Kumiko Coffee Table Building Process

[@petehafner1659]

I love to watch how you bring out the beauty of the wood.

[@mitchgingrich2619]

I signed in ONLY to say how awesome this table is. Wow! Really impressed with that stand! Table is really cool, too. Love this kind of stuff. So much better than pallet wood videos

[@bigben380]

Now there's a video, pallet wood Kumiko. Ha. Thanks for the compliments, Mitch

[@mitchgingrich2619]

Lots of plane and chisel sharpening time in that video... I've been meaning to make my first video: "How to make a pallet out of pallet wood." You can steal it if you want;)

[@bigben380]

Right? Refurbished pallets. Made from the wood of old pallet wood furniture

[@johnproffitt3272]

Beautiful

[@Thom4123]

Absolutely incredible work this is a piece of art work amazing techniques.

[@bigben380]

Wow, thanks for the kind words

[@StavrosGakos]

Beautiful!

[@bigben380]

Thanks, Stavros

[@rongoldberg8174]

Dude - you are a seriously amazing woodworker and designer. I made my wife watch the outdoor gate video. Even she was amazed. Normally she thinks these videos are boring. Are you in the USA or Canada?

[@SethsProject]

I can't get over how beautiful your shop is! I would love to know how long you have been doing this, and how and why you got started woodworking :)

[@bigben380]

Seth, Man my apologies for taking so long to reply. I am into the busy season and time is precious. I love my shop too, and I'm sure most craftsman have been quoted on that at one point in their life. The shop is where I spend most of my time. I am in business with my dad, in which I work ever day with. So between the both of us we thrive to make the space as comfortable as possible, while adding an almost gallery aspects for when client make there way inside. My dad taught me, at a young age, the ins and outs of woodworking, through the building of the garden gates that we build now. A product line that is in constant revision to keep up with modern times. My true appreciation of the craft came in 2009 when I went back east to study at The North Bennet Street School, in Boston's historic North End. A two year program focusing on tradition joinery and construction methodologies. A place that in my mind was best summed up by one of the instructors, Lance Patterson "I went came here because they are willing to take the time to do things the right way". Something I say to my self everyday. With business geared towards garden gates, I am given complete freedom with my furniture designs, building these pieces with no influence of a commissioned piece. Something I will never take for granted Early mornings and late nights is when my videos are filmed and my furniture is build. Sorry if I rambled on. What about you? I am very jealous of the property you have and it seems like the shop is coming together beautifully. Where are you located? Seems like it has a lush feel of the Pacific North West. Maybe Oregon or Washington? Is woodworking something you have been doing a while? Seems like you have a tight grasp of joinery in your repertoire, that makes for fascinating videos.

[@SethsProject]

Thank you! I actually live on the opposite end! I live in east Tennessee. I have been woodworking for a little over 2 years now. Woodworking was completely new to me when I started, but I have studied every single day since. I am a big fan of doing things the right way, and I love the thought of making a piece and it last for hundreds of years. That's why I started doing more Japanese style stuff. The complex joinery is beautiful, but it will also last forever :) My goal is to make Japanese inspired cabinets for a living one day. As of right now I am working full time for a packaging service, and I put labels on boxes.... Not very fun, and it takes up a lot of my time. I am there just to afford more tools and pay the bills for now. I would love to have a nice band saw, and table saw. This would massively improve the time it takes me to build things. Right now my main issue is time. I need to be able to build things a lot quicker if I want to do it as a full time job, but maybe one day :)

[@krumkake56]

Oh my!

[@woodywoodworkerfuller9921]

Nice !!!!

[@skitalec24]

Красиво, но нихрена не практично!