Kumiko Strips on Aura

[deniserayenelson]

Does anyone have a design to cut the strips to build a kumiko grid. I don’t want to laser cut the complete design (I want to do that manually). I am looking to cut the strips with the correct half lap so I can build the grid.

[Aloha]

The Door Chime Cover That Will Never Be

First time trying to create a kumiko pattern, apparently there are different variations. So, creating the patterns are pretty simple, especially with snap to grid on. I think most vector programs would perform the same. I expect converting the “tile” to a pattern would be the same too. I think revisions are easier with Cuttle, but that may be due to familiarity. I did a quick version, I think there are probably a dozen more ways to do it. I realized afterwards you would want a pattern to cut…

[deirdrebeth]

I’m guessing what you’re asking about is cutting the little divots that allow the strips to nest, like a few minutes into the top video here:

Traditional Kumiko woodworking

There have been several projects posted here mimicking the designs from the traditional Japanese Kumiko techniques. One of my favorite YouTubers made a coffee table using those methods (with only a couple of power tools ) which I thought some here might find interesting. The link skips directly to the start of the center design. [Making a Kumiko & Resin Coffee Table - Scrapwood Challenge ep39] 7/26 edit - Neil scaled it up to make decorative panels to hide a water collection …

If yes, you might be able to do it with an engrave, or using @evansd2’s Concentric Engraving Inkscape plugin for a much faster engrave.

You’ll have to make a jig so you can pull the strips out and flip them over.

I think it’s doable, but you’d be the first that I know of doing it on here

Looking forward to seeing your attempts - even if they’re failures! But hopefully successes

[eflyguy]

I never posted the results, and I lost that home in bankruptcy. But it was a very gratifying exercise to figure out how to make this in Inkscape, and cut with the laser. I ended up using it as doors on a medicine cabinet, Darn I wish I’d gotten that out of the house before I lost it.