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2 50OTES FROM THE SHOP

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ItYJl killg magazine also did an .rticl~bout

John and the way he manufactures his

squares,

(FiJlt \~iHt(I .}rki 1

No.

5.~.

he

JulY'August,

1986i.. ,,.)

\\rothin an hour of ou r first meeting, we

shook

hand on :t p,..

jb:1 I.I.~~'ve

been

wlUlling

to do

for

y e a l ' l < now . W e

an >

in

troducing lhe un; t l rOCJd .lmi li>Fill

Toot ,

Of

course,

we

are n ot

tool

m anufacturers,

flul we cloappreciate wall-made

tools.

And

we were anxious to get involved in the

prodU(1il)nof a line ofquality tools.

.lohn

l . ' T ' e < ' d

lively (or 1I Kodsmil/,Fiur

Too l .

Thi.,

squm . .. .h a a Ii

blade, which

j,;

right illbelw een the two s iz es he cur rent ly

mnliOthf one degree .)

I\

gtt this kind uf aeeuracy the M,,,,ler

Try ScIWIJ'Cgoes t l lI 'O\rgh .10

mMufaC lu r i ng

steps to assemble 26 parts, which or

dwekl-d at 12qUll l ity ecntrol point ; ; .

Yel, if Ihave II reservation about

thi,

square, i~hat it ~lmost too good. \V,

ttj~ln't\\ ant

to

produce a eeremonial square

onlyfor collectors,

Instead,

we wall

led a square that coukl b e

ui'('(1 u nd er al l c on ditk m s. T he p ro bl em

i-t Anrlg,.1 u. lhinking nhout

all < orts o f applications. (Fore;(aml ' le, tbe

.a1t and 1~llper

shake .,;

in lhi. js,me.1

rI 'he$arne gl')C.~f)T the routingjig\L.~ed n

Ihe fn.. rruality, and good ide..... about mak

ing top- quality woodworking tools.

The looL, he mnk are unforgetlllbl.

.olid bl'i>. quun. , w,th

ro;cw ,1

handl ..

Y o u m a y havesl-en Ihem al a woodworking

.how, or

in

a catalog (GlUTetl \Vade and

WoodcraflSupply calT)' them). Fiup Il',,,,,/

wdust

SA M P L E C O P IE S

II

y ou have

a fn end wou ld . 1 0 se e a copyol

Woodsmlih.lustsendlhenameandadd1ess, and

welsenda~ (IllnoCOSl).

BACK ISSUES

Al l bad triP . h ul w l b e Illo l d iffio ull if yo u

l'1 ml 1 0 cut.1T n w , th,m m oe strip

~.'lIC1I)'

th(:

~nw~i1~,

To t Ut nlOI e than l)1~ ~trip.he ripfe nee

ha. e ' l

out

\\'ft h $ (_ 'I ' R l ' )\iPc(,s.

lb lIj h te n th e dept h :ulju5llllent on my

router, theres a largo wing nut, 1 make a

ha bit

I I f

only t igh tcn in l it

by

hand, b u t t he re

at l

t im l s , vI.e)1 J

(.'Rlt\

Kcl

it loose.

U : ;: ing u

1 ' 1 h -

of

Iie

rs to loosen

a

w in g n ut

0

knob

on

a tool never sat well with me,

1.,,,,,1\ e the I'r bl~m ) mad. simple

little

1001UUI

(I f

[til1(' lulIg ' 1 . 1 1 of o ak, I n o ne en d

I

routed a stopped slot

that

would

just

til

)\',1' thi

l \\;ng

11Ul Oil tile

routar;

\\'ilh the

ex tra le \'c l a gV ' pruvltlf1tl. it'li uru; :. ' to loosel l

tl~

'jog nut.

ROUTER TOOL

__ T_ips & Technigu_e_s __

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1 ,thai hold the l en . and PYPI' iece.

While

this

is a candic lat r

fo r

a lathe project.

i t ' ' , even easier to makeon a router t:lhlt~-

us i ng a l . . ' ri '. J : 1 1 1 < 1 Step J IIIP ig. 2 .

aleidosco~_e _

AN ENTERTA IN ING V IEW OF THE WORLD

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LIlTINS IDE a tASS liNG

. .

. .

-

,

ltA SS R IH G

fllGUU 11

,

-~

curlloac

t

III

m f1GtI'I

_ 10' WAYS

1/

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.

~

I

; . . .

PlAN.

AN)

SA N OSTllPS

flUSH wn'H IODY

.. StIlKIO

In o W i 1CUf 'S.

'tHlNGlUl

INPlACI

2

\\'OODSMlTH

ROUTERTABLETURNING

Nllw

Ihe

ends of lh, 1 1) 'can

l('

tu rm .1 o n

tho nlUtt>rturnin~jiJe in t \1.0 tt ~ :t e ~I~

: rt

( I I f

m o n o : o n

thio:;j11r.)

RI'G SHOliUlI:R The

first

step i., turn-

109 5Ir J,:ht ;.Mul.I.,,.,. on each pnd to boI t

tho

''''I,th ,top

on Ilk, .lId , :

cenl~r

and

n 'JM al t o o > i ' f . I l I . . . ,

on l h, '

I her end.

