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Ne-tsugi, the process of repairing rotted posts with Japanese joinery, in this case kanawa-tsugi, in a 100 year old Japanese house.| Big Sand Woodworking
Ne-tsugi, the process of repairing rotted posts with Japanese joinery, in this case kanawa-tsugi, in a 100 year old Japanese house.| Big Sand Woodworking
….continuing on from round one of jacking up the house…. …what followed was more demo to open up the walls for some ne-tsugi (post repair using slicing joints) as well as some more foundation work. Demo was also necessary because the earthen plaster walls had separated internally as a result of the sill beam rotting… Read More »Tomobe – Ne-tsugi| Big Sand Woodworking
Japanese kominka repair. Removing siding and a portion of earth wall to expose rotten posts and sill beams.| Big Sand Woodworking
First things first, I want to say thanks to everyone for the well wishes and comments in the last post where I introduced our new home/project. It’s been a little over a week since we more or less moved into our new house in Tomobe, and a lot has happened. There’s no shortage of work… Read More »Tomobe House – Week 1| Big Sand Woodworking
What a whirlwind of a year it has been so far. There’s been an interesting mix of work for which I’m incredibly grateful. This spring I had some cool furniture commissions, followed by teaching in Kentucky at The Year of Mud once again, as well as a separate trip back home to MN to visit… Read More »Tomobe – Jacking Up Posts| Big Sand Woodworking
It’s long overdue, but at long last I have some images of the finished modular tansu cabinets to share. I finished this project up back in February, but that was followed by crating and shipping which was a bit of an ordeal, and I was hesitant to share any images until the cabinets were safe… Read More »Modular Tansu – Final Post| Big Sand Woodworking
Well it’s been a while since I’ve my last post. A lot has been going on both with work and with life in general and it’s been hard to find the time to write much lately. But at long last I’m back to share some of the final details from the Modular tansu project. One… Read More »Modular Tansu Custom Hardware The post Modular Tansu Custom Hardware appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
The doors for the series of modular tansu that I’ve been covering in this series of posts are styled after traditional tabi-dansu doors like the one on the cabinet on the left below: The doors on these cabinets are made from edge glued quartersawn panels with a mitered frame. All the tabi-dansu that I’ve seen… Read More »Modular Tansu – Veneered Doors The post Modular Tansu – Veneered Doors appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
Moving along with fabrication of the low cherry tansu. After cutting the hidden mitered dovetails on the corners of the main cabinet, I started working on the interior partitions, shelves, and drawer dividers along with their respective mortise and tenon joinery. Overall the joinery for the interior components is very similar to the two upper… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – 2 The post Low Cherry Tansu – 2 appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
Hidden Mitered Dovetails The last cabinet for the series of modular tansu is the low cherry cabinet, which is also the biggest and most complicated of the bunch. The cabinet is nearly 6 1/2′ long (1980m), and 30″ tall (765 mm) with the base. The original cabinet that I built that inspired this one was… Read More »Cherry Low Cabinet – 1 The post Cherry Low Cabinet – 1 appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
Just a quick update to share some workshops I’ll be teaching this year. The first series of workshops will be in Kentucky, hosted by The Year of Mud, where once again I’ll be assisting Yamamoto-san of Somakosha. The Year of Mud workshops are as follows: Later in the year I’ll also be teaching a kumiko… Read More »2025 Workshop Schedule The post 2025 Workshop Schedule appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
Happy (very belated) New Year everyone. It’s been a few weeks since my last post on the keyaki tabi-dansu, and I’m long overdue to share an update. A lot of progress has been made over the past few weeks, and I’m moving as fast as I can to get these three cabinets done before the… Read More »Keyaki and Chestnut Tabi-dansu 4 The post Keyaki and Chestnut Tabi-dansu 4 appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
Before finishing assembly of the keyaki tabi-dansu, there were a few other details to take care of. Mainly a pair of grooves in the top and bottom panels which will house the door, as well as a rabbet on the back edge of all panels that will hold the cabinet back. This time I decided… Read More »Keyaki Tabi-dansu 3 The post Keyaki Tabi-dansu 3 appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking.| Big Sand Woodworking
