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Merlhe b loeks ar .. m ade and the nu ts are
in
1 ' 1 . . , insert a .p iin e b e tw ee n the s lab
and
e nd c ap a nd tempota r i ly bo l t
each
~ n d e a ll ( In
w ith a f,. x S m ach in e bolt,
N ow
the 1001 way ...ail 31\d
f ixed
dnll
a,; , ,~mb ly ca n
be
glued a nd e la m pe d tu th ~
f ron t
and
back
edge>; of th e s la b . >t'O fig, 15.
l\rle: 0 ' .... the damps ate
lillht,
remove
th e e nd ca ps so a ny IIlae s qu e ee e -o e i w on 't
g111e th em to th e . 1 < 1 o f t h e s la b .)
D E T A I L
(CROSS
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Fig . 22 . B ut b fore cu llin g it in IuIIf. drill
ho le s fo r th e lag
SWS,
see S tep 1 in Fig.
22.
Ne .'( 1. .u t t he k ey s
(I)
to fit in thegroo\c
on
th e apron
lind key rail. ',e
Step 2.
Then
t\lt Ie block in half (St~I) : 3 ) . m oun t it in th e
openiey. and $C \\' it baek to~th.r.
ENDVlSE
Once the ~l id inJ . c log:
l d ,
is
i n p la te. mount
th e - L < e collar
\ 0th~ .Ii d in g b lo ck f r o m th e b en ch , d rill
th e hull ,. a n d r ep la c e t he b lo ck.
Note: The to p of th e f lI In ge s tic ks ab ov e
th e
to p
onhe
block. :;0
I had
to
file
down
th e
Oan j ( '.s e e De tail in Fig. 23 .
TO OL TR Y
M er the en d vise w as installed , J began
work
on the tool trd~:h ma ke th e
lAX>1ro y
b ottom (.)
J
start
by
edf. C-f(luing
V ,
s to ck t o
a rou w id th onr and lengt h .f62 .
CU T T O
WUYIH.
To d etermine the final
width,
tun} the bench
over
and
measure
the distanee
f r o m
the inside
I If
th ~ back
apron
D to the inside of th e rabbet o n t he
to ol tray ra il (~'). see Fig. 27 . T hen sub
tract y. 10 allow the be nch top to expand .
CUT IN TO PIECS, M et the bottom is
eut to width. cut
il
into three pieces to
make a sawdus t e le anout
door. Sef
F ig . 24 .
Since I wanted to add a
tool
holder strip
til the tuol tray. 1 hrul to cU I tw o Ion)
notches Oil the back e ~, o f th e tray bI,l
t om , s ee F ig .
2 > 1 .
ro oi,
HO~I)t:1t.
N .\\
r ut t he tOo, 1h l d l'r
(K) fmm ~4 stock t la illth of 2 . and II I
Ifnl(th to ti t iM id e .he t ra y ((~ )). , , ,~IJ.f.
20.T he n c ut slots
to hold d i ff , n .n l (
,b.
A n
r th e slo ts
art
CUI,c ham fe r th e t I
( (I~e~Detail in Fig.
2 1
and then ghw
th e
toni holder
to th e in
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g\< I.I,ru,b that I,e , through double ho les
machiued m l'ftch
I'll,),',,(the
carriage.
Thl'r(4
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)Ih+
pmbh-m \\ilh the carriage
muuntinR '\l'>lt'm. (tK,u~h. TIll JtUidf'rods
..... ur U 'IMU' 1 \\ l u - . . . lit.)' pas lhrou '''
the bc'nch'~(NII t .,mn
T . ,
evereome this
problem. th,
1. lhr
vis.. '~ 'lIlbliM< have
gu Ie' 'O.
1 < p ade bit is adequate.
Shop Note;
1 1 . pr een t chipout, ~to)J
when lbe p oin t com eS th rougb an d fini.h
boring f r m lh~ other .ide.
I,()(;An O ~CH HOLES.
After the holes
ar.. oorlill in the r a c e bluck , Dllitchillg hole_
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TRUETO TRADITION
Altbough
there' s a \\~de
ariet)'
of vises
aV al lable . lhey ba. ,ieallyrai l intu Iwo cstego
ries,
O e I) ., 1 ,-,
ca81.
iron ruc.;~(1lJ'Uai1y
ca lle d a woodworkinJ( vise) . The other is
renUy jU$1 the metal part., of the vise to
which
yoo moun ; wooden
f; ICCS.
(J
call
thls
w o od en v ise , even ,hough m ost of it i,
metal .J
A J 't.e r n lo t o f d is cu ssio n. w e d t-c irle d
tel
eq uil)
the
U ,>nd ,illt bench w ith thL, sec
ood. me re t rad it ional type
ror
1\ \ ' (11 1.....''''
First, there's n o m eta l n ea r th . . \\' rk l ev el I u
mar the wo rk p ie ce . k n o ck the
..l~ ,
,f f a
sharp
luOl.
or rap knuckles.
The se< ,'O 'K I I1 8 . . '< l 1 l,ar t u f 't he a e ;t h. t i < :
associated with a wooden bench. A vise
should be
part
of th e bench. no t ..,melhin~
that\;
auaehed to it. S o. tile
W d~llfa with two
A ,
I\\orkiJlg I . '
L .
so basic liuJt J often
(01'). '( I.. 1nnii
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. . . . .
pu ll ing a ll the way OUl,re fer 1 < Fig. I.
