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COUNTRY PINE

eORNER CAB INET

CHERRY SHAKER

HALL TABLE

TE HNIQUES

SHOP~MADE

TAPERING JIG

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a big pro blem . The old form al wasthis; ea ch

pa ge was div ided into three '

co lum ns, Tw o

co lum ns w ere giv en

to

rt

o ne co lumn w as

fo r copy.ltworkediine.

Although it w orked, there

w a s

a some

what cl utleredappearanceforlh eanwork

it w as all p 'ack ed logether in tw o colu mns.

Also,

s in ce

th e copy

w a s in

long columns,

when yo u turned your a tt en ti on aw ay from

the copy to refer to th e art (when ai d , see

Fig.

2 ?

itwas difficul t to f in d you r pl ace in

the long co lumn of copy again,

So, we m a d e so m ec h a n g es in the graphic

presen ta tion The second spread of each

pro jec t articl e now

presents

th e s te p-by-s te p

procedure fo r building the projec t in an en

ti rely new way_ The projec t is

d ivi d e d

in to

major steps and thec opyis in smal ler bloc ks

ri ghtal ongwith th e

art

\Ve try to

show

th e

mai orstepalnse lt ce u

ta ined uni tso n th e p age. I th ink th isw iU g ive

a better idea of the ove ra ll p rocedure,

S)MfP. W e've also adde d a bug or

stamp at th e beginning of most sections.

This is a sm al l exploded vi ew w ith th e per-

u ne nt p art

shaded dar k. For example, on

pag e

16

th e se ctio n h eaded TIlE LEGS

bas

a

stamp w ith th e leg s o f t he ta ble. sh aded dark.

Ir s in te n d e d to be a quick ref erence so you

kno w wha t this section is abou t an d how it

re lates to other

parts

of th e pro jec t

The re are a lot of other smaller changes.

Bu t since I'm running out of space , rll ha ve

to talk aboutthem in anothe r i ss ue

1JIICKNESS.

There is one oth er chan ge

I

wan t to m en tion bri efl y . The change has to

do w ith the thicknes s

of

lu mbe r.Fve ta lked

about

it qu ite a f ew tim es in

thepast

because

it presents

pr oblems,

The problem is thi s, The Nationa l

H ardw ood Lu mber A ssociation

s a y s

that

4/4

lumber

lu m b e r- that s 1

thick nom inal

or ro ugh) shou ld be 1 'l1 6 -th ic k when if s

dressed or pla ne d 1 0

fi na l

thickness, Bu t

if

you work w ith softwood (like

the

co nstrue

ti on pine that most people are used to) 1

lumber (a 1x4 fo r example) is

i

actu al

thickness when i fs d re ss ed.

,ebave always used theNHLAsrandard

o f 1 '1 116or t he th ic kn es s o f h a rdw oo d, But it

cau ses con fu sion. Not all hardwood tum

be ry ar ds fo ll ow t he rule.

(Ill

fact , li th e lum

ber w e get is aclu ally

2% t'

thick.)

So,

we

decide d 1 0 ch an ge .

From now on in Woodsmith , the thicknes s

ofa l bardwoo d

lu m b e r w i llb e

stared as

Ss .

I

thinkjt will

m ake lif e e a sie r f or al l o f u s .

NlOCI'

SSUE.

The Apr il 'i ss u e o f WoI risll l i lh

< No. 6 2) w ill b eJllalled du ring th e w eek o f

Apli l 24 ,

1989 ,

T

hi S i ss u e mar ksthe loth anniversary

of W ooris m ilh. M ilestones like th is

ar e

usually ce lebrated w ilh great fanfare - in

cl uding a ban ner across th e fronl co ver.

dec ided 10 skip thebanner and.take th is op

po rtuni ty to make S me improvements to

th e graphics in W oodsm ilil .

Over

th e year s,

fv e

ha d the cha nce to

talk

to a 101 of people who subsc ribe to

W ol>lism il il .

They 're usual ly 001 shy abou t

offering comments and ad vice, One bit of

advice J ve heard many

times

is

Dont

cha ng e a -thing, ju st kee p it th e way iris.

So,

Don, wh .y a re yo u changfug things

now? \V ell, agree t ha t c hange for th e s a k e

o f c h ange is probably not worthwhi le. BUI J

wanted to mak e so me im provem ents ,

We've actually mad e a lot of im prove

ments to W oods ,il during the past

10

years. There ha ve been gradual (an d so me

tim es subtle) chan ges in our

approach

10

bo th the artwork and th e co py (text).

The one th ing th at

hasn't

changed much

is th e graphic presentation . Tha tis , th eover

al llookand arrange ment of th e ar t and copy

on a page. It's bee n okay . But it n eeded up

datingan d impro vi ng.

TI.I I iEW LO OIl.

So, whafs the purpose of

th is new look? M ost of th e ch an ges

ce nter

around the pro jecl articles. H ere's

what I

wanted 10do , ..

F Ir S t. t he op en ing sp re ad (tw o p ag es ) of

each

pro jec t a rt ic le i s very dif feren t than

in

th e p ast. F er-e xample , tak e. loo kat pa ge 14,

theShak er H a l lTable art icl e,

OPENING PAGE. In

th e past, th e ope ning

page included a lim ited d escription of th e

pro jec t I wan led a broader des cription thaL

giv es an ove rv ie w o f t he design (an d why it

was des igned thatway . Plus, wew ill usually

include a bas ic o utline of.the joinery.

th e

w o o d u s e

f or th e p roje cl, th e type oflinish,

a nd an y sp ec ia l jig s o r te ch niques we u se d.

In

s h o r t,

al l

th e thin g s

that give an

o v e r a l l

id ea of w here this projec t is h ea ded,

EXPLO DED

view,

Tb e

second page of th e

pro je ct a rtic le (p ag e 1 5, f or e xam ple) repre

se ats tile m ost dramatic change. W e've al

w ay s wan ted to lead.off w ith a big explo ded

view, One that shows all th e pieces in rela

l io n 10e ach other. Now , at last; y ou can se e

w here you 're going w ith the project righ t

f rom th e s ta rt.

