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BCM 2017: On a New Track
This year's repair work at the Kyo no Machiya, located inside the Boston Children's Museum, is to replace the sliding door track, or shiki-i, and the frames of four paneled doors, ita-do. The track was...
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BCM 2017: On a New Track (2)
Before we get to today's post, I wanted to make a brief note about comments on this blog. All comments are moderated, and normally, when someone posts a comment, I receive an email notification, and...
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Some Pointed Remarks
I use Japanese saws exclusively, save for a lone coping saw which sees infrequent use. Some of the saws use replaceable blades, and they work well, while the remainder are traditional saws which can be...
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BCM 2017: On a New Track (3)
Post 3 in a short series describing the repair/replacement of 4 sliding doors and a section of lower door track, or shiki-i, for the Boston Children's Museum.-----------Here are the 8 rails after...
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BCM 2017: On a New Track (4)
Post 4 in a series describing some repair work on 4 sliding paneled doors, or ita-do, and related sliding track, for the Boston Children's Museum.---------------After the frame members were through...
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BCM 2017: On a New Track (5)
Last post in a series describing some repair work on 4 sliding paneled doors, or ita-do, and related sliding track, for the Boston Children's Museum.---------------Today was install day, and that meant...
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MFA Kabukimon Redux
It has been a couple of years now since the kabukimon for the Tenshin garden at the Museum of Fine arts in Boston was completed.Here's a reminder of how the original gate looked, after 25 year's...
View ArticleFall 2017 Prospects
A fair amount has been happening, work-wise, of late.At the end of the long cabinet job, I hadn't been getting many enquiries, and other than some remaining work for Jeff Koons, now on hold awaiting...
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Widely Admired Stuff
Some new wood showed up yesterday, 'beamed up' from Pennsylvania:The white columns you see behind are 8' (244cm) apart.There are actually two boards parked here:There's a little waviness to the resaw...
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Keeping Company
Funny things keep showing up at my shop, though not altogether unexpectedly. The other day, a fairly imposing crate was maneuvered in by some unlucky blighter (me):A panel came off the crate to reveal...
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Switcheroo, and Mulling over Milling
One of the minor issues with the Zimmermann PS 1/2 sanding machine was the on/off switch, which was on the verge of having its buttons fall out. I decided to take a look-see. Fortunately, a standard...
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Does Uber give a Lift?
The other portion of wood arrived in my shop today, wood which I described in an earlier post as 'uber special'. Here it is, fresh off the boat, er, semi:Doesn't look like much, does it? This motley...
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Dark Chocolate and Sponge Cake (1)
Following on from a recent post about acquiring some mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni, originally from Florida, I had a few additional observations I'd like to share in regards to this special mahogany,...
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Tools of the Trade: Knipex
A few years ago - I'm shocked to find it was 2013 - I wrote a post on Wera Screwdrivers, sharing my high regard for their many products after many years of experience. I have been wanting to write a...
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Dark Chocolate and Sponge Cake (2)
I was planning to start talking about the design of the cabinet, however there's another issue occupying my attention at present. Designing and building is an interesting process, and you can never...
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Dark Chocolate and Sponge Cake (3)
Design.Most Japanese houses, though the rooms generally are smaller than in most parts of the West, have really large closets in the sleeping rooms. These closets are built to accommodate futon sets...
View ArticleA Ming-Inspired Cabinet (99)
Several weeks months have elapsed since my last post in this series. In this time, both cabinets have been completed, and the client has received his cabinet and is pleased with it. I have been down in...
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Dark Chocolate and Sponge Cake (4)
I notice that this is the 999th post in the history of this blog. Funny how things add up after a while.-------------I hope readers out there had a relaxing holiday break of some sort.I haven't been in...
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Parsing the Parthenon (I)
Happy 2018! This marks the 1000th post for The Carpentry Way. I know some blogs do 1000 posts in just a year, but I am pleased to have been able to keep at least a semi-consistent stream of posts...
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Colgate EALL
Colgate University, located in upstate New York, with nearly 2900 students, ranks in the top 15 in the country. A while back the department head of the East Asian Language Laboratory contacted me with...
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