('ovt:

CO:o.' l'OIJRAII r the

ring

.hllul.

d ''>';ire roul..,d ,

('tl\(. I .'tlUlt.'()

to bl~nd

the ring trnou),lt'rinl~)ll'e Out6idc~of thp

t) l Il ( J ~ .

Tt ,dc) t hi~. n\(.ur, l H ,. C 'OI e 'bo x b it in

lh,

rouler.., it pro),'

In th center ..r

t >

I...k .md insert th

, 1 ,. ,, 1 ~ it vrujt Ct:o ,

,-.t Fig.

b.

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(NDCAPS

Whlk

L I t e

fim ,h on

the

kaldd.,. ,,1l bo.ly

,,,~, ciryinll. I turned my attenuon

I

lh,'

Ulnpr

w

(11kingto;.The first step \''&I'llllQkih) ,

llw end I'i,,,(, Ihat fit into tho bn .... tin

l id h ..lellhe

.yepiere glass and

Ie . . .

('AP DISKS.The end caps start out

us

Iwo

O\ln.;i:~ tl

tli:.k...

cut from

lfir athickstock,

t'. n hy ,,,

ing

tw o 2..., dill. e ir el , s e ,.

~'ig 11.S~XI

> 0

a y,' hole lhrnugh Ih~

cen te rpo in t co r. .a eh

cirele .

Tbt-n

nlugh-ring hole),

se e

F 'j(,

tu .

Ne, turn on

Ih

router and

~I~wly

twist

Ih ,' ho tndlp

hi~'

adjwhl

ou t off L I t e edllt oftlweILhtly

nl th.lheyre

t.....

111l

. . . ,101th., 1 < - , . . . . ,. A lth ot' t 1 ... 1

r

hlt~

ruld ' , ,, ,,U , :n t r o r thb. I d id n \ 1llI\~bf

1 n r r , '

dztify buy

in~ Ih.

n1

fur ju:' a

f~w

hole'). 00 I ,1.1 thi

l > . ,nn ll \ \ l l h ' I) ; jd~ b i ts . (Fo r u . , i n l o tell' bit;;

t )

t,t'hl~'~

IltJl('S, $l'(.'I)3gft

22.)

I:VI:I P.t'P.. Th~

eyepiece doc.n'l

11(,,1

len, 1 ,,\(,, {'Plt ('\ ' .... c i f'E 1 ' t . ~ 1 0 ' 1 :?Xl.

Lt.~ 1 ;The I

C O l p

ha., L~l'J1 r

0ll ,n~han lh~ l'y~pi('( 10 admit Ii~hl

l lu l ' h t h. lpn .< .

And lite i'' ''ide

.u , ( '

1>

re,,,,,,,llo holcllhe \;e\\;ng Icn~.

Thi . hoi.,

an(l. '\ '\ '(. ~s lin- 001'(:(1in t\\'OsteJ'l'~.

ENSCAP D ISK

NOT:

fUI ' W

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SKUll END

CS

10 eoor

W IT H $ lO C O , $ (A l,A N T

NOlL . . CU l tl

>0

lINGS

Wll)i SlUCO H ( S IA 1A .N T

lAAStlHGS

MI'IfCl

IOOY-

SCOUUl I A S O H I I t

. . . .

J IG FOIlCumNG

MIRROR ST RIPS

RGUU27

MI'I(Q

GlASS

7

VO O O ~MITH

-

AGUlf2S

lENSe

~E26

NOlL J u D O . . . .

1 I O I t

OVR_

ANI)MlSS

0C)tWHWfTM

1O f 'H HAI'fDS

C80S~

m:JlOtI

p

9l

EYf K(

ROR.; ClP'I G The smaller

ut ; ~I

(1

j

'1...Ul1g is 1>1(1):began

by

11 111lngh ,,~' 1~ ,ln l l~mir ro r trips.

Cl11'TlN(;JI(; ,\, UI Ih~ oni ..,\, strips

llni rcU1111~.Illucll' . t . . iJnflll~jig ou t el f l

C)

I,jt l'(_' elf I ~1~l '(,nll(l. IJ ,nn b~' icluing n

narrow ~l

ni' 4111

u \\ ),),1 1)1('('\':'-0a step is left

liMit' .. ~ \\

Iflt u . . . . .

tht.

mirn-r,

1)10.. ;' thick

Ilt';o-S CIfthe \:uti' r.IK't' .-12'. 2;

~Clt' Ihis mt

asurement

wa,...1 . for

our 1 t ,n

tht.,n-ak

1 . . i J - w

.\~:-. .. ~tnl_ M'RR(}R~

After

tht>

mimJr

-I 0 ' ''Ill, 111IlIa e

floh~ elf ~ilit.'nlllC) n lh(' Insicl( ed~rp:,( thl

b , , , , , l ' O rin....

II) ~IU.lht~ ...t,,1 CU I>So lhE :'

b o c . l ~ t .

~')\ \' )'CIU ha\.~ m:lgic.'.t-llloo k at Ih(l'

wo,ld.Amlu',

; . 1 1 , I , , , ,

wilh mir...,I ...

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IY

/

'< ./

1

'n

l

thmk u(

H

turniru; proJt'ct,

1 U : < U a l ly

think or. b i t l , . .

