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WOODSM ITH (IS SN 0 16 4-41 4 ) 1$ publ,shed
blmonlhly January. March. May July Sep-
tember,
November)
by
WoodsM lth P ub lis hin g
Co ~
GrandAve, Dee
Woodsmlth
Publish ing o
opy right 198 4
by
Wo od sm lth P ul)lIS1Ung o
A I
Rights
Reserved.
ditor
Donald
B.
Peschke
De sig n O lre ccO l
Ted Kral icek
Assistant Edotor
Steve
Krohmer
All
Oiteelor
Kay Mulder
Tecl nlcallll#;lralOlS
David
Kreyling
MikeHenry
SubscnptionManager
Sandy J.
Boum
Subscripl lOn
ASSlSlanl$
Christel Miner
VickyRobinson
Jackie Stroud
Shirley Foltman
Ann Williams
ompu te r Ope ra ti on s
Ken M in e r
ircu ta bon Manage r
Jeff Farris
Admin~rat rve
SSl. tant
Ct>eryl Scott
Building
Matntenance
Archl. Krau
ing a particular piece orhardw'tre
will
have
a strong influence on lhe way a project is
designed.
For example.
to
mount
the
gl
a s s doer s
on the upper butch cabinets of the
wall
unit, W used a special pivot hinge. These
hinges are attached directly to the ghlS$-
so you don't have to build a frame around
the glass jU$t for the hinges.
That certainly had an effect on the de
sign-and gives the overall appearanee of
the cabinet a much cleaner look.
CLT
TO fIT. Weve made a point of in
cluding a Materials List with almost every
project to show the final dimensions of
each piece used to build the projecL
As we were putting together the rather
extensive Materi.ls List for the wall unit, I
began to think about the accuracy of all the
dimensions
we
wer e show ing
You know. I tltoughtlo myself. I'm
checking all ofthese numbers Lamake sure
all the dimensions listed here are as accu
rate as possible. Yet I know I didn't use
any of these dimensions to build the
project.
Now I don't mean Ijust made up a bunch
of numbers to put in the Materinls List and
used the right one. to build the project. I
mean that every dimension given in the
Materials List
is
subject to change. It's a
matter of cut to
fit
U
you use. ruler to make a CUl,you can
only get so close - maybe within II , .But
if
you're off
V :
on several cuts, all of a
sudden a lot of dimensions start changing.
That's when you should forget the Mate
rials List and ~0fit
This is really one of the fundamentals of
woodworking. You've heard the phrase,
~1easure tw ice . cut once . \ \'ell. it sa nice
phrase, but to gel the best Accuracy you
have to
go
a step beyond that.
It's more a matter of cutting twice and
checking the fit. That doesn't have the ring
of a phrase to remember, but it ill yield
better results.
Put the ruler away and make multiple
cut 0 sneak up on the fit. If you're
cuuing
a tongue and groove joint, for ex
ample, the tit of the groove on the
tongue
is
more a
mauer
of'touch than measurement.
The difference between a nice friction
fit and a loose and sloppy fit is probably
only a few thoussndtbs of an inch. This is
very difficult tomeasure. But
it
is possible
to
sneak up on this kind of cut,
M d f R i
the fit of the pieces as they go together,
Then you know you're right on the money.
And that's woodworking at its best.
ABOUT TiUS ISSU E.
,'henever we SiLdown
to plan an issue of
Wood tith
we have
high hopes of
show
ing a lot of projects and
nil the techniques it lakes
to
build them.
It stands to reason that the more pro}
eeis
we show in an issue the more likely
one will catch someone'. fancy. And we're
well on the way to pleasing everybody.
But it never works out that way. And
the truth is, that
kind
of approach is very
limiting. The more things we show, the
less space we have to show them in. So we
wind up with a more is less issue. I'd
much rather lake the space required to
show as many of the del.ail~ 3S we can for
building a project.
All of
this
is my way of saying: In this
issue
we
have one big pro ject and
\\~e'\'e
taken half the issue to sbow how to build it.
The project
i ~
modular wall unit that h
as
s
several interchangeable components.
The se modul ar s to rag e systenl are a
relatively new kind of furniture. It's
fur-
niture that works for you instead of
re -
meting you. MOSlstorage furniture (like
a bookcase, dresser. Or hutch) permits a
certain
amount of space. and
il M
up to you
to make what you have to store fit the
space
But the modular nature of these new
systems means the furniture can be
changed
to
meet your needs. The Oexibil
ity
each wall unit is the result of ha ing
several eemponems that can be inter
changed - that is, moved around to
change the overall function of each unit.
t the
sante
t ime each component is
itself very Ilexihle, The shelve>, for exam
pIe, can be changed to serve as display
racks. The base cabinets are designed to
have either doors or drawers, And the
fall-front cabinet can be
used
for storage or
as a desk.
WiLball this flexibility you'd expect It to
be a difficult project to build .. TUlItthe
opposite is true. Only one joint (n longue
and groove)
is
used to build the frames and
all of the components.
That'. what made this project so inter
esting to build. What looks complicated is
actually quite simple. A. I was working on
each component. it seemed small and cer
tainly manageable. But when all the tom-
ponents nrc assembled. iLbecomes quite a
large project with many possible ar
rangements. That's whyit took us 10pages
to shew just how simple this proj,'(:t is.
IUJU)WARE.
