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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- In this two-part video, I make an andon lantern with the mie-bishi tsunagi pattern.
Part 1 finishes with the completed mie-bishi tsunagi panels
Part 2 covers the lantern frame, and fitting the kumiko panels.
This pattern features the yotsu-kude four-way joint, and the process for making this joint is covered in detail in Book 4 Diamond Patterns.
Asa-no-ha pattern - • Shoji and kumiko patte... and • Shoji and kumiko patte...
Timber used:
Frame - Jarrah
Kumiko - Hoop pine
Housing for light fixture - Radiata pine
Book links US Amazon
Book 1 The Basics www.amazon.com...
Book 2 Beyond the Basics www.amazon.com...
Book 3 Hexagonal Patterns www.amazon.com...
Book 4 Diamond Patterns www.amazon.com...
Also available in all other Amazon stores.
*More than 100 different patterns with detailed easy-to-follow instructions.
For woodworkers with an Australian address, please contact me directly through my website at www.kskdesign.c....
Instagram page: / desking01
this is the only video about making kumiko lamp, that is very simple bu't also very understandable, helpful video
I love your work. Please keep posting. Much appreciated
Love your work. Your books are a very valued reference in my shop. Thanks!
Thank you Peter, and thank you for buying my books. I appreciate it.
Cheers
Des
Glad you are remaking videos! Thank you. I bought all 3 of your books and have find them simply fascinating. Cheers from Canada!!!
Thanks Dustin, and thank you for buying my books. I'm glad you find them interesting. Cheers.
Beautiful work - you are truly talented
Great work, Des. I have your first two books and have found them to be tremendously helpful.
I admire your work tremendously! Beautiful.
thanks for making nice videos and writing great books. Bought all four of your books and find them so helpful. I completed yae asanoha sakura and dahlia, though on table saw. Kumiko and shoji are fascinating arts, thank you sir for introducing them! A lot of appreciations from china!
Thank you for buying the books and for the kind words. Table saw is good; doesn't matter how the patterns are made, the fun is in making them. Cheers and all the best. Des
Hi. Thanks for the videos, I’ve just bought your first book (which is excellent) as I would like to build some lanterns with Kumiko panels. I will get all 4 of your books and make all the jigs I need in due course. I trained as a Cabinet-Maker and worked in the industry for many years, but I only now make stuff for our home, my Wife has been keen on these lanterns for a long while, so I will make a couple of small ones for the bedside tables and a big one for the sitting room. Thanks for all the valuable information and hard work bringing this fascinating craft to us. Kev G,
Thanks very much for buying my book and for the kind words Kevin. All the best with the lantern build. Cheers, Des
One more time, respect!
Hi Des. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I will retire in a few weeks (age 70) and plan to give this a try. I wish you would do a shop tour and briefly tell us what tools you use and on what operations. I like the clamps at 6:00 minutes. I found the 3-3/4 inch brass one on Amazon.
Or does book#1 (which I have not purchased yet) explain all this.
I see a few American guys making simple patterns with table saws and jigs. But that forces them to stay with the width of the saw kerf for the project. Then they use a planing jig to get the proper thickness. I watch you cut all the notches by hand and I think your way may be just as fast.
Comments please.
Hi Jim. All the tools are fairly straightforward. Table saw, jointer, thicknesser, and drum sander to get the kumiko to the correct dimensions regarding thickness and width (I briefly explain this process on an Instagram post a few years ago at instagram.com/p/BECqUJZovDl/ ). After that, it's hand tools and jigs - handsaws, chisels, and block plane. If I need to cut grooves in the outer frame, I use a router on a very simple router table (which consists of a MDF sheet clamped to my workbench and a fence clamped to that). I also have a Router Boss system that I also use occasionally. All the jigs are explained in detail in the books as they're needed.
I cover how long it generally takes in a later video here th-cam.com/video/Jnt1Yrm3dl8/w-d-xo.html, and it probably answers your question. I don't have anything against using a table saw to cut the kumiko joints, as long as people are aware of the limitations. As you mentioned, they are limited to the width of the kerf of the saw blades they have available. At the college in Japan where I studied, we had a wall of table saw blades of different thicknesses, but as far as I'm aware, they're not readily available outside of Japan, mainly because they're not particularly necessary other than with shoji and kumiko work. The big advantage in cutting by hand is that if I want to adjust the pitch from, say, 45mm to 47mm, I simply make up a new story stick. I don't have to make any adjustments to any jigs. I can also have multiple pitches to suit the design - no adjustments necessary. It's not that easy when using a jig on a table saw. It's an individual decision, though, and as long as people are satisfied with the kumiko patterns they're making and are having fun, either way is perfect as far as I'm concerned.
Cheers,
Des
@@kskdesign1 Thanks you so much Des. I went to the 2 links and watched and studied both. For the first few small sample projects (coasters and such) I'll do the thicknessing with a plane jig. after that I can see a drop sander coming. :)
Очень замечательно! Красиво и приятно! Вы молодец! :-)
awesome work
Hi Des. Great vidio. Just wondering why do you prefer epoxy? I would have thought wood glue would react better to the wood swelling/contracting.
Hi Alan. The epoxy gives me a lot more working time so I can assemble and glue the entire andon in one go. To me this makes it easier to square all the pieces on all four sides, clamp, then make any minor adjustments necessary to make sure everything stays square. Wood glue doesn't have the same working time, so here I had to do the glue-up in two steps. Ultimately, for a small piece like this though, it just gets down to preference. One step or two steps, as long as everything is checked and re-checked for square, it doesn't really matter. The individual timber pieces on this andon are fairly thin, so there's not going to be enough wood movement to worry about.
Cabinets and other larger pieces are a different matter, and I always glue those up in stages.
Molto bello e grazie
good works
what a paper??
Just started watching your videos.... wish I had your talent ! Can I ask where you got those wood clamps that you used in this video ?
Thanks PaulSeminary. I bought those from Amazon. They’re miter clamps, and you also need the spring pliers to use them. A search on Amazon should give you a few options.
kskdesign Thank you !
What the price for this one?
Beautiful.
Do you get the shoji paper and glue in Australia or order from overseas?
Thanks Shane. I bought the paper and glue in Japan. People have passed on a couple of sources for shoji paper in Australia, so if you could email me, I'll pass them on. The glue is simply a starch glue, so the school Clag glue should work. Just mix it with water to get a cream-like consistency. I've never tried it, but because it's a starch glue, there's no reason that it shouldn't work.
@@kskdesign1 Thanks Des. From my memory school clag was for eating, but I was at school along time ago..... I will have to see if I can find some, has definitely been along time. Have found a few Australian sites for Shoji paper, will probably try them out.
Hope you find time to keep up these videos. And look forward to the intermediate course in Sydney, Hint, Hint.....
Either way, much appreciated.
Hi, tell me where can I buy Washi paper? I can’t find what I need for Andon in Russia ...
très beau
Makako