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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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oodsm ith
o 86
page 16
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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oodsmith
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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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 .
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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 .
N o . 86
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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