7-step cube box
Today, I continued working even in the hot weather.
Yesterday, due to an earthquake that occurred in Russia, tsunami warnings were issued all day in Japan.
Because of that, all expressways and trains along the coast were stopped, and public transportation was heavily affected.
When I left my workshop to go home, the roads were still very crowded, and I didn’t get back home until around 9 p.m.
That tsunami warning was finally lifted just a little while ago.
Since we live close to the sea, we always have to be careful about tsunamis after earthquakes.
Actually, my house is even closer to the sea than my workshop, so our local government often holds evacuation drills.
This weekend, a typhoon is expected to come, and it might rain on Saturday.
I’m happy to see some rain after a long time, but I really hope the typhoon doesn’t cause any damage.
Today, along with working on the Mame Himitsu-bako, I also started making the Aruki panels for the 7-step cube puzzle box.
Each of these boxes has two Aruki panels — one for the lid and one side panel that includes the Kannuki (slide key).
This box has a simple mechanism, so it’s great for people who are new to puzzle boxes like this.
Even though the steps are easy to understand, it also includes a Kannuki, so maybe it feels like a bit of a bonus? 😁
Recently, even these simpler boxes tend to be more expensive, so customers often request boxes with more steps.
This time, I’m planning to make a few boxes with natural wood lids, like the one in the photo, for the Japanese market.
About two-thirds of this batch will be traditional yosegi boxes, which I think I can sell on this website.
The rest will not use Hakone-style yosegi and will be sold as regular puzzle boxes.
This 2-sun cube box is smaller than the 3-sun box, so I’m using special parts for the inside structure.
The height of the parts is the same, but since the box is narrower, the parts of inside are also shorter.
I used to make this type of cube box quite often, but I stopped for a while due to the decrease in yosegi-sheet production.
Now, for the first time in a while, I made a few of these parts to restock.
I hope more people in Japan will become interested in this kind of traditional craft again.
Yesterday, due to an earthquake that occurred in Russia, tsunami warnings were issued all day in Japan.
Because of that, all expressways and trains along the coast were stopped, and public transportation was heavily affected.
When I left my workshop to go home, the roads were still very crowded, and I didn’t get back home until around 9 p.m.
That tsunami warning was finally lifted just a little while ago.
Since we live close to the sea, we always have to be careful about tsunamis after earthquakes.
Actually, my house is even closer to the sea than my workshop, so our local government often holds evacuation drills.
This weekend, a typhoon is expected to come, and it might rain on Saturday.
I’m happy to see some rain after a long time, but I really hope the typhoon doesn’t cause any damage.
Today, along with working on the Mame Himitsu-bako, I also started making the Aruki panels for the 7-step cube puzzle box.
Each of these boxes has two Aruki panels — one for the lid and one side panel that includes the Kannuki (slide key).
This box has a simple mechanism, so it’s great for people who are new to puzzle boxes like this.
Even though the steps are easy to understand, it also includes a Kannuki, so maybe it feels like a bit of a bonus? 😁
Recently, even these simpler boxes tend to be more expensive, so customers often request boxes with more steps.
This time, I’m planning to make a few boxes with natural wood lids, like the one in the photo, for the Japanese market.
About two-thirds of this batch will be traditional yosegi boxes, which I think I can sell on this website.
The rest will not use Hakone-style yosegi and will be sold as regular puzzle boxes.
This 2-sun cube box is smaller than the 3-sun box, so I’m using special parts for the inside structure.
The height of the parts is the same, but since the box is narrower, the parts of inside are also shorter.
I used to make this type of cube box quite often, but I stopped for a while due to the decrease in yosegi-sheet production.
Now, for the first time in a while, I made a few of these parts to restock.
I hope more people in Japan will become interested in this kind of traditional craft again.