I'd like to mention some
thing about the hardware we used on the
wall unit. One of the biggest, problems with
designing a project is finding the right
hardware. We spend a lot of time looking
through catalogs because very often find-
Number
33
ay Jun, 1984
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rot
from
I ,-
thick
I )
stock, I to r , \ \\,11'and)o. lone, To produce
'~~'~=H the doubl,
bt,d
(;l:i and;JO 'Jon the top
lACK
Slot
Of IIOCK cdJ( eui Ih tlk.1r,.t. I used an old trick I
IcarnN .i a 1 0ng tim (. tlJ , O ,
IhillinJ( .T lu -n Iril l a hole in a block of FI,.,.t, rip 2 . > . hO :,1 t1 o 4 . . (1
.
t h e >
\\'( u- .l ( p i ec e f orm s a sharp
lhrou :h Ih holt I.n h) the point of the .. III , ,e drawilll(.
llnll bit rhl~ l l ro c luc . ( : - ,m a (. C u ra le c l o\\' el Th... k(~L(. th is ~ } ll 'm IS saving the
C'('nlf:rt \( r> lim, ~harl) \\ ,,'tlll(..\hat I do i~rim thi '.
\\,~II(' PK,, ,o thaI
II ~
I~ng. or half the
,i,llh
or
lhf' tool
rest,
Thtn
thi ...pi( oC(:...
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f ,n c )r l
('1)(1
lf
thl'
80
b e v , o l < o d
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pi .
l O r
plywood. l 'h n the plywood jil( il;
clampt.1 to Ih, rip f IICl'on Ihe table saw so
th~ laminate
i.
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Oil
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bcllutirul h II \I~'1 tllln t
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bps.
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ENLARGEDCROSS-SE aIO N O F SA ND PAP ER
BACK IN G
M AKE COAT
SIZECOAT \
cd~,' an rllnJ( a prej.e~l
rank, riltht up thor
e
with
C'iendinlt in )'our taxes, (Il-:,
ju.,t ... of th_ tninw- thaI
h ', to b < . . donr l
Black .Y odel T '-
\\ orkph'('I'. hl('h 111u rn P J t iuC ' e ' an t'\'en nt t fl.-d to t...
~tl\('f,-O.)
The elnl\' abr&:j\ ' e
al'l....ltJ'3f1t't' hen th,' (lIIL,h i., appli.d. mllland,
Thf
,'\rwllng
. l a ' ~
n -atl ~
A
cnnst:-tent
pept- r
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thIS J . . . . .
r iod
l ~
f l int
an d
textun.' b; ,, rat.hinll the ,urfaCl' or the garnet t', natul'IIlI) ...'l WTinl mineral.
,, rk it. tt It h ;;~fi~...zt. abnbi\ t o . : - ,
that \\
('n rt'anil)' a\'wlable.
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a:
ha.:; .
3
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n f
t h e , a l \4 I J~ t Pl '~)'our J I E ' . a t
t''''''l'l~ntt, \tun', it ha. to o nded with j?I'IIntlf'lth r u~I
3
probabl)' roated
finor an d fin r )irati . of nun ral unt i l the ith I1mt br ... Fhnt t< a whIle colored.
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lunj ','r
ht'
vI,ible ' h n the finish i. appliet'r1.deC1,hn ,,h rhproduct ',\R't:T (;.nwt b the ..ther naturall;' '\t'd , ~ .hap, - t cen bl ky and
t.)
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kt \
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t h t . >
rorr t r t mln.'f'{ nl iner . l ,
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u ppe r X C \\ .. . g:. -
thut
lllcluc.ll'5 a
b ig-
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( ;arn~t h e k I lo ra n tr i . ..h ..n.-d rotllr. T h t k J'K )f . h. .inlne:: ....an d rclatJ\'e t ough-
lh n (lu in m t n t ..
1'(
th e Job at hand, an d ha:t a li ,ht t ' flf, t(_I ohaltett imilarto
flint.
n e ~ . . fiJnlr~s, ' - lmhlnf'cl ' ith
It~
husk~
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an , J
the
rcl;a
a l u m i n u m
f)xicll' 1)0. l'r\'
hard
and
ven'
t ra l .
Thi~ 1:-.
ht (lnl compu, , ( nl
of ~ancl ltv,,'
to u g h n ( 1 t . .. \, .. I t u $ f u r
gurn('l are mUl'h
t o ugh
mlnl'ral.
'rhi.s
I~ y, hy It~con. idered ~
I 'P
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DESCRIPTIONF
n.....
M'NERAL
'LINT
GAANfT
ALUMINUM
SILICON
NAMr oXloe CARIIDE
It \..~.( Sft \I't,.
Tlti~ ~harJl.
along
\\1th
11
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t1)
~
lh., km '11 hu ln,'''' and lh~ rdati ..
.ASIC
tf)UJ,::.lt\(~~. (1U~ I l l u~(.-dto d e t e l O l . l fW : -
SHA
Ihe kind
ut
cutllnl:' IlI,tion, and chanar
Lfaht Wedge
LiShlW.dt.
Meo ,. Wed ShCU pWed
IIstiCll of 11>cmlfl(ra t.
O,.ona1th
'row -To
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tjgu~( I e , : . ;
COLOR
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hard
of the min
I I ~
.
f-
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SOURcr
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. . . . . . .
I
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di:unond
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t~
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.20 1360 2100
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NA.ONUS
I
tou~hn . i.,1,'lcrtrun.,,1b,~m_ulinl'
ho\\ mu
which ar t> tL '\ .:~ if ie-d 3lwrding
to
size, The
grit ~iZl lSdetermined
in
one of several
&)':-, or).'T'd1les
belo\\ 2: .'0 , the-mineral
i~
x.11t11 u..n~ a ~'l u(
~l'\-l'
creens
(called
'I \'t'
m,lt'cl'. each wuh
8
flifferent nurn
b r
r
Opelllll)(>per inch, The grit des
ij(l1:tliun, or me. ;,. t he way they
dull.
j 3m
have little negative
d r .
:-.1l.1((l' (.
