Very nice videos! Your explanation is very well done and your english is impeccable :)

I appreciate your explanations throughout the video. Thank you for recording many parts of this in real time and including sound as you progress.These really help a novice like me get an idea of how this should work.

So glad I found you! I am studying Japanese joinery, techniques and so forth. I very much appreciate being able to watch as well. Thank you, for taking the time to bring this tradition to so many of us here in the west.

It seems you just started posting content again. Please continue because it is excellent.

Hi guys. Thank you very much for watching my video and also for your valuable feedback! Please check out my other videos.

I just took a course in Japanese joinery and this was a very good addition to my understanding of joinery.

Thank you! The advice about the edges and the grain line with respect to chisel cut direction was a big lesson for me.

You are indeed a master craftsman! love watching your videos!

I'd like to see a video on planing, grain flow, wood knots, and dealing with other problems in planing. Thanks for another great tutorial.

Great use of editing to emphasise important information

Thank you for posting these videos! I have to say I was shocked by some of the comments overall - do not be concerned by these and please keep up this good work. I have learned a lot, so you are reaching those who are open to learning.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This has been invaluable advice on technique that I have been seeking for some time now.

That was beautiful. I love the care you took for a hole that will never be seen once the joint is finished.

Your videos are excellent in all aspects. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.

I don't even know why I'm watching this. I don't even own a chisel.

Wow. Great detail on the subtleties of cutting precise crisp mortises. Just what I was looking for as I embark upon some double through mortises that will be ruined by any sloppiness.

Really glad to see you putting out more vidios. I use Japanese tools and I value your knowledge a lot. Thank you. Please continue to post more

Man keep posting videos please, I love the way you explain everything so well. Thank you!

Your woodwork and videos are top-notch. Thank you!

Thank you. Cut my very first mortise using this technique, extremely happy with the results and the clean edges 🙂. Again, thank you.

Excellent work, and I enjoy learning some of the finer details that you provide. I've cut a number of mortises by hand, but have always had trouble with keep straight lines. Watching this and seeing how you work with the direction of grain made it clear as to what I had missed in the past. Domo arrigatto.

This is so therapeutic and beautiful - well done

well executed - thank you!

Awesome!! Thank you for sharing!!! Nice video, never really understand how those great craftsman do such clean work but now I do understand a little bit.

The most useful woodworking I have watched in quite a while. Oustanding!

The detailed explanation of the techniques you use are very useful to me. Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge.

This is truly an incredible vid, thanks so much for uploading!

Thank you for the clear explanations and inserted still-pictures - a very informative video!

Excellent video with very good explanations on how deal with the grain direction when paring the last half millimeter of the mortise’s long sides! Thank you so much for sharing all these details! Very educative!

these vids are top notch

Thank you so much for the videos! I love them!! Keep them coming!!

This is the best tutorial on the subject I have seen. Excellent job!

Great video. I like the pace you demonstrate at, gives me a chance to learn. liked and subscribed.

You need to spread more information about the Japanese masters. They are the best in the world !!! I really want to learn how to work the same way ... Thanks for the video.

Amazing advice. Thank you!

This was awesome! Learned a lot. TY

Have recently found your channel and I'm hooked!

Great video!

Amazing. Great, clear, concise explanations. I will be adopting these techniques as I learn this new skill.

Nice video, thanks!

excellent video, thank you for taking the time to make and share it

your work is beautiful and your work area is very tidy!!

So glad I came upon your video. I have not looked to see if you have other videos but I still subscribed. Thank you for a great video.

Beautiful workmanship, really nice and relaxing...

And now I understand what I was doing wrong...making my job harder on that project practice piece. Thank you!

Thank you, I'm learning so much from these videos!

Thank you for the video Sensei

Great job 👌

Very nice workshop! Very well organized.

HISA, you are a very good woodworker and great teacher. Thank you for your lessons at RMIT in melbourne it's Raphael here :)

Excellent. Very instructive. Thanks.

I did this today using the instructions in this video. Thank you so much, it works!

Thank you so much for your videos. The V shape is very helpful.

Lovely tutorial, skills, explanation, will watch more of your channel,ty

excellent how to video! thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise!!

Thank you for such a well done tutorial video

Beautiful...keep them coming, we want more 😁

Great job. Your video is relaxing and informative.

Thaks for this amazing vídeo. Very clear. Perfect.

very good video :) thanks a lot! keep em coming! :D

Excellent! Very instructive video.

Love this video

You make this look so easy

Great skills!

Love your music very peaceful thank you very educational

thank you, very helpful

Excellent tutorial, thanks for sharing.

Fantastic! Nice guide and tips about mortices I learned a little bit today aswell - Also, I REALLY like your cam activated hold fast, didn't know that was a thing

Thank you for the concise tutorial and simple explanations. I will try this technique on the project I'm starting today. I particularly like your treatment of the corners. That's completely new to me and an area I've had problems with. 👍

Really good Video !! Keep going !

Thank you! It's very useful knowledge for me!!!

I enjoy watching your work. I'm a 70 year old disabled veteran with Peripheral Neuropathy and Stenosis with drastically reduced motor use in the hands. I can do precise work, but much slower than you work. Still satisfying, to work with wood. Keep up the good work and good videos. Regards.

Outstanding 👍

Thankyou - very informative

Finally an in depth video on these i can stand a "how to video" that isn't actually to she you how to but you really nailed that man this is very in depth by comparison

Your voice is so soothing 😄 Great videos on this channel - please keep it up!

Outstanding!

Well done...sub earned

Just saw Dorian’s comment.....Dorian, I am also subscribed to your channel as well!

Thanks i'm looking Forward to start practising

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing.

So therapeutic to watch

If you have a very sharp, stropped chisel it is possible to flatten the base of the mortise. This is done by holding the chisel vertically and using both hands, drag it back the length of the mortise, then from the other end. To flatten out any ridges, drag from side to side. It is possible also to ‘walk’ the chisel back and forth to pick off any little bumps. Also, though it’s a bit of a cheat, if you really need the adhesion at the end of the tennon and are a bit low on the mortise, it’s possible to fill the gap with dust and/or shavings which when wet with glue will compress and adhere and for a really solid bond on the end of the tennon.

Thanks for the video, I’ve never seen this technique but I really like it...well done sir

dorian, he is a dam fine carpenter, ive been watching your vids as well your great

very nice work❤ thumbs up:)

oh wow. I've been doing this wrong! lol! Thanks for the demo!

greetings from germany. thank you very much for this excellent video and please keep them coming.

I am actually looking for how to instructions on this using chisels. Bingo! Thank you.

Geat videos! i love japanese woodworking

Very informativ, thanks for sharing! Will try my first Andon lamp project soon, and this helped me alot. Very nice looking chisels btw!

Very nice video with some very good tips for cutting mortises with just a chisel. For someone like me who is just starting out doing woodworking, it's the perfect tutorial. ありがとう ございます.

Hello there, another lovely video giving detailed technical instructions, thank you. Could you tell me what the delightfully relaxing acoustic guitar music that is played first is please?

Thank you!

Excellent display and instructions. I am not experienced but understood it.

Young sir. iv watched a lot of videos on Japanese Masters at work You have the makings of being a master. Really liked the video your English is perfect and I will subscribe to your site . Many thanks.

I was watching Paul sellers woodworking and found these wonderful videos next. nagoya kara arigatougozaimasu !

Arigato! This is a great tutorial. I think it will help me a lot :)

Wery nice, thank you!

Very instructive....please produce more videos. Please show the marking of the wood also in quick time. Thanks for giving your knowledge to others less knowledgable.