Ua koho ʻia ka ʻoka keʻokeʻo i lawe ʻia mai ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. ʻO nā lako i hana ʻia me ia mea kūʻē i ka hopena, friction, palaho, maʻalahi e maloʻo, liʻiliʻi deformed, maʻalahi ke kūkulu ʻana, a maʻalahi ke kāpili. He liʻiliʻi loa ka shrinkage rate, no laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i loko o kahi ʻano hoʻololi o ke aniau me ka ʻole o nā pilikia a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. He mea lako hale maikai.
ʻO nā kihi o ke keʻena he poepoe a maʻemaʻe, a mālama i ka palekana o ʻoe a me kou ʻohana mai nā mea maʻalahi. Hoʻopili ʻia ka ʻaila wax mea kanu maoli i ka lima a hoʻohana ʻia, ʻo ia ke olakino a me ke kaiapuni, me ke ʻala ʻole. ʻO ke kala he translucent a plump, me kahi paʻi maʻalahi, a ʻaʻole pili i ka nani o ka lāʻau maoli o ka lāʻau. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka "hui gula" o nā lako lāʻau paʻa.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hoʻolālā i ʻelua drawers a ʻaʻohe wahi waihona. He kūpono ia i nā hoaaloha makemake e hoʻokomo i nā mea i loko o ke keʻena e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke ʻano o ka countertop. E hoʻokumu i kahi waihona pilikino kūpono iā ʻoe. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka lima i hōʻike ʻia, hiki i ka lima i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke pale pono i ka huki ʻana a huki maʻalahi. ʻAʻole ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ke ʻano maʻalahi a me ka hiʻohiʻona, akā ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻoweliweli i kou palekana.
ʻO ke kaʻina mortise drawer a me ka tenon i hui pū ʻia me ke kaʻa paʻa lāʻau paʻa, ke kaʻina Luban kuʻuna, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻohana ʻana, ʻoi aku ka paʻa a me ka maʻalahi. E hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana huki huki pili pono i ka dovetail, i ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lawe ʻana i ka ukana a ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka pohā. ʻO ka papaʻaina ʻaoʻao moe ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia a puni, ʻaʻohe lāʻau, a he ʻano maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo no ka ʻakaʻaka ke kau ʻoe i kou lole.
ʻO nā wāwae lāʻau paʻa paʻa, ka hoʻolālā papahele kūpaʻa, ka hoʻolālā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻepekema a me ka pilina paʻa me ka pākaukau, 18cm ma luna o ka ʻāina e mālama i kahi wahi maʻemaʻe. ʻO ka manaʻo palupalu ma lalo o ka wāwae he mea paheʻe a paʻa ʻole, a ʻaʻole hiki i ka hoʻolālā kanaka ke pale wale i ka papahele mai nā ʻōpala, akā ʻo ka nalowale o ka friction o nā wāwae lāʻau. ʻO ka hoʻolālā wāwae lāʻau ʻāpana hoʻokahi e ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka ukana.