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O T E S FR O M T H E S H O PO L 5

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W oodsm ith No .

Somet im es it 's b ard to kee p all th

p ie ce s o t: gan ized w hen

i t

co me s tim e

assem b ly . B u t close atte n tion to d eta

m akes th e

d ifference betw ee n

an ic e

p ro

andarru lybeaunfu lpieceo ffu rn irure.

CtmlNG D I · \G R A M S

This is a ll g ood

ory , bu t

it

gers a litt le triC k Yto prese n t

cu n ing d iagram in

  oodsmish

W e d

knew whanhewoed

w ill lo ok like thai

V

b ring home from th e lum beryard. W i

arerheknots? Sapw ood? W ar p?

So the.cuuiug d ia gra m s are often id

Y ou

COI1 Ie1

get tb e p ie ce s o ut o f th e boa

sp ec i f i ed ,Bu ty oup rob ab lyw o n tw an rto .

Cherr y . fo rexam p le, canbavea smucb

3 t Y A > sapwood. Soyau'li probablywamroeu

th a to u r and u se i t fo ra noure r p roject w h

co lo r is n 't a s im portant.

B y th e

lim e

Y

fi n is h cu tting

out

the

maier

defec ts.

wo n 't ge t a ll th e p ie c es 011 1 o f •he board s

So what

d o

you do? I alw a buy

a

f

extra boards s o that r end up w ith (he pie

1 want, If 1 \ 1 1 taking the tim e 10 bu il d

h eir loom p ro ject, i~ s w o rth it to spend

extra .w en ty or th irt y buck s.

N EW F AC ES . Ju st abou t the tim e S i

w asp ick il~upthech cr ry , B ob B akcrcam

in to m y ottice . H e w a s a pp ly in g f or a n

p o s it io n .

Cata log

Pro d uc t s

M anage

Within tw o m inutes I discovered tha t

on ly w a s he a

  oodsmitl 

subscrib er .

h e a lso b ad a sm a ll p o rt ab le s awm il l,   l

m ediate ly h ad all k inds

ofvis ions of'geu

0uI ' OW 1 1

herry logsan .d

Bob cuu ing th e

A nyw ay . Bob to ld m e th a t h is s awm il

p ow e re d b y a pu il -s icn V olk swagen eng

and cou ld cut through 4-f oO Id iam ete r,

foo t4ong

10gi i.

f fi g u red th at

anybody

w

cou ld keep

ih a r thin g

go ing s ho uld be a

to kee p li p w iD lI h e products in eur catal

Short ly a fte r 60 b st art ed w ork , C in

Jackso n . the A rt D irecror ofo u rm ail o r

cat al@ g.T h e W o o lIs lltlllt 8 11 0/ po in ted

ano the r o fh is quali6calions - h ew as 0

s tan d in g Shop S tudent   when she gra

a ted fro m h ig h s ch o o l w it h h im .

And then It o c cu re d t o m e th a t som eh

oro the r I fo rgo t t9 ill t roduceher3S a  N

Face w heu 51 le sta lted here over a y

ag o. I(s C indy 's job to

l i l

o .)t the c at a

p a g . e s a n d o v e r s e e

i t 

p r o d u c t io n .

um ra T hO lila s hasalSQ r eo tn tly jo ined

a~an accoun tan t. She will he lp kee p tn lC

how 1 spend D lemoney . (S be 'has he r w

cu t ou l f o r h er .)_---...

S

hO l'llYafte r w e approved th e w o rking

drawings fo r th e S lan t F ron t D es k fo r

th is issue ,  sk ed S tev e C urqs. our shop

m anager , to p ickup the lumbe r.

A s

usually

h ap pens

at

th is p oin t. S tev e go t th is eag er

look in h is e yE S-lhen d is a p p e a r e d with

D Ie

company tr uck.

A

few

hours

la ter S tev e reap pear ed

w ith

a load of w ood . Not just an y wood .  he

poin ted ou t. ''N ativ e Io w a Cherry.  I I w a s

som e o f the m o s t beau tif u l cher ry I 'v e s ee n.

Ten-foot- long board s. 6  to 1 (1 'w ide . V er y

litt le sa pw ood . Perf ec t lo r the des k .

W here d id he f ind th isgreatwood?Seems

he know s a fe lloww ho runsa little sawm ill .

A nd S tevehasa knack fo r sh ow ing upwhen

th e best

S t o c k

com es ou t o ft b e k iln .

