If you have a passion for woodworking, you would have spent hundreds of dollars or more on woodworking projects. It will take you a lot longer than you thought or you might have quit because you got your measurements all wrong! I understand your...
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...
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...
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.D. 700. Each painting, with its jagged...
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....
What I want to do in the next few weeks here, is to make a blanket chest that has some features that are made possible by tools and jigs that I have here in my shop. They are not new to you. Primarily, I want to use the Incra Ultra Jig to do the...