STEP BY STE PPaGES. Okay, thai takes

care of the opening spread of a groje

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If

you 'd U ke to , shar e a tip

w ith others. send your idea to

W/ od sm iI I, Tips

Techni-

ques. 2200 G rand Ave., Des

Moines , ioWltS0312.

W e pay 15

or

accepted

tips. Please send an explana;

tio nandsketchHneeded (we'll

draw

a n ew o n e .

SENDIN YOUR.ftH

of a piece of acryl ic agains t

th e

sa nd in g su rfa ce. The ac ry lic

re mo ve s the sawdust and fuse s

it in a bead on the edge

01

th e

acrylic. W he n a be ad b uild s u p

on th e

edge,

ju st break it o ff to

get a fresh clea nin g s urfa ce.

Jol,~Harris

Sa1. f . ,eo.ntJro,CaUf. l1I ia

Woodsm irh

Sanding' belts and disks ~I

ways

seem

to c lo g u p w ith

saw

dust and need to be cleaned

often. In thepas t.I

cleaned these

sanding surfaces with an

ab ra siv e cleaner stick m ade o ut

of a ru bber c c m p o u n d . These

s ti c k s

work

w e ll.

but they

al s o

le ave a mess of sawdust-filled

ru bbe r bits on the Sandi ng

sur

face, an d a ll o ve r th e sh op .

One day while S an din g some

acrylic plast ic, oun d th at the

a cry lic w as ac tu ally pick ing up

sa wd ust from th e sand ing su r

f ac e a nd colle cti ng i lina bead on

the edge. Rig ht th en ,

r

knew {

f ound a ne w s and in g c le aner .

Now when {wan t t o c le an o ff a

sanding di sk or belt, u st tu rn

o n th e s an der an d p ress th e e dg e

SAND ING BELT CLEANER

No.6l

making a fi < tum .) W hen the

chuck is fairly ti gh t, a tt ac h

Ib e

ha ndl e and gently tighten th e

Chuck.To loosen the chuc k ju st

gi ve th e handle slig ht pun an d

the le ve ra ge w ill do th e rest.

You have a lot more leverage

w ith this handl e, SO be c ar ef ul

no t to ove rt ig h te n th e c huck and

d am a ge th e jaws.

il itz

Marple

Polloak

P;,t.e.S,

California

D RIU H OlE S AME

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hands stay clear of getting

s c r ap ed .

To use the

handle,

6 rs t sp in

the chuck closed w ith your

hand, and then use'

th e

chuck

key withoul the handle. (T he

h and le u su all y g ets in the w ay of

Over th e years m y k nuckles

have taken their fair share of

nicks an d s cra pe s w hile ti ghten

ing or loosening dri ll chucks.

There s bee n many a-time when

hought ad the, ch uck jaws

tig ht. on ly to see them spin

around a

drill

bit th at w as go ing

nowhere .

B ut th is d o e s nt h ap pen any

more since uilt a handle. fo r

n;ty ch uck k ey. T he ba ndle is

made out ora short p ie ce o f~

or 1 -d iameterdowel w ith a b ole

drilled in one en d to hold the

ch uck key .

lcutthe

dowel tw ice

th e length of the handle on the

ch uck key.)

Nex t d rill h ole cent ered on

one end of the dowel, the same

diamet er as th e ha ndJe on th e

ch uck key, a nd hal f

a s d e e p a s its

lengt h . (I f you have ch uck key s

of different s izes, drill another

hole into th e

other

end o f th e

dowel)

use the handle (af ter usiJtg

the

c h u c k

key) for short final

tu rn s to gi ve more leverage

10

tighten o r lo osen jaw s so

my

CHUCK KEY HANDLE

For example, ityou want tocul

off a piec e 4 long, align

th e

4

mar k On the ya rds ti ck

w t

th e

0 r ef er en ce li ne a t th e le ft end

of th e fence . The ligh t end of th e

stop w ill now be 4

l

from the saw

bl ad e. Now , clam p the stop to

the fence, push the workpiec e

up to th e sto p, a nd cu t it o ff.

B udd y J en t

Wq y~Temlsssee

I i i ,Utor'. Note : Yardst ick

mea8l(l 6 m6tt-ts ea1~ Ot 6 - . 1 1 6

oj f , soi t ' sagooo. i l lealoO?uy s .

tJ,is t ype o f s top /o > O U{ Jhcu t s.

end of the stop.

T h is

mar k be

c om es th e Q

markfor

th e s top.

F inally , C U t o ff th e lig ht e nd of

theyardstiek stop.

To use the stop to measur e

c ut~ ff leng th s. a lig n th e length

yo u want on the yardstick w illI

th e z e ro mark on th e fence .

M ak ing cuts of the same

le ng th r ep ea te dly on

a

radial

ann s aw g ets tiring becau se you

hav e to m a ke t h e m e a s u r e m e n t s

on t he bo ar d, then g o to th e saw

to

m a k e

the cut.I builr a meas ur

ing sto p

for

my radial arm saw

that

s im p li f ies

th e process.

This m easuri ng stop is

JUSt

a

woo den ya rdstick glued to

p ie ce o f s t ock

t ha t s

cl amped to

t he saw ' sf ence .

To set up the stop. place it

agai ns t t he f enc e so the l et t end

(thereroend) isneartheleftend

of th e fen ce. T hen adj us l

ituntll

an even

inch

mark is in lin e w ith

the left side of the blad e. (T he

dr aw ing below shows the

yar dstick aligne d so th e blade is

c uttin g rig ht o n th e 15

mark.)

Now clamp the stop to the

fence. and mark a reference line

o n th e face o lt he fence '31 the l ef t

RADIAL ARM MEASURING STOP

To ma ke th is c ho re e as ier,

se

a plas ti c s tr aw to get al l of th e

glue outofughtccmersquickly ,

pai nlessly, andwithout m essiJ1 8

u p m y fin ge rs in the

p r oc es s.

T o u se th e stra w,just slid e the

straw's u p tig ht in to th e c om er

an d p ush it fo rward

s o

t he s lr aw

tip m o ld s- itself in to (he c om er.

N ow pus h th e s traw th rough the

glue to scoop the excess inside

the straw . To reuse the straw

simply snip-off th e fi lled p ortion

and use th e unu se d p ortio n .