O kay . D on . bu t

ldorrt

liv e

iu

lowa .and l

dont know 3Jt saw y e.s . H o w ran l· ge t Ill)

projeets to lo ok a s m ce a s y ou r d es k'f

A lt hou l\ 

the

wood is im por tan t. w hat

you do W Ith it is m ore im po rtan t. You can

make a lo t o f good th ings happen depend

in g .o n how you

matc h

a n d lay o un h ep iece s ,

ORA.L \ 'PA ' ITERN ,~APPE A RA NC E . W h en

pick in g

o u t

wood for a project ,

ook

fo r

p ie c e s w it h si m ila r co lo r and g rai n

pattern s .

1 m ay have to go through a whole st ack of

boards be fo re Ivech osen th e ones to u se .

Occ a sion all y , I ' ve found lW O board s fr om

the sam e tree -th ey have th e sam e co lo r

and g rain I, a t tem . Ifg lued up toge the r, th e

p an e l w il l lave a co nsis ten t appea rance .

W hen gluing up panels . I t ry to h ide th e

jo in tsb y m atch in g th eg ra in pa t te r n s. No th

ing w i l l em phasize 31 1 edge-g lu edjoim m ore

than a p iec e

w it h

straight g ra in nex t to a

p ie ce w ith fi gured gra in .

CHooSlNG P 1 E C E S   Select ingt h e stock is

on ly hal fd ,e

battle.

You als o h av e to dec id e

which p ie ce s c om e ou t o f w hich boards. I

concentrate on th e m ost v is ib le ones .

O n

rh e

desk .

the appea rance

of ti le d oo r

and draw er fro nts

W

the m ost imponant

part o ft h e P fo je cl. So I sta rt ed by lay in g ou t

th ose part s on the bes t wood .

T here are a lso sn~111details tha t r ea lly

add to a p ro je cl. I w an ted Ihe

g r a u  

to run

 ICI OSscertam

parts o f the d e sk . [ ;o okatt be

g ,'a in p alt em on th e dra w ers o f the p igeon

ho le 'un it (p ag e 2 4 . A ll d lre c d ra w erfrollts

w e re c ut fi · O O 1 one lo ng s e ct ion o f s t o ck .

A nd D .e p iec es fo r th e ogee brack et fee t

(page 26) a re cu t so th e g ra in w raps ri gh t

a round .he corn e r.

Sawdust

EDITOR S

Ed ilo r Don~lklB . Pes chke

Managi ng Edi to r Doug las L. H ic k s

A ss istant Editors Jam es N I.

 o l n

Philip

A

Totten

JonathA n GltrbiSOIi

C reative

Director  re d Kn\Iicek.

A J 1 1 : >il cct O J R od S t oak es

S e n i or

tl lu s uators

O a v id K rc ylin g

Chris GlowacJd

I l lu stra to rs D ir k ve r S t e e g

Cjnda S hnmbaugh

Ph olographer C  ,yo la

Eng lA nd

D e s i g n DIR CI() t Ken k\luukel

S en io r D e signer .hl'n H ale Svee

Designer K en t \Vels h

S h o p M a n a ge r S te v e C U rt is

Circula t ion Director Liz- Bredeson

S u b s c r i p ti o n i \ 1 a n a g e r San~yB au rn

Cil'cnlalionA nalyst Rod Cain

Newsstand

Salas Kent ~   uckton

PUBLISIi ING

SK RV IC E S

Associat e ed i lO r Gordon C. C aippe

  1 . Graph i cAniSI Robe r t H . Whitmer

J ll u srra ro r M ark

I:t igdon

CORPORATE SERV ICES

Comroucr Pa u l E .

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  Sources 1 1 3 1 1

Hardware and supplies needed /o r

L . . . ___

th e projec ts  II

this

Issue, S lan t F ront D esk

page 6

  Ogee Bracket Feet 1 1 2 6 1

You don 't h ave to be a sculp tor to

.'-- '-------- -- ' m ake decora ti ve fee t. S tep-by-step

in st ructions

reduce

it to

a Series

ofcave,

curve , and sm ooth in g opera tions.

Slant  ront Desk

1 1 1 6 1

So lid

 herry

constr uc tion makes

.'------------'. th is S la nt F ro nt D esk an h eirioom

project. Inside is   handy p igeonh ole

un i t

w ith d rawers. d iv iders, and a sh elf

  Shop Notes 1 1 1 4 1  

Tall

Fencefo r

th e Rou ter Table.

L . . . _

___ 2

Hidden Com partm ent Beh ind a

D rawer. 3 RouterEdge Guide .

1 Gluing Up Panels 1

f 1 1 l

For som e projec ts, so lid wood pan-

1

;__.=:....~

__ ~ els a re a bett er choice tha nplywood

W e discuss th e best w ays to se lec t w ood,

ma tch grain , and assem ble apanel.

1 f l Th is Coal Rack is like a close t

O il

th e

~ wall .

  holds

outdoor item s righ t

w here th ey're needed-Il ea l' th e door.

