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Geta Bako (Japanese shoe box), Part 1

geta-bako5.jpgMy wife requested a small geta-bako (shoe storage cabinet) in the front entry way to hold the shoes. Since we live in a tiny California ranch style house, we needed a matching (tiny) shoe box. After careful measurement I decided it could stick out 9 inches from the wall, unfortunately my shoe size is 10 & 1/2, so my shoes will have to go in sideways... :-)

I purchased a Kreg pocket hole jig last year, so the theme for this project was pocket holes. It's actually almost finished, I haven't quite decided what kind of doors to put on it yet, so it's in use without them for now. Here's the first half of the pictures I took while building it. This picture is without the final face frame (or finish), but will give you an idea what it looks like now.

(More pictures below...)



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Here is one of the side panels. The material is solid American maple and birch veneer 1/4" ply. Next time I'll make the side panels out of solid maple, but like everything else I had leftover material and not enough time for another trip to Southern Lumber...

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A view of the side panel being dropped in. The center groove was cut on the table saw, the very top and bottom of the groove are filled in and not visible.

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A detail view of the pocket holes before the plugs are put in. The plugs are solid maple, and after sanding and planing are almost invisible.

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This is the back and two sides held together with the clamp. The two sides were attached with biscuits and glue, then for a little extra strength I inset three screws per side and plugged the holes with cherry plugs.


More pictures to come...














Posted by John Seaman on August 28, 2007 12:14 AM |

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