A- fa t t JacksO?,

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to geth er is c on fronted w ith th e

choreofcleaningupexcessglue

that squeezes out, The bigges t

problem i sge tt ing t heg lueou lo f

th e i ns id e c ome rs . -

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M TERI LS LIS T

To simp li fy a l l of th is. I too k a

differen t a pp ro ach. T he glass in

ench

doo r iij ju st on e bi g

rec tan

gulur

pane. Then tile

horizontal

mun t ins (di videnl) lay on top of

th e glass. but they're still tie d

into

th e

door stil es with an of fsc t

m orti se

an d ten on joint.

Th is

w ay the o nl y a rc y ou h av e 1 0 cut

is 01 1 th e top rails (horizontal

pi eces ) orthedoor, nouhe gl ass,

MA'n lR IALS . 1

b ui lt t he cabinet

ou t of straight grained

P ond eros a pi ne

(C

and B eller

gra de) . The pine. giv es th e

pro jec t a cl ass ic country loo k.

S ince the ba ck is mad e from

1 /4 plywood (and pine plywood

is n' t co mmonl y avai lable) .

used birc h p ly woo d f or th e ba ck.

I

yo u wert 0bu il d t he ca bi nel

with a ha rdwood . such ascherry

o r o ak .

it

wou ld take on a tradi

ti on al . fo rm al loo k. Then yo u

co uld use plywoo d for th e back

to m atch th e rest o f th e cab ine t

flXISH.

Before staini ng th e

Comer Cabinet .

I

brushed on a

eo at of M inwax \Vood

Ccn-

ditioner to help even out the

stain penetralioll

Then ta in ed w iO I a

coal

of

Cou ntry P ine stain m ix ed up in

th e shop . (T he rec ipe is in

Wood milhNo

55.)

It 'ss im iiarto

M inwax '. E arly A meri ca n.

F in all y, ru shed on two

co ats of M cC los key's H eirloom

(e gg shell ) Vamishand rubbed it

smooth w ith 000stee l w o ol .

C

om er cabinets usua ll y

in

vo lve a lot

of

angled cut s

a nd c om p lex joinery . Tyll ically,

y ou wou ld tr y t o 6 gu , eo ut .1 I 0 ,(\

an gles

first.then

b ui ld t he

case,

and f in a ll y ad d th e shelv es . But

to make

constru ction a

little

easier,

J d id i t

backwards,

m ad e th e shelv es an d top

and bottom first. and then built

th e side s o f the c ine t round

th em ,

This

w ay you c an lay out

a nd c ut th e a ng les on nat p ieces.

JO INI lRY .

1 1 ,.

design or th is

cabinet al so kee ps an y co mplex

jo inery

to

min imum .There

re

Io og splines tha t join the sides

a nd ( ront stiles (vertiea piC(. 'CS) .

Bu t t he

rest

of th e

case

is s imp ly

screwed together. The screw s

areall hi dde n by moldings.

MOLDINGS

h t brings up

an oth er th in g ike about this

project

Youcancombineanum

her of simpl e mo ld in gs

(that are

cut on t he r ou te r an d ta bl e saw)

an d come up with what looks

l ik e rath er co mp le x b asea nd to p

m old in gs. F or ex am ple. th e to p

crown m old in g h as a co ve th at's

an e as y c ut 00a table saw.

ras

DOORS . O ne m ore thing

should

be

m entioned about th e

des ign . J add ed glass upper

do ors and pa nel lower doors.

On the to p h all was raced

w ith building doo rs w ith sm al l

pa nes -including the top panes

w hich had to

be

cut in a n arc to

match the to p d oo r r ail.

W ith g la ss a n d ra ised ~ p a n el d o o rs

th is co u n try ca b in et en h a n ces a n y c o m er

o f a h o m e. It s a classic th a t u ses

s im p l e j o in e r y and sh o p m a d e m o ldings.

orner

binet

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Ponge ro sapine (C StrJ

v . i rch

ply. ( 4 8 x 96 )

HARDWARE

Project

kit

se e

J l : { g e o 2 4 )

Mise.

screws

andnalls

- Two panes o( glass

NISH

=

Sealer: Minwax Wood

Co ndit ione r

Stain: Minwax Early Am

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- Va rn ish : McC lo sk ey - s He ir-

loom

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No.6l

T hen cut a spline to f i t lo ose ly w it hi n th e

ken.seePig.S .

(ShopNole:Thesp lioecould

be

W

Masonite, bu t

if

itIits to o tight, as

sembly

will

be d iff icul t.

lso

th e sp line

c a n

bea se rie s of pieces , notone 72 -lon g piece.)

ASS~mUNGmEJOu. I .

To help a ss emb le

the

joinL I clamped a couple of straigh t

boards to my

bench parallel

to each

oth er

andabouI9Y.l apart,

seeFig.

6.

Thenwedge

a c abin et side (C ) an d stile (0) together be

tw ee n th e stra ig htb oa rds (w ith th e sp line in

p la ce ). When pr essure is a pp li ed On top of

tile pieces th e join t c lose s up. (fest clam p

dry beforegluing .The

distance

between

th e

stra ig ht bo ards m ay n ee d a dju sting ).

O nc e th e jo in t is tig hl, 'g lueit up and hol d

th e pie ce s d ow n

with

s ev er al str ip s o f

tape

while i td r ies , seeFIg . 6.

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@ CABINET SID ES

v r \ i i @ S T I l E S I

RJ\BB EI ' .

Before c ullin g th e s plin ejo in t,

cut a rabbet along

th e

back edge of th e

cab in et sides (C )

to

a cce pt th e sid e p an els

(G ). C u tth is rabbetso th e distan ce from the

sh ort e nd of th e be vel to the rabbet m atches

the leng th of the angled fro nt e dg es -on th e

top

an d b otto m p ie ce s

A ).

(I n

my

case , this

was 6% . se e F ig s.

1

an d

3.)

SPUNE JO INT .The

purpose of

th e sp l ine

be t

ween

t he s id es

0

and,

th e

stiles

(0)

is

to

help a li go t be .pieceswhen gillipg.

ltdeesn t

add sign if icanl s trength)

T o, m ake th e join t,

stltrI

by cutting a ) 1 1

ker f into the bev els on the edg es of both IIle

cabinet sides (C)

and

st iles 0 .1d id fb is b ,

tilting the blade to 22Vt an d

running

U te

pieces through the saw on edge with

th e

bev els dow n). see F ig. 4.