.
OIlI
lit
AlONl
USE H A D pro eH l
an
IOMARKHOlE
lOCAnONS
fACE
6l0ClC
fiGURES
t
3/i .,
CAIl.1AGf. I MAR lOCAnoN
Of GUIOi: RO D
HOUSWITH
8aAO
POt,.
It
CAlIAGE
f ce
1t0ClC
are bored in the bench. Th do this,
damp
the {Meblock to the bench with its top and
end flushwith the top and end orth e beneh,
_ rig 5 .
With the block damped inp''' 'ili~n, ' It
,. brad point bit to mark tbe 1 < 1 < . . . . tion of
tho two outside holes for the ~ide rods and
trace the outline of the midtlle hole f~r
lh
vise screw Then , w :ing n J'o rta li gn . bore I
holes for the guide rod. and
lV,hole for
the vise screw, (Xote: The guide.-OOholes
a r e over si zed
to I
d ia . in
the
bench , bu tl /o f
in the face block.
J
S ho p X ote: A t this po m t the out$ideedj l ..
and outside ends of the block
except
the
Pfll(('thate even
wiL h
the
lop
uf the bench)
t
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VISF. NOTCH.
There
art'
a
COUIII
more .lep o.'fore (he arms and
f4?('(
a re c cr np le te . F i, ,, ,t , c ut a l on jr n o tc h
on the tOI' of tl)t~is' ann tn make
enough
,'('10m
for the vise hardware,
_ Fig, :1 .
MOCNTINC HOLES, Next. . dl'iI
co un terb ered h ole> u n ~ rh
arm til
muon th e to),
10
th e base, see
~ij .
i_
OJ ) t he -
v is e u rm . c en te r
the hole
: ',.'
From Ihe r...
,t
c nd . ( ) t he r il( ht a rm ,
center t h ho le en lhe lelll,'th.
CHAMFERS.
Now cut
J ('llunlr{ll :
of f th e b otto m en ds u f b oth arm ,I
the top ends of'boih
feet.
see l'ij(S. :l
and 4.
f'OOT CtJToU't The 1a:;1step i., tu
cut out an area
01 1 the
b ou om o f e ac h
foot, se e
Fig. I, To m ak e
I hi' CU1 0 Il I,
I temporarily cI:lml't't1tile two
fe,,1
IOg
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DRIllHOlES
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ClIITlNGTHEPIEOES,
Th
build the
l~~,
first cut twelve pieces of 44 stock til a
rough width of2Y. and rough length of3C) ',
Then laminate the pieces tog~thcr in sets
ofthree to make four leI(blanks,
After the glue dries, trim the leI blanks
to
a finished width of 2 /, a nt i l en gt h of
28 see Fig, 6, (This measurement can
be increased or
decreased
for a hiJ(hel'
01
lower bench.)
rENONS, xl cui P
,' Ion tenon.
on
the en . I s of
each
leg to
tit
into the mortise>
in the 8 J I 1 I and feet, see Fig. 6.
DRILL 1I0LES.Tu
altach th~
stretchers
to th k'j(>',y u nee*. f il(. 6. Then drill u
f deep hole for a dowel pin on the insi
of the II (I'/. - above th~ bolt hole.
ASSt:~UlI.Y,Pillldly
(Iue the It'll to the
:I1 m, u ,1
fe~l. h,ockingfOI' square.
STRETCHERS
To make the
IW ~
stretchers e R I . eut
fOUl'
Jli,,
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CUTTING DIAGRAM
Ovtrull Oitnemion.- : 291.. die 65.,.lx.34 h Wodt:ing Surfo(e': 18d x 6 5''-'
ATa~TopSlob(l)
11( 12/.60
MYIWSpo~8Jock()
lx3h 8
(Iu; d
up ' ...... board. 01814 ..odc .l ( ,wn
to
,hkl< ,, , 814 ..odc .)
8
Do g 610ctc
P~es
(3) 3 f , . Ie
3 - 1 .
60 rough N Front V'M Foco 810de (1) 3 '/')I S - 18
C K ey -R oiI(I) V 3'
/'6O (auikfupfromlwop~of8/ -lloclit .)
o FronI/BocJcAptoM (2) / x3h6S. . 0 fH,/RI.A tm (3) 2/1I,x2'h22'/,
Fi xe d Key ' (2) 11. J 1.44 (8u ild \lp from thfH plt< l toI I, .
the tOl' up>idc down :0 .1 tht-n (Jo:;it iull the
base Oil top ofit. see Filt. l l.
LOC,\T.: THE BASE. Position the base
0
the \ i. ~nn the IOllger arm) i.over the
fl'llnt
vise,
Then gu
10
the other end and
posi t ion the fYOl l tend of the right arm
(tb.
shorter arm)
it s
flush with the back
of
the opening for the end vise. sec fig. 12.
No\\'
measure the distance Irom
the back
end of the right arm
w
the
b ack
edy:eof the
back
apron
(0,. (11 should 1)('about
YO
Then make sure th e vise arm th e
S,'lilltl
distance from th.. back < < I I : .
Tn position the b..se 011 the length of the
table.
lin.UI
the righ; arm 5',~' from the
end with the end vise, see ~ig.12. This
should position the vise ann (al the other
end) between the dolt holes.
MAKK THE lS I l10N.
Now
use a ,
b r a d
point bit to mark through Ihe hole ineach
arm into the bottom of
tbe
bench top.
