組手 Japanese-modern · No screws · Flat-pack
Furniture that holds
itself together.
Woodworking plans for pieces that fit like a puzzle. Build one in a weekend, take it apart in a minute.
One joint of many. The wedge sits a hair inside the leg face, and driving it down pulls the shoulder tight.
約束 Every plan, three promises
Ordinary lumber
A few boards off the big-box shelf. No exotic species, no hardwood dealer, no machines.
Basic tools
Circular saw, drill, a sharp chisel, clamps. No jointer, planer, router, or table saw.
Honest joinery
Joinery you can see. The joint isn't hidden — the joint is the design.
予定 What's coming
Build plans
Measured drawings with joinery detail, cut sequence, and a cut list that recalculates when you resize the piece.
Finished pieces
A small number of built-to-order pieces, charred and finished — local pickup in Colorado to start.
Notes from the shop
What held, what split, and the dimensions that actually worked — written after the piece was built, not before.
第一号 In the shop now
First plan
組み木 — interlocking wood
A low bench assembled like a puzzle, held and locked by the joinery. One weekend.
Being built and tested right now. Real dimensions and real lumber cost get published once the piece exists, not before.
先行 Before it's listed
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工房より From the shop
One builder, one garage.
Risu (リス) means squirrel. A builder that needs no hardware, wastes nothing, and works with what's on hand.
I work out of my garage in Colorado, inspired by the complexity of joinery that has held buildings up for centuries. Every plan starts as a piece I actually built.
I'm documenting the whole process, from the first cut to the finished piece.