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Once

the top. bot-

10m.

and sh elve s

ar e

allcuuoshape, work

can begin

on the

ca binet sides and

stiles (Ole vert ica l

pieces 00t he I ro nLo

th e esh inet). T hese

l~~~~~~

ieces

are joined

t

MOlO(NG

CO\ IE MOW ING,

T he last st ep on th e

base

i s toadd thecovemo ldi ng (N) which ismade

us in g th e ro uter an d table saw .T o mak e th e

molding. first T out 1/2 coves alo ng b oth

edges of a 2lt. -wide by 36 .long blank se e

F ,g . 19 . Step

L

W hile

r

wa s

set

up ,

I

routed

t w o p ie ce s th is si ze to m ake enough m olding

(R ) fOl

he

c ab in et t op

as

w ell.

T hen round over the bottom edge of the

otton cove mo ld in gool y, s ee St ep 2. F in at ly

trim . th e .n w ide m olding off bo th e dg es ,

se e Step 3.

Now miter the m olding to fit around the

ca binet and glue it in place on top of th e

c le at s, s ee 1 ' 1 8, 6.

~

SlOP

RAIL

I..fDOfTO

ATAlt9UNO

FRO Nt TIU -

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NOTE ,

R O U ND O V E R ON

BOnOMCOVl

MOlDING N) ONLY

COVE

MOlDING

9

17

801l0M

ClEAT@-

sides. ( se e F ig.

11)

.an d i tst icks ou t . . f rom

l ite f ro nto fth e c abine t se e Fig.16.

A fter li te m iddle cleat is cut to length,

miter the front end of each .slde cleat and

thea.cut

th e

back

en d

10

length (at90').

8ASE.Afterthecl~dts w

eresereweddown,

Idded the cabinet base pieces

(M)

to th e

front T hese three pieces have a rabbet cut

on the top edge to fit ar ou nd , t he cl e ats , s ee

Fig.

18 .

After cut ti ng l it e ra bb et, m i te r th e

pi e ce s so l ite m iters align w id, them iters on

th e cl eats,

T o join th e b ase p ie ces, Ised a spline

jo int Oike the sides andsnl e s . s ee Fi g. 17 a,

Then Il ue d l it e base pie ce s t o U t e cl ea ts,

st iles (0). ( In my e as e, 2 6% .) A f ter they're

cutto

le ng th , glu e l it e

rails

t o t he

frontofthe

stops. 1 11 e to p- and bottom rails (I) ar e

mo un te dJl us h w i th th etopan d bortomofth e

ca binet, se e r o g s .

13a

an d

140.

B ut the m id

dl e rail O J is aligned w ith

th e. bolt

ofU 'e

m id dle shelf,

seerlg.ISo.

FR ON lD GE . Next, add the front ledge

(1)

t o t he rT onto fth e m iddle sh elf, see fig.

15.

(T he ledge hides

th e

sc rew s in

th e

cabinetstiles.)

First,

cut

it

IW'

w id e an d 29

long .Then cumctches on bo th endsso it fi ts

betwee.lbe cabmerst i les. After th e ledge is

c ut t o s ha pe , glue it to t he f ront of the shelf,

seeFag.15.

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e o n O M

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.

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scuw

t

..-,

E . nOM

~

C L E A t

4 ,/t

@

~

CROSS

SECTlON

lCA8I~IIA t)

CA BI N E T

S I D ..

@

DOOR

ST OP

m atch the angle insi de the cabinet, see Fig.

13.

T he dis ta nc e b etw e en th esbortpoin tso f

th e

bevelhas

to match th edistance from on e

sp line join t 9 1 1 theinslde) totheotherspllne

joint (In my case, 31W S

A fter the stops are cut to length.

t iter can

be glued in plac e .be hin d th e cab in et stiles

(0),

se e

Figs. 13,14,an d 15.

IWJ.S.

N ex t, cu t th e

three

rails.

T he top

a nd b ot tom rails (I) are cut to -a w idth of 2 .

B ut lb e m id dle rail 0) is cut 114 w ide

(w hich i5% na rrowe r) si nce th ere's a fr ont

ledge ad ded above it;

se e

Fig. ISo.

T o d eterm ine the length of the rails.

m e a s u re th e d is t a n c e between th e c ab in e t

BASE

==J~The base of the

l l : : i : : . : l l ca bin et i s b u il t u si ng

a num ber of pieces;

se e

fig. 16. I s tarted

by screwing cleats

(L) to the boltom of

the cabinet to

p r o vi d e a m o u n tin g

__ ...l su rf ac e f or t he b ase.

.~~~.~~ycutting th e

cleats

(L) to

0

w idt h

and

rough lengt h. T hen m ite r

both endsofthem iddlecleatat22\-2' so .th e

end s align w ith the joinlS of th e sti les an d

l

R A I , l - - - l , H ' l O O O R

~ STOP

T h e nexts te p o n th e

ca bi net is to a dd the

do orstops, ra ils , and

afrontledge.

sro rs .

T here are

three d oo r stops (I)

- one at the top of

the upper section

and tw o in the low er

P l1 gU,estopsl~ w ide .

Determin ing

th e le ng th o f t he do or s tops

isalittletricky. Thestopsfi tb ehind th e s ti le s

(O),andl w an ted to bev el bothend sat4S' to

I

I

-

secti~r i

in

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6

4

3

9

T he la st

step

is

10CUI

a

p oc ke l f or

m o u n t

ing screws (see F ' 1 S l . 2 4 ) .

T o m a ke Ih ep ock

et, cu I a W-w id e a ng le d g ro ov e in

m e

back

o flbe m old ing w ith . d ad o bla de o n

t h e t a b le

sa w , see Step

6.

MOllNTm

>tOUlING. Now the m olding

can becuttofit en topefthe cleat, (See

Shop

NO les , p ag e 1 3. fo r

an

ea sy w a y

10

cu I th e

m old ing at th e

C O I 'l C C l

angie.)