MOUNTING
LOCK.Abo.
while the b..se
is inposition, [measured th~di> , ce from
the
bottom of
the tO P
slab 10
the top
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WOOOENDOGS
AlthOUgh
the dog
holes
in the W ,/ .m;II,
bench are de;;igned
for
a set of steel d~
in
the b
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CUTTING DIA GRAM
ATE RIAL S L IS T
are cut f,
t ' i1A.
o
) . _ nH' \ ( : -
: 1 1 ( . > routed in all
f o ur ( ..IJ{~.' / ' i .
(If
ull tht I ' ly\\ (}4J{ II . )i cce~ t X ~ I)t
Ih. rli Ir) f..
r
M 'L'lInil t
>1');'1 $. (The
'1,linl ~ ' 1 1
till'
t~I~ ' 1:Irill> with th~
I)J~ ' 01.) (1.1).cu t
tht'14.
L,'1 (KJ'~,:.;..
I uM 'd
all,.'
,,101, 1J l l , r n th, ,ult r table, see
F ig . a .
GR()()\'t;ronUX;I'(:. The -,\1.1.,, i. ,
makir ' t . . It( hlllj: Jrf ' ftf , \ ( _ ' in th e . . . . d j \ n ) . t
: -ot r ip-
-:-0 . ie.: . (4 \lll 'fI.n '1;: ' stnp-, ex.
Ct'rt
t l> < -h . 1 I L I _ r , , , - -
Th e
r i . > r t I t , ~ om
po. t1 . In t
nt
1 1 3 . . i l Ii\.., I r a (or.-. (.,...
a
l a . r ' 1 . e
assort
,nt ..
( 'I t...
1 .s,
C UT STO CK TO SIZE
Til I I , , , ,
th.
'huwl .
'tnlt
b y
tUltinlt slllh ..
p l~ \\( IC.I IJ i . .4':- to t ' 17~.-e e ~ ~. Tlw to p
ultm
(AI ,,,~I
baek (H) are wt to 161/,-
1 1 [ . (\\h.n IL~nl1.lrill>'are added Inl~' .
th,' 1 n L ' I 1 > ' . 1 ' I h , '1 , 1 , 1 1 1 < ' 1
illbe
1 / . . 1 .. .$$th a n
thr
to late}1 t
be : -. pa t- in c -
flf tlx
, ta r~ _ S
(')J' tru
d ra w ,
r ).~k:-
I1lc1)
later.
,...aIkey. lin ..kkd10III(' ,II \ ..f tht
(ii\ ..I t
r to
n 1 3 k . . UI ' (VI
tbe
d i t r t J t f l C ' l '
In
dimen.,,-'of the p l ywo o d .
rn. . .
otnl .In i ,I .I fI ( d O I L , h attrr lhe{ ,
JUlIk tlllftbP
I ~v . .c i.]TIlt
nrut
th e ~tri~
(1
.,,:-h k 'l:lh nl~.
1
I' ~.n~.rhan lhe
kngth ofllltld,,,, I,,Ij1t thP~
1 1 1 1 ( ' j
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EDGING
, t
SlOTcumt:
IT
y o.. .. W IO X
I
EEP
OADOamtR1D ON
JOP,-~8ACK
I,' . X -l' 4 ' X E Y S O N
lOP,lOnoMrIACIC
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lff1 SIDE
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A G C I l t .
\VOODSMITH
D AD O ES
Ik'Col'('thp cabinet, can
be
joioc'(l
toj cth.r.
three differellt w id th. of d ad oe s a re cu t in
the plywood pieces,
ShQI>Now: It', iJl ' IJOr\aJlL to cut the
dnlt~
ni w
spl ines
;/1
\ \ ;(1~. t'1'hi:;
s: ;v, 'l(>~.~ lruln
the ,....'bined cl~lllhof th( ''QOV(''IIIpr...
v id e ~ Iu r
.,Ii f.)
Then eUI
a ll the
.plioo.'
to
1 . Ih
they're
1 ;-
te ss
lhall
th e
lenf. l.hf
Ihp
tlly
wood
,'fig 1 ' 1 1 . , ; WQn~
inteti(-re
\lith
a no th er a t
the
eorners
dur in ; l ( iu in t.)
srosPANEl.
STR IPS .
Af\~rcutting
a ll the
oge>
C Ih .
top and bottom
paIIek
are
next. Gluethe edging strips
to
the
plywood
(with the Sl,lints
in
plate). Then saw the
ends flush with the
end.
of the plywood.
I)I\rIDt:R KE\S.
There's one more S.t( l~
before
th e c ab in et
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UPPORT DOWElS
Before the cabi ne t c an be g lu ed t og e th er , t he
le ll s ide and th e d iv ide r have tCl be prepared
for in. ,tallinj
th e
door.
SUI'P()IIT VOWELHOLES.The lirsl step
i. to
locate hole {or the ,,/ dowels that
huld the do or u v w hen iI open. M d.~u,.e
IY , d ow n an d
y,
in from the edg e:; of the
plywood (nolthe edging strips), see Fig. 7.
Thenbore 3 ''''hole \, ,' deep for th e end
o f th e su pp ort d ow el. AI . d r il l a 'l o pilot
hole (in th < boUom of the \1;( hole) for lhe
screw that , , ; 1 1 hold the dow el in place,
refC r10Fig. 11.