T w

, , . I t >

; , 1 ' 1 1 or

malong

m(,thmg , ., .u , 1 ' t o s pi n

tbe

worl 'piewith turning

projl 'Ct.nncipk, ',,

l 1:-.tt Ci

t } M ;

y,orkJ1H-,\:~:) u ri n.e

a s ec on d

lay.r or Ma, I1I1 (' thtlt consists o( three

pieeo The ~id,' pi,'I.,('

III \; 1 : 1 1 ' < 1

to the

lower ~lf~lIlil( . Tht narrow p i ( l ( . ' ( >

~ot

f-l

~ I jd i n j. ( { '( 'n l l' r \ \ i th a

MI\I,

u f p i \' ut holes that

eontrnl- lh,' d',lm I r or the turned piece,

CITnS(.

~~'II

fS(P.

111wnrutting the

tflV.

nll' lnlt,. 'r thott

tlw ...

ifJing-

t't ol-er

i....

,lov t ...1 < C I b e , ,, ... .n the to ,

i < w

pieces. Tn

make thl' .I(, tall, tiltthe Fa blade to 4:;

and

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II

,I

I

.)

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COR: fY l 'f ~

t

r :

M

,:._ 1- SUDINGCfH1U

..; . , WORKPIEce ___

~ c.

SI~Vlew

~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~

UD tNG

CfNTER

ASSEMl I IY

FIGURE.)

I I

NOn,

GWfQ5IOE

mas10

tA SE..LAYE l

RGU.Rf'1

WOODSMITH

that allo\\ sminute adjustments, see f o ' i f ; .

3. T here's also a

II,

x

; J \ < , : .

mach ine sc rew

that acts as a depth StOp.Th~$(' ani mount

ed in a b lo ck th at's f a. tI n ('(

t

tb e end of

th e s lid in g c en te r. s ee D e ta il , F ig . 2 .

HWCR . ('ut this block {rom h row ,:.

N ex t bo re the ,, h ole f or the stop screw

an d

the '.

hole

f or 1 11 (0d ju stm ent ro d.

Thenscrew

an d

~Iul'

t he b lo ck

t

the end of

t he .I id in g c eme r, s ee D e ta il . f 'ij .2 .

,'HRI::AI)S. Th~ 8'lju tment

I Od

thre'l

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0

After the shaker bodies are cut to length,

th e tops and bottoms can bemade. I

started

by making the coveprofile around the tQ[lof

all th re e sh ak e rs

COY&PROFIL&.

The

cove profile

i~

turn ed o n the router turning jig (see page

I. Begin by m aking a core-type turning

center

that fits the inside the bodies. see

pagE'5. : > i . t . install a cere box blt so it

P''Oj'''' '' ' ' v

above

the rUIRr table ; ;ur ia . ., .. ,.

Then progregsively turn a cove around

the top edge. see Fig. 2.

CUT

OUT

BAS S.

After turning the

COVe

profile on the tOp ends, I made the bases

for the bodies from

, -thiek

stock, Begin

by tracing all three bases on the stock, see

Fig. 3. ('Ihev'll

be

lit out after the filler

holes are bOred.) Then

locate

the center

point on each base by eonnecting any two

pairs of OIII)Qsite

omers .

BOR.E FILLER 1I01..S. Now the filler

holes ean be bored Begin by clamping the

base stock to a backing

board

(to stabilize

the tip of the spade bit). see Fig. ~. Then

bore a thumbnail recess (for pulling the

8001 1 1 ) V :- deep

with I '), spade bit.

Next bore a ho le fo r a pla .'

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SAStOf

CONTAlN

CONT INER

IOOY

AGU1 ' 7

[

l VOT

OOWR

RUR O

a CKING

IOAltO

~IOODSM1TH

AGUU10

li~

I

SlW tI

R U

S L J

o

o

oowa

RGtJ...

COTTOSIZE,After the holes are bored in

all three bases. cut them to r ough s ba pe

with a band saw.

TURN TOPS

Now the tops can be fitlild to the hC:

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1 2

NGTH

.

JQfYlEW

Glut UPIlAHI('toM '''

tl''''.~

HIO() SlOCJ(

-,

by Iht dinm(t.r ofyour rout.r hill' nllIllh,

Thk meant I h ad to 1 ,,1 lIN'llull tI\l'

hlank would fit 1,I htlyinto th(' jilt ,,,,,I th,' jil

I.IIK

, U I U 1 l .

Nutt,

To

0......he ji~

l rn.aJ.;t

anotht'r

eru.....

boanI. \00

do have torulllx hl... lkto

lit tij:ht

' 1 . > l 1 i . .

Ding

In he

J ~

8t'II.I)I';

THE 8LA .

T.. m.~

he

blank, I .Iart.d by ripping ( ur I 'c o( I

1 ttlCk (

I

actual thiekne-s) I

\\1111~

and .~ II)I '~. Then . . .dgl -g lut Lh, f'lur

fli I

to

(orma ' ide

bl'lnk.

, , c fig. I.

One, ' II , I( lu ~ d rie s, plane the

h l u n l .

11111

and

Nll1flll

smooth.

~ tI:he b lan k coukl bc m ade ( ,m n n.

