Woodworkers’ skill : Bending

Woodworkers’ skill : Bending

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This processing technique is used to make containers to hold food or water including lunchboxes, wood containers for cooked rice and flower tubs. They are made of thin plates of Japanese cedar or cypress, and are light and solid so they can easily be carried.

Bending thinned boards

薄くした板を曲げるイラスト
曲げ型の画像

Fixing bent boards with wooden scissors and drying them

木ばさみで固定するイラスト
木バサミの画像

Closing the edge with cherry bark and inserting the bottom plate

底板をはめ込むイラスト
花桶の画像

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Bending