EXTEND GROOVES.The door actuallv
hnnl:l' on tw o glide pins y,
d owe ls ) t h, ;l
slide in Ihe grooves that were already
rnuled on the inside top edges of lh.
jJIll1 el
, These
{ ( l O Q have
to
be
extended
int o th e f ron t edJ1 i ngs tr ip
by
n otc hin g OU I
a small
section
with ~chisel,
see
Fig,
7 .
ASS&~lljLECASE. :010' the cabinet ( 8
lx , assembled by j .iniug the corners witb
the e dg in g s trip s a nd s plin es. (A detail o f
rhis.eorner is Mown in Fig. a .
DOOR
Alle r th e c ab in et i s
a.,...
mbled . me as ur e th e
o pe nin g to gel th e d im .... io Jl n ee de d to
m ak e th ~ tin aI'. s e e F ig . 8. for the door to
ing
r n . . . , l y .
aDel fora '/,. gap at the 101'.:}
~',: gap at
the bottom,
and a
N
g JPon
bot
h
.i,ll,: ,. T he n, s ub tr ac t a n u dd itie na l
J
from
tl,.. idth ,~I hciJthI ru r th. 'I.-thick trim
,tlip' IMt
will
he
on
U .
e dg es o f t he d oo r.
TRIM$TRI PS. A fter cu ttin g th e p lywoo d
doo r- t o
t l1A: ril It, tltick
trim s t r i l K
and
gillt
ths-m onto
the ... (lgL~.
ee
Fig. 9.
GLIDE
PINS.
Th, >
d nr rides on glide
pin.
Ihat.U ,Ie
10
th . ..,u~-d lITOOv .These pin.
ure I, ,1,, muunted in th e side edge. of
Ih e
, 1 , , 1
n. .ar tlI lu . ,..,..F ig . 9 . T he h oles
[o r the~ pins un. pesitioned to allow v
elear.lll\ 1 ; \llh~ lfl l
nrthe
door,
To (1 0
this,
measu rv .
, I
n
from th e top and
V;
in
frnm Ihe back. Then bore hole; V: dee
alMInsert
.Ion~
dowl b. (Don'tj luethe
dowel s -Ihey migb~ have
to
be removed if
th e O flr
needs trimming.)
INSTAI.L
I){)()II.
T o h an g
th e
doo r, hej in
by
chl,mfelinjr
off the
fronl
upper
comer,
se e F ig . I I 1 '1 0 in sta ll th e door pull.
\Vhil. h Iding the d oor in the Cblllilaft
ment
1
an angle 1_ F ig . 10), a lig n th e
glidp I.in. with the ~ 'TOO\ 'esand twist th e
door p r .U , ,1 wi th the f ro n t o f t h e c ab in et .
SlIPI'ORT HOIIEL.''' The la st. > llk p i in
staUinj(
th e door
i.
pUlting in
th . . d ow els
th~t hold it ho riz on ta l when
if
o pe n, se e
Fig. U. Bel-tinby .ullongt 'o dowel. ~
lon g. Nl,t drill a shank ho le through the
center ,
Then ~w in g th e d oor up and .,,
Ih e dowels in p la te .
:- 1 1 1 ; Don't
9:lue
th e
suppor t dowe ls ill
th e h ole . T h e id ea i;; to m ak e th em rem ov
ubi.so tlw d oo r c an be
taken oul
iCtheglide
pinsneed replaeem~nL
NGtOOVES
/
. . . . .
,
l8
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fIGURE 17
I
UNTil
PU U OO dge flhe bottom
s lo t, s ee fig. la. T h is w ay th e g ro ov e in th e
front pieces
will
be
thl 'oullh
a finger that's
'1Il1y visible trom th e side. ..., t'ig . 14 .
ASSP .M II I .Y .
After euulng the grooves.
lh e d ra we rs , 1 be assemb led . 1b m ak e
su re the b ox j oin ts w ere c lam p ed liJIhtl y . J
u se d f in ge r b lo c ks . s ee Detail in F ig. 15 .
('1100 CIANI'P.
s.,rol'e the
drawers
can
be mounted
to the cabinet. there are
two ) .'1 'o o e
c le an up o pe ra tions. P irst,
c hisel o ut th e tin :er th at bloc ks the rear of
t h r u nner g roove . . .. ., Fig. 14 .
N e xt. f ill th e v oid in t he s id es ( cr ea te d
by the bottom groove) w ith
wood
putty
thal m atches the end grain color. T hen
moun t th e drawers in t he c ab ine t.
CI. E AT S. T he last ste p b ef ore m o u ntin g
the c abinet on the
bench
is m o un tin g tw o
cleats to the bottom of the cabinet to
prevent it f rom sli d in g of f th e Sre tehers,
M. e
Fig . 17.
'INISH. As on the bench. I IinL.hcd the
cabinet w ith tw o eo ats u f lu ng o il.
J I I Q T E : : AILettAW
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, . , l H t C I C
AGU.RE 12.
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an othe r 'X';I:-(In
fnJ'
tl ippinJ, the
1> ,1. ( ; 1 ' 1 . 1 1 ) , . hutch r bloc k . ' h ,
hll\ lhl '''~'' ..
,.in
(ucilll
up.
I(th~
t- 1 ~
Ij t ...
Ii
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than hat ' _~..J
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C H AM ff t E D GE
Of
S P UW E W IT H
aLOCK flANE _
ASSJ>MHLY.
