Create a kumiko cloverleaf – FineWoodworking

Synopsis: Discover ways to put collectively the standard kumiko cloverleaf. It really works effectively on shoji screens, as a person panel or, as it’s used right here, on an Andon lamp. Craig Vandall Stevens exhibits methods to do it. (Goes with Andon Lamp article in similar subject.)

The ornamental kumiko sample I selected for the lamp on this subject (“Construct an Andon Lamp”) is named yotsuba kaku-tsugi, which suggests cloverleaf square-joint. I like its simplicity and the way in which it reads effectively as a person unit but in addition as a cluster of 4. 

To maintain ornamental kumiko from showing too heavy, I mill the strips barely thinner than these within the kumiko grid. For this lamp, with its grid of 1⁄8-in.-thick strips, I made the cloverleaf from strips 3⁄32 in. thick. It’s necessary to notice that having the openings in your grid completely sq. and equal in measurement makes the patternwork a lot less complicated. In any other case, you’ll end up custom-fitting scores of tiny components—not enjoyable.

I make the central squares of the cloverleaf first. After chopping strips barely overlong, I miter one finish utilizing a handplane and a miter-paring jig. Then I reset the jig’s cease and lower miters on the opposite finish of the strips. I glue up the squares on my bench, utilizing rubber bands to clamp them.

Subsequent, I make the diagonal strips, which have a double miter on one finish and an inverted miter, or hen’s mouth, on the opposite. I first lower a batch of 2-in.-long items–sufficient to yield two diagonal strips.

To chop the hen’s-mouth miters, I take advantage of a shopmade jig and a large chisel that’s straightforward to carry flat on the jaws of the jig. I take advantage of a slicing movement, drawing the chisel back and forth and chopping with the chisel’s trailing nook. I make scoring cuts from one facet, then transfer the chisel to the other mitered jaw to finish the hen’s mouth.

From Superb Woodworking #295

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