To ho ld

Ute [oints together, I

a dded

sp lines sh aped like C lonJrllledtr ia ng les into

th e s lo t i n th e mo lding , se e Fig , 2 5 ,

BACKl ANEt T h e

ba ck

pa n el (K ) c an

now

be cu t from V pl yw ood so it 's

th e sa me

h eigh t a s th e sid e pa ne l (72 ). bU I

'.

nar

ro w er th a n th ed lsta nce be tween lheoutside

co m ers o f t he she lf s ta nda rds (so the ha ck

w on' t stick ou t beyond the sides), see Fig.

25.T hen screw Ih e ba ck p a ne l i nt o p la c e.

R EA R S UP P O R T

,

No. 61

c .. w N T a o n O M

-.... ;__ _

th e

cabinet

bottom

(A)

( 23 14 i n my c a se ).

Then

screw

th e ba ck bra ces o nlO

m e

inside

fa ce o ( th e

rea r s uppon.

Now

s cr ew t hi s

as

sembly 10

t he b eu em o ll be c a bi ne t.

I

C E N T E R C O V E

CU1ON WIOni

O F IL AN K

mold in g. I s ta rted b yeu ttin g tw o b la nks3W

w ide. Then cu t one to a rou gh length 0(36

(o r lbe f ron t) 8Odone24 (o r lhe lWos ides ).

To c u. Ihe w ide c o v e on m e fa ce of the

mo l di ng s, c lamp a SI ra lghledge lence

10

th e

saw a t a 30' a ngle

10

th e b la de. s ee

F,g, 22.

Po si ti on t he fence

s o t he

lOP o f th e blade

is

ce ntered O nthe w id th of

th e

b la n k. Now

CU I

th e cove by m aking ligh l p ass es , increasing

th e bla de heiJIh l be tw ee n pa sses u ntil the

co ve is

\

deep.

Next. ri p th e bla nk so e edge i% (rom

th e

(:OV.,

se e

Ste p

I

in Pig .

23 .

TIten m ake

tw o c u ts

on th is ed ge w ith the bla de set a l

30', see

Step s

2

nn d

3.

Now lo w er the bla de s o i t's only \4 above

the ta ble, a nd Cu I a slo t on the ba ck o f th e

m old ing for a spline, sec S le p 4 . F in a lly . c u I

o ff Ibe o th er ed ge a l30', see S lep 5.

20

/

I

.\

t

.~

R O S S

J

E C T IO N

H O rC H F ItO N r

IR AC ts T O

Rf

A a O U N I ) ( L ,f A ts

,,1 Il ,

@

WOOOSCIIlW

B R A C E

.I

4 f I . . _ (c u r

R)

o j f.

y < 1.- . 4' .i

RARSVI 'PORT. The backof lhecab ine ti s

beld u p ..

ilb

a r ea r s up po n

(1 ),

se e

Fig . 21.

CUIillo

th e s am e

w id lh a s

th e

braces

4V. )