\ , u l. - J , i l ( . '

ftf -st()('k.

but it m iS th t \ , a J1 a n d

1 n.1 to thmk of cheese 00; ,1 li~.

culling boanl-I1..buu1d be built I'

('~, TtIMZL.-\ft( r the

blank flat.

rut II

tn

.1

hO I heel W idth

oiIi

see t'c~.I

It

look.. best if th c' j oin t t i m > L tt:'nl~1'l'\\ hull Iklillt ,,(the

jig

c S

t rout a border and ch....k,rbc ,nl

pallern o(

\ j(M)O\ ~

in the

ch .>

b,, rel.

Th, lwatlon of th;'' pattern i,eI wmlill,~1

1 11 siftl ~lrkl

hI,l tC' lm edge.

~

J' ig.2.

WIDTHOF flIA t: l'It.CE>i- J docldcd

tc

malt the

r t

es ~ \\ i de , a ,1 I lIJItM to

mount

them tlu.h 'nth

tho>out>J.I(

N1gec{

tbe rranl~

pn-ccs,

11u.,

meant

that be

Jth

ofth.

(moll'

I t''('

1 ,ltu the

(ellcl:

('II.. and

2 ,.-).

So

m~ IOI

nun, ,

,Ji(U

.o\}

i

\ kle

and fl ~C.Uan ~l'l b ac k to

l tJ l ..

-trueting

thl-

jl~

used 1 1 1 ~

\ \ , , , 1

to

t O J i I < l the jig,

~llorfin

~trbulc,:;.Ul eech

pieco, set ...jg.;l

; \~\t.

lit the

huUum frame , ....... (') 10

idtb,~ 3 1 1 < 1 tb.. to '

t r: I .m t,

I)....., A to

.. id th 12 )

1 \1 II~I~nnU)(' th., I~ngth o( lh. tUI' :lml

lx'tlilm fr on l( t 1 )1 (- ( '.' :;, measure the \\ I f lul or

the blank ,G ' 01 KIlII ad d the 'l1 1h ill< .,,1

idth ..

r

Ih,'

t

>ld~ I,i ,,--

1 1< , ') ,

Then

cut the

tc.p an t I

bottom

fr-dIt1l plect to thl ..

I nllth

(15V ,

:O ;IO E FE~(.~

fi

e-r

tru C r a m I I ;

ptec ..~..

art

c ut to leng th, the

f( I1(,(,~

can be C. utTh

d.

( C t .

(II) ,'' '';1((' a la p joilll over 1h~

top

and bouom

fntnl('

pieces

to h u h t

the

(mru~ logether, ,.,. Step J in Fig I. Cut

lht- ...d~ferlf.'t S(I).:

\ \ tdeand

17 ..

I~lnJ:.

Afterl..bt :-Itlt' (enc.' t'5 at t

eut,

SCI (>W tht'm

(10\\ II to

thp gJ(k

trall~

i { . C ' t . . .

41 .ilU the

ul ,d~ edg.,

1.1'\'

flu,h an the. an

u \crh ang un l' c ,'h t flfl. ~ ~ St(l'P 1 in ....I / : . .

ShOll N tl I u>, l (. J't:'th { o y ~ . I

, 1 , :1 'U l t l l l t

ho c

w

p

lnll

;'\;ul,

lUld

he

U

I, bU l

..rt,,~

re 'r .... ,Iju,l.

,;( Itt.. T()(;t..'Hl K

. ' R A . ' :\01'. damp

thl f rame pi('\ ll~ether til ht aruund tM

c eN

boanl 1,lunk. >''f'

Step :2 11 \ Fl~ 4.

l'h~n

drive

C l , ,

(10\\ 11thruuj(h

Ih(

rour

me ,

(0

ho ld 1he (l'1

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fASTENING OOWN THEJIG

After

f r

bIoek.s, I secured

tbcjil(down 10mylw nc h btt\\ttn~

fig .. tOr ,I... bl, ml.... ..t tapoI.)

:-:.,n.

Ul.

rt

the ehee-e

board

blank

into

th e ji l( a nt] check that th e blank

.-M

Bush

ith or .Ii.-htly ah..ve tb e

>ac.r

block

up and the

saweutl~I ,so

lhe

.,de'.)

Now h,,1he

smlNG UP nil ROUTfR

Alltr the b o A JII1 built.

Iet

up

to

root

lhe

bonltoTand c k ' oo.rd

~l:D-

AD.ro :rr rsc

nE BITStart

by moun li nlt

a

Marp

I\.I .....

i n,:: bit

in

th e

router .

Then I

er

th~ bit tn ,ut

a

~'''id.

gTOOV( , ((,h, .k

th . .. depth and

width b)

m:lkinl1

a t~

CfHJU.....

lIT

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)J

W A llO T OPPI QfI f

(

.-

.

OtlQC

1 - r r F r = . o y . ; = I :

,.

I I

II-.--.-il

STOPa toCK

S1Of IlOCIt:

S T E P

2

I:

. . . .

i

II.

S 1 T ; P

1

0H I7X :

IOIt the f i >,block and rou t th,

1 1 < ' ' C t

vertical g r o t '' '. . Step 2. Fig. la . Ftnal

Iy .

insert the Ihil'd spacer block anrl rout

th e third vertic ..1j (n lO 'e . sec St l>a.

