Japanese Furniture Woodworking

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Japanese furniture woodworking. I too love japanese work. This traditional technique was born in the edo period 1603. Japanese korean furniture we proudly present below our unique selection of wood grain finished japanese style furniture. We strive to make furniture as closely as possible to the way it was designed and made during my father s time altered only to adapt to available materials dimensional requirements or improvements to structure.

As a woodworker you know how hard it is to get two miters to close let alone a three way miter cut entirely by hand with interlocking tenons hidden within. Our team of fine craftsmen in santa barbara california has created a line of simple elegant and durable pieces that will feel equally at home in a classic. Tansus trunks medicine cabinets and storage chests coffee and end tables consoles and buffets sofa tables stands stools and pedestals and much more. Aaron levine s quilted western maple and lacewood tansu chest offers lessons in veneering nk style drawers which are screwed together and adding wheels which are traditional on certain tansu.

You ll use familiar tools like the router to make the end panels and a dowel jig to make the some of the joinery. George nagashima s books are a great source fine ww had an article about a year ago about unusual japanese joinery that would be helpful. Ancient technology of making cabinet furnitures the beauty of traditional craft furniture impossible looking dovetail joint. It s a shame because the video is beautifully shot look at japanese joinery is a must see for any furniture maker.

Nakashima furniture is one of a kind hand crafted and made to order at our workshop in new hope pennsylvania. For more than 30 years japan woodworker has imported professional quality woodworking tools fine cutlery and gardening tools from japan.