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Kumiko.

Peri

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I am in awe of the people that make this stuff.

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paskmakes on pootube does some of it on occasion, it looks awesome.
 
It's tricky and fiddly, but not difficult to do, provide you make the jigs to get the mating angles spot on. I made a Japanese tea cabinet back the summer with a little 'kumiko' door which was good fun - Rob
 
I saw Mike Farrington do some a while back - including the garden fence he made !

I actually got as far as making the 3 angled jigs (22.5, 45, 67.5) for the simple asa-no-ha from blocks of aluminium on the CNC machine at work (no one tell my boss). They are sat on my 'things to look into when I retire in a few years' shelf :)

The stuff in that video is on an entirely different level though - intricate and beautiful. I think some of it was for one of the yearly contests they hold in Japan.
 
I love watching this stuff on YT, the attention to detail is second to none and it looks so incredible when put together. It's on my list of things to try as I love the whole Japanese style and look.

I found some plans online to make a couple of Japanese puzzle boxes last night, they genuinely baffle me.
 
Peri":36h1vijf said:
I saw Mike Farrington do some a while back - including the garden fence he made !

I actually got as far as making the 3 angled jigs (22.5, 45, 67.5) for the simple asa-no-ha from blocks of aluminium on the CNC machine at work (no one tell my boss).
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The angle blocks are easy enough to make provide you get hold of a digital sliding bevel; this was the wee...

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...'kumiko' door in Brown Oak that I made; the actual panel is in Japanese 'Yakusugi' Cedar from Yakushima just off the southern coast of the main island - Rob
 
Nice work Rob. Never looked into how they are done. Must make a mental note.
 
AJB Temple":2512p4lf said:
Nice work Rob. Never looked into how they are done. Must make a mental note.
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Adrian, the book which is well worth getting hold of is 'The Why and How of Woodworking' by the 'murrican author Michael Pekovich. I don't often recommend books but this is a very good one indeed and has an excellent section on 'kumiko' and the making of the special jigs needed - Rob
 
Thanks Rob. I shall hunt it down. KR, Adrian

Edit. Hunted down and purchased. (Amazon avoided!)
 
I have "The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns", 3 Volumes by Desmond King
 
D192373E-E732-40EA-8278-EA41ABD6A1B4.jpegAs Rob says, not difficult but fiddly.
A panel I did for a box top along with the homemade guides.
 
Steve has ben very helpful here. I need to make some for some tall narrow windows and also for a couple of stone lanterns. It will be a summer sideline.
 
Nice Glynne:)

Now shrink it down to about 1/6th the size and combine it with 200 others !

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