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Box I made from Mike Pekovich’s book

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Tried my hand at splined miters and kumiko with this one. Probably spent more time making the kumiko jigs and cutting all the strips than i did making the actual box. Mike has a great method for making the lipped lid on the table saw. All the kumiko work done with hand tools and the box mainly done on the table saw. Black walnut with white oak bottom. The African bloodwood splines really glow in the light but kind of disappear in pictures, so i tried to get one close up under light. Basswood for the kumiko section. Lined with handmade pressed flower paper from some lady on Etsy.

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That's great Steve. Kumiko can be a bit addictive! Great choice of wood.

I do like Pekovich's books. I'd buy him a pint if I met him to say thanks for his blue tape method and simple alignment jig for dovetails.
 
Blackswanwood said:
That's great Steve. Kumiko can be a bit addictive! Great choice of wood.

I do like Pekovich's books. I'd buy him a pint if I met him to say thanks for his blue tape method and simple alignment jig for dovetails.
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His blue tape and shovetail jigs are pure genius; simple, very elegant and they both work!
SteveMP said:
Tried my hand at splined miters and kumiko with this one. Probably spent more time making the kumiko jigs and cutting all the strips than i did making the actual box. Mike has a great method for making the lipped lid on the table saw. All the kumiko work done with hand tools and the box mainly done on the table saw. Black walnut with white oak bottom. The African bloodwood splines really glow in the light but kind of disappear in pictures, so i tried to get one close up under light. Basswood for the kumiko section. Lined with handmade pressed flower paper from some lady on Etsy.

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I used his methods to try my hand at a kumiko project and if you like fiddly stuff as I do, you're on cloud 9! Tricky, time consuming but rewarding when it all comes together - Rob
 
Blackswanwood said:
That's great Steve. Kumiko can be a bit addictive! Great choice of wood.

I do like Pekovich's books. I'd buy him a pint if I met him to say thanks for his blue tape method and simple alignment jig for dovetails.
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Thank you.

I'd buy him a pint for sure. Whenever I had questions while building his hanging tool wall cabinet, he responded to me fairly quickly and offered me luck on the build. Great guy!
 
Well done in using his book to make that. I looked at them areas of the book and decided it wasn't for me. Very good teacher nonetheless and I never realised the blue-tape method was an original from him (I learnt from others on here and the other place).
 
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