After

thl' th,,',

grooves

an- rou((od

on

tl w l e f t .

;;ide.

foil

the same

,u llng '

qu--nce \lith tho blocks apin>t Ih~ right

fence. tRC(ltfrom tnp d

11.)

CNlFORM'It ARES. Onee the JCI 'W'l . , .

re routed, measure th.,. square, b

-hould

be uniform C M b o o t Y . x ' '1 .

The Ii ume I measured 1 found that

my middle cuare ,, -, a tittle n a , . , . . , w r

than

th

e

re-

1. I made another 1t',1

1 ' ' ' ' ' '

ant l thul t imt ' ''''~''i()u.o;lyried top .... the

router

l lll

~il 'l the spacer bk>tks.This

kept t h E - en d of lh . handl. Then

drill the b tlle, and eu t the tap to ,11;'1*....

fil :.

14.

RADn:s A,I Ul,;l.U'OSE.

K, ' t .

.und

eadt ofth...

( u r

( I)Mlt:n- to

a . nt lliu ..:

n d

rwt

a ~ profit.. o n all the .. Ig,,,,and

the h>Utnl:hoi... . F'ig. I.;.

n~1S _ I Iin.,hNI

th e < he

boanl

With

two coat .. ,o f Mnr t el \'~ ~ rood

Pr( ' , n 'l Il iv .

IW P Sources , p . : t R ' ( 2 1 .

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B A C K

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A FlONTB1OCK

AIUgh Wood (1)

AD 00,, Woodjl)

B MlOOlf 8I0ClC

8lUgh Wood( )

80 00,, Wood (I)

C BACKBlOCK

ClUgh. Woodjl)

C O 00 Wood

(11

o BACK~'Wood)(l)

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C U TT IN G D IA G RA MATERIALS L IST

,

FO R YO UR C UTLERY

ck

6

Building a knif.

r a c l lu k in lh~ right 'IUCll'''' Wget the .1~1$

whel'(' vou want

them.

That's where

this

project

i t e t s

imeresting.

CHOICE OF WOODS

Before bu il (l in~ the k nife ra ek . y ou b av to

de'I1II'tC l'U.W) to

the

f inal

Iength$

needed: one piece (A I,) Ir Ion ,;. ')1Ie pieee

(H I.) 1Cr'Imlg. and t\\ pieces( ,I . .nt l 0) ur

lvn~.

Next.

eu t

three da rk - co lo r ed p ie ..

eS

(wal

nutj into three lonj(t l.: (AD)

SoJonj( the joint line

ofth.lip-ht

a nd d a r k

woods....

Fig. 7

with 11

sabre

saw.

B ut I d ecide d to make

th e FIGUIt.

cut

on

H

band

, v .

Ibmake

th e c ut

on

band

s aw . fir st m a ke

8

simple circle

cuttinj

jig from a piece of

1> lywoodand a pi vo t n a il ,

see

Fig.

3.

Then

clamp th e jig to the band saw table . (FOI

plan s on makin, lr a n adjustable c ir cl e cut ting

jig , s e e

Woods it

N o . 5 1).

T h c u t th e

i I I 'C,

alip;n

th e pivot

na i l

with t he

fr ont of

th e

b lad e a nd 6 aw ay ( rom

t he ,i de

o flh e b la de , s ee F ig . 8 . T h e n m o un t

the

hole

in

th e block

onto

th e

nail

and

ju st p iv ot

th e

bloc k

to

e..1

the

arc.

After th e ares 1

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CunlNG KERFS

AfWr

1 I K .

bt-,

d. '

u t onthe bo ttom ui w.,

b I o c l < s,

1 ''I ll I lk k . rf. ( w

Imi(

-UL., T h t o

dUlII n~l' W , , ,

t

to mak~

,;un-

the kerfs are

on th.

1'Um.'(1 si.~.

each block . ,1 uni

fonnly . . l . , .V ~

ou

' 4 . \ v u u -rn

rut

lh,'

number ofkerfs

to

fi t

your klllf.,....1.hut 1m:~lp

mine

w

fit

j u < t

ab ou t any ,,'1, It Ill th iru-en .Jit.s

a n n

n

l a r J . . r e r

W \ (, r I I

a

~h;U')lJlil1j.(od.

SE'ITIN(; l'I'1'Il~;SAW,T u m ake the-s l its . 1

m .I~ .III I(' (la,. wilh a enrbide-tipped

saw

hlarl.

In cut u kerf

n l, ,' '< )s im a t cl y , :',

,,,II . s tar t hy r abm) :

lh,' .,1;,,1.

t .

hci>I

elr I V i .... ( h 'AA than

tht, thickness

I.f the

block), 11 t n 1I('l the rl ~I, awav Irom

th. blade, seeri~.I,

: \ 1 . . : : O : ; 1 I K e

h,'

r w , l l t

b).l(k

C A l i...m e T

than it .. lo, . ,\.~ .a.

the

C, t 'I\lt 'r tlftl,tI,II)lk;.. No'l' ~iJ.:.I I.

Kl'IIHN(: TilE ( M

r'IEeE.

Since

lhe

hack

(II)

,, ly ' , .

Ihlrk. Illp

blade

m u t

1)(. hl\ ,'(.'rc:c-I ttl ahcl\'t' t ht 1

tahle

bd'un)

milklll~ :ttl)kC'l'f:4

ii it.

