Anna-Liisa Re Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Hi! I`m Anna-Liisa from a small workshop TOOLS TOGETHER in Dresden, Germany. I work together with my partner Hannes and we design and build furniture using Japanese joinery technique. We want to make furniture in 3D puzzle principle. We do it because we recently moved to Germany from 2000 km abroad and obviously didn`t take our furniture with us. Although I would have wanted to do that, it is just not reasonable to move furniture from one country to another. That brought us to idea that perhaps we can find a way how furniture would be more mobile. If furniture is made of puzzle pieces it`s also easier to storage. We don`t use glue or screws by woodworking. I can`t say our woodworking style is Japanese, because we are also using power tools. Anyway, we are very much impressed by Japanese woodworkers. We also have made a video about the building process. I would appreciate any kind of feedback and also the critique. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very interesting! I am curious to see how it performs over time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 The leg lock joint is definitely ingenious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna-Liisa Re Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, wdwerker said: The leg lock joint is definitely ingenious. Thank you for watching the video to the end :)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna-Liisa Re Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: Very interesting! I am curious to see how it performs over time. Thank you! We are curious too. Now I understand why they say that prototyping is a very expensive and long process. We don`t know how the furniture will last over the time. Only time will tell us that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very cool. And welcome (you and Hannes) to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 I'm curious about what species of wood was used, especially in the locking leg joint. Very clever way to assemble the table, but it involves some rather delicate parts. Definitely not something I would trust in a North American softwood species, and probably not in many hardwoods. The material available in Germany may be very diffierent than what I am familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna-Liisa Re Posted June 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 23 hours ago, Mark J said: Very cool. And welcome (you and Hannes) to the forum. Thank you for letting us to be a part of this wonderful community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna-Liisa Re Posted June 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 16 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: I'm curious about what species of wood was used, especially in the locking leg joint. Very clever way to assemble the table, but it involves some rather delicate parts. Definitely not something I would trust in a North American softwood species, and probably not in many hardwoods. The material available in Germany may be very diffierent than what I am familiar with. Hey! It`s the beech we used by this table. It is not the hardest but I think it is strong enough. We will see it over time of course. Pine would definitely not be a good choice or other soft wood species. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 beech is a perfect choice. Frequently beech is used in tool stock. Like a saw handle or hand planes etc. I believe it is perfect for your application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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