You can purchase all of Chris’s materials below with a credit card or PayPal. Thank you for your interest!
Please note: These are all PDFs, not hard copies.
When you buy an essay, PayPal sends me a purchase notification, and I send out the download links myself. It’s not an automated system, so please allow up to 48 hours to receive your download link(s). If you don’t receive a link after 48 hours, please email (azumadesignbuild “at” gmail dot com) and let me know.
If cost is an issue for you, feel free to email me at the email above. I am happy to offer discounts to students, low-income people, and people in countries with a currency that doesn’t go as far in US dollars. The money from the essays helps our family after Chris’s death, but it’s important to me that the materials are accessible and affordable for everyone who is interested in keeping this type of work alive!
~Ilana (Chris’s wife/widow)
TAJCD Volume I
A review of some of the basic mathematics applicable to carpentry work in general, and to aid in smoothly working through material in the other Volumes of TAJCD series.
$20.00
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TAJCD Volume II
Introduces the Japanese kō-ko-gen method for deriving the basic cut angles employed in regular plan splayed board assemblies (hoppers). Covers basic butted and mitered construction, along with mortise and tenon construction.
$25.00
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TAJCD Volume III
An in-depth look at splicing joints. Over 200 pages.
$40.00
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TAJCD Volume IV
Splayed post structures and askew rafter layout
$40.00
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TAJCD Volume V
A look at the basics of Japanese hipped roof work
$40.00
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TAJCD Supplement: Kanna tuning Manual
A detailed look at preparing a Japanese hand plane for use.
$40.00
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TAJCD Supplement: Plane Set Up and Tuning
TAJCD Monograph: The Box miter Joint
How to cut the strongest of all the mitered corner joints.
$20.00
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TAJCD Monograph: Three-Way Corner Joint
Here’s a unique form of joining a mitered header corner to a post.
$17.50
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