an d

10the

s a m e length a s t he back

edge

of

. ..J

The mo ld in g

around

Ihetopoflbecabinel

is m ad e

f rom

a c om

bination of pieces

fas tened

together,

TOP CLEA T.Begin

by m aking and

screwing

down

~~~ ~~;;;;;-~ th ree top

cleats (Q)

ju st like th e clea ts , se e F ig . 2 4. T h e

tOI>

clea t Is a

li lli e d il (e renl though .

les 2

w id e no d is m o u n te d so It sticks ou t lit in

fro m o(tho ca bi net , se e F i g . 2 ER

D O O R R AIL : r .

n

P R o U t . .Next, layout

and cut an arc on

t he b ot to m

edge

o Ibe

top upper door rails

(W ). se e F ig . 34 . Now ass emb le

the d oo rs c he ck in g ( or s qu ar e.

CLEAN OU T

S H AD E D A~EA_

W lT H Q iJ5R utm L

IE N ON

ms

IfIOli fi S t

MUNT INS

~O

32

m ou nte d so th ey 're in fr ont of the glass an d

rai sed pane ls. S o th ey h av e to be resaw n to a

th ic kn es s o f% . s ee

F ig .

32 .

Cll l 11NG11lE TENONS.To av o id c o nfu sion

w hen cu ttin g th e tenons on t he e nd s of th e

rails and muntins . Imarke d th e front and

bac k

f a c e

of al l

o f

t h e p iec es .

Now . o n therails (butnotthemuntias) cui

a W '-deep rabbet at the ends on

th e

bacl l

f ac e. s ee F ig .

3 3 .

N ex t, tum the rails o ve r and c ut a rabbe t

on t I le f ro,,1 fac e

10

create

8

'Vl6 thicktenon

th a tf i ts

the mo rt is e. se e F ig. 33 .

A l s o

cut this

s am e ra bb e to n th efront faceof he muntins.

Next. Im ade the doo r rails fJ X) an d

rn u n t i n s C Y l .

1'0

d e t e r m i n e

Ille length of

these pie ce s. f ir st m e asu re th e d is ta nc e

be

tw ee n tllecab;ltetstiles

0)

an d di v id e b y two

(for lW O doors ) . Thensut i ti 'uc t4 ( fo rthe two

door sti les ). and add 2/ ' (f or th e

1

te nons on

e ac h e n d. )

A s for w id th , c ut th e

tw o

railsiorth e topof

th e upp er doo r

(yI)

to

a

w idth o f 4W th e

other six rails 00 2 w ide. a nd th e sixm un

lins M

y ,

wide .

RES .-l ,V 1 I1 U N T IN S . The muntins are

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diameter ~6

radius).

Th is mean t

I had 10

cu.

thele01plateatotalof~6 short

o f th e bac k

e d g e s

o f t h e s h el f.

FLUSU WITti FRONT.

A f t er

mak ing th e te mplate, lamped

it n ush to th e fron t o f I lle sh ell

a n d 2 t 6

fr om th e bac k.

ROUT TKE GROOVE Next

m ount th e gu ide bushin g an d

c ore box bit in

th e

ro uter and

lower the bit so

it takes ~ .

deep

cut

Once everything is set up .

ro ut in a cou n tercloc kw ise di rec

tion aroun d Ih e

te m p l a te

T o

rout

a

smoo th . burn -f rec

groove, pr ess th e bu sh in g up

lightagainstth elcm p1 3te. Mak e

one continous

P a s s

an d don t

slow

down while routing.

Woodsm ith

2

to th e to p of th e s h elf.

Shop Note: Router guide

bushings

fi t on to th e

base

of a

router an d

are

design ed

10 Iol

Iowa

template.

You can buy

bush in gs for your spec ific

router or yo u can buy a

univer

sa l base w ith bush in gs. see

lV oods ilh

No.42.

T h e c ric k

when using

this

tec hnique is Iiguring out the

eXaCIsize olth e tem plate. Sin c e

r::::: :==:::::::: ;;OUNO c entered 2 f rom th e

ba ck edge of th e

sh elf. th e tem p late

h ad to be

c u t at

I taS t

2 sh ort of

th e

back

olth esh elL

B ut yo u also h ave

to take

in to con

sideratio n

the

diameter of th e

guide bushin g. In

this case used a

guide bushing with.

After

making

th e adjust abl e

sh elves for t h e Corner Cabinet.

dec ided to rout

w h at s

cal led a

p late

groove

along

the

ba ck

ed ges of t wo o f th e sh elves . Th i s

g ro ov e h o ld s

plates

uprigh l

10

dis pl ay t h em .

CORE BOX BIT . Mer

som e

tes ts.

ound

that

a

l t

core b ox

bi t ro uts th e b es t g ro ove. W hen

th e groove

is

centered

2

from

Ille

back

edge. il b ol ds

pIa~

at

a

n i ce

angle.

T MMPtAT.

h e p ro blem was

t o ro ut g ro ove th t tu rns th e

com ers an d

ru n s

a long 3111 l lr ee

ba ck e dg es .

id

th is

by

m oun t

in g a guid e bu sn in g attac h ed

10

th e base o f t h e r ou ter an d used

it

to fo llow a ~. Masonite

t empla te that s I i rmIy clamped

ROUTING A PLATE GROOVE

Tohelpgeta ti{lhtjoilltU e -

derc t he hhuld

J

auo a

the

mortise j ut Iightlll dtepu

lln he

l n th

oftM teno

S HOP

shoulders are going 10 bottom

out befo re th e en d

of

th e tenon

bits th e

bo ttom

of~e m ortise .

GLUeAREAS.Besides getting

th e tenon s to fit correctly.

th eres

also a

little tr ic k wh en

g lu ing I lle jo inL

I ve fou n d th at th e square

en ds

01

a

ten on

willactuaDy

peel

glue aw ay fro m th e in side fa c es

of

t h e

mortise

a n d

push all th e

glue

10

th e bot tom.

CUAMPRR

TIlNO . Then c ut th is b la nk to

final

size

so

it o ve rh an gs th e sid e

aprons

b y lW O an d

th e front an d bac k ap rons by IW '.

A ).~eMOLY .After th e 1 ~1 rtSa re c ut, dry~lS

semble the ta ble . If everything is okay , glue

a nd c lamp th e front and back aprons to the

le gu nits -m a rln gsu re th ecro ss m e m b e rs

areinpositioobul.o tglutdin . (fackthem in

after assem bly.) T here's O ne important

thlngtowatch,

Re fe rlo Fig.lllosee how

the

ra bbets on th e c ro ss

m embers

fa cedow lI

on

the d raw er gu ides

(1 1 3),

but up o n the

lO P

m o u n t

(lib ), a nd

d r awe r r u nn e rs ( 1 1c ) ,

TOP. Now center the table top on the

ap ro ns a nd screw (don' t g lue ) itdown to th e

moun tin g c le ats,

se e

F ig . lib .

J

....... O N @

lU

S lO S

LlG

7

lenon has to be no tched 1 0 fit t he mo rt is e,

seeFig.7 .Sincethemortisesareroundedon

t he bo tt om .

ui

th e

tenon

a t itUeshorter SO

idn't have tosq uare -u p th e b otto m o f t he

mortise. This means cu tting a:}1j notch on

th e bo ttom of each te non, see Fig . 6 .

E N D PtE CES. To make assem bly easier

later.

lu ed a p airo f le gs

10

th e s id e a pr on s

t o p rodur e twocomp le te end

units.

But don 't

