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I recieved a commission to build two shohin stands for two trees earmarked for the ABS conferance in Texas in 2008. One stand has been delivered, this is the story of the final table. The table is for a Shohin pine. It is rather rugged, semi cascade in nature and contains deadwood. Like all my tables I try to keep them simple yet functional, artistic yet understated.
The first stand was a comprimise in design between me and the buyer. The cascade stand I have carte blanch on the design. I have been trusted to come up with something I feel will accentuate the tree while not overpower it. I needn't worry about that since both tree stand perfectly well on their own.
The table is out of black walnut ans I started by planeing down a plank of walnut to 5/8 inch thick. All the components of the top will be taken from this piece of wood. The top is made with a lap joint for expansion and shrinkage. It consists of a center board and a frame of four boards. The center board sets in the dado of the frame. The frame is made 1/16 of an inch taller than the center board to make the center insetted.
Since the top will be fitted to a sub assembly which the legs attach to, I cut the wood for them from the remaining wood left from the top. This was planed down to 1/2 thickness. The subassembly is mitered and mitered again for the leg attachment points giving me the three mitered corner seen in traditional Japanese stands. The legs are cut from 3/4 stock planed down to finish and cut on the band saw.
The first stand was a comprimise in design between me and the buyer. The cascade stand I have carte blanch on the design. I have been trusted to come up with something I feel will accentuate the tree while not overpower it. I needn't worry about that since both tree stand perfectly well on their own.
The table is out of black walnut ans I started by planeing down a plank of walnut to 5/8 inch thick. All the components of the top will be taken from this piece of wood. The top is made with a lap joint for expansion and shrinkage. It consists of a center board and a frame of four boards. The center board sets in the dado of the frame. The frame is made 1/16 of an inch taller than the center board to make the center insetted.
Since the top will be fitted to a sub assembly which the legs attach to, I cut the wood for them from the remaining wood left from the top. This was planed down to 1/2 thickness. The subassembly is mitered and mitered again for the leg attachment points giving me the three mitered corner seen in traditional Japanese stands. The legs are cut from 3/4 stock planed down to finish and cut on the band saw.