Preparation for a 5-sun puzzle box
This morning was freezing cold, and it may have been the coldest temperature so far this winter. It seems that snow is falling in many areas. My area usually has relatively mild temperatures, so it rarely snows, but even here we get a little snow once every few years. We are not used to it, so icy roads can be quite scary.
Today, continuing from yesterday, I glued the sliding key panel on the other side of the 4-sun puzzle boxes. With this step, the assembly process for the striped 4-sun boxes is now finished. If possible, I would like to move on to the finishing process tomorrow. I may have mentioned before that this striped pattern was made a few years ago, but it has been a long time since I last made striped 4-sun boxes. I would like to make them again in the future, so I decided not to make this a limited edition. That said, I honestly have no idea when I will be able to reproduce them again π Striped patterns are even more difficult to slice than ichimatsu patterns, and they require a lot of care during production. Because the wood grain in the pattern is not finely interwoven, holes can easily appear during slicing. For this reason, the selection of materials must be done very carefully. These difficulties may also be one of the reasons why production tends to be delayed.
In addition, today I also did a little preparation for my next work, which will be a 5-sun puzzle boxes project. I prepared the materials for the side panels. To be honest, I have a few ideas in mind, but I have not yet decided what kind of 5-sun box I will make this time. I think I will decide within the next one or two days. The 27-steps puzzle boxes that are currently for sale are also starting to run low in stock, so part of me would like to make more of them. However, I may leave that for next month and try adding something new instead. In any case, the preparation of the side panels is the same process no matter which box I decide to make, so I went ahead and did this step first. In the photo, you can see two boards being glued together: one is agathis wood, and the other is a yosegi board. They are bonded together and then held firmly in place with clamps.
Today, continuing from yesterday, I glued the sliding key panel on the other side of the 4-sun puzzle boxes. With this step, the assembly process for the striped 4-sun boxes is now finished. If possible, I would like to move on to the finishing process tomorrow. I may have mentioned before that this striped pattern was made a few years ago, but it has been a long time since I last made striped 4-sun boxes. I would like to make them again in the future, so I decided not to make this a limited edition. That said, I honestly have no idea when I will be able to reproduce them again π Striped patterns are even more difficult to slice than ichimatsu patterns, and they require a lot of care during production. Because the wood grain in the pattern is not finely interwoven, holes can easily appear during slicing. For this reason, the selection of materials must be done very carefully. These difficulties may also be one of the reasons why production tends to be delayed.
In addition, today I also did a little preparation for my next work, which will be a 5-sun puzzle boxes project. I prepared the materials for the side panels. To be honest, I have a few ideas in mind, but I have not yet decided what kind of 5-sun box I will make this time. I think I will decide within the next one or two days. The 27-steps puzzle boxes that are currently for sale are also starting to run low in stock, so part of me would like to make more of them. However, I may leave that for next month and try adding something new instead. In any case, the preparation of the side panels is the same process no matter which box I decide to make, so I went ahead and did this step first. In the photo, you can see two boards being glued together: one is agathis wood, and the other is a yosegi board. They are bonded together and then held firmly in place with clamps.