g lue O n the fro ot o r b a ck apr ons

yet.

~ ~

length

fo r

th e

c ro s s m e m b e r s.

N ow add

W

fo r the tw o

~ 4 ng

enons. (Alth ou gh th e

grooves a re i1 s dee), th e tenons a re o nly

1 4 long to al low (or a(ljustiog,)

Aft erc uttin g the plecesto length, fonn ihe

tenons

by cu tt ing V . w ide by V ,'- de ep

rab-

bets at

both ends,

se e

Fig.

8.

DRAWER GUIDES .

T he tw o draw er gu ides

(G ) also ha ve a groove cu t down t he cen te r,

see Fig . 9 . This groove guides a p in th at's

m o u n t e d

on

th e

back of th e d rawer.

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Th eJ ir st s tep in m ak in g th e d raw ers is tccet

RO UT OGE S ON

3V ._

th e

piecesfor

each d rawer to size.

Rfotn'

W I'lM '/.

i

RONTS . The

d ra w e r fro nts K )

are cut

R O U N O O V E It lI T

:

~

i

from 'Ii. th icksto ck T he length o f the fro ot

2 1

T

s

V 6

more th an the w idth of

th e

drawer

SIDE

.

8A~~

pe ning . This

tl16

mea sur ement aD ow s a

n~~

-t.,..

%

lipon bo th ends (% to t al ).

minus

1 1 6

fo r

'I~

,

O I t A W S I :

ACI .....

.7

3/i.

clearance. A s for the height of the drawer

tESTSON aonOM

_ ~ P H _

rent,

measure

th e

he igh t of the opening .

. . . _

-

dd

I i , fo r the lips. and subtract

\16

fo r

~

~ B o n O M

1.0_

f lACk

clearance.

-

~ F~ONT . .

I co.....

SID ES.

Theside s

l)

ar e cu tfrom W -thick

. A

tock.

Cut th em to width Oleight)

to

match

/

: - - - . z . . : /

th e heigh t o f t he a rawer op en in g, m inu s

\1 6

~I'~ ; o > /

or clearan ce . A s for th e len gth o f t he sid es.

~V/ SID E

easure the depth, o f the table ( fr om t he

front of the drawer

openi ng

to the back

14 . / .

1

1

@

pron). The n subtract ab out \ I , fro m th is

a.

l - .

I

f - i b 'N ' ' ' ' .

easurement.

~ ~ O f f H E A D

T{SA CK

The back (M) is cut to ro ugh

~

width to m atch the drawer sides and to

rough

lengthto

malch the drawer fr ont

lt s

0/

tr immed to f in al size a ft er t he joint is c ut) V -,

. t

I.c OK E D R A BB Er JOINT .

After c uttin g t he

K N O B

~~7

1 1 6 ~ . ; )

pie ce s t o s iz e . r ab bets are cuton the top an d

w o o O S C I t E W

bottom edges of the drawer fro nt to fo rm

lip s, r ef er t o S te p

100

t he n ex t pa ge.

The n th e lo ck ed r ab be t jo in t c a n be cut o n the back to leave 1't '1 h ick tongue s. s ee

F ig .

ROUND O V E R EDGES. F Ir st, r ou nd over th e

th een ds o f t he d rawer fr on t. This

prccedcre

1 3. T hen cu t a 11I' w ide dado in the draw er

fr ont edges of the d ra we r f ro nt w ith a 1 4

i s s hown in S tep s 2 an d 3 on th e nex t pag e.

sides 10acc ept th is t on gu e.

ro und -over bit; see Fig. 13. N ow glue the

I)RA 'VER SIDES. A fte r culling the to ngue ORAW ER B0 1T O M. Before assem bling the

d ra we r to ge th er, m ak in g s ure it 's square .

on th e d ra we r

froo~

h e c ompan ion dado is draw er, cut a g roove (or th e plyw ood bottom

GUIDEP IN .

W ben the glue is d ry .

I

added

c ut in

the

draw er sides to c om plete

thejoint,

(,N). This groove is located ) I , . up from the a g uide pin on the top e dg e o f t he b ac k. se e

refer to S tep d o n then~page. bo ttom edge.qflh~/ip on th e drawer fr ont,

F ig . 1 2 b .This

pi n is a N o.6 x li .

b r ass

sc rew

ORA 'VER SACK- A variation of rhi s,joint is se e Fig. 14 .On th e drawer-sides, i~s14 'fr om

that s

screwed

part w ay into

th e ba ck . Then

us ed

10

jo in tlie d ra w

er

ba ck

to

th e si de s. th e b ottom ed ge , se e '1 g. IS .

cu toff the head to le av e a g uid e p in.

First.trim th e b ac k to fio allen gth . T o g etth is A fter the grooves

are

cu t dr y a ss emble One o ther deta il is to cut

.a

slightcbamfer

length, measure thedistance f rom,d

tqend

t he d rawer and

c u tth e d ra w er

bo ttom 10fit

on

lh e

ba ck

edge of the drawer

so

it

ca n

be

o f t he tongues o n the draw er fro nt an d cu t T h e n trim th e b ack

10

width s o itresl;w lI

to p

l il te d i nt o t he o p en in g,

se e

Fig.l6a.

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T oc uta lo ck ed

rabbetjoint

to jo in t he b ac k

A ll the basi c pans fo.the drawer are cu t

each end of th e drawer fro nt an d m o unted

to th e sides , firstcut

a rabbeton

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but there are a few details to take care o t

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th ickn ess of th e tongue is based

on

Ih e

w idth of the kerf left

by

th e s aw b la de. )

11,e tong ue is completed by

trimmingit toa le n g th o f - 1 4 1 se e

Step 3.

DADO.To compl ete th e other

bal fofthe j oi nt, a W ' w id edado

is cut on the inside fac e o f ilie

d raw er side, se e S te p 4.

Ih e drawer fr ont.

RA881iTs .T he 6rst s tep is to

cut rabbets O ips) on Ibe top and

bottom edges of the drawer

front . se e Stel l.

TONGUE. T he n a to ng ue iSCUl

o n b oth ends ofthedm wer front .

'V hen

cutti ng fh is tongue , s ta nd

th e drawer front on end a nd c ut

ag roove on th e end

of

th e stock,

se eStep2. Then w iden it

10

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To cm plete tlljoinl,

dado

i

cut in the ~ IIer

side. 1'0 uii >ltltis

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fro ,

1 M b la d e

to lea.. . . .

tongfl6 t/Iq

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Ul iJ ith as llUJ b lo4R.

After

tling

U , . d row8r

j 'r o ll t t o1 v id t ll 0 ,, 4 Untg lt,

cutthel;ps(T(J.b~ts)ol l tMlop

,d botto in e l/ ,g e s. S et the

b lade ,%'

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a u t

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f.ce Ill .from tne ,aside of

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in .ure of

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to '/IIJlc/t 1M fit$( cut;

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w ho le en d f enc e s o

t

extends

\ I . over

the

