I've been dabbling with Greene and Greene techniques and features for boxes about a month now. I really enjoy it. I have also made a number of boxes using the Shou Sugi Ban techniques. 

 

So I decided to experiment making a box incorporating both these techniques. 

I started my making a box out of Pine and Cedar with box finger joints first as shown. This is a dry fit. No glue yet. 

 

 

I then started "pillowing" the finger ends

 

 

Next I loosely tacked on a plug to see how it would look. I decide to take the risk and move forward. So I bought square hole punches from Lee Valley.

 

 

Once I got the punches, I started making square holes as shown on all four corners of the box. It was alot of work. 

 

 

I Shou Sugi Ban burned the Top (lid)

 

 

Here's a view showing the brass hinges installed. Note how the box is contoured to lift the box off the surface. This is called a "cloud lift" There are several variations of this G&G technique. 

 

 

Here's a corner shot

 

 

Here's the box open with my gent saw placed in it. 

 

 

Hope you liked it. 

 

Thanks for looking! 

 

Cheers!!

MrRick 

 

 

Edited October 13, 2025Oct 13 by MrRick

Neat!

 

Some interesting facts about the process and end results-

https://nakamotoforestry.com/knowledge/the-top-10-myths-about-shou-sugi-ban-charred-wood-siding/?srsltid=AfmBOoqiXh_FPenzKq-EMxKcapteSolPl4xgX9CmZlzk8-U4RFrHXc3N

Yes indeed lew!! It's neat!

The Japanese did this thousands of years ago on buildings. Many are still standing today and remain the same. The wood treated this way never rots. Same on fences. 

There's so much you can do with this technique. I've posted a few. 

Cheers! 

Very cool Rick. Really like how the lid looks on this one. Certainly a lot of tedious work placing the G&G plugs. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Edited October 14, 2025Oct 14 by Grandpadave52
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Thanks Grandpadave52! Indeed it was a lot of work but very satisfying to accomplish.