if only this was in English......... Jokes! all good John. great tutorials, from Australia.

I’ve used popular. Easy to work and can be just as light in colour as bass wood.

My man John. The way you explained the 67.5 degree angles on that small piece of wood.... Well done. "Lighter pass on this side. And a heavier pass on this side." Sorry my quote doesn't do you any justice. All I'm trying to say is that you explain things very well. I watch Neil, from Pask Makes channel on KZfaq. He did several really cool, Kumiko "1" videos about a year ago. But after watching his videos no offence to Neil, I just didn't have the confidence that I do now from your videos. (Plus seeing how to make those Jigs, that's valuable stuff.) Also I learned a lot from Neil about Kumiko. However the way you put things, really gave me a whole new perspective. I'm excited, I'm going to try my hand at Kumiko. Anyhow thanks for another awesome video John. I hold the upmost respect for you my friend. Your electrical skills, woodworking, innovation, creativity. Because of you and the way you explain and describe, and take the time to show the step by step, gives your channel an edge. And teaches the things your doing in a constructive way! Alright sorry to go on and on. Thanks for the great content my friend. Hey why don't you come over to the US and teach me the trade of being an electrician. lol just playing! Take it easy. "1" (NOT SURE IF THAT'S HOW IT'S SPELLED.) "Kumiko"

Hi John, make life easy for yourself and other who want to do Kumiko. Go to any dolls house shop or model shop and you should find wood (Bass/Redwood) in width and length you need, I use Hobby's in London and most big cities have Hobby store. Hope this helps BTW my girlfriends name happens to Kumiko and yes they are Japanese

As always John looks excellent

Very interesting indeed. I struggle with angles so a project like this would really test my abilities & patience.

In the U.S. Hobby Lobby has a great selection of basswood.

Looking forward to it 😀

John Kumiko is really interesting and something I intend to have a go at. Many thanks for showing how to go about this fascinating art form.

Nice work John ! The jigs work very well. You make it look so simple

Brilliant, will have to give it a go

Beautiful, John! Nicely done! 😃 I've seen people use those for everything... Even for box covers! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

I'd like to see you make some larger versions of these and install them in your arbor.

Great stuff John

Nice video, I am looking forward to seeing how you thickness the strips with a hand plane. This is always something I have wanted to try!

That little key plate for cutting the spaced grooves is clever, nice job. I might add one to my mini sled- I’ve been hand cutting all my grids but I’d like to increase my throughout

My god John... looks Tedious! will you be doing a complete workshop wall? it'll look wonderful ;-)

John nicely done on showing just how achievable this process is overall, I'd love to have a go at this but honestly I don't think I'd be very good at it and it's not a defeatist thing just more of a self realisation thing. Basically I'm in my mate's words "a ham fisted git" I have the touch of a African elephant 🐘 and as I've got older I have noticed that I'm getting a bit better but also know that I've still some way to go. That said it's great to see that there's some people who are more delicate with their touch than I am. As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.

Hi John, For a Man as busy as yourself Kumiko seems to be a very time consuming process so hats off to you for doing this. Looking forward to see what comes next.

Beautiful intricate work John, so well done !!!

I’m pretty sure Lime and Basswood are from the same tree, and the difference is just whether it grew in Europe or America. Have fun!

It’s intricate but looks a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to seeing what you have coming up. I’m so keen to give it a try

Hi John, your work is incredible! I wondered if you had done a video on how to cut the strips?

Hi John. Surprisingly I have only just found your amazing channel! I’m really impressed with your explanations and how easy it is to follow. So naturally I have subscribed and hit the 🔔 icon.

Quite inspiring, John. I'm presently embarked on making the lamp project that follows up this one. I'm finding it good for teaching patience and attention to detail. I'd be curious as to the hand plane jig you mention about 8:30, as I've found that things work a lot better for me if I finish the strips with a plane, where I can then tune the thickness to perfectly match the blade kerf. While a nominal strip (or blade for that matter) is 0.125", I find my particular "standard kerf" blade is more like 0.110"; I imagine that the 1/8" kerf that these are listed as is more of a marketing size, rather something you could expect to be bang on. Also found that I much preferred the smooth hand-planed finish anyway, so it all worked out in the end. Not long ago, I took advantage of a sale to get one of the small Harvey / Bridge City HP-8 mini block planes that come with adjustable "feet"; I found it to be very handy for the task. Once you've got a 'golden strip' milled down to your precise kerf, it's an easy matter to use that to set the feet, and then you just plane until it stops taking shavings. Quite simple, and the nature of the block plane bevel means that you're not fighting tear-out. So far, I've been using basswood, which is relatively soft and so will tolerate a bit of imprecision, but I'd imagine something like walnut that'll barely move at all to benefit even more from being able to precisely dial in the width to match the kerf, and I doubt that I'd be able to get the saw fence set perfectly for that; the planing works.

This looks great but jeez it needs loads of patience. Would probably rather looked into CNC machine to do that for me in 15min instead of 15 days 🤔 😀

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John not sure where in Ireland you based but the carpentry store and Strahan timber have materials like basswood/lime etc. Oak looks like hard mode (literally:))

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my Japanese friend told me about this, his name is Ho Li Crap lol

Can’t watch it, saying no stream

Basswood and linden are the several species of the genus, _Tilia._ The trees are called basswood in North America, linden in Europe, and often lime trees in Ireland and Britain. The wood is used extensively in architectural modeling, as it is easy to work but significantly harder and stronger than balsa. Look for art suppliers who serve the architectural modeling trade.

I don’t have the patience to do all that.

Can u sell your jigs?