Dear Des, would you please be so kind and tell me what the orange plastic part is called for gluing, which can be seen, for example, at 1:52. Many Thanks! Bruce
Hi Bruce. I bought these years ago and I can't remember where. Possibly Lee Valley or Rockler. This particular type doesn't seem to be available at those stores anymore. If you do a search for glue paddles, something might come up. Cheers. Des
Thanks Iain. The books show dimensional diagrams of all the jigs. I just have a normal table saw, so for the angled jigs, I make them up and cut to the depth I can on the table saw, finish off with a handsaw and fine-tune the angle with a hand plane. Or I cut the angles in the jigs on the bandsaw and fine-tune the angles with a hand plane; this is definitely the safer method. A top-of-the-line table saw with a hefty blade would probably be able to cut most of the angles in a single go. I've had those angled jigs for about 10 years, and I've only had to re-tune them once, and that was really just to check the angles again. And they've had a lot of use in those 10 years. The 90° and 60° kumiko cutting jigs are simple to make and these get changed around quite frequently. In fact, I need to make up a new set fairly soon.
I have so many questions. Every time you complete a let's call it a template do you keep a set of pieces so it's easier the next time to reproduce? Do you keep the same basic grid pattern so you can reuse patterns in different designs or do you need to start from square 1 each time you start? Do you use a Cad or computer software to layout your designs or do you do it by hand? I've been looking into this for a while, but this doesn't exist where I am. How did you start out? I was going to make a couple guides and start from there. I have the tools, but the expertise seems daunting. Looks crazy frustrating when starting out but the perfection of it seems so satisfying.
I mark up a story stick for each piece I make. In this piece, the pitch is 65mm, so the story stick has the necessary number of markings at 65mm intervals. I keep most of my story sticks, and if I make up another piece with the same pitch of 65mm, I'd simply use this story stick. Getting accurate intervals is quite easy, though, and I explain how to do this in one of my later videos. I'll also make up a story stick for the pattern itself as well if it is complex and involves a number of cuts, but the pattern in this video doesn't require that. I use a simple 2D CAD to make up the overall design. Making the kumiko patterns can be quite intricate and frustrating, especially the more complex patterns, so the best option is to start out with the simple square patterns, then work your way up. That's how I started. It does get easier with practice. Des
Hi Tony. I bought these years ago and I can't remember where. Possibly Lee Valley or Rockler. This particular type doesn't seem to be available at those stores anymore. If you do a search for glue paddles, something might come up. Cheers.
What plane would you recommend for someone who owns 0 planes, and wants to get into kumiko? Thanks for the help. I can't decide if it should be a block plane, no4, no62 or what?
For kumiko work, without hesitation I'd recommend a good block plane for use with the angled jigs. You'd use the other planes for cleaning up or fine tuning main framing pieces or other larger pieces housing the kumiko panels.
