Heavy Duty Shelves – Kata-sage-ari joints
Over the past few days I’ve started work on the “heavy duty” shelves that I discussed last week. I started with the posts, milling them… Read More »Heavy Duty Shelves – Kata-sage-ari joints
Japanese Carpentry
A Unique Approach to Cutting Bevels
It’s been a while since I’ve had a shop of my own. While I was in college I lived out of my families cabin in… Read More »A Unique Approach to Cutting Bevels
Mirror Shelf – Build 2
On to the last bit of work for the mirror shelf build. Again my apologies that the photos in this build are somewhat lacking. Lately… Read More »Mirror Shelf – Build 2
Liquid Glass Wood Finish
For several years now I’ve been making woodturnings, carved bowls, trays and plates. Making items like these that will potentially see real use as tableware;… Read More »Liquid Glass Wood Finish
Inspiration
This week I thought I’d take it easy here on the blog and simply share some images from a few places that I’ve visited here… Read More »Inspiration
Scribed Joinery – the Process 2
In last weeks post I talked about the process of using the scribing tool to mark the shape of an uneven surface followed by cutting/trimming.… Read More »Scribed Joinery – the Process 2
Scribed Joinery – the Process
In this post I thought I’d cover more of the process of scribing. The process I will show here is aimed at joining two pieces… Read More »Scribed Joinery – the Process
Scribed Joinery
After the Maruta Bench project and a few other projects (Chair no. 1, Toshi-nuki Shelves) where I talked about using scribed joinery, I thought it… Read More »Scribed Joinery
Maruta Bench – Build 3
One of the final details before assembling the bench was to mark and cut the holes for the pegs in the tenons. After trimming and… Read More »Maruta Bench – Build 3
Maruta Bench – Build 2
The last post left off with turning the short seat stretchers round on the lathe. I had pre-cut a 60mm Ø shoulder prior to turning,… Read More »Maruta Bench – Build 2
