Popular Post Isaac Posted December 23, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I've been interested in these traditional Japanese style screens since I saw one featured in a piece in Fine Woodworking last summer, but at the time I didn't know the name of the technique nor did I have any idea how it was done, so I was thrilled to open up the latest issue to see an article that answered both questions. I've been thinking about build a countertop tea storage box for my wife for a few months now, but am still mulling over design and features I want to incorporate (should it just hold tea, or also hold a pot? what about a pair of matching cups, etc. I think I will try to incorporate a screen like this one. I did this out of pine for 3 reasons I figured pine would be gentler on my hands and chisels In this case, the form clearly dominates, so I don't think the wood really needs to "say" anything. I've got a lot of pine scraps left over from the secret door bookshelf I built a couple months ago. I followed the article carefully to make the necessary guides and just went to town. The fit is very good (it is completely dry fit with no glue at this point). The toughest part was avoiding side blowout, which is a constant risk, as you are using a chisel across the grain. By the end, I found that pre-cutting the miters with a narrow flush cut saw, as close as I reasonably could get them, and then dialing in with chisel for the final fit worked pretty well. That is a clementine, by the way, this thing is 5" on a side. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 6 minutes ago, Llama said: Very cool! +1 They had a project in their latest issue where they used a piece like that in the door of a cabinet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, Chet K said: +1 They had a project in their latest issue where they used a piece like that in the door of a cabinet. Yup, same issue I think. Now that I've got the basic idea, I will definitely think about incorporating this in future projects where appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Pretty slick, Isaac! Amazing that so many miters can hold together. How much time do you have in it so far? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Nice job! That's on my list of things to do as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 10 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: Pretty slick, Isaac! Amazing that so many miters can hold together. How much time do you have in it so far? I'd say I'm in for about 6 hours, which includes time to build the jigs. I'm not particularly fast either. The thing is, once you get things dialed in, I could see a person knocking out a screen like I've shown here pretty fast, since the parts are repeated and mostly interchangeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Nicely done, Isaac! I bet your example will inspire a bunch of others to try the technique. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isaac Posted December 23, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 So I made another one this morning. I had the box frame already complete (which doesn't really take any time anyways), so it was really just cutting out the inner pieces. Probably took an hour to maybe an hour and half. Each sub square has 7 pieces, with 4 miters each, so that means 28 pieces x 4 = 112 little cuts to make, so even though they are small, I don't think I could do it too much faster. That being said, it is really enjoyable work. Quiet and calm, no dust. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Are the fixtures/jigs described the ones seen in this video? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Amazing craft, didn't know it existed until now. Thanks for opening my eyes ! Your piece looks great for a first effort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 32 minutes ago, C Shaffer said: Are the fixtures/jigs described the ones seen in this video? Yup, that is it. Here are my jigs, built per the article from a 12" cut off a 8/4 walnut: 17 minutes ago, Lester Burnham said: I know it's got me looking into it. Really cool stuff. You're doing a great job, Isaac. I dig it. I really want to get into this. It's good work for folks with tiny shops. Any suggestions or tips, I know you're just getting into it but it doesn't hurt to ask and what tools are you using? Thanks! For tips, I'd say, as long as you are making them, make a couple extra jigs, they take virtually no extra time or material in the moment, and you'll be happy having the ability to lock them in without having to change them for different pieces with the same angled miter but different lengths. Also, I haven't investigated yet, but I suspect other kumiko patterns would be produced similarly, just with different angles, so the extra jigs could be re-purposed just by re-cutting the end to the appropriate angle. Also, for me, as sharp as I've got my chisel (I don't really have anything to compare it to, but I know my sharpening is pretty good, at the very least it easily takes hair off my forearm), on the second one I made, I found it best to use my flush cut saw first and then the chisel just to peal off a thin fingernail layer to get a really nice surface. Otherwise, as you are pushing the chisel across, the risk of blowing out the back side is greater. It is tiny material, so even a sharp chisel can catch a little and break it out. So I guess think of the chisel really for shaving rather than cutting. Maybe that was the authors intent anyways, but I didn't quite get it at first and was starting with longer stock and thinking the chisel would shear it off clean, but that wasn't reliable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 This is great Isaac ! I saw Mike Pechovich do this in a video recently and I thought it was really cool. I gotta try this ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwood Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Nice job on the panel. Lets see if this works. www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987258303/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Look for a guy named Desmond King, that is where Mike got his start from. From what I gather he read the guys book and went from there Looks like the link didn't become a link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Southwood's link. 2 hours ago, Southwood said: Looks like the link didn't become a link. It should have. The text is valid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwood Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 26 minutes ago, C Shaffer said: Southwood's link. It should have. The text is valid. Doing it from the tablet, probably wasn't using the right fingers or something 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Isaac Posted December 24, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 I built this one, same size as the others, but with a larger frame to fit in this octagon window in our guest bathroom. The window already had the larger grid, so I just had to fit that center square. No glue either, just friction fit throughout. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 That's sweet Isaac! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 very nice!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 On December 23, 2016 at 0:00 PM, C Shaffer said: Are the fixtures/jigs described the ones seen in this video? I like something less Helter Skelter! Something that takes a little patience Really cool looking Isaac! I think you might have started something! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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