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Details of the Back Panels:
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| 1. Marking the thickness of the back
board tongue. |
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| 2. Rabbeting the tongue of the back
panel. |
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| 3. View of the installed back panels;
note the slotted holes for seasonal movement of
the solid oak panels. |
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| 4.
After all the joinery is completed, all the panels are
hand planed prior to finishing. |
Text by Toshio Odate
Photos by Laure Olender
Toshio Odate completed a traditional woodworking apprenticeship
in Japan before moving to the United States in 1958. As an
author, lecturer and teacher, he has been pivotal in spreading
knowledge about Japanese tools and woodworking techniques
throughout the Western world. He is a sculptor, former professor
at Pratt Institute in New York, and the author of Japanese
Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use and Making
Shoji.
Editor's Note: Watch for the final article in this series
and find out more about this special cabinet in an upcoming
woodworking newsletter.
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