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Kumiko - more machines than usual

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I know a number of people here admire and/or have tried Kumiko - just come across the following video which mixes machines and hand skills far more than usual:


Certainly some impressive machinery for what I always thought was mostly a handcrafted tradition
 
I have a few books on doing it the hand tool only methods, by desmond king, it's one of those things I've been meaning to really get into but I've just not got around to it yet.
 
I've always been impressed by their 'true' planing machines as opposed to our adzing machines. I wonder why western world has never created its own version, presumably because of our timber.
I like the look of the assembly stage, looks very relaxing.
 
Fascinating!
Two thoughts came to mind. 1 Seemingly no flaws in the timber and 2 no finish applied. The latter would have been ideally done once all the strips are to finished to correct cross section as subsequent cutting would have exposed unfinished faces only where the glue needed to go.
I guess at one time ramin would have been the favoured timber but that is now protected AFAIK. I certainly not seem it available in standard moulding for many years in UK
 
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