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Can also be redesigned as a jewelry case with stand.  Fantastic tiger maple with bright chatoyants. Handcrafted in cherry and maple. Shellac and lacquer finish. Outside vendor electrical parts. With...

This rolling tansu chest by Aaron Levine is based on a traditional Japanese furniture form, but when he designed it he was serving an apprenticeship and was at the very…

Aaron Levine's quilted Western maple and lacewood tansu chest offers lessons in veneering, NK-style drawers which are screwed together, and adding wheels, which are traditional on certain tansu. He picked…

Inspiration, input, and pilfered details converge in a compelling design

A take on traditional Japanese tansu cabinetry

Can you still build quality furniture in a workshop shoehorned into an apartment?

This is my first woodworking project I designed myself. Its cherry for the main carcase, pine ship lapped back, and an oak top dyed black. This was my first venture into…

These pieces were created mainly with hand tools. The finish includes sumi ink, oil pastel (red portions), gold leaf, and amber shellac. The inspiration comes from Japanese cultural concepts such…

Learn why Japanese bench chisels are superior edge tools.

Woodworker: John Reed Fox A few years after dropping out of college, John Reed Fox was working as an auto mechanic in Boston and spending his lunch hours browsing in…