\1.111 ''':
Th( ...her synthetic
mal~:nl
comnl( 'n l~' u : o{I(l
L-:
i li con car b id e,
a
b
ack ( f.lon fl
mllKr61
that's co.rnmt,nl)
found on ':1tt,.,.roo( sandpaper; Silicon
.lTblll,'
has
1 ') -harp
wedze
shape (to
tht IJOln t
t,f
(C'rTTUlll s l ivers ) , 8 \tl' hi ~
kncMII'
h ; 4 n l n l
9,
aJl41
a
n : la tl \' e t (tUghne :o - ... .
... 1 thlll ,ali., rrum mo
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fini.hUlK\lo.th IllOor 22O-grit.
Ho\\ tin. .hould a project ~ , .. lIoJ
AllMugh IIOml' pl. ,;and unfmi,h ..d
w ood \\ ilt. lOO-lOit.\\ e found (and
3M
and
:- I'I n both 8,,, ,,,/ that >andin~be
)'Ond
I):oi).,:mt
~Iy
ooeded. and can
actually do mon' hann than good.
\\'hen
try
fine ,;andpaper i u ,~t. Ih,
, ,wdu.t .., tine it can fill th~ pon. , nr
tht. \\'Olxi, an d limit. penctrdtion of ('(.rt1 lin
finl,hes ourh a. penetrating oil
(-'oropen ttr(lin ll woods (like oak>thnt
don't .how nlao~' .crutches any ay.
150'IO'L
u.ually tine enough for lh,
tinal ndin~. e'pecially if an oil lim.h i.
J(OIOKo ht u ...t. For mo.,O-gritIs oft~n used (or the final
pa.lsandpaper that's found
on the I1'tall market.
S'{'Tllf.TI('M.; I'~
. \1():i,~o f
lh
:-), n
thetic re-m 'y,um:. being u;;ed tM'~' are
either phenikor urea based resms, wh ,h
art> ~tronglt:rthan ~ue adhesive-, and alse
heat alut water rvsistam Iome an- even
wat.'rpnlOO.
One
of
th( dl dvantagt'S to .ynth,tie
r ns thut they tend LO cover tl... I~' k
ofth. min ral, making the coated Rbrnsi,,
act as Ifit Iillhtly dull until the adhesive
wears of f lh...peak. Another drawback to
lI_ing rv 'ins i. their lack of nexibillty.
\\hiC hmu-t bt art ificially created h)'
breakln : nr fleX-InK he a.d~I' t an..r
it'...
cu1'efl
0 ,.., the'
f lu>
COOt 'applied, th., product
, h,~t .. 1 to CIll' buth coat' oi a(lhl~(\
Thtn the ..,.It.od abra:;; e i$rolled nat. a.KI
kept In8 t~ml> rature and humidity ,nn
trollt.'t1t'n\ inlnnl('nt to prc\'cnt it (rom
b(>.
c t lming ~ ' ( c( ' JO~iv4 .' 1~ I r) ' l\t thifO poillt. lh4_ '
oonted ohm,i,,o are eul to the ~nrlictllllr
prt>< UItilt Rlldpackaged for shil'nltnt.
E.littop
plDg
wben my ann
It....
tln.,l.
Ho.. many griu c:on
Ix
skipJ>m : \\llh litju.td_n't Mid up). and
~iI}('Onrarblde iA
r e . ; o e n - o o
(or san t J ln j (
fin.. t K - s (varnISh. urethane, and $hellac,
AntI ,1t'CldlDgon a mi ral. the ......
stop ~ to determine what
it% oVl'r ~1I0.000~
of mineral per :lIqUllrcOch.)
StZE
COAT .
Aller the mln~ml is embed
ded in the make OOAt,R
applit>rlto
hold the minpral
In
plnec.
Th~
thick~' of
th~ size coat i. critical b;0'1
of the backing, where
as
un
a
close coated abrasive, the mineral wi l l
cover
95~
o IIJO Af the backing. Usually
th e
den~ity of the
mine r a l
hlil'
b e e n pre-
determined by the manufacturer, and
rarely;';
a
choice
even
available.
{ 4Il also be ra)'on. p')I~~e$t.er.r a ('(mban.t
non Cloth b:tckin~ are often weven \, itk
pecial 1'3tl0
their I~)int'
a l P , .x ' ') C ) ~ (_ '( )
IlR,W ,'C)ATt'G On the \'~rr lar~c.t
grad,. mln_ral,. the
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A mce (enttlrC 1111hl' ~1nk
181. ( und on th,' Blnrk ,In
l)('rkf'r) is that
lhl '
113fl
~tc
~,llatinj within oneC lr tv . 0M C
ond- Ilf\l'rthe ,wil 4) hut it...llmo
includ(.,. an arm thut ~\\ in~ out to
p ry
Im , ..... hl,' l C r
elln
bt,
~l
1 ', :,1h t l . . .$ l4 . flu~ t . th() t .
al'e
~i_xholt.1$and 1 :
.~r(H)\,
R e c a u :- . . _ ' o r lh(o \\'~ 'Y t ht ' ( 'l a m p . .o t ~ cI(~ f I n tht
uut(.)r (,_-d~~uf the
r o n m r u i l t l < t . r ,,;,
:siW1ed. il'~ l)ft.n fflffirull to l.hn a(l thi.' 'fu nlak,' tht ...~:' tcm \\(lrk. ,)' ,'UM\'l'
,ol' ' 'I ' < . ( Iun , ' r
Ih clam
li n .. .. ) . .
u
hI t
a 'har}' cod.,.
t h e t t aI 'K I ,, ,S
'Iuil~ fa r
I
qlltrkly I . . . ,. ,. I I) ,hn.od,
~1\''l}14F.
