Cautious Design Lets 3D Print Emulate Kumiko

Kumiko is a type of Japanese woodworking that makes use of small cuts of wooden (in all probability offcuts) to supply suave designs. It’s the form of factor that takes zen-like persistence to assemble, and years to grasp– and who has time for that? [Paper View] likes the type of kumiko, however when all you’ve is a 3D printer, every little thing is extruded plastic.

His video, embedded beneath, focuses totally on the massive tiled piece and the intelligent design required to keep away from greater than the unavoidable unpleasant appears with out extreme publish processing. (Who has time for that?) The secret’s a sequence of prime items to cover the perimeters the place the seams come collectively. The hyperlink above, nevertheless, provides one thing extra attention-grabbing, even whether it is on Makerworld.

[Paper View] has created a kumiko-style (out of respect for the craftspeople who make the actual factor, we gained’t name this “kumiko”) panel generator, that permits one to create custom-sized frames to print both in a single piece, or to assemble as within the video. We haven’t checked out MakerWorld’s Parametric Mannequin Maker earlier than, however this software appears to make full use of its capabilities (to the purpose of often timing out). It seems to be like it is a wrapper for OpenScad (similar to Thingiverse used to do with Customizer) so there is likely to be an opportunity if sufficient of us touch upon the video [Paper View] might be satisfied to launch the scad information on a extra open platform.

We’ve featured kumiko earlier than, like this wood-epoxy guitar,  however for final irony factors, you might want to see this metallic kumiko sample made out of nails. (True kumiko can not use nails, you see.)

Because of [Hari Wiguna] for the tip, and please preserve them coming!