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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2013 11:06:47 GMT -5
The inside is roughly 18.75"x10.875"x10.5", so about 1.25 cubic feet of volume. The dimensions were more or less dictated by the dimensions of the lumber I was using. The carcase is made from cypress 1by12. The walls are one board width high, the floor of the box is one board width wide, and the lid is two board widths long. Everything else is based on those measurements. Interestingly, I completed another karabitsu this weekend that uses 1x10 instead of 1x12, and it has about half the volume. This one was made almost entirely with power tools, especially extensive use of the belt sander which does a lot to make my joinery skills look better than they are. (Cut your tenons a little long so they stick out, then sand them down until they're flush.) I'm planning to make a pair of karabitsu using 1x8, so it will be fun to compare the three sizes. Those will be all hand tools again, and finished/decorated for optimal spiffiness. That's the plan, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 20:25:13 GMT -5
Wow, has it really been more than four years since I posted in this thread? Anyway, one of the camping karabitsu that I made in (eek!) 2006 began deteriorating in earnest (the plywood was actually delaminating), and if I was going to be making one, I might as well be making several. These are all made from plywood, with liberal use of power tools and modern materials. The red one is about as big a karabitsu as you can make from a half sheet of plywood, or (more correctly) from two quarter-sheet "handy panels". Buying these 2'x4' panels enables you to make the lid and floor from thicker plywood so that you can load it up with heavy materials and heavier people can sit on top. They are finished with Rustoleum oil-based enamel paint because this is the only oil-based enamel paint that is easy to buy at the hardware store. The yellow one is going to sit out in the rain for all of Pennsic, so the waterproof durability of the enamel paint is really necessary. For the red and black ones, this durability is more desired than necessary, but hese colors are a little more authentic. There are several (4+) coats of paint on the outside of each one, though I wasn't able to totally eradicate brush marks because the paint is too gloopy. I really would love to sand all these smooth, thin down the paint, and give them another eight coats, but Pennsic is less than a month away. The yellow one will be coming home with us, so maybe I'll attack that one next spring. On to the braiding for handles/ties! It's kind of difficult to see in that picture, but the legs taper in more than one direction this time. The legs were all cut from 2-by-4, and the base of each leg is about 2 inches wide (2by lumber is actually only 1.5 inches thick), so it took some tricky cutting and gluing, but I think these legs are nicer than the old legs.
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Post by Abe Akirakeiko on Oct 9, 2017 15:19:24 GMT -5
These are fabulous! Do you take commissions, or have plans? I would love to do one as storage.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 6:02:35 GMT -5
These are fabulous! Do you take commissions, or have plans? I would love to do one as storage. I don't so much have "plans" as I have a mishmash of notes, sketches, class handouts, and the like. These include cut lists for making the body from plywood, as well as from standard widths of 1-by lumber, and several different versions of legs, including the kind that fasten from the outside of the box. I don't take "commissions" as such, but I am willing to build things for other people who are willing to cover the cost of materials and wait for the project to work its way up to the top of my to-do list. Finishing is the real time sink, so if you just want an unfinished version that is faster/easier. Lastly, shipping costs more than the materials are worth, so pickups at events are probably a better plan.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 14:56:40 GMT -5
I bought some very nice plywood this time, and some reinforcing hardware from " Eastern Classics". This one is a replacement for the Wine Karabitsu that I made (gulp) fourteen years ago. There are a couple of minor flaws that I need to touch-up, but I'm pretty happy overall. I'm especially happy with the legs, which I made by cutting down some extra 4x4 I had in the garage,
Abe Akirakeiko, were you still interested in more information? Re-reading my message from a year ago, it might have seemed like I was brushing you off, but I didn't mean to.
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jul 23, 2019 16:26:27 GMT -5
Hee! I know where Eastern Classics IS!
That looks great!
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