Awesome! Very similar to the way that I do it! I have been thinking of a very cool way to do the half laps on the router table. The reason I really have been giving it a thought is because of the varying width of bits that you can buy. With the table saw method you are pretty much stuck with the width of the table saw blade. They don't really make a 1/2 table saw blade. That would be pretty ridiculous lol. So my thought is... you could put a bit in the router table that is whatever width you really want, and you could cut the lap joints 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 3/4", or 1". This is just something that I have been thinking, and I have no idea if it would work, but if I was doing a huge panel for a door or something I think the 1/8 kumiko would look a little too small. It would be nice to have a similar method, but with the router table. Maybe this is overthinking x)

That is beautiful, and you do a fantastic job of making it very accessible. I want to try it now!

Great work man! The graphics were a nice touch. Keep it up!!!

Greetings dear friend, Kumiko's art is beautiful, wonderful therapy. I'm thinking about starting to learn this Japanese technique. But I have seen that some people confuse two similar patterns with each other. In this case the pattern “Asanoha” and “Kakuasa”. They both use the same technique as they are very similar The one shown in the video is actually the "Kakuasa" pattern. The "Asanoha" pattern is the same, however the wooden strips are placed diagonally and one vertically, passing through the intersection points of the diagonals. Exemple: In the video at 0:36 the grid is assembled with 3 strips vertically and 3 strips horizontally. Then we have 4 strips cut diagonally (step 2 at 2:25). And finally the other pieces to complete the pattern (step 3 Diamonds and step 4 short diagonals). The "Asanoha" pattern uses a different intersection for the grid. Exemple: 3 strips diagonally from left to right (going down), 3 strips from right to left (going down). Then we have 3 vertical strips (right side, center and left side). This the base, then make cuts in wooden strips to assemble the diamond with its angles. So angle cuts are more "boring" to do. They are very similar in design, but the cut and assembly shapes are slightly different from the "Kakuasa" pattern. And thank you for sharing with us, your videos add a lot of value to us viewers. A big hug with lots of peace, health, successes, achievements and blessings to you, family, friends and viewers Sorry my English please Greetings from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Thanks. That really helped. I’m eager to make my first piece.

Great project and video! looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

that is the most helpful video on kumiko making I have seen. gret job

This is such a beautiful thing! Thank you for showing the detailed process in such a clear way. One of these days, maybe...

Well explained, thanks for sharing!

Cool breakdown of this design!

Great stuff I bought the sled plans and I am working my way toward building it. Slowly as i get my shop straightened out. New shop and is 1/3 of the last shop in size and have been doing a bit or according to my wife alot of whining about fitting everything in it. After seeing your shop I am done complaining. Thanks for the inspiration.

This is beautiful

Excellent video!...clear, concise and doable!...starting on a 3 panel shoji door set with 3 ranma panels above...will be ordering the kumiko jig set...thank you.

This video is very well presented. The instructions are very clear. As to the gluing, would it be acceptable to just use a drop of thin CA glue at each joint?

Is there an advantage using a chisel to cut angle bevels verses a block plane?

Beautiful work. What angle is your chisel ground to? If different from 30 degrees, is there an advantage?

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In this video you say to use the 22.5 degree jig to cut 2/3 off the diamond pieces, but it looks like you’re using the 67.5 degree jig to do that. Am I wrong? Which one should I use?

I'm a little confused, perhaps you can set me straight. I'm going to attempt my first kumiko piece. In your video concerning the diamond pieces you say the 67.5 degree angle fits in the corner and the 22.5 at the hinge. In other videos it seems they use the opposite angles. Thank you for the informative video with a good approach.