Begin and end strips in the bottom 1/3 of the
lattice area. Tuck the beginning pair inside of the
ending pair, overlapping the ends 12".The overlap
should extend through two intersections with the
perpendicular strips. Cut the ends horizontally.
8. TIE THE KNOTS
At all points where strips cross, tie them with the
hemp/palm twine to strengthen and finish the
gate (Figure
Q
). The traditional Japanese knot
for this is the ibo musibi, the knot that’s used in
the traditional yotsume-gaki bamboo fence. You
can learn to tie it from YouTube videos such as
youtu.be/Fva7A07Ioak or youtu.be/46lCdSS3yRw.
I started my knots as an ibo by crossing the
twine in the back, but finished with an ordinary
square knot in the front. In my opinion the square
knot looks fine as a substitute for the ibo.
Soak the twine in water before tying and it will
shrink when dried, making a tight knot.
YOU CAN SWING IT
Your finished shiorido gate is very light, less than
4 pounds, so the hardware can be light, too.In
Japan, specializedhardware is available for
this type of bamboo gate, but it’s not available
in the United States. A very good substitute can
be made using two eye bolts (such as Uxcell
M5×40mm stainless eye bolts), with appropriate
nuts, on the gate.For the gate post, use two #10
stainless wood screws, bent into an L shape, with
the heads cut off. The L’s point up, and the eye
bolts simply slide over.
The traditional Japanese “latch” is a simple
braided circleabout 6" diameter (made using
three ¼" bamboo strips) that rests over both the
gate post and the gate, on the opposite side from
the hinges.
This gate looks good anywhere you’d like to
hang it.I recommend one round gate post on
each side of the gate, each 3"–4" in diameter,
stained black (or, traditionally, char-flamed with a
torch until black).
If you’d like to learn to build a bamboo fence to
go with it (a yotsume-gaki for example), YouTube
would be a good place to start.
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