  Country Coat Rack

1

Tips

Technjques

 ont nts

1

Sharp Teeth 1 1 3 0 1

  clo se-up look at th e busin ess end

.I-:.._. ... ...I ofa crosscu t b la de. P IllS, how to rec-

ognize a well -s harpened carbide tooth .

l

Six tips fr om fell ow

woodwork ers 

L:U J}

P ipe C lam p Spreader.

2 

Squar

ing a Saw B lade. 3  U stn g B iscuit s to

G lu e Breadboard Ends.

4 Routing

Large

Half-Rounds.

P lu s Q uick T ips. C oat Rack   ,S h elj

A LOOK INSIDE

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mos t

b isc u its (u suall y one

tw o).

Also,

on ly app ly g lu

along the jo int line ncar th

g lu e d· i n b iscu it s.

T he oth e r b i sc u its a re a llowe

to O oal. A nd , to ke ep th es e fro

sh ift ing , l soakthem in hot wat

for 1 5m inutes so tbey can swe

The n a fter they 're d ry (abou t

hour ,

push th em in to the s l o t s

Keit h J uka sze

Hamtmmck  M ich iga

Gl I £ CEltTER

B ISCU IT ONLY  

1

• O ver tim e, end caps (som e

tim es ca l led

 breadboard

ends ')

have   tendency to bre ak fre e

fr om glued- up b la n ks . This is

due to t he expansion S Ad eo n

tr ac tion of confl ic ti ng wood

grain s g lued to

each o th e r. Bn r

a

m ethod  se with b is cu it s a l

lows th e wood to expand and

contract. see F ig . I.

Instea d of g lu ing  III th e b is

cu its in ,

on ly g lue the inner-

 RE D O RD ENDS   ISCUITS

to e xpose th e s awbl ade, s ee F ig .

2 . U sing an

accurate

combina

li on square ex tend the b lade of

the sq uare b elow the su rfa ce of

th e ta ble saw , see F is . 2 .

Now when

c he ckin g

the saw

blade , I 'm

ab le

to u se th e en tir e

su rface of tb e saw blade. Th is

p roduces a m ore accur ate re ad

i ng t ha n th e o th e r m eth od .

Adam C O lL tt/I

S a nta M O llica.  . ll i jOmia

• Most

woodworkers know

howto

check if a tab le saw bla de

is

90

to th e tab le ,

s e e

F ig . I. Bur

the m ethod I use is a little d iff e r

e n t, a n d'a li n le m ore accurate.

Fi rs t, ad ju st th e saw b lad e to

th e height neeessaryto cu t your

workp iece.  I m ake th is ad ju s t

m en t firs t because the ang le of

th e b lade.m ay chan ge sli g ht ly a s

i t' s r aise d an d low er ed .)

T he n re mo ve t h e in se rt p la te

SQU RING S W L DE

F ig. 2 .. t s

y ou tu rn

the

handl

you ' ll beableto p re cis e ly contro

the am oun t of d ista nc e b etwee

the head and tail 10 open th

joint. (N o te : Y o u'll h av e to s li

the hand le back and forth du

il )geach ru m to c le ar th e p ip e.

WiUard F. L e i i < t

W ageller  Sort lh C arol in

screw the p ipe abou t halfway

in to the th re ads , s ee F ig . la .

The n  

to

p ro v ide -a ru n n e r

fo r

th e ja w on the head , you 'll need

an ex tr a 8 loog th re aded p iece

of p ipe.

Sc r ew rh is p ie c e

in to th e

rem a in ing th reads of th e b ea d.

T o open the

jo in t,

positio n the

c l amp near th e failed join t, se c

way  0 ap p ly an even  ou twa r d

fo rce O n th e faile d join t. I u sed a

p ipe clam p -   u not in

rh e

usual way .

F ilS rem ov e b oth the ta il a nd

the head of th e c lam p fr om the

pipe. Tben

rei ns tal l

them back-

w ard s

on th e p ip e , s e e F ig . I.

W hen reins ta ll in g th e head ,

• R ecen tly

1

reglued a fa iled

jo in t in an old dresser.

d id n 't

wan t to take apart and reg lu e al l

the jo in ts - ju st the ta il ed one.

Bu t holding th e join t open and

squeez ing the g lu e in at th e

same time was   problem 

d idn 't h av e enough band s.

To

so lve thi s 

carneupwith

a

PIPE CL MP SPRE DER

 ips

e hniques

WOODWORKERSELLOWRO M

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Ify ou wou ld lik e t o sha re a n

orig i nal t ip o r i dea , ju s t

s e n d

i.

to W ood mi th , 'f ipsandTech

n i q u e s 2 2 0 0

G ra nd Av en u e,

D es M oin es, lo w\l50312 .

