Kurdish Studies

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Development of Geometric Shape Wood Joint Technique Into the Creation of Thai Lanna Teak Furniture with An Environmentally Friendly Process in Thailand

Sirisyos Kijmongkolvanich
Department of Architectural Education and Design, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
Somchai Seviset
Department of Architectural Education and Design, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.
Songwut Egwutvongsa
Department of Architectural Education and Design, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.
Keywords: Geometric Shape Wood Joint Technique, Creation of Lanna Thai Teak Furniture, Teak Wood of Thailand..

Abstract

Teak cuttings and young teak trees are cut to expand the rows in teak plantations. This expansion is related to economically improving cultivated areas; farmers will eliminate this waste by burning or cutting them down and making charcoal, significantly impacting the environment. This research aims to develop a process of using split teak to develop a technique for wood doweling with geometric patterns, especially for use in the production of antique Thai furniture to create sustainability as these details: 1) Way of Life, 2) Economy and 3) Environment, which involves research to help create a development model. Then, it gains community sustainability, and this research will test the strength of the teak by using force techniques: 1) Baking and 2) Soaking the wood in water and relying on sunlight. These techniques found that both forms had similar shear strength values and could be applied to the two types of developed wooden dowels with six geometrical shapes. Moreover, the wooden dowels with the highest shear strengths consisted of 1) Hexagonal Dowels, 2) Square Dowels, and 3) Circular Dowels. Similarly, the three types of dowels were used to select the suitable doweling pattern for producing traditional Thai furniture by using the Cross-impact matrix principle ( n=20 ), and it was found that the square dowel from soaked wood before drying in the sun had the most suitable value, (91.67 ). It was used to form a dowel for producing dismantlable antique Thai furniture. In the same way, when analyzing consumer satisfaction ( n=254 ), using simple random sampling ( Simple Random Sampling) at a confidence level of 90% from three aspects of assessment: 1) Aesthetic, 2) Functional, 3 ) Symbolic, and it was found that the Model Summary Test Value of Consumer Satisfaction was 80.5 %. Therefore, all three factors were applied to predict the needs and behaviors of consumers toward antique Thai furniture produced by the dowel technique. At the same time, the wood has the normal score equation to bring waste materials for adding economic value together with an expression of environmental friendliness with non-chemical production. What is more, it is based on the local wisdom to join in the production of traditional Thai furniture that is considered a development with creating of sustainable development in the locality to be balanced as follows: 1) The Economy, 2) The Community, and 3) The Environment that develops in a positive direction from the application of the research results.

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