Japanese Carpenter's Toolbox

very interesting a most unique tool box

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Nice looking box. Great tight joints.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for posting.

WELCOME TO LJ’S

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

nice simple design , welcome ! and on the baby too .
we are here to help and learn .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

I’m a big fan of both Japanese and primitive design. Your piece incorporates both and the finish is something completely new to me and I love it. I’m going out immediately to see what I can find out about the technique.

I’m going to make one suggestion for a quick and easy improvement to the integrity of the look. It’s obvious that you’ve gone to a lot of trouble to cut the joints (a very nice job at that) and they look great, and although we all glue and screw most of our work, most common metal fasteners are unsightly and can distract the continuity of the design distracting from the overall look, at least IMO.

Whenever you need to use screws in a visible area, try setting them below the surface of the work into a shallow hole 3/8ths of an inch deep or so and the diameter of any commonly available dowel (usually a size just larger than the screw head is ideal). Then when final assembly is done it’s a simple matter to add a drop of wood glue into hole, plug it with a dowel and trim the dowel flush to the work piece. Presto! No unsightly screw heads. I think you’ll find it super fast and easy to do and an effective way to hide screw heads when needed.

Overall, a really nice job.
Thanks for sharing.
Joe

-- JMP

Welcome to LJ, and I am surprised another Japanese technics here…
I remember my dad used to have these kind of tool box in my house when I was really small.
By the way, Sugi is cedar, not pine. You know, my family name has the name of the tree…

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

What type of tools are usuallly put in that style box. It looks like a small toolbox for hand tools.

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Nice box joints. Nice finish and design. I like japanese carpentry.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I learned something new…Sugi is Cedar. Thank you Junji san!

Has character and nice design.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

Yeah, you can put only small tools, such as hammer, chisels, etc. My grandpa had a huge one. One of my honey-do lists is to make a blanket chest. I am thinking about using a similar design, so keep checking!

Very nice tool box. I like the finish. I used “burning cedar” technique to make house numbers for my daughters house. Now I know a new name for it and will impress my daughter when I explain that I used the yaki-sugi technique. Thanks for the bit of education.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

Welcome to LumberJocks. The finish is very good looking. I may have to look into this as well. Thank you for posting and look forward to the blanket chest and other projects.

CtL

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