I hl' )t,\klla motor
ho\l O.ln~1:- I-: n If ~au
dun ,
punch
hf)ll Jl
In
tm
~h aflt (l ~ I
ht'Il ,
.llilll{t n C 'cNoju st be l. ) \\ } l . . ' \ n ( I , J a ,M 'r . th e a bu nd an ct' o r h olt,' I
1 th
lhe cro'11 uf
thl' h ' I . ' 4 in g . hI' allD ',:-Otht' I~lrl {'.aUfot~
man)' t\(
the:>
~.alnt
In (1 1 )1 1 n
,andcr
lU
1 1 < ' gl'I'I'('I1
,,,m
eilher th,' tOI),
CONCLUSIONS
or
around Ihc'
.i,h or Ihe
hou,ing,
Th(
advantRj . t l ' ( If
htl
v in ~ ~ ( \, t'r at (J iIT eren t hnnd lit t t 'n the t
hnf AAJt(ll'~
t t l : o ; . t ( c l . t
l '
J)(lsition~ i . . . that ,'\
It
aftl'r
~' \'l'ral huur.-
tl( nnl
hf.'r
\\'iI1nl -
th
u..... the
, .an.l1
tim ,
a nd n or m ally re
I ,, ,,b ru r : - ,< ;, ; ;O , (A.-
with the c.ther ,;and-
I ,
Ih. S , , , - < ' I BIc>ecan ,.O,n I,, found on
salt' ((Ir '$1t.to
$ : . . > 0
I~ ....
UllIl ; Tn load ,wl r,
tho'
SS I
ItlO(' u s e . . a ~malIw rench to ' . 1 ) '
('11(-11
t~
('l::unfnhJ( b r a n . on both :-lffl~ o( the tk,t t()m
...1 l'nfortunately, I ,'an
hlCr
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To comJ,I,\t~ ('h side
(nml' then
.trt
th..... railsOil-Iwofi,ed r:lJl,(olwatthl'
til,., O),t'
at thl'
flOlloJ1' \ ). :mrf lllJoeS I(tins:
rail All the rail , are cut to a \\
Iclth
(If: -
and
10
I nj(th of 10Y... Then d ubl r b
lKts.In ,'\it on both end, to I'nMlun- .tub
tt'nun~ th nt fit th e JO'OO\'~ in t h(' u IJ ri. rh l.
L - I . ,
% ' i N ' l
lo t
.lnl , ..1,til ....tb
upri).,.rht.
The-e hu'I'S ~tn' (ur
th,' ,h lf u port pins, Filt. -I.
Mark
lhl'
center
point
oi each h ,. I
fn, 1
lh,
1 1 1
\,('(1edge
of
the
u rij(hl
unri
~~)'lel'
hom
a
apart, startin~
12
t 'JilIn
Ihe top o r arh Ul'ri>l. I u.,,-~Ia hrlld I.,illt
bil lind dnU, .1 .arh hole
~,del',,_
THE R AILS
upright, u 'ta P t'(.'I'
f ir
~('r ll
li set up th
ro t.
Set ,hf'
( , , 'ne, , ' oN l th t t, l. lctl ' Cu L ' l 'om,-'
here
near
the m..
hllt
fth, scrap. ~Iak a
pass over the hlncl.,then rotnt(l the piece
so the OltP(~ilt
(Ut t
il t
fI) .tail1~t
the
fence .
and mak e a nc )lh ('r ItUo ',
This proc('dun' wmautomatiC'.lUycenter
th J (T 'OOV ' 'h n ,t', ju.t It
mall.r
of ad
JuoUnl( lh~ (.nee u ltd lh, uuhl. p a < < hrough
the top frame.] To ad this panel imply
cut ~.
- - < 1 ( ( 1 W K)\ ~ 'It'
(rum the bottom
~II(. o( eh pi~ct,
>\'('
Detail in rig. 7.
SI.IIlIN(; fit
\~H:. III'fnl'e IIll1illgthe slid
illll{r m.tol(~th.r, cut notches 01 1 the ends
of the ,ltI. I i. e
It.
lit over the shelf UP-
port pins. ,' I)
\ 1 ; 1 1
fl.x
(ne>Ulth to allo\l the rail to be
,,/lAC, t\\;SI\-d in pia... )Then bolt the ronnector
? ,
IhIm(' to th('
tlllg ..
illlnd let it r t on
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o
SHEll IN HOtIIUJ. POSIllOH
HOOK NOrCH ON
SHftI SUPf'IDn
..: ...... '. 71:1
0 1
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C.-OS$ SE(1tON Of- AOJUSTASl( SHllVf\
I U
I NOTCH'.
01.'
.._flU l(fOIE IOUTINC
UT
N()r(:tt
An,'
.OuNCMNO (OOIS
1 NOtCH .. OI:lP
CUT .
tAJ)it/S
ONCOItNUS
1llOI IOUTtNG
y ...... .
I
GWN DIIfClION
> : : 1
I lY WO OO
,,'4 SfOC.
\\'OOD~\iITii
The Shelves
1
;T~h:~~.:h~'~'I:\:e&~o~n~th~e~~~a:I~I~U:'n:i~t.~~a:ot:u:a~I~I)~~~ii;:::::;:::::::::::::================~::::::======~ i~====~
serve 1 0 ~)\Irpt'JiS(' ,>.In their normal p o . _ . . . .- ~ srot IOGIHG
lion thl'~'r~ .hcl, es. but they
tan
be re- IIAOC
tO
\~r'ld anll angl~cut the groove in the back
stop \\ uh tht ..umv
l'tlin,,;u.
the gr JOVl'S
fol'
th e
th...
...
d '~lIg.trips,
\..,qE~lltl.'.
J-\nt-r
thr
grooVt,l are cut,
I
rim
Ihl'shl,' ,lIil ..
to
fimillenglh. and glu~
them
to Ihe
Illywood.
Then trim the
front,
strip and the back ,top 10f inal length and
glue them in
Ill.......
\\ 'hen Ihe I(lul'
i
ry, remove
the clamp
and
pl,, ('
Ih.... urfaee of
the edging
strips
nu,h
ith
th. surface of'the
1 ,1 ) ' \ \ ,000.
Then
mund tb,' f,nnt run ,,
and
tbhelves.
