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Tansu Chest

The grain pattern of hard maple reminds me of the ink landscapes

drawn by Chinese and Japanese artists beginning in A.D. 700.

Each painting, with its jagged mountains and forbidding peaks,

was supposed to represent a little story. The viewer followed the

people in the painting as they journeyed on a path through the

painting. So when I decided to build a step tansu, the obvious

choice was maple, despite the fact that these chests were

traditionally built from Japanese cypress, cedar or elm.

"Tansu" means chest, and the high period of this type of furniture

was between 1657 to 1923. The traditional Japanese household

would store clothing, valuables and household items in its tansu.

Construction of this chest is simple. You'll need a sheet and a half

of 3/4" maple plywood, one board of 1"-thick maple that's about 8'

long and 8" wide and some 1/2" and 1/4" plywood scraps for the

drawers. The carcases of the upper and lower cabinets are built

the same way. First cut all your pieces to size and iron on veneer

edge tape to cover all the exposed plywood edges.

Now cut the grooves and rabbets on the cabinet stiles. The side

panels are glued into 1/2"-deep x 3/4"-wide grooves milled 1/4" in

from the edge of the cabinet stiles. The back panel is nailed and

glued into a 1/2"-deep x 3/4"-wide rabbet on the inside of the

stiles. Screw each assembly to its bottom board. Glue and nail the

partitions in place.

Lower Cabinet Doors

Build the two sliding doors using stub tenons that rest in 1/4"-wide

by 1/2"-deep grooves. The only exception to this is the grooves in

the thin rails, which should be 1/4" wide and 1/4" deep. Also, the

interior stiles are merely applied to the doors after construction;

they are not structural. After dry-assembling your doors, glue up

and clamp them up.

When dry, glue the interior stiles in place and cut a 1/4"-wide by

1/2"-deep groove on the top and bottom of each door that will

allow the door to slide on the runners. Then cut the four runners;

make sure they slide smoothly in the doors' grooves. Attach the

runners to the top and bottom of the lower cabinet using brads and

glue.

I spaced my runners so that the front door is flush to the front edge

of the cabinet stiles. Then I left a 1/16" gap between the two

doors. Fit the doors to the opening in the chest. Now screw the top

to the carcase through cleats that are screwed to the sides and

partition of the case.

Upper Cabinet Drawers

Here's how I built my drawers. Cut 1/2" x 3/8" rabbets on the ends

of the drawer fronts. Then cut 1/2" x 1/4" rabbets on the back edge

of the sides to hold the back piece. Then cut a 1/4" x 1/4" groove

to hold the drawer bottom on the sides, back and front that's 1/4"

up from the bottom edge. Glue and nail the sides to the drawer

front. Slip the bottom in place. Glue and nail the back to the sides.

How you hang the drawers is up to you. I cut 1/4"-deep x 5/8"-wide

stopped dadoes that were centered on each side of the drawer.

Then I nailed drawer runners to the carcase's partitions and

drawer runners with plywood build-up strips to the sides. When the

drawers move smoothly, nail the top to the case. Putty any nail

holes. Apply three coats of a clear finish

You might have noticed from the photo that I made the grain

direction of the drawers run vertically instead of horizontally. This

is OK for such small drawers, and I did this because each bank of

drawers now reminds me of one of those Japanese landscape

paintings. PW

Schedule of Materials¥ Step Tansu

Lower Cabinet

No. Item

3 ⁄ 4 " x 17" x 51"

Material

2 Top & bot.

Ply

4 Cabinet stiles 1" x 2" x 16"

3 ⁄ 4 " x 15" x 16"

2 Side panels

Ply

3 ⁄ 4 " x 16" x 47"

1 Back panel

Ply

3 ⁄ 4 " x 2" x 16"

4 Dr stiles

3 ⁄ 4 " x 2" x 21"

4 Dr rails

3 ⁄ 4 " x 1" x 21"

2 Thin rails

1 ⁄ 4 " x 7 11 ⁄ 16 " x 21"

2 Top panel

Ply

1 ⁄ 4 " x 4 11 ⁄ 16 " x 21"

2 Lower panel

Ply

1 ⁄ 4 " x 1" x 7"

4 Interior stiles

1 ⁄ 4 " x 1 ⁄ 4 " x 46"

4 Runners

3 ⁄ 4 " x 13" x 16"

1 / 4 "

1 Partition

Ply

3 ⁄ 4 " x 3 ⁄ 4 " x 13"

3 Cleats

1 / 2 "

3 / 4 "

Upper Cabinet

No. Item

3 ⁄ 4 " x 13" x 31"

Material

2 Top & bot.

Ply

4 Cabinet stiles 1" x 2" x 11"

1 / 4 "

3 / 4 "

1 / 2 "

2 Side panels

3 ⁄ 4 " x 11" x 11"

Ply

3 ⁄ 4 " x 11" x 27"

1 Back panel

Ply

3 ⁄ 4 " x 10 1 ⁄ 2 " x 11"

Detail of back cabinet stiles

2 Vert dividers

Ply

3 ⁄ 4 " x 4" x 8"

4 Lg drw frts

1 ⁄ 2 " x 4" x 10 1 ⁄ 8 "

8 Drw sides

Ply

1 ⁄ 2 " x 4" x 7 1 ⁄ 2 "

4 Drw backs

Ply

See detail above

1 ⁄ 4 " x 7 1 ⁄ 2 " x 9 3 ⁄ 4 "

1 / 2 "

6 Drw bot

Ply

2 Sm drw frts

3 ⁄ 4 " x 3" x 8"

1 ⁄ 2 " x 3" x 10 1 ⁄ 8 "

2 Drw sides

Ply

1 ⁄ 2 " x 3" x 7 1 ⁄ 2 "

4 Drw backs

Ply

17"

14"

10"

13"

M= Hard maple, Ply= Maple plywood

1 / 2 "

22 5 / 8 "

3 / 4 "

22 5 / 8 "

1 / 2 "

Plan

51"

31"

1 / 2 "

3 / 4 "

1 / 2 "

13"

1 1 / 2 "

8 1 / 2 "

1 / 2 "

10"

3 / 4 "

4" 3 / 4 "

3 / 4 "

12 1 / 2 "

11"

12 1 / 2 "

3 / 4 "

17 1 / 2 "

16"

17 1 / 2 "

10" 1" 4"

3 / 4 "

1 / 2 "

20"

1 / 2 "

1 / 2 " 1"

14"

1 / 2 "

51"

17"

Elevation

Profile

Dimensions T W L

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