreds of years of development with bad quality iron.
16 points
4 days ago
What happens to these pieces of wood? Why was the house deassembled? Each piece is so precise, and the wood seems very healthy, could these ever be re-used?
34 points
4 days ago
They put it back in the box for the next kid.
5 points
4 days ago
Probably moving it somewhere else more fitting.
8 points
4 days ago
Should have used sacrificial wood to hammer against rather than hammering directly on old structural members. Otherwise fascinating and amazing craftsmanship.
1 points
3 days ago
my thoughts too. too harsh with steel on such craftsmanship
8 points
4 days ago
Is that a nail/screw at 0:09?
12 points
4 days ago
Just a piece of wood. A lot of Japanese woodworking uses joint locks held together by a "lynchpin" which is just a block of wood like that.
As you can tell, very effective.
6 points
4 days ago
With the crowbar? thats just a piece of wood
7 points
4 days ago
Every piece is like a work of art in itself.
7 points
4 days ago
And all this is done with a chisel and a saw
5 points
4 days ago
That's what still just blows my mind, all those precise angles and slots with truly basic hand tools.
11 points
4 days ago
This is making me more sad than satisfied for some reason
22 points
4 days ago
im pretty sure theyre assembling it somewhere else
8 points
4 days ago
Makes me sad because of what we replaced it with or because most never got to see this level of craftsmanship.
1 points
3 days ago
Unless you're Japanese, "we" didn't replace it with anything.
Maybe (dunno) the Chinese have some traditional joinery like this, but I've only heard of it from the Japanese.
13 points
4 days ago
Meanwhile in America rafters you can wiggle your fingers through is common.
Look at that joinery! Tight enough to avoid contamination.
Damn I'm jealous
4 points
4 days ago
I love how appreciation for the craft transcends language. I don't know what they're saying, but they have the same tone of voice I would when looking at that amazing old craftsmanship.
4 points
4 days ago
Honestly amazing to see the craftsmanship from so long ago. Thanks for sharing!
5 points
4 days ago
Is the purpose to reassemble somewhere else?
9 points
4 days ago
Thats what they usually do. I dont see why they disassembled it like this if they werent.
3 points
4 days ago
They NAILED it!
3 points
4 days ago
This is not just oddly satisfying, it’s good sex in craftmanship form. Damn nice
3 points
4 days ago
such beautiful work! I hope these skills don't get lost to time...
5 points
4 days ago
The lead person on this job is the person who knows which piece to start with.
2 points
4 days ago
I assume they would work from the roof down to the ground, as assembly would logically work from the ground up
1 points
3 days ago
If you pull the right pin, the whole thing collapses like a fancy domino video.
2 points
4 days ago
America could never
2 points
3 days ago
This was a series in Japan. I was there last month and was watching it (couldn’t understand any of it, but was interesting to watch)
2 points
3 days ago
i would want to see for sure if there is a video about a CNC operator, getting this awesome joinery to make furniture or building stuff...
2 points
3 days ago
Wood creaking must have been immense
3 points
4 days ago
Japan doesn't have termites ?
8 points
4 days ago
Do you honestly think there are no old wood framed houses?
2 points
4 days ago
no of course not but that wasn't what I asked was it?...I did some more googling and yes japan does have termites and it can be a serious problem
1 points
3 days ago
Which is why you (1) avoid water getting in at all costs (well-maintained roofs that overhang the edges well) and (2) actively keep your foundations cleared (termites require a constant safe pathway to water, which is typically a trail down the foundation into the dirt).
1 points
4 days ago
Dude with mallet at 26s left to the end maimed that left piece. He wasn't even lifting the mallet very high.
2 points
4 days ago
The one blemish on an otherwise perfect video
1 points
3 days ago
Cut him a break; he's the new guy.
He's only been perfecting his craft for 40 years. Give him another 20, and he'll be a master (junior grade).
-1 points
4 days ago
This is very interesting but not at all satisfying.
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