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
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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
White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Design
This past summer I had a custom furniture project for a client overseas. The commissioned project was a custom white oak cabinet with shoji screen… 続きを読む »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Design
Sharpening Kanna : An Evolving Method Part 5
This past summer I spent three months in Okayama working with Somakosha on prep work for a couple of overseas projects. During that time I… 続きを読む »Sharpening Kanna : An Evolving Method Part 5
Sharpening Kanna : an Evolving Method Part 4
Yamamoto Kanna – Extreme Macro Over the course of the past year of so, I’ve been using a pocket microscope more and more frequently during… 続きを読む »Sharpening Kanna : an Evolving Method Part 4
Ha-Ganna : Sharpening 2
In the previous post on ha-ganna sharpening I started to talk about having difficulties getting a good cut with my 60 degree blade. My other… 続きを読む »Ha-Ganna : Sharpening 2
Japanese Timber Framing – Ita-kura House
I spent this past April once again working with Somakosha and had the pleasure of taking part in the raising of a small timber frame… 続きを読む »Japanese Timber Framing – Ita-kura House
葉鉋 Ha-Ganna : Sharpening 1
So far in my limited experience playing around with ha-ganna, sharpening has been one of the more challenging aspects. Initial setup requires a few time… 続きを読む »葉鉋 Ha-Ganna : Sharpening 1
