Thread: Japanese cabinetry

Great website - would like to see more

Garakuta,
I'm glad that you decided to join the forum.

What is the process for getting your timber? I see the picture of the truck and crane in your previous post. Do you buy a harvesting licence?
I have read a book on environmental management that rates the Japanese Forestry management program as both very old and one of the most successful. I would like to know more.

I had some questions about your shoe cabinet - but have forgotten, I will have to go and look at your site again.

Hi Clinton1
I have no harvesting licence. Few years ago, I saw a feller working beside of rulal road near by. I asked him if he could buy the logs to me.
His offer was reasonable, and he invited me to his stock yard to show other logs. He kindly carry the logs to sawmill and sawmill manager kindly
carry lumber to my workshop. So I have no truck but I can get ton of
lumber. )

Garakuta, you might want to check out Stu in Tokyo's website.

He just chopped up a bunch of trees, and you might get some good ideas for your future wood aquisitions.

Me, I am lazy. I got the last lot sent from Tokushima, already cut and dried.

Schtoo san

I think that I will check Stu personaly if I'll have time.

I'll be in Tokyo next week (actually, friday)

Thanks
niki

Thank you Schtoo san. It's a great website. and his workshop is within 10 km from my company. may be. I'll send email if I can visit his workshop.
My workshop was also introduced on the same WW magazine, Do-Pa.)
what do you plan for your new project with the lot ?

When were you in Do-pa? I don't buy it, but when I see it I have a look through it for interesting things. I don't think they will come all the way to Kagawa to see my messy workshop though. Maybe that's a good thing.

Stu there also own/runs a liquor store, so you might grab something to drink while you are there.

For the 'lot', that being 0.2m3 of red oak, 0.45m3 of cherry, I am making a bedside table/bookshelf (oak) and a long sideboard (cherry). It was not easy to get, and I asked many places trying to find a good price for the wood. Most of them were very VERY expensive, and I thought that maybe I would have to use tamo for the bookshelf and be unable to make the sideboard. I was very lucky however, and got the wood for a very good price. Comparable to US prices.

Hopefully I should have some wood left over for some things we need at home, mainly some baby furniture.

Hi there,
I just spent an exhausting half hour going through Stu in Tokyo's woodlot saga (thanks for the link Schtoo)...my God, does that boy go hard!?:eek: :eek: A resourceful, intrepid character! Tons of wonderful looking Japanese timber, and he starts cutting up pen blanks!!LOL

Cheers,

Geez, I don't get around here much, and I come here and find you all speaking 　日本語 on me, and giving me kudos

Maybe I should hang out here more often...?

My Dungeon work shop is open to visitors if you can call me and set up a time. Mornings or later in the evenings are better, (after 9 PM).

PM me if you want my cell phone number.

Cheers!

PS the Pen blanks was just to get rid of some off cuts and stuff I had laying around, I did get a bunch of good wood out of the deal.

Stu, you lucky mongrel

Thanks for the picture story of you exploits.

Hope you have lots of fun using you timber!!

Stu.

Yes.