W e

w i ll

p a y

(u pon pub li ca

tion )

  2 5

to

  1 0 0 .

depending

on

th e

pub lished

length

of t he

up.P l ea s e i nclude an exp lana

tion . a ph oto o r s ke re h (w e'll

draw newone ), a nd . d ay tim e

t el ephone number, in case w e

have so me que st ions.

SEND tN YOUR TIPS

Woodsm ith

SE URING SETS REWS

• Thesetscrew sin m y ta ble sa w

and router tab le msens used to

v ib r at e out of po sitio n . T o k eep

th em fro m m o vin g [ removed

and w r ap p ed e ach o ne in plum b

er's

ta pe. S ince

then.

the

se t

sc re ws h av e stayed pu t an d th e

i ns er ts h ave r em ained level .

StevenII. HI/I d ,

M a ry 8 lJ i1 k, Wasltillg/ )II

W illia m O . B artl l l

S a i l A n t o ni o. T e x a s

T he m e ch an ic al p en cil r use

takes lea d that is o nly

.5mm

in

d iam eter. A nd whenever it

nee ds to b e s harpened, a lII have

tod o ispressthe pu sh -bu tton fo r

a

fresh tip .

Y ou ca n purchasemechanical

dra ftin g pencils w ith lead r e fi lls

for u nd er

S IO

at

mos t

office

sup

p ly

stores .

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ME H NI  L PEN ILS

• Next tim e you 're lay ing ou t

hand-cu t

do v eta ils ( or a ny o th er

type of l ayou t w ork ). try us in g a

mechanical d raft in g pencil in

steado fa tr ad itional No .2 p en cil

o r c a rp en te r' s p enci l.

You 'll

f i n d

th e th in n er

J a Y O I I l

lin es

a m e ch an ic .

I

pencil p ro

d uc es a re e asie r to fo llow if you

w an t to c ut tight fittingjoints .

QUICK TIPS

EHO C  PS

 1/4  M SON fTE

CARRIAGE

ASSEMBLY

  x4

p ivo t

tb e p la tform

slightly and

ro u i

back to ward s the

opposite

end, se e F i g . 2 . R epe a t th is u n til

all th e w as te h as b ee n rem ov ed.

Afierboth

co m ers have

been

rounded, clean up t he p ro fi le

with a cabine t scraper an d s an d

paper. (Wi tb th ejig built, inook

m e a bo ut an h ou r to co mplete a

six foot length ofhandrail :)

  av e nder

R o c h e s te r, M illlle s o ta

router, se e Fig .

I

And s cr ew e d

to th e ba se p la te

a c e tw o

arch ed

pivo t block s

th a t

r i deon the ca r

riage sup port blocks .

To use the jig , first

set

th e

dep th

o f

the

b irs o

it

rests

on the

w orkpiece , se e Fig . 2 . Then ,

stan ing at one end , rou t a long

th e length of the w ork piece .

(D uring each pass, ho ld the

rou ier at a consistent angle.)

Once you 've

reached the end ,

The car ria ge c onsist s

o f

tw o

support blo ck s s ha pe d like the

front ofa M a rin e C orp s Q uo ns et

hur, S ee

F ig.

I

T hese are co o

nected by stab ilize , th at rid e

al ong the sides of th e

workpiece.

A pair

of e nd ca ps

m ade

ofM a

so nite p re ve nt the ro u te r fr om

sl ipp in g o f f the suppor t b l ocks .

W hen cutting th e notches in

the suppon blocks anden d caps,

 ut

them to fi t over the w ork

p ie ce y ou 'r e goin g to ro u t. You

want tile

carriage

to fit over

th e

work pi ec e s nug ly,

se e

F ig.

2.

The

pl tform

consists o f a

bas e p la te that's s cre w ed

the

• R ec en tly I m ade

a

new

banis

te randhand ra it f or as et o fs ta ir s

in

my home .

wanted the top

edg e of b oth to h av e

a ma rchi ng

rounded pro fi le . But fi guring O ut

a w ay to sha pe a la rg e ba lf- round

(i nm y

c a s e  

a pro f il e w ith

a  W

rad ius) w ithout a shaper was

qu it e a c h al le nge.

To do

it.Ic am e

upw ith

a t ech

nique u s ing a rou te r  a s tr aigh t

b it ta nd a jig

u ilt , se e photo .

hejig

has tw o

main

sections;

a carnage and a p latform . The

carria ll e fits snug ly over the

workp iec e ,

And th e

platfo rm piv

o rson

top

o fth ecam age ,

ROU~ING

L RGE H LF ROUNDS

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