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I have been interested in latticework for some time. In particular I wanted to learn to make Japanese shoji kumiko.

Eventually, this led to going as far as buying a Bridge City Toolworks JMP and I cut various lattice shapes and one day there it was, a square lattice. What design to fill it with?



And I realized I didn't want to just copy the traditional designs, as beautiful as they are. So I began playing with ideas that try to embrace the ideas behind kumiko such as pieces held in place with friction. And the idea of a key that holds other pieces in place. But nothing felt quite right.



Then I decided to introduce curves and that led to using my Tormach mill to make parts.



Once I began using Onsrud downcut bits, this went rather well. The process began drawing the design in CAD software (Vectric VCarvePro) then machining the parts, then cutting them free on a band saw.



After a few weeks of trying different ideas, I settled on this one for this first lattice project.



Once I finished that I decided to add a frame and also made most of the cuts on the Tormach. The cherry was of course milled with standard tools such as my Minimax jointer/planer, etc.



And here is the finished product. Now hanging on a wall.

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Impressive work
 

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Nice work! What cnc did you do the milling on? I like your method of freeing the parts on the bandsaw.
 

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I like this a lot. It is decorative, interesting and colorful. Great eye good taste.
 

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That is very beautiful looking. Great patterns you chose to put in the lattice work. Thanks for sharing!
 

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bullhead1, that is a Tormach PCNC 1100.

Thanks all for the kind words.
 

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Nice work … thanks for all the detail pictures.
 

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Remarkable. I really like that.
 

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Very creative and imaginative! Turned out into an amazing pattern, A fantastic decorative art piece.
 

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I completely missed this, but having discovered it feel compelled to comment how much I like this! Very imaginative design and impressive machining. Well Done!
 

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I like this! I KNOW my eldest son would love to have something like this.
 
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