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… Read More »Making Koushido 格子戸- Japanese Lattice Doors
Notes From the Shop
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… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – Hidden Dovetail Joinery
Low Cherry Tansu – Design
In the last post about tabi-dansu, I mentioned that I was in the process of designing and building a small cabinet inspired by tabi-dansu. In… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – Design
Tabi-dansu 旅箪笥
The first year that my wife and I moved to Japan, we started a habit of going to the Tokyo city flea market every weekend.… Read More »Tabi-dansu 旅箪笥
Making Handles for Japanese Handsaws
A while back I received a box full of old Japanese handsaws from a friend. They were in various states, with some coated with rust,… Read More »Making Handles for Japanese Handsaws
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.… Read More »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… Read More »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… Read More »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Doors