Learn how a saw, a plane and a chisel build furniture that holds without a single screw.

Hand-cut joinery is a skill you can start with one chisel and one plank, and it changes how you look at every table and doorframe for the rest of your life.

By the end

You will be able to read a traditional joint, name the tool that cuts it, choose and sharpen a chisel, and build one mortise-and-tenon joint by hand that fits.

Who this is for

Anyone who has held a chisel and wondered why Japanese joinery looks impossibly clean, whether you own a workbench or only a kitchen table.