Chair no. 1 – Fabrication Part 1
With the design for chair no. 1 more or less decided, I forged ahead with fabrication. One of the first choices I needed to make… 続きを読む »Chair no. 1 – Fabrication Part 1
Joinery
Making Koushi-do 格子戸 – Part 2
In the previous post after completing the joinery layout, I proceeded with cutting the koushi and door rails to length. I also cut the shoulders… 続きを読む »Making Koushi-do 格子戸 – Part 2
Making Koushido 格子戸- Japanese Lattice Doors
This month I’ve been working down in Okayama with Somakosha again, this time making 格子戸 koushi-do, or lattice doors. A friend of mine bought an… 続きを読む »Making Koushido 格子戸- Japanese Lattice Doors
Low Cherry Tansu – Ken-don 倹飩 Door
With the main cabinet more or less complete I moved on to making the single ken-don 倹飩 door for this cabinet. In a previous post… 続きを読む »Low Cherry Tansu – Ken-don 倹飩 Door
Low Cherry Tansu – Case Assembly
With the hidden mitered dovetails complete, the areas I focused on next were the vertical partition that separates the door and drawer spaces, as well… 続きを読む »Low Cherry Tansu – Case Assembly
Low Cherry Tansu – Hidden Dovetail Joinery
When it came time to deciding what kind of joinery to use for the low cherry tansu my main concern was to keep the cabinet’s… 続きを読む »Low Cherry Tansu – Hidden Dovetail Joinery
Cherry Tansu with Twisted Dovetails
Tansu are traditional Japanese cabinets. They come in a huge range of shapes, sizes and styles, and many evolved from a need for mobile storage.… 続きを読む »Cherry Tansu with Twisted Dovetails
White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Finale
We made it to the finish folks, this is the last post for the White Oak Shoji Cabinet project. Thanks for following along. With the… 続きを読む »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Finale
White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Doors
With the dovetail joinery wrapped up and the case assembled, I started to work on the 8 doors. After milling the door frame stock to… 続きを読む »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Doors
White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Dovetail Joinery
Once the design for this furniture project was decided, I ordered up a massive pile of nara (Japanese white oak) and started making parts. The… 続きを読む »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Dovetail Joinery