To a ;l lI\hl< the
Sl:ID
wilh
;pline;. I > la rl b y t.a ck 'I uin j( ( ap illy . , , , , l 1
u ( J lu l ~ int h c : : J u l S on f tl Fhlp .of ( 'a u h J li L '1 :C
1 1 1 < . n. I W e a
'1,lioe
im o e a c h pieee. A l \ .c r a U
the bcxtnt~M e :I - : - p l ir M i n
(HIe
s i ( I E ' . (try
,lunll th , bo ards to lind wt h,,
th~yu J I
fit
tog,tJ,(r.
rf
tl , pli , a ,'I C lll fo r a tight fit. Ih e
ph.. , io \he fu.,.t ani might not fil
e a . < i J y
inll)
lhi'
.f ' lcltin
lh.
: ,Cl 'fIOd l x K T ' t ' J .
To h~~
~~,icI~
ho..
li,w
into
I , l .
I ,lightly chamfer
lh . I ~,' ufth. lin~ ith a h lo ek planp , _
nn ]a)'ero
,;uc to the < o d J ( t ' rthe Ilk , ilh th~ slu t>.;whl't.
(n In
t i M
t.
p \ I .' (,1 4 clr:,\\
IlIg
1...
1,1\\,
T . ~ II~.S tOI 1,11IH':'f 11.-.e 1 ~ta
- I . , l I t , r nl) IUlnl '''1II1 tnp~ I . - thick.
1 1 , hUulcIfll ughl ) IIIlh.>.loL. but Itol
t, I that y..u '101 ily licl~h~m in
, . 1 ou t I t' 1M l to .. I Ihem to fit, and
110 II If
t
10,\ n too
lIll t.
saiki ,'
plant'
ff
fl~hitk 1 1 (1 1
\.it (01 \I ,,]tho lilt
lh.
'plillP,
about
'h
I. t h . ; , t , n th( ( '1ln11)II , . . 1~It'r ' th o r tbe.
- : o : t o L - .
IIOUlH fOlLOW'S
C Oft lT OUR Of
Thvl'e'. on I l I > < t .1 , ,1 ' . f h . , J c to I . . . . u...
thlll
all the pieces
;lIOP
:::eatoo (lf~\\n
;1g'aif1~t
the bottom 'W II f clamps. If ther re not
0\.1\\
n
n~ lo all the
Qriginal sightilljl \\ ,L
wasted, 1\,
get
II the
pi~c( >
< 1 0 \ \ n
n H t
place a
w o o d
blo ck o n
lr>pofall~'
i ~ h 1 J ( )i nt
and pound them (I~.wn with a hammer,
R EM OV IN G EX CES S GL UE
Onceth.$ktbdri es,lVemtghl. remove a U the
c 1 a . m f t o i - . I USlU:lU~' c r a p e
tjff
lhl~ beads lI
drie< glue \\;th a paint ~ raJ l< : But on lh~
w or
kbenehslabI
clmnjt'o i nt f .r e r us h
Itlt 'Mlfl
(tIL,
to thl ,)Oint
'\'h~rt lh(')'
\\l1l ,11Lotl:knUl.
SPLINESwhen a n d o w
B.fo....plating the ri:. 10....wuMlonto
t h e c ll ul ll > S . SlruKI b ac k a bo ut five'
t.
I < ' t
downuntilyoureyes
a r e v en
with Ih topof
th. clamps.
and
look for
an)' twist
from
one
c l a r J l 1 1
ie lh t? ( Jt h~ r .
:ot.~~
u r .
:1 .
(ThL...
1 1 ' 1
~ighlinjr- the elmnps,l Bulh clump ,J ,ukl
be al igoocl with each
olh~r.
I
f
lh~).... nut,
sh im under the tm.~O.1.t'flat th e 1 ,,\\' ('{Inl('r
until Lhv
claml' ' uligm-tl.
POSITIONINC; THE CLAMPS Aft' the
t 'I.
end ( latnllS are
:tligllemore
pipe clam ps acrn:-~.; tile l m . . , t :> Dt,3J fI:- . l lM)tlt
l.'vt..~f, , Till'n ~l l lilt:
\\urkl'IC'C,'. . . .
liltl)
positlon
01 1 ttiJ1
of the clamps.
l\fl'\ . , I a t . ' ,
n101'( pipe clamps llll~/ f)f thto\\ t1rk'J1''('
:-:0 lllt..~r'n in-between lh(~ ) I l t. : : . 'int l14 ' I., l
tem,
( T h u . . VOl....
JI~W 1:
UIKtl l t t,.'\ (.' f1 o ' ., .)
Shop Not~: Puttinz wax pape ht\\\',,'11
the wood und
the
piJl< (o r
b : U > i
ho-ll
(l 'vrul b l : u . k mill'k f1 (10\apPt'ctrillj , h.'11
l.he
met:ll in lile ci:1mltsI, .lets
\\'ith
lilt,
t..
Hi
in the \\'()(Jl l :lm(l lhe \ \I :1t t' h l th t I iUt.
GLAM J'IN G IlLOCK.Il > k p ovcn prOIl
thl
ar:s('nlbl~'
and t(l
I) I ,,( J t~ l t
t h t
u t . j < l( 1 ' l O f l g t' :o fl Un) tll'itlj
(Irllltfl.
f
p l ; l t . 1 1
V . -\\id c. ~ ' lonl ( ciampinI( b loek '(nlI .1
un tbt l)ut~i k~~I' Ih , ' I ~'
$ \ I J 'E
C ('nt~rt~Jon t
1 1 ( ' th ie ku ll $ $ u f
th,
: . 1 . 1 1 , .
