Patent ID: 7670531

Claim:
A method for producing a formed wooden article by cutting out a primary blank member from a raw wood and forming the same to a final three-dimensional shape having a substantially uniform thickness, comprising: a primary compression step in which the primary blank member cut out from the raw wood is compressed by primary molding dies having die surfaces with a shape substantially the same as the final three-dimensional shape of the formed wooden article, and the primary blank member is processed into a primary compressed article having a high compression portion, the high compression portion being formed in a vicinity of portions of the primary blank member corresponding to the die surface and having a higher compression ratio than that in a surrounding of the high compression portion; a secondary blank processing step in which the primary compressed article is cut and processed into a secondary blank member whose surface keeps a three-dimensional shape transferred onto the high compression portion; and a secondary compression step in which the secondary blank member is compressed by using secondary molding dies and the final three-dimensional shape is transferred onto the secondary blank member.