A tansu is a Japanese chest of drawers. They are traditionally constructed with hand tool techniques, but I have adapted my design to use router methods to speed up the process. You'll need to get a dovetail jig for this project- more on that later...
This is my first big project, summer of 2000. My wife keeps aquariums as a hobby and when she purchased her first large tank we went shopping for stands.
This project started summer of 2000 and finally finished up summer of 2002 (can you tell I move from project to project randomly?). It's the same basic tansu design as the aquarium stand but in mini-form and used as a cat feeder.
Spice up a room with a piece of Japanese furniture. I've always appreciated Japanese Tansu furniture, and a request from a client gave me an excuse to build some. The style dates back to the Edo period (1615-1867), when the construction of each piece would reflect the needs of the home and the class status of its owner...
Construction of this chest is simple; you will need maple plywood and plywood scraps. The grain pattern of hard maple reminds me of the ink landscapes drawn by Chinese and Japanese artists beginning in A...
Build a small Japanese Tansu style chest using a router dovetail jig. A tansu is a Japanese chest of drawers. They are traditionally constructed with hand tool techniques, but I have adapted my design to use router methods to speed up the process...
Because my wifes handbag is well overloaded I had to make this tapemeasure holder as small as possible. With the small tolerances required I selected a timber that was dry and wouldn\'t move much when finished...