ShOl'
Not~ :
Ke.pinll
a dam pm l( h l,. k
(Cnlen t vn I;; ache l c
Ininute~ to
double check cvc,ylhiug. Are the cl..,nl
0108 (>at hand' Do I h . \ e mallet
h am
m pr for adjustment.,t 1 $ Ihp ,' enoul(h
b .
in th~ boltl~?Alld moi't important of
all. \\'ho L..:;cing tll ~Ult'\\l'r the phone fo r
the nex' t half hour'
SPREADING THE (;1..U~:,OnC' f' a ll
th_
quC~liol\ _~art: an.....,;:\\'e re do m)' s al l . .. ac tiOJ l.
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'
GIAIN tJlRiCnON
In thil1kiJ\~ La~k at.,ut th i. ....\\'Imlt,
111 Jt.'l~
f
lure..
J ' \ ~
t'O m(' to the e.) nc h.-w ir, n t r u . - l t . thr;
ffiO.'I,mport.wl '''I' ;,.
1 I Qably
the
fi ,.,;1
:-t.art \\ith
a j l lU < r 0 a . t~ I U 1 n 4 .' \. .
J
l: cntil ' ' .u.lhat lh t' r ht m )l S a r e r lf J\ \' ll
{)1\ ; :1 .
Oat :\\'n~': ,movemen t.
SCl'Fig , 1 . t\l 1t~':::'m o v e tht sutCle t ' fo l '\\ ' ID'd
(ur t\:.-t(.'k\\'anl,
fJ f/l-li~ll,\ :-.i(le\\':t)~
t
O , t \
:-:amP
time,
I start :11the 0'1 , ,
n) hl hand (.. 1or
th e sla b :.1 1 )( 1 o rk to
t h . . _ lt f \
%'41 1un
:-4-:C
w h.u
J'\,t~u - t c .~ ln l r,k' l( (1 .
lt)1k,ntr;,t
enun an '.t
tIl' :Ill ,u\ Olll' ~Iuar t f . 1 t ,t lUlcllr)' te , rc rno\1 . '
u ll 'h e r ul .. ,,' in th at an',. J - lht: ri nnin th. nut;:icle ,>tip. , If
thcy...,
nu t
k. l
a nd
:;u,';~ht.
Lhe
~lab 'onft r-tI,(Wa,'
t e l h H ._ \ 'P 1 1 .u n i f u m .
thi i\
no,,-,.. \nd
if
you
,I II
lh.
p,u l
or Ihe
wIt
AA ~I( I'to \\'clrk all the \\'aj (.llt l~)th(' eclgt>~.
th e e ng C '} ;
4tr~'l
JikC' I~ '
ttJ
taJ)(I.'
( ,0 cu '
('\,('11
J~.,unclu\'C'r.
I
t1')'
tu
SllJp
m)' ~ul(lin J :;tl'()ke.. . ;abc:,ut
'.. -
{rum ( '~ Ic h( c a d g e unlet'...il ~f i c~ ':-t n d & : : t > . The pro lllr.>m
i~
t .~lcnnin
i nJ \ \ h l' t'( t hr p ;j cl o f t he
St'lildel '
S to l~ , :< c
.'c
t'ig.
ij. 'I'hal('t,m~~\ 'lth prnctic-
l'OUfll(_~lnlt~ over the 1cnhrt hof each b oa r{l.
lf1f1 .;(llTM,'htr\ i\tlJ~
tile
\\as. tbe r1ao.: i..
hk.. . : 10
,lItrt
I iftinj chil~< '
BE :I'SA,~J)I;:R. Instead, I n'~ch for my
bell sander, Som,thinj sh uld I ,said he'...
:t~ Utbtill sa nd ers. , ,I'JI'l think lht.,1 l ~t
\1- '( In th tl shop tha t
tan
ttl ~ll'rl~fJJ ( , ject
(fuiekf'r. Out of control. a bell sander (. ,tI1
b i t u . f ., . 1 ' f 'U b .
l 1 1 ( 1
J . C U I J : f \ \ ' f M ' l f1
t i k ( > . t
s h a r k i n a
( cd il lJ r , N 1 Z Y .
The trick
is kf 'pin j .1
under control.
Mb _ ; ; , . L. . o n
th~
r . l n l
klll.h
\ v i t h
th,'
\\' i1 ht ,If
m~'Jc f t
hl1'll f I
ttlt'
Ilft :oI1(Jttlf t....
$tU)tl l. r . . . .
llllfthis make~tJ~NiI1derm inlila
Ihe
It>t\. So l CO' l ;C i u ., ly pu t u b t le P '- ',
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ThL . .. .J 'a C k ln s : n 'c .. '1 1 ~ l )t ( 'SSUt 'C
\\iU
D e
Up
rlim only to
Oil\'
edge o f Ihe wOI ' k k ' C
('1I'I~llg
lhl~ \ ' o l' k - p i ( 1 . . 'e t o
pivoL
()I'~J)il':1 )o'o
,o rk o n
it.
T h a I
rlef,>. .,
1Il who l e I lU l 1 ''
of
a.
\ i~il'S :d.. Cll~I1..3.tjllR
a ~1,-ain
t ha t ' t
l ikely 1 0
enJarJ(~ thp
j.,...
irl.
