Kakudai

Kakudai consists of a square shape upper board, a base board, a pulley from which braided cords are hung and other components. Although it is used for braiding methods with a small number of silk balls, it can be applied to a variety of braiding methods, including Yotsukumi (a basic braiding method using four silk balls), Yatsukumi (for round cords that are braided with eight silk balls), Marukarakumi (for round cords of which stitches are crossed), Hirakarakumi (for flat cords that are braided by the same method with Marukarakumi), and Kamogawakumi (a braiding method unique to Japan, which produces strong twists).
 

Marudai

It is Kumidai that consists of a circular upper board, legs and a base board. It has a structure in which braided cords are hung through a center hall of the upper board. Although it is not suitable for complex Kumihimo because the number of silk balls are restricted, it can be used for a variety of braiding methods, including simple ones to complex Karakumi. It is used to make Kanmurikumi (for Kumihimo used for crown cords), Marugenjikumi (for Kumihimo that expresses feather patters with different colors), Hiragenjikumi (flat Marugenjikumi), Yokakukumi (for Kumihimo that is braided around Yotsukumi Kumihimo like cedar leaves), Mitakekumi (a braiding method that combines Kakuyatsukumi and Yokakukumi), Karakumi (a variation of Sasanamigumi that expresses feather patters) and others.
 

Ayatakedai

It has a structure in which a fletchings-shaped bar is attached to a wooden frame. Cords are braided by stringing weft threads, inserting warp threads between above and below weft threads, and then driving in warp threads with a spatula. This Kumidai is suitable for making flat cords with various patterns.
 

Takadai

This is used for a braiding method called "Ayagaki," in which silk balls are hung on two spools attached to left and right sides of a large wooden frame. Cords are braided by driving in threads by a bamboo spatula. Patterns can be created by changing colors of two-tiered threads. It is suitable for creating complex patterns. A variety of braiding methods can be used on this stand, including Koraikumi (a braiding method for making minute and tight patterns), Yamatokumi (a method for making cords of which two sides have different colors and patterns), Sasanamigumi (a method for making wavelike patterns like bamboo grass leaves and waves), Kainokuchigumi (a method for making patterns that look like opened shells or honeycomb patterns), Andagumi (a method for making grid patterns), Naikigumi (a method that combines Andagumi on two sides), and Uneuchigumi (a method for making Kumihimo that interlinks Koraikumi). In many cases, this stand is used along with Marudai.
 

Naikidai

Cords are braided while rotating a leave-shaped board by gears, on which threads are hung. Although this stand, which is said to be developed in the Edo Period, can semi-automatically braid cords, in the present, it is scarcely used due to its complex structure.