Sep 17, 2025
Today turned out to be another extremely hot day. The temperature must be around 35 degrees… According to the forecast, this heat will last today and tomorrow 😂 I continued my work today, just as I did yesterday. From here, I will be making three kinds 4-sun boxes in a row. The assembly of the 27-steps boxes was finished today. As for the 18-steps boxes, I prepared the materials and completed the preliminary work for the frame parts.
That is as far as I went with each task today, and now I will wait for the glue to dry. Tomorrow I will continue with one of the two projects. Since the afternoon is very hot today, I avoided machine work and tried to do as much of it as possible in the morning.
After finishing these 18-steps boxes, I plan to make another set of 27-steps boxes, and today I checked (prepared) the Ichimatsu Yosegi that I will use for them. This time I decided to use the two-color Ichimatsu Yosegi that I had previously used for the 4-sun size knockbox. It may look a little simple, but there are many people who prefer this kind of plain pattern, and I sometimes receive requests for it.
Recently I have not made them, but the boxes made from only one kind of wood (especially Walnut) are very popular. As I wrote before, this Ichimatsu pattern is the non-diagonal type, which gives a stronger sense of Japanese style. However, attaching it requires more care, because I have to make sure the pattern does not become diagonal when gluing it.
Lately I have been making Ichimatsu patterns with Magnolia and Mizuki wood, but if possible I would like to make the type with Walnut and Magnolia. I used it before for the knockbox boxes, and I think it looks more beautiful because the contrast of colors is stronger than with Magnolia alone (photo).
Today I uploaded this month’s limited boxes. They are 4.2-sun boxes with creative Yosegi patterns. This time I made only a small number. With this, the series of this design boxes is finished. I am thinking of creating something new again in the future.