1-00
ho i . . .
in l h t
(aec b l o c k . )
1 b p ,'( v en l I C k in l (. I t l s lep ,1 fo c
lhat o ffers a ,ruicly of Ilo. 'l t h iU'I
going to
t a ke
the tune tobuild you
U n w o rk b en c h , it m igh t
a.~
ell b e a c us to m
fit . T h a t ts.rhe h c i ~ h t
o f
I e ben ch o ugh t t
fit y ou
4 m th e
way y o u wo rk . On m os
b(.ncl\( t\ th e \\ ()rkjn~ surface
is
so mewher e
II.,l ''''11l lind
: 3 ( ;
higjt.
If
y o u ',,, , .I~I~
hl'igi>l ( mewh~I' between
5'\)
and 1;'I)
that's
t l :; uf ts .
)U
mes su n - the dis t an ce
fro m
th ,
1 1 0 1 '
to th
c rea se en the in :;ic 1e o f
your
wri.,~. ',,
dill t ; '; .I ft t. m C& ; U l 't n lc ,l I wa s : ;H
So t l1 ; l t
t h e fw ig h l
11_1
o n m y il f'n c h . (I( . ) ' ( ,ur ,, ;',
C~ .. measurement
i-:
shorter tU' talle
i n , or dl'C e U~ l en g th o f't h e I~ a
I plai,.,,1 o n l~'lt\'s
1213.)
I(
you're
u'ur o r t a ll er ;
you may
find
tha
lh i~ wri,....
l ' J ( '1u: ;{'
mt.. '3 . . U I ' l ' 1 l l n l i o :. : ~ . . to
nIL, I I U S{,(m t . , high ((II' a ilf 'n c h -
j>
,~-c.;:tll~t'\lrL id,~riJI~Irt
: - . t . .. ' U l < 1: m l . . . .
BU
Ih. . < l .u .l o n t> I \'e re a li d whe l l (he fJ' l jIIl l
(ljJfl
III
~l'Jk'f1il
\\-1l . . ' n\ut'h
sma1Ilr.
PRMNT lNG VIS E RAC K
()Ut t)( tilt>
l)hlhJ{m.~
\ \1 th \\UC'KI\\(lrkillJ(
, l > , l I
t ' ,1
th~y .......
k.
If~ u
igjtlen
dO\\11
I.it'(.,\,
,.r
''' I( I
in
unttl'Il: lh('
: : : .1lu~hl
t 'C lut , ' r
In t ,u ts thrtluj..rh a n d the
' 1 111 '
(:til
, , al.
KOIII (VY-_'
lINt to
.V1hl
.
swir l r iU' \J IUIJ 'k, ;. Keel '
fe(. 'in~
th . .. s aw
f a s t ' '' ' it will CUI,\;lhoul LolQring c lown .
NOI '1 ' :R . An l l ll ll 'r w a y
tu
c u t
the slab
to
1, nl . '1 l11 with .. m U ler a nt i a straight bit .
It' ,:t lilt) 'tln.lim(.' consuming, but ill
I IVta ~Jn (M. th ..n l i \ ' I t h u cle. . .n : : .hcl 'ulder.
If
yuu
glued U I'
lh~ ~lall a fool IOIl~er
t h a n n e ( ' f > $ S 8 :_ r ; I o ' ,~'()U \ i l l lla\'( ~)JJle ,,' :\In,
m ;\lc l ;a l lc ) 11 tH J) ( J I14bit c ircula r .$:\\\'
t(,
~t>f'
if
y ou c al l
get
a s l n l i ( l ll .
'''',th
cu t , T o
rI..
t h i . first tum th, .w . . , . Ihe f ( 0 < X l ,una'
( th e t op )
r~I lI n, T h i .. -\ m i . ) jm 1 7 . t> 5 { ' h iJ .. )( ) lJ l
( In t he f ac e s ir le s irK .'C
;, t
ci rcu la l '
Nt\\ CUL...
U I)
from
the
bo l l om .
No \\' c l am p :lf en c e ( ~ ) rc iJ c u l lu ' Nt\\ tUl..u.r
jig a s
showu
in
th e
drJ ,ifll(
above )
tn
th e
workri_
( JO
to the
cd_)
for the shoc of
lIl< ' , ;aw to ru n a lo ng , S el u p
th ~
c l l l 8(, III,
h c a . . . e , , ' t (mo t o r )
part
o f th e
w
L , fl th .
workpie: in.,l(-ad uf
o n th e
lliW.
(Nu t . :
This
is th e left ,ide u n m rn ;t s .
the ti ht
S i( icu n a few o th ers. .)
S h o p N O le :1 b p re ve n t e biro U l :n th e
end
nfthe
cu t .
clamp
a n
drlitiuna)
pi of
~'';ip
lithe
C a r
ed~ o f th e s l .1 b.
\\lM D m a k in g th . . c ut . th in k about plL,h.
ing the saw a ll the O r througjt. Don't s low
down
o r
the
c u t will
burn ,mel
c rea t e h r
C U l T ING T HE S lAB T O L EN GT H
After
the
s l a b
(01' I
h r' w o rk b en c h w a s ( Iu , 1
up a n d lInt(.,.., 1Il1icl~o n the previous I ' {el.