Th,' k rf, in lh ,' h fk (0) mll,\ aJij(ll

c,atthe miter

) au j t' a ,. 1 til. nmn d ,'< l . .- 11 l

up. _ Fij ,

l t .'( lU'l\\ lnl 1 ' , ,'trlll 'e tu cu t t he - t ,t h( r

1'\'-1)

k('rf~

SHARP;' ''ROIH;R()()\f_

()Il('e

al l the

k(:,li~n n: (>\ llw d o

bl,,,'

' ) 0 .

h,gh

(t

Ih,' joint line) and

t

I

. (,'n

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GLUINGUP fflE 8LOe '

in g all th e e dg e. flush w hen th ey 're b ein g

cl am ped. Th do this. I started by working

in th e b o ttom corner. Don' t

try

to ma tc h all

th e edges. Just fee l a t 'Oupl. inchesalong

th e t

wu

edg that

co me tog eth er at

that

come and make sw . .

th ey fe el

Ou.h

to

th e

to u ch. Once th ey' re f lush, c lamp th at cor-

n e r o se e Step I in Filt'. 1 ;.

N~t. work t he co rner d i agona ll y ac ros s

(rom it until the

e < l l . s

at that

corner

ar e

fl u sh a nd damp lhat corner; see Step 2 in

Fig. 17.Then dump th e o th er two co rn ers.

FINAlSTtPS

E ven th ou gh I tried to keep all th e edges

aligned. th ere 's a lw ay ,; a little o an din g to

make th e surfsecs fl u sh . T h sm o oth o ff th e

bottom and sides, I belt sa nd ed th e assem

b led b lo ck. see Figs. 18

and

19 .

ROUNDOVER EOOES. Once a ll th e sides

are sanded flUSh. round over th e o uts id e

edees with a \I round-over b it, see Fig.

2\ ), Round ove r all the back and bottom

edge ' of the k nife rack b ut only the front

edges o f th e front block (A I. (Leave the

othe r fro nt e dg es s qu are .)

i ET. T o k ee p th e k n if e ra ck from s lip-

ping on th e cou~ te~p. I a dd ed sm all n on

skid fe el. s ee FIg. _1.

CLEAN OUT SLITS. Befo r e finishing , it

h e lp s t he appe ar anc e to clean o ut an y saw

m ark s or sp lin te rs fro m th e to p in ch o r s o o f

e ac h k n if e s lit, T h e e as ie st way to do this is

w ith an

emery

b oa rd . s ee Fig: 22.

T he fin al step is to fink h the entire

rack

u led tw o co ats o f tu ng

oi l).

T hen lill it

with

knives, set

it o ut o n the

eountertop.

and see h ow lo ng it is b efo re s ome on e a sk s.

Ho w d id y ou c ut th ose s lits?

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4 IAI /o IOSI RAJl

lh, 1':III,I.it ,\jllo.;.till~t ll i\t)l.tl Al'I,) n1.

t he c ll al l} 4 t f r

o f

thf' pil~,t

h,.lt

t'h c.ulrl

1M

' ' QlL ,1to th o I th half ~ l u p lh '- II O i, ,

SHAllPfN

nif

SCRAPERS

A t~

it

~I''''''

t

he lang ...Igo baH to )

11U. I ' \:K-r: liMagram a.. loU a... l~ntlJt til It .

T he 10- ,1 . 10 1,'aJ' an d In the \\,.. 1 fil. ,

n it } u r th an . .. .H aring lh( m c,tl-.~ it'll ~Il

u a l

tc .

~,tl 'M l-'tlJ t'l:'

sharp t.lnrl'l lJ..;' l,

II) r> t n i l It

IhlI.,II' fth. hl)l~as cleanly 1LUI'>

1)11U b f 1 L , J I J I O m l bit o r b \ ' the nln IlO a

Fo ,tn r Inl). l1> n t i l t > ,I L < ,ru,.., 1

a\\.l\ \\ IthIli

tn

S4 . i)n-U

C'lf'('ll' b\

thl ( \It

t Iflg'f ' l 1 J , \ l 4(111h e ~ntllf l h t b i t .

sr'AOE 81Th,A :lViiclt bit \I~(~~a (lilTI'IO t'llt

Ilrinti(,I. . , A : -

it

~rn~

it:.

Y. .~y

l. J \ \ n

intu

t h,' \, I xl. Ill( ' '' ielt h of thE>hit i~hl ' c ) u l . \ '

Ih i n J r , that ( I ( f i n t . ' ~ the clrc.unlf(:rl'llw (If thl~

h ., It I t l'i'111}1~.'l'apc.....h('\ (J(Klillltsl),;'th.

()(.ll lll

t

rH(,lltl...t.:.. Thl' ,-.('r.tllillg u.ct.J(.n

rail t \l n p rob ll 'J ll . .. .

Fim.

OC'( l lU.

or

InJ

a . _ ~ doM'

\\11hout a

~n-c:1

blnJ,r.

tht'

r o ~ . , . o r t~..

I,

t 'o1 tt, kt,t ' I ' , h , .

