Just finished this Japanese kumiko coffee table. Kumiko panels are made with Japanese spruce and mahogany, all friction fit, no glue. Frame is cherry. A piece of 1/4" thick glass cover goes on the top.
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Kitty@12309
That looks great - fantastic job! How did you cut the inlay pieces and get them fitted so precisely?
Incredible work imo . I want to build a coffee table someday , but nothing this incredibly elaborate
WOW, simply WOW!
That is a fantastic piece. But now comes the hard part: You have raised the bar mighty high and we can hardly wait for the encore piece 👍🏼👍🏼😂😂
In the mean time, most of us would love to hear the details of its creation, but Pictorial would be even better. Thanks so much for sharing your creation with us!
Did you use something like the Bridge City Toolworks multi-saw for this?
That is a fantastic piece. But now comes the hard part: You have raised the bar mighty high and we can hardly wait for the encore piece 👍🏼👍🏼😂😂
In the mean time, most of us would love to hear the details of its creation, but Pictorial would be even better. Thanks so much for sharing your creation with us!
Did you use something like the Bridge City Toolworks multi-saw for this?
Thank you for all your comments and compliments.
- Where can you get Japanese Spruce?
I bought the material from Michael Byrd in Japan, contact email: mdmichael1126@yahoo.com. He is very accommodating and reasonable.
- Did you use Bridge City Toolworks multi-saw?
I can't afford Bridge City tools
. I used Japanese flush cutting saw (also called kumiko saw) on Amazon for fraction of the cost and it works very well https://smile.amazon.com/Gyokucho-R...ds=detail+saw+for+woodworking&qid=1620439647&sprefix=detail+saw,aps,157&sr=8-52 .
- How did you cut the inlay pieces?
There are a lot of "how to" video on YouTube to make Japanese kumiko. Most of non-Japanese woodworkers make internal "Y" with three individual pieces where traditional Japanese method use one long piece with a slit in the middle and fit the second piece to form "Y". Here are the jigs I used. First picture is for cutting pieces to length, second one for angles.
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- Where can you get Japanese Spruce?
I bought the material from Michael Byrd in Japan, contact email: mdmichael1126@yahoo.com. He is very accommodating and reasonable.
- Did you use Bridge City Toolworks multi-saw?
I can't afford Bridge City tools
. I used Japanese flush cutting saw (also called kumiko saw) on Amazon for fraction of the cost and it works very well https://smile.amazon.com/Gyokucho-R...ds=detail+saw+for+woodworking&qid=1620439647&sprefix=detail+saw,aps,157&sr=8-52 .- How did you cut the inlay pieces?
There are a lot of "how to" video on YouTube to make Japanese kumiko. Most of non-Japanese woodworkers make internal "Y" with three individual pieces where traditional Japanese method use one long piece with a slit in the middle and fit the second piece to form "Y". Here are the jigs I used. First picture is for cutting pieces to length, second one for angles.
Thanks for sharing the info Kitty.
You are so right about the cost of the Bridge City Toolworks Tools being way too expensive! 😂
We all would be thrilled if you shared those details here, in this same thread. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so keep that in mind as you help us understand how you got started and your process.
I suspect some of our senior router experts are already noodling on how to make bulk cuts for this application with a router.
— Bradley
You are so right about the cost of the Bridge City Toolworks Tools being way too expensive! 😂
We all would be thrilled if you shared those details here, in this same thread. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so keep that in mind as you help us understand how you got started and your process.
I suspect some of our senior router experts are already noodling on how to make bulk cuts for this application with a router.
— Bradley
Beautiful craftsmanship but is it worth all that tedious, high precision labor? Sure we all really appreciate it but does the end user?
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