CUI
lIotch~~
in tht end slrip to fit o\'er the
shelf support pili., re r to ~ig. 4. (I cut
Ihew notches 1th a back saw 31,dchisel.)
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lh.
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SID( (DGINGSlit.,
FlONt' lDGtHG
SflIP'
,
I-
c s : :
13
AI PlY t.ONoOH
V(NlEIt lOGtNG
00\.1.,
CUTs..lll LlNOTH
,omUlWIlH
. . . . . . . . . m
Mlr,. 10 UNGIH
C R OS S S EC tiO N
ltA.la
.
L
l
J
-
I
IASI C I-INtl
.
sr... flOHr lOG( St 0..&ACt lOG
wrrH
t.UUl
,.--;;::-
~ 5'1 TO tOIJGH l ENGTH
rHtH
cur
GIOOVU
U lIt HurCK
RGUlll
f.oU. 4
NYlONNSllr
fOI
HIHGlS
-
,,,OU,O1O
S t tOULDE
It
WlOTH
-
~~
1 4-,l.{ .
\
PlYWOODSlOt
I . ~
( 2 ,-
lNGnt
O f
sr.I' toUAU
SMOUlO(I
to
SHOUlDlt
WI-OTH
O f
P lYWOOD
.
_ -
OIlHlt STlH'
(DGING STRIPS
~o\\ Mij lnl(slnp' are cut out of;; 4 stock
10eover Ih~~\l'o,...
1p lywood
edges on the
fronl and back of the cabinets. CUI each
suil'
I~... I and
10
rough
length
O'
lo ng er t ha n n ,...d l'< ll. Th en C U Ia Il' O O veO D
one
, ' wit
h wooel d
o o r s require
. . * .. . Iulm,ttor ht ,ll S
I
lh(_~top and bottom
l~llt'ng,In,...
''C'
f'j( . 1,
The
uJIJ)(r
hutch cabinets \\llh
glas.. . . .
rltMJI ':',
l fIUln
I~--cllarnt'lt r
hot~
on tht:
lUll
811fl bc,ltt)m
fliM ..~
ee ~~if, .
.
And th ,
cabinet '\lth th, (all,front
wooden
door,
T\'1-1Ulrt::- ,..-o.(h~ \m tt , , r hoi e on th e vertical
si tl(
Jli'C f~.
~If'tlnlinlo h~
hillg~~
i- tlL..
(,UsSf'cl in mnn- flttuil on the next twu
pag'''',)
HOt~ .1)\ ~,II
~:IK;f.~,
Aner
all the edj..~nl:
~llip.~arlo
,hll 'c l. rourt fl
uver :llJt.\(jge$
w it h
v rU11 ,I-u\'t'l I)il, ~(~t i ;,
LI\\11(1f) '(
~Aner
the cdng strips
:lr~auached. I Inuuntt.1{ 1 Ih~ baeks with
b ut to n .. :0 0 0 thl') ' (. ()uld
) t .
r emoved if nee es
:-.Jlr), Pt
i~1 .
~' :L\~:s Then I mark-JlI~ 'ood eh'.,.
(or the
ba.... .
t'lIhlfll't ,.1lh. uPf ,r .ahi
net ....rhi.., b lmJ)l~~ nmtlt.'r o r cutUnJ tht
IY oo< l
10
o
to
lit In.,ldto
the
cab i . . . .
t
(ali . .
lnl( .
In
I('n~'lh(or the , \T Tn II 11.1. , In-, The ba.,,,,, cabi
fl( 1 Tn
, tthe.ize of the
ply
00
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TH I IOl JGM
COHNfCtOI flAMES
fOI: v,'
IOU
'AU flONlllO
-Hill
...... HOUS
Sfltlll'l
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CArCH
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M AG NA$ fRtICE
~ '\All
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\VoonSMITli
.
-
-
YlON ,USKING
~
-
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OUlSIDE(DOl ONlY
l- .. I (lOSS i-EcttO~
8AS CA6INEt
0001
1
MIll. EDGINGSf.,'
A' COiNEitS
1
I (
(OiNt. 0flA1l
T
MOUNTING THl DOORS
T h t h in . .: .. u ,, _'( 1
to
m eum the dooM '>
re
qUIrt' small nyl,1Obu,hinl1 mounted in
lh.
framl' of the cabinet. (These bushing.
,hou l lra(l~
be
an place. see pagze 13.
Fig. 1.1
M()l'''T(a,,\~ IMMIKS.o mount the gl.,.s
, IeHl ,. SImply push the hinl s stem into
the nylon hu~hinll ee Fill. 5. Then pia .
tho s h oo p l: \I 1'~ 0 the I t1J., ' \ 'of the gtass
slide thl' 1(1:1'.- inl .. the hin . and tighten
th~
ervw s,
'Iell 'T e)()I)1H.)()ft.'\.l1ounlin~Lhe
oorl
o oo rs n flu in ' < ro litlle more work. First.
push
th., '
i I ( 1
pin -eetion of the hin ~
into lhl'n\'ltln bushina. sec 'jg.I).Then lav
th,
cabin..t.
fa,,,, do n and position th
\ \ c , , ( 1 ( IUCJ r- ,1 lh'teach
other,
drill
V . holl, th .....ugh the connector frames
ot both the top and bottom ofeach unit and
bolt the IInit together. S(,'C Fig. 10.
Then CUI~ '.,. 0 n lbp center of eacb
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SC .EW SH tMS ro INSlo t OF ( A.INn
FOI. MEtA l OttAW el SUOES
O r
H lM ON
tNS Of
CA8NfT
n A t /
It WEIT
S L I E
S.w:
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_. . . . . . . .
t o
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complete at this point. The only other op
tion
is
adding
draw ers (in.t ea d of
doors) to
oneo f th t b as e un it s, One
ofthe nice thing\>
about the hardware we
used
for the
doors
is that it can be removed (along with the
door) and the only trace t the small nylon
bu~hing that's harely visible.
he drawers
consist
o f
two parts: afa~
frontlhat'. buill
ju st lik e thewood doo~
>eo Fig.
