STL177: Pekovich’s Primitive Projects
Mike and Ben talk about Mike's book, his early projects, kumiko, and Mike shoots down another one of Ben's techniquesQuestion 1:
From Matt:
I have 3 questions about getting into kumiko:
1.) What (Japanese) chisel would you recommend starting with?
2.) What online/printed resources would you recommend?
- Spice up your work with kumiko by Michael Pekovich #259–Jan/Feb 2017 Issue
- Mike Farrington’s Kumiko work on YouTube
- John Reed Fox on Roy Underhill’s Woodwright’s Shop
3.) Any thoughts on preparing the strips without a tablesaw or drum sander?
Question 2:
From Martti:
What is it in your preferred kumiko construction that ensures trouble-free cleanup over time for quite some years and decades?
Segment: All Time Favorite Technique
Ben – Loading magnets into a brass tube in order to keep the polarity correct
Mike – Sharpening a chisel to 20º-25º for paring end-grain on pine
Question 3:
From Al:
I am having some trouble laying out the pins and tales on the Wenge in the more traditional way, unlike what Mike shows. Wenge is extremely hard and not at all forgiving and the grain tends to be a problem in scribing the wood. Perhaps this is why he choose to do this with the table saw and router methods. Where can you get the table saw blade and the router bit to do it like Mike.
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Comments
Another great episode! Nice to have a Mike solo show, and looking forward to checking out his book!
In Japan, Hida would be pronounced "heeda". And Iida would be "eeda", but with a strong emphasis on the "ee".
Double vowels like that get held a little bit longer than single.
Great discussion, guys.
Thanks for the discussion at the beginning of the episode. All too often I get bogged down in what a project could be instead of what it needs to be. I really appreciate being reminded of the importance of pragmatism.
Ben, you started out by seeming to apologise for the one-on-one episode. There was no need; it had more content than usual and I thought it was really good. I hope you go that route again.
Really enjoyed this episode. I like the idea of having Ben and one other person every now-and-then. It's familiar, but a little different feel to the podcast - in a good way!
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