'' ' '4 '(11 . . .11)\\

. l t J C ) 11,m.

ftGUalJ

Stll'I)(Jl'l

r uu l } , .'1 . Ju l, I I J

1I:.ltatl it \\c-,rk:-.

J i k l

two

' ' ( . 'J 3}It' l1- I'Ola~lnJ.:

an.url,1 a

~han

o

Nnl11lt oot 8 W II , N't II-: , 1. This i...ne of

I re... '

'1 , ,1. hrt

u...wly h a.-

much

I n>Ubk -m ak ln : a deal. hole.

.-\.ntnl l

, h a n .

Tbe

ul'P'r part ( O f th

h uft It... ,tl.'lnk

griPI.. 1

b) the drill chock Illt' ~)\ rpart

l O r the

:-;h:.tft

i..

th t.lllt 1'\ 41 'I f It ttklt f i \ . . . . IIlte)tIlt'

cone-sha pe . .

t

ht. t

it rU.'11~ 111

hi' \\

()Qri.

PO IN T PR08 tEM S

~ l l n n a U ~ : t \tl_ ' t it ().

e a

1>1 \1)' j . . r t : I I l ) C : 1

oh

I. f

' ' \ l i r li T t J ;

t l M : _ , I . i l \ \ hl) 'II,'I\ lClllI[ ~1'1)f)r1. B u t

t J w n o

aJ\' t w

0 Slt, 'tlOlt hen' it

fuIl.-

d wn

.on

tilt:

job -

u n UI'II1,,1 all t~ way

through

aJl I n & I l ( h t

Ix..,. 1.. 1

1 .

or

the

hit 6t

thr ~'. o r

ttlt'

h I~.

1~)lf'oi'rhl'

rjl~R't Jk1(':llIM' a

: ' - ' o 1 ~ l ' l l

hit

i:

I)lltlll l , . . ,hulk-n .

the

:olidt~

f

th , h ltl t. c 'i ln '

1 ,If tI. W tll~' lhi k , f . J,,~ll'')It

II I n;,aJ

1 l(I\~I)rkiflJ, l llC K .

S u l\ _ . t J ) (_ ,

I)l l l '. . t tftl l~

UI

( ) I I o C l H i l t

th4'')' 're

LL~1 'M . J : : ' t l ) II~

onstrue

t , rnr making bnk , through A 'ls nd

J .. ::I ('. .rumbing WlI1 11: 1l1''Y'n'u. u, , ' , h . . , 1

ht~. \ IN thl y n' t>a. -.; ro nl:lnll(Ul:tUI \t h~ul

lith i ' l.it , th('ir h : \ . ; j ( '

~l\;'llt

t' 1I'l'l.

.'(1 11\ ,

1 1 , thWllht,

prec;,iull

bil>

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OUR EX PER IEN CE

Alter giving th bit.. II WOlroUt

in

th .. .W U C H b f i IJ l

~bop,

c w n e

to

two con., lm ;ioll ..q, t'i l \I . we

f < lu n d

that

right nut

fth. hox ,,, - new

b iL 1o

cu t fast

lI l;t1l

conven tional

'1 ' r le

b i1. l l( : < 1 . . . . . ,

right out

( l r

th e

box).

S ince W e

h.~\ G . been ah le

to

dull

them yet. t~y _m like I~yli

',Id

an edge for

qu ite whD '.

O u rs er on tl f in d ing Wit>;thalr ight ' W

th~ box, th e new b i t . . dolt ' tilt a.; .leanly 11 $

O O Il \~ n tio na l b its a tW r

ti le

t jv(> m inute

W O O l - U p as d O \ '( : ,i b e l ab ve. (In f~ct. th~

qu al ilY or Ih e C lIL\\ .. about

t1 1~l llhr

slop

b lo ck n nd repeat til l' p re

c ess un the opposite ed ,, 'C . (The poinls

.h uu ld lin e u p w ith on e an oth er.]

su r PORTBI.QCK. The

suppor t

block i~

m ade out of a sc rap of hardwood Iused

m ap le ) a bo ut

10

lon g. B egin

by

pl()u (bil lg

a - ,firie groove in one f:.t.cefor the bil

shank, Then, to provide

c lea rance

for

th e

,haft (which is thicker than the padd le ) .

m ake a sb allow dado aeross th e tront o ft h e

~u~por t

block.

COMPOUNDANGLE.Next. m ake a

to

com pound cut on one

end

of

th e

b lock by

tilting

the b lade to 10 and turning th e

miter gauge

l, . , 10

or

80

1 \ C'ICP'(1('

Fig. 1 .

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ARt .

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FIRM GR IP

'I'hel'v \\ :1$. one prublem \J~il1J thi~ Ie-cllniq11(l

on tbe end pieces for t Ill' kaleidoscope. 1'11( .1

frieuon n h . , I 'K I , b it

Ih~ .nel

, ,-min. A h ,,,d poim b it

\\atlrle.~t~~, ~Iit ~L'f''1., ,, il (h l l'Ou.n;o.- .

I' ILO T H()L~ ; .11 (:.T he 1 ',1 01ho le h ns lo bl'

1I( f l~t l) ' ' ' ' '1'f ~~rh ... t,llltl1'if:t

nip

r

wood. ~c Slep I. Fig.

I.