I
and the
basic
drawer that's
made wnh is to ck , s ee
Fig.
2.
FALSE FRO~'1 S.I built the false
fronts
first. To get th e s ize o f the p lywood for the
rnmts
HH.
m C < U U IC
the winth
of
tho
cabinet opening and subtract
1 .
(This
allows for a
c le ar an ce o n each s id e, a nd
a
total
of
for the edginll strips and
longue .)
To get
the h iglJ>.of each
false
front,
measure the ,erti611
opening,
Then
sub
tract
a to ta l o f V,.
and divide
by
two. (The
10 /, a llows a
total
of I for the edJ.,~ng$tnl>'
and tongue on both drawers, and 0/. fO I
clearance between th e drawers.)
Once the final
size
o f e ac h drawer U O J L i
(lctcrmill(1c l,
cut
the pane ls to s iz e
and then
cut tongues on
al l
foul'
edges and add
th.
edging strips . see Fig.
I
Tilt: 1)1to1 F.KS.
The fal~~ front
i8
at
tached to a f ou r- si de d
inner drawer,
se o
F ilt. 2 . T his d rawe r
is sized tn fit the
eabi
net, allu\\ing for th e m eta l drawer guide
refer
to
Fig. 4.
A8shown in Fig. 3, the four sides
of
this
drawer
don't
113 Cto be a.
hilas lhe false
front.
ui
them
al l
out of 5~, wide
stock,
Then 10
join
the
(our
sides. I
u8
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CONtACt
CME Nt
'0 10THSURfACES
~'.. ' . ... tIClfIOA.D
a .
lOCAtiON
O f
HOtU
ON VINil 110 SUI'ACl
Of
ONI 'ANlt
2, ~
-
- - 1
Q.AMl'PAHn
Slr {.\ l'rhall~'1ng th e t..oJ (' IJf th p parwJ :\(ltC' ThC 8(- (,Irl'I,' cuuers art a littlE
with an
X_lItlt.
knife, dan~ nl\Il\
ttl UsC,h4nuSl
the adjustable
ann
d,ffil ll1t ttl l4: ~when It s rotaung,
Don't
ht,ltl
tht
\\r1rkl,il.:'t'i \\ ith )'O\lr
h:\ntll\.
(,I' I' it tn Ih. IInll
I'r.
tablt and keep
)'our hnnct~uut (l r
thl
\\'a)', I'c-e
Fi~.
2,
flk~'T( t. X nt'R k lll' {In lh.. (Jiam('tcr o(
till' cUIul1lillne
rill)(
lit UKhl
ill
lh,' hole,
(Nf,tt Th(' t.',IJ. t~
flf
lht>l-it'ring~ ar~
No\\ th. huh,
call
I~' drill1 for the clock
an(1 th'roluln'll.. 'fhl' instrunlcnts \\e
Ch()~l)for thts I)rcljl'( l (:-(.'('~llrces. page
24) r'llIin' ~ hoi, with n .hollldel'(>(lcd
(The .h,, 1d.r i.ur th., mountilll( noglh t
K E E P I N G T A B S O N T H E T I M E A N D T E M P E R A T U R E
[lnlling 1.l'J(ch le, can 1 > 0 a ,31
ru.,.,l, if ~uu don't have Ihe n hl
siz~
bit
This
\\-01
the
hl~g~l'lt
pro hl m w o
fllcl~1
w hen w e
((I'
eided
10 build
the de.k clock
shown
ttl
ri~h\. 'I'h clm'k move
m ont and the
lhlJrn,elnU.'llr .an:
tw i st . .i n i nf o t nlm l'nt
that
require-
2 .. Iinlnll ' r holt s that must
fi t
n.,:ht n the mom-y
T I l< t o 1 n . ..cI ltodnU
thb
,]ze
ho, . ISan
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(tOss
SrcTtoN
I. R O UN D O VE JI
ON AU tOGlS
AFTEItMStMIlY
I
,
u
oufSIO$ 'It.AMl
I
CUT fO R O P PO S IT f
Milt \ ~
FENCE
HVfl BOTHfOGES
SfT StAOIEAt 5'
41
.E VE l R I
AlIGN ANEl
WrTH MlTr.
ftGURe s
ROU'E 6
,/
t
,...., I I
1
FfNCE
flGUlIE
CUTlwO 16 statS
---... 10
CUT INtO _OUG \
LlNGfHS
Aftfll:
ItOUTINGotooVfS?
3l .~\
a
WASTE Lf;Jay
CIRCLe
cum..
.,
[/
,/
. . . . . . _ _
~~.
/
~ I
4
I
,
ROUTRAt SHOUlDER
wrnt
I. RO\IftR alT
: -
StO, OItWNG WHEN
Pllor I'lHE:rtAffS PANEL
n
S(r OIA,Mntl to SlZIEOf liNG
S f
CUT
r.Q.._-r- r-_~_ ,
.....oet, .....
T- ~
\
GUflE 3
tapered. Drill the hole to fit the smallest
diameter so the rings
fit
tight
in
the holes.)
W h en
the diameter is correct on the trial
piece.
set
the drill
press
to cut
a
depth of
,I
and drill lhe hole. on the veneered
panels.
see
Step I
in
Fig. 3.
SECONDCI.T. For the second cut. reset
the diameter
of
the
circle
cutter 1 ; nar
rower than the first cut, and drill through
tbe panel until the pilot bit breaks throu~h
to the other side, see Step 2 in Fig. 3. ' 'hen
flip the panel ov r an d complete the CUt,
see Step 3,
R O U T PLAT,
Once the hole
is
cut, smooth
the shoulder with a router and a
V i
bit.see
Step 4 in Fig. 3. Then
finish
sand both
veneered panels.
