Kumiko Table, pt. 2
{the tenons} {the mortises} {the top}
When last we saw our beautiful Alaskan Yellow Cedar, it had been ripped and cut into lengths 5/8″ wide by 2″ thick by two feet long. These lengths contain five kumiko strips, if everything goes according to plan–which is to divide the two inch face into five parts, each about 1/4″ wide, and saw out [...]
Even the finest of work begins with the roughest of operations. In order to make a batch of kumiko for a handful of cherry blossom projects, a five foot length of Alaskan Yellow Cedar needed to be sawed by hand into several hundred pieces. More sawing to come…
