Popular Woodworking 2000-01 № 112, страница 37
STEP tansu The traditional cabinetry of Japan is simple, stylish and sturdy. By Christopher Schwarz 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 mountains and forbidding peaks, was supposed to represent a little story. The viewer followed the people in the painting as they journeyed on a path through the painting. So when I decided to build a step tansu, the obvious choice was maple, despite the fact that these chests were traditionally built from Japanese cypress, cedar or elm. "Tansu" means chest, and the high period of this type of furniture was between 1657 to 1923. The traditional Japanese household would store clothing, valuables and household items in its tansu. Construction of this chest is simple. You'll need a sheet and a half of 3/4" maple plywood, one board of 1"-thick maple that's about 8' long and 8" wide and some V2" and V4" plywood scraps for the drawers. The carcases of the upper and lower cabinets are built the same way. First cut all your pieces to size and iron on veneer edge tape to cover all the exposed plywood edges. Now cut the grooves and rabbets on the cabinet stiles. The side panels are glued into 1/2"-deep x 3/4"-wide grooves milled V4" in from the edge of the cabinet stiles. The back panel is nailed and glued into a 1/2"-deep x 3/4"-wide rabbet on the inside of the stiles. Screw each assembly to its bottom board. Glue and nail the partitions in place. Lower Cabinet Doors Build the two sliding doors using stub tenons that rest in V4"-wide by V2" -deep grooves. The only exception to this is the grooves in the thin rails, which should be V4" wide and 1/4" deep. Also, the interior stiles are merely applied to the doors after construction; they are not structural. After |