TH E fRAME
The
clock s
frame is constructed with
,,-thick stoek that's joined with mitered
corners. To make the Irame. cut
tw o
16--longpieces 20/, wide, see f ig. 4.
Cl'T GROO\'1'S. Two grooves are cut on
these pieees to hold the veneered
panels.
I
cut these grooves using a
v
.ttaight bit
on the router table, (I used a bit so I
could sneak up on the width of the groove
to get 8
good
tight fit with
veneered
panels. The same cuts can be made with a
dado blade on the table saw.)
For
the
first
pass
set the depth of cut to
o and position the fence to cut a groove
Y,.
from the edge of the piece, see Pig. 4,
)lake
the [U-St
pa ss on ea ch p iece, then flip
it so the opposite edge i s aga ins t the felice,
and make a second cut.
To
widen
these grooves, move the fence
away from the bit and make successive
passes until the width of the grooves
matches the
t h ickn . .. .
of thl' panels,
~IITt:RIL tE, Next , cut a long and short
side
to rou gh
lenj 1.h
from
each
16 -long
p ie ce , a nd
miter
on.
end of each
piec
e.
Theil using the panels as guides (see fig,
5). mark where the second miter is to be
cut. Sneak
up
on these miters until each
piece is cut to proper size. Then bevel the
edge of each piece, see ~ ig.6,
'iSt:MBL1. Rather than trying to glUe
all
these pieces
rogether
at
once,
1glued
the two veneered panels bet ween the two
en d pieces first. (Ca re t \l 11y l ine up the cor
ners of the panels with the miter s. ) \Vhen
the glue is
dry,
remove the clamps and glue
the lop
a nd bottom piec es to
the panels to
complete the case.
~'inaJly, all the outside corners of the
frame are rounded on the router table witb
a
Y o
ro un din g-o ve r b it. T he n I s an ded
the
case smooth, and fini
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R,fort tbe tnnl U,' can be CIIt, cut lilt
JlI)'\\oo
[fIr
l h (' J (" 1 1J rth
( . r
lh l'
t('.lJ ru~.
,t t'
_t'jg. 1. CIn
a) u1 ', . .
l al l ~_,_:o 1 \1 '1' :,
I
I on f ( t .o o ). ,. 'U t. '.)
TRtI.1.
('1'1' () ttll' router ubI
s
l
til', n\8 .ke 3 trial ,,'\It C)na p iec e
I ,r . .
('rd,1 l(1
h k l~ >tiltin):' ~Iake the r; 't pat>,
10
l'ut .. rabbet {,Il 4'Jllt' ftu... . . , ,( th { ) J _ ) 1 Y \\ C H K t .
thl'll flip thP pi{'C_ ' c, \ f .1r tel Clll all
ic l, 'nli\'l,1
ru',l)(,t on th~ rotht'r
raM',
SoC( I'-'j , ;~.
( 11 1- :(- 1\
l)~J ....
CIT
After t'a(.'h
J.;l~,
hl'r
tat lWI ,)
....ULII)\\ 'K' TNI'). , ut b t, uJ 'h \'( :n e er
ta,~...
a .. .. t o
\I~.t
l imit . . . :
~Pl
o , . s qu ar t'
,od):, If you anI 10 fonn ro.rHlI or
mClltl< "dO O g l ' , th . flnl)'
an:\\\Tt'r i : - .
tt) attach ~
lid-wood 'IMI' t(l Ih~ ('IIi( of th,' ply
wllod. Theil UlltCtlw solid-wood ,d~n): i. Cultin~
111 ")..'110
on th~ ,~Ij{ I>f
8
piece uf
applied. il can III' machined to nn)'
. I i I
1),w,,,,,1i. really 0 malt, , f 1I11ingtWI>
\ ( 1\ 1
\\'anL rabl)(ll nn.' on each fal t'
Al though "",licl \\fll()(l strip- can b t . . ~Iul d T"SL . ~ , \\ ,~ R ()(
:lt _ ~onnall)t.'hen
ctit\. ctl)'lO tht
l" , l . :e
orthe pI~ \\I)()I1
U~ln~
a
CUltln~rahb --L.
in~li(t\t lUII) I
ctlt
them on
t-lmp-Iebutt j(Iln t , I've f{IUJ'l(1t ' i ht t tl 'r to t h i : - tablt , . . . .1\\.B U l \ \h { ' n llr inS(\\ith pI)'.
htlach the edginl 'w'th a tongue an,1
, ,1\ (
woo to
This joint h('II .Ii~'the >urf,,('(.of the do wilh Ih,~m (Jlhn~..' of cut ,hen.ullin,.:
plywood aliI( Ih, 'KI ,trip wh.I. ):Iuing acn'" Ih\' ):rain, Evon ,',orhidetipl ,,1
a nl t C la m pill ) : \ \ h l l 'h
mjnl~ th.
.lmCluht
bJacl~ () r a
Vl)'\'
o r " ') b l it llt ..
t,'ntl ...tlJ ::-j,lint('r
o f
~Jt
11(.' l"(lt",1
o
b rin g th t., t '"O :- .ur~
th .. fa('(o 't'IWt'r of
pl ) '\\(M .1 \\h ..n cutt in g
(al e:i
f i u . . . .
h \\Ith
l 'ath
()ther
acrv.-- : - -
tht J, T31n.
B ut a
nlutl'r
makes
\'cl1
A I O . thf:~h afl' l ' u (th e l on ~(,' nnfl ,'1'I'If'\'l c lean
rn',....