1 '* n ~ XItep w as ( IIeu t
it
1 0 f~ n g th . A t t hi
point, it (Lot SO IOJllt and beavy that it
\\.,L
a w k w a r d
to
wOlic
with
Thet 'e \\'8.,,' 0 0 \ \ n ,~ '
J
wo ul d e ve r be ._ lhh lIJ
cut
it
(sn the tahJp
~t. '.
even with
;t pam-l
fu tL in g j ig . A IH Im y ra dia l a rm s a w's
C',..-('.;. . .
CU l lU1J , t a l l 3c il y
\ 3. '
just a lill lt M )' o(
ru t t i ng all
the
\\'U~.
a c n l S $ w it h o ut
~LlttJrav
from
oo(b
directions.
POlITABI,E CIIICULAR SAW.That It'll th .
pon . . t ' f .
circular saw.
T u
be honest, m~
c irc ula r s aw a nd I h: l \ ' (>never
grl t tC*U .1 ~ nJ .
vety well when
work i ng
on fin , ..
rk
The saw doe.
II
good
job
hen
r1lugh
eut ting plywood and ~hot)ping off
~,I',.
But any I im e I tty to m:lk. Hstraij h t
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1
_ O G o C i C A s s _ ~ . - \
~
'uta
can 'tnkt' a pair
of be nch
e d g E :
vise
r I I t J p : - , '111:
onll(',IAF'r SUPPI.Y COIlP..
( ee
ntJci~~~
tllll\ t ,. lI t I Il'll Edy( ' , 'i . - u ' In
1)1
p.~
O,.,I.r Nil. 1:1(~1l . $ : ..> li50
pa ir I)p d.
SPEC IAL TOOLS
11M'''.''
1I1,, bt'r f
'l ,ia] tools
we found
h.ll.ful II huilding lh e work bench.
1.1.l . IU )I.I.IlK
\\'c used a
CI'11ftmurk
1;11,,T,.,I h n build ing up the lab 1 .0 1
It..,
, ,1. . . 11I I
}I,I;
1 ,,11.
llll. I'
tli ..
:fY,
bon'.
$1 70 ,,,,h
BENCHOOG S
\'O\J canorder s t e e l 01' \\'fMJrWfllj('ltth . 1 , ' ) . : tt,
fi t the \ rurkoo.l l'h :;.ht,\\n
UlhU
1 . - \ - (nlO'_
GARRETTWADECOJ\t,';\N,'. I~( (...t
nddre; : .s abovel . Sfu/ 8,, ,, /1 1 ) ,, ,, ., ,If loooly
ell).'1.h. Y ,
ove...ullcn~h. ~ .
'I, ,n'
,hlmk.
to x I head. O rder N o. (JI(~'1.Ul.$ : ; 1 . 2 . .
t > l i r .
l (J(JriruIJ, . r),Dt~.
(~lt } ojl (_~
- . t . . . l
dogs). O,-der N o. O IGOLO' l . $12.;,0I '
BE NCH
EDGE VISE
CLAMPS
Rench dUl l . ,. .. J (l 'Ca l f o r ho ld ing
A
W(,rk
pie' tighlly
Oil
Ihe bell( 'hlOP surf c.,. But .
th ere a re times when it
Ita:; to
b e
bel~
( l . T t h l :
cd& l '
of
the bench. T hl:; WOll; ('onvenit 'nt
when trimm ing the bux joint pin , on the
draw ers CO l' the undcr beJl .f
vises available. Ami
s in ce v is es
.U'\> ht.~l\t)o sh ip . w p ric es v arie d q uit( ' a
bit
f on e 00Ul' IlO
UI
tht
trouble o f
fi nding a sp ecial m etric d nll bit just to drill
th e guide rod holes.
(Note:
Our
plan.
will
h av e to
be
Il Ilcl'\...,l~Iightly
if
you u one of
th e se o th e r
vise.
J
t:Nl) VISt;.On o ur b en eh , w~.I... used an
end vise m ad e b y C am bJid g~ . T h is p ie ce o f
hard\vare lS ~omclime~called a \'i~e
screw Y o uc an o rd er it from,
G AR RE TI' WADE COMPAIOo''I' .IN C. 11)1
Av.
enue of the Amelicas. N ew York. N Y
10 013: 80 () 2 2 1 29 12 (C atalo~ : $4 .00 ).
Shollider Vi.....Sm U\ PI.
dia.
x
II long
S C l 'w . O rd .r No. 7000 'Z .CX . 41; .70.
ANOTHER VlSR SCREW. Alter we
had
c on. t ru ct ed our be nch. we 'h 'l'tWerOO an
almosl identic:al .bUlle ,, ~e xp ens iv e ( $: 32 . 90
I 'pd .) . end v i. .. . , , reI from \Voodcr al t Sup
plyc_ address
abo\e) .
It'~ painted black
(in.tead ofb lu e). an d the ,;o..,w I~ngth
i< 1
.horler.
If
y ou d o
buy this
,;erew . m ak e th e
,Iidin~ c log hlock
s:'
long;in'te :td ofT . Add
ch e
I
to lh e right ...,dofthe
bloekoothe
fir:;l
anw di ldo . .. .mains I, from
lh.
waste
area.
,f~r
to Fi~ . 2 on
page
5 .
Srundi1ll
lic.t'l BNtl 1ISrrru; I I , ~ . diameter , 10
, WI~ nf (h . I:~ .. o ve ru ll le ng th . O rd er
No. 17F71, $32 .90 ppd .
UANDLS. ' The vL l is l.
