The construction of shoji japanese sliding doors requires intricate skills and attention to detail.
Making shoji sliding doors.
They will become the left and right sides.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
The kreg jig i mentioned in the intro is invaluable to this.
How to build a japanese shoji sliding door step 1.
While many of the shoji doors in this project had different over all dimensions the joinery dimensions were all similar the main differences being piece total length and spacing of the kumiko mortises in the rails and stiles.
The most commonly used washi paper contains fibers from the gambi shrub mitsumata shrub or the.
Now comes the fun part.
This guide to creating shoji brings together both traditional insight and technical mastery of the craft from the perspective of an apprenticed sliding door maker.
Measure the opening for the shoji sliding door including the thickness of the door frame.
Shoji sliding door panels are attached using a shikii floor rail and a kamoi overhead beam.
Here follows a detailed description of the process i used to make a set of shoji doors.
Installing the rail system.
Cut two vertical pieces of wood to the height measurement from step 1.
Keeping track of everything was important so as to not get the sets of parts.