KTain CUl~,
jNnl ineren ., lh, mount of gillin) ,ur- RClI ' l ' I:1I T\lILE. Allhuul(h rahbets can be
fa,,,, beIW , Ihl' plywood and th. olid- eul with hanel-h.hl rout,r.lh, wOl'kpie l'
\\Il()tt strip.
anti
t r f n~hen."" tht jellnl,
ha..~
til
h t : . I,'la.rnperl clu\\'n
ttl lruU'lhe ~ut....
anotht' cJarllp:--u >uall)'~l't Inlhl) \\'''l}'.,;\I~o
a n,b t bit
,,'th
pilot m
ht
be
u j
whIch
limit> till'
.z.
f the r..bbet.
In:..t.oatl.I U~ a routr'r l;lbl,,
: e
Fig.
:?
N o cl l\ rn p~ are
nee c1
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to
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After the to
DittieS
are cut on the edges
the plywlJ(~l.thp '...
n lVe.
u..
,1 fOl'trial cut
s,)
IIIt K .:. Ilfore the grooves can
be
cut, the Ihiclow,,, of the
.trip.
should he
ch ck,,1 Th,' problem b~n: b that most
of
lhp ,. h a n l \ vw J f J pl~'V.ood I've r u n across
is ,liithth 1I,sthan Y thick. And
tu
add to
lhl ' Ilf ':tt.h m. mo-t
-olid
hardwood Jumb.:--r
I thick.That extra K-doesn t~m
Ilk,much - but
II
can take forever to sand
it tiff
So. I tnm the edl inl 1'1< ' down '
lh,y.... nl~
\ go
more th; , th~ thickne,s of
th,' pl~wood , see t il(. o . I know this scund
like )';I,httlllg- h a t r . i > .but it
r l l o t :- >
m a k e thin)..~
easier l .n t f r
s .
T II' H IM (,K(H .~.
An I '
the Iring
strips art.' cut to n,u~h size th e t ab le saw Is
s. .
t
up to ,~U(hl } ., l'\'UV\':o, Since these small
~trip)oll .'tlUItlll~
\\ :\I P
w hen they re cut to
Si1', I U I' .. fl'tlth,'r 1 I < 1 l t 1 1 1 to p u s h
them
tight
aJ,. ' t l in ' lt th e
fe nc e s o
th~g ro ov es a rt'
cut in \ \~ctl~
lh t . .
~n\l ll(.~lti.lnonevery
v i t . t _ . H }-'i). . ti.
Thl1rt':
.n
, , ( o r a l
wavs
to
,'0
abo ut to ut
un~ gn>o\ cs, I like to u t them on 3 u.bll.'
b.8 U~lnC .
nJI
bl.,dl, TnakUl~ t\\o cut:-.tf
f urm th e ~ Q\ c , as ~hfl n
in
F~
a fK I ~ .
Although a da,lo head,.n b qUaTC
and then cut b'1'\JOve~n dja
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N W N M S IN POW R QUIPM NT
After spending
a o
years establishing
themselves as a
$OUTCC
for industrial qual
ity woodworking equipment. Rockwell
has
decided to get out of the woodwerking
business completely.
Rockwell started the process back in
October of 1980. when they sold their
Portable Tool Division. Then in April of
this year. they took the la.t step by
selling
their Power Tool Division. ending a
30year affair with the woodwcrking
industry.
Both the portable and stationary tool
divisionsare no set up as new.completely
separate companies. The Portable 1'001
Division (which produced routers. drill
s,
sanders.
etc
i. now Perter-Cable. And
the Stationary Thol l i, i,Jon (which pro-
duced table saws.
band saws
jointers, drill
presses, et e.) is now Delta International.
Although the names Porter-Cable and
Delta may be n.w to many (younger)
woodworkers. they are. in fact. the names
of the original 1001companies purchased by
Rockwell 30 LO 40 year> ago.
P()RTEII-CAUL.
Porter-Cable was
first
established around 1906 in S yra cu se, N ew
York, and had been in the portable tool
business for 55years by the time they were
purchased by R~kwell in 1961.
Initially after Rockwell had pui
e
hased
Porter-Cable, both names wei... used on
tho portable tool. to capitalize on the repu
tntion Porter-Cable had established. But
by the late 1960s. the POrLcrC..ble name
was dropped. Rnd the entire line of port
able tools became Iu Q\\, as Rockwell.
Then in October of 1980, Rockwell sold
its portable power tools to company
called Pentair in St. Paul. ~li l lneSOLa.Pen-
tair
decided to rename its tools Porter
Cable after a market research found it still
had a significant amount of Dame recogni
tion left over from the 19.;0,; .
I ~ITAThe name Delta originates from
the Delta Specialry Company of .Milwau
kee, Wis(:onsin. that started operations in
1919and P I o d U C ~ > dstationary power too1o.
Then
in 194~.
Delta became
Ih
firm of
many companies that Rockwell
purchased
in the woodworking field. Once Delta
be-
came part of ROCkwell. they become
knowm as the Della Power ToolDivision uf
Rockwell until around 1956 , when all reo
ferenee. to Delta were dropped. and they
simply became tho Power Tool Division of
Rockwell.
This is the way thinl('S .tood \\;th the
stationary tool~ until thi~ April, when
VOODSMI1Ii
The black stains you're seeing are simply
lhe result of a chemical reaction that
occurs when c ertain c onditio ns e xis t. T his
chemical
reaction requires three com-
ponents
water,
iron and
tanin,
\Vhen gluing. water is provided by the
glue. iron is provided b, lhe pipe clamps
(or the
putty
knife you mentioned using)
and tanin
is
a chemical commonly present
in all species of oak.
\\'hen all three components aloepresent.
3
black stain is produced. In (act.
years
ago. permanent black ink was produced by
combining extracts from oak and oak bark
with iron and water,
Using
a
physital
barrier
(waxed paper)
i. one of the best ways to prevent a chemi
cal reaction between the pipe clamps (iron)
and the glue (water). But even using
waxed paper doesn't necessarily
prevent
reaction
from taking place.
A
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