Nexi

bore a I~ u le .l lt t he i nt ( r 't '( ....

>tiQll

or

the;(

lin:;.Theil. lu make th. jil acla. a c la mp .

,;a , a kerf

til

th e hule from coneentl ee

S t< > p 2 .

~ \RJ\

(t:NTt:tt. Tn u . .. ~ .t ht ,

ji~

o nl~'l'k

t h E . ~nl(>r un th.. (If'\\ t l. ilJ. W11he c-111\\ ' t>1n

t h e h~ l l( '~o i l J O en .1 i s i lu l h \ \' it h t h t.

l

: -o Ur(ace.

N( \t.

U$(>

the (tu::tn'

1 ( . t on tin lH

tht

li'llt

scrihffi on thc' jiJt aC)\I~th(~ (nel~)fthl'

,I ow el T he n l ,istlhe delwel .buuI lO anrl

(ll U\\

a.Jlotht.'l'

liJll'

utro~

h{' eJJ(1 (If

l11C

clo \ \ ( l. 1 'he

inlcrscclioll

or

lhe l\'to

I jl le ~ i s

lht' C'e'lltel' of

t

h E c l o \ \ t > J .

k f'

1 1 ) : .2

BORE

( 'ENTER.

Tn hoN thl' ,enter. fir>1

IJU h

th

d o\ \ '

l'

,; u il,. 1 0 \\ r ,,( I

i Oush

with Ih~ hol,comor Ihej'j(.

(I'h;

is

0

it will

1..1 th't n th~ ,11;11,,,,,,,,,,wble.' Th~n u '''

sm,tli d um l> to gnp the clowd jll the jig. ,'

'iJ . :J . TtI{~11oorl lh(tuj 11ltu: ('('llt('J .

N ot .. : A U hC lu p; h I n d ee l th n' l,( -m l)(>-

1 1 i l , c. ler.< ft ., the kal.irl op.'. I mild.

t.Xll';'~ uncitlm'\\ n\\a~' the t)nf l \\'ilh had

holt'x.

RA$J.': BOI\RI). Th~ (lo\\T(.l1 1~ th'lerl to

t.' unlt.I'bclt'(.'

the kaJcir1o:.;cnJl( ~ Icn...c;..II).Tfl

tltJ l}\i,S,chllnJ' a lla....'iXlal'tt tu 1h('

~llill

I'{'$,j

l{tt,le. boN.4 ~:: 4 h..I t , - I . (t{'(:l) anel fJl1Sh the

t't 'nteliJ'R .Ii.,\ el into t he h ol t . SE't ~i,g,1 .

}:Ole:

TtJ

prevent t h e jaws 1)(

lh(,

p l i l . J h

from marring' th e ( ~n r1

)I('Cf

I

put

t\ 11 laY(') '$

{)(Tn:3.$kllltt tupe over th e ja\,': -; o n e..ach

~i(f(.

f()FtIN(; Sf;q_Ut-:N

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OOOSMITIi

Now the .hort wl).'kpil'('c is ctuaU ) tho

.ul-off pi ., but il won'\ kkk back .ince

il ral'ri ..

lpast th, bb,d. by Lh . 31 l ma l 'Y

renoe , T o k ee l' the workpi eee [rum

,'ihr.t-

ing 1 hold a 2,1 blo ck dow n on to p or it.

When th. wNrkpiec. i beyon,1

th e

b 'ue, clear th. CUL-oI1'i f '( '( ' by hnlding

duwn the 2x 1and pulling

it

uffLUth ...l.ft.

[

When the miter l ll Iugc i s

pushed

heYl ind

the saw blade the ,'{up b lo ck is mO ing itl>

the

workpi ece , k o c l

the workpiece

wont

bind,

snorrr P W C - I '. > O \,rh~n the fini-ht'(i piece

I n l1 ('( l

i l - '

~ h l) rt P. th a n

atxull

t ,

1 '111U(, t

eomfortable hol t l ing lhe workpiece with

my fing between the sh.p

block n(l th. ,

saw blade, In tbe-e siL uatio ns, II ..ngth,n

t hE ' auxi li a. IJ f (' n (' (> tl) l h ( , rig ht an ,1 c : 1 n n 1 1 )

the slup

block

n

th e r ij h t (w a .,te ) s id t, r

the blude, M:. t'ig,-I.

LENG1'11

STOP. \\'hat .bout if yo u :ere

C l'(), n pag~

Id)

w e u sL U i l l y ~~mall$ t a d l

of

le tte rs . M o s t o f the 'f ade , exp la in thllt th~y

haVI'arned to 1\1\ ,~}.~ use the rip fence

when ,,,,, ,,,uttingor the miter

gaU l < '

when

ripping, D O NO' ' use the rip f e n < : (

3. -I S

manual)

[ 8 ), '% ' < .' with

l h : . l

quote. Okay, then why

d

o e e s l l oo mti l l t

show them

u s e d

logelher?

ROss ~U MING.

The difference i

n

the

wo rd

CI'O$SCUtting,'

r

yo u are

going

to

be

l'Utting 01/

I

I(i lt&

lhat arc wcl dl'< l lo i..,

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fur all W Id

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'm r l tw a ~Itt:illf , i e< . . . s 0(1)1'8...< t u bi ng w i lh o u t

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