edge of lbep la ifo rm , see Ste p 3.

SIDE FENCE. There's another fence

m oun te d o n th e p la tfo rm

to

h old th e to p e nd

o f t he le g , To

position

th is fe nc e, d ra w a line

on

theleg

t o i nd ic at e t he

starting

point

olthe

tap er. (F or th e S ha ke r

Hall

Tab le. Ul is is

6

down fro m th e to p en d.)

Place the leg on th e pla tfo rm w ith th e

dowel inthe b ottom end ) m ou nted in the

endfence,

seeStep5.Thenposilion

thetaper

start.l ine

(near th e to p end o f t he le g} o n th e

edge

ofthe

platform,

see S tep6 , N ow d raw a

l in e a long t he b ack edgeo fl helegto indicate

thepositionofthesidefence. T henscrew the

fe nc e to th e p la tfo rm , se e S te p 7 ,

HOIJ) DOWN. T o c om ple te th e

jig,

I added

a hold-down c lam p. Y o u ca n m ak e th is bold

d ow n w ith a le w sc ra ps o f w oo d,

as

sh ow n in

Step

8 , However , I

lik e th e

ease

of using

quick re lease

c la mp , a s

sh ow n in th e p ho to

above. (Sec Sour ce s, p a ge 24 .)

P R O C E D U R E .

T o cut the tapers on the leg ,

mount the leg on the platform and push it

throu gh I)le b lade, see S tep 9. T h en loosen

the clam p. rotate the leg. and

cut

the next

s id e. T here's no need to

change

th e a ngle

b e ca u se y ou r e working o ff th e c e nte r p o i n t

o nth ee nd o lth e leg.Itwillautomaticallycut

fo ur ev en tapers o n each sid e o f th e leg,

Woodsmitn

c en te rp oin t o f th e leg) drill a

\ .i ltdia.

bole

w ith a b ra dp oin ~b ita l) d p us h in a

\ .i

dOwel.

ENDFEN CE,

W hen the leg is m ounted to

th e jig , t hi sdowe l s li de s into a hole in theend

f en ce o n, t he j ig , see-Step 5 . O ne o f t he in itial

problem s w eh ad w as g etting

the

hole in t he

fence in exa ctly th e r ig ht p os itio n. Then we

d isc ov ere d a tric k - a ctu ally tw o trick s.

To make the end fence, cut it

to

width

(h eig ht) 1 0 m atcb th e th ickn ess o f Ib e leg .

Then draw out the same

pat tern

o n til e

fa ce o f U le

fence,

s ee D eta il in S te p

3. (This

d up lica te s th e pattern O n tile e nd o f t h e

leg.)

N ow d ri ll a V hOle

aUIl.

crosspoint

T he s ec on d I ri ck h a ste do

wit

mounting

th e fe nce to th e p la tfo rm . In order to get a

v ..n taper on each side o f th e le g, th e c en t er

po int on the end fence has to b e sh ifted

J4

closertothe edgeofthe

sliding p l at fo rm

(the

p ath o f th e b la de ).

So

all yo u do is shift th e

O

ne ofthe m ost com mon w ays'l o t ap er

legs is w ith a jig that ha s tw o arms

hinged

at one

end, see the inset draw ing

below

right. Although

th is jig works okay.

l've alwa ys fo un d it a litt le un se ttlin g 1 0 us e.

I t d oe sn 't hold he workpiece (leg) very

well- so you w ind up in a n a w kw a rd

posi

uon

trying to hold the workpiece tight

against th ejig , w hile at the same.time trying

to p ~sh it th ro ugh th e saw b lad e.

Y ou also hav eth e p ro blem ofchanging tbe

a ng le o f th e jig 's a rm s, T hat is. tb e'first tw o

sid eso fth e le g a recut a t one angl e, T hen th e

angleofthearmshas

t o b e doub le d

tocutthe

other

(W O

side s.

SU ING PL TfORM

Consid erin g th e d iffic ulty o f

usin

this ji g,

w e

w nted

to C O Ole

up

w i t h

n e w

method

The jig we

settled

O n is a slid in gp latform for

atablesaw.Thisplatfonnsolvestheproblem

o f h old in g th e w or kp ie ce s ec ur ely .

INDlOONGMEnlOD. W e also cam e up w ith

a w ay to

index

th e fo ur tap ered cu ts o n each

s id e o f th e le g. The t heor y beh in d th is proce

d ur e is t ow or k a ro u a d th e c en te rp olnton the

en d 01 th e leg .

T o d o t his , d ra w

lineson

th e b olt om o ith e

leg , conneetingopposi tecomers, se e Step4.

At the point wbere

th e

lines cross

(the

There are several w ays to taper legs ne o f

methods

w e like best

is

using a slid in g p la tfo rm o n a ta ble sa w

It

o ls th e le g

secu rely a nd sets the a ngle fo r all fo ur sid es au to matically

Tapered Legs

TECHNIQUE

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o 6l

C ut

tn e side fence so it s ehorier than

l le igh t o f l eg , t he

sc rew.t 1 0

the p lat

form , P or a .hop-m ade Iw i .d down (1 / ..

step ), a dd a ca,. iage boU /rO)n lite bottom .

M A t C 1 S iD E KN C E S HO st l tR

T H AH H E tG H f

Of uo

To find th e ce nte r of th e leg, draw an

UX

0>,.

The mark Ih. back edge m .U ,epl atform.

S T A R T U N . E W f T K E D G E O f

Ins.rt ,V.,'-dia. d ow e lin th n dofU ,.

leg. (11can e (?,im '~fl'{S la1m-10

pl ug the hole.) The,tinsert tkeD l lt er emtDf

th e dowel i> tom e ho le i

I I

en dfln.ee.

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D R IU Ii

HOt fOR

DOWELKG

The sliding plalform is a p i . . . . of

p 'Jwood about Q wid. by ss : 1 o l { J .

C1t ta groove

to Iwld

a s trip Ih at

fits itt

th e

mi te r gauge .IO't 0 1 yO'ur t ab l e saw .

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S T A R 1 U J o t E

OFl I ON

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3

R ip th e 6 1,dfen ce 1 0 s ame h eig ht as

l eg A t o ne end offence

rj - , a1 ) a ; t If

X

a drill II v . , ho te aI C T ( ) 8 P Q i t . Screw

doun.f6llCe8Ditoverhangs.du.

by

1 1 . .

PlATFORM

V

US( SAME X PAtrEltN

O N E N D O F LE G

AN D Ace O F F E tK E

Pia... t I . 4 J pla tjo nn o n U le I 4b U Sal.

alUi

cut off tn e ed ge. T hi8 w ay YO ,

k (fI.

1 M

edge

ofule plat o:n>.

ie ex a.U y in

linew itk the cut ting pafh of lite blade.

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C.,'e/ully10w67'eg 'uo thiJjointer

so

thiJOO g.oftape(s tart l in .) alignsllJith

fro t.

eiJg.

0/ ti,.' OltifM.d

table,

NOlu

puilh

legf ward, maleinga completepo.ss,This

first p oss e re at e a ta p er o n th e- si de

of tile

lega>ldnnwves

~ yn e t im e it ge ls to th e

bottom,

o f th e

leg,

A se co d p os. is n ec Ie d

to

creat.o.full v.,topmattlre bottom,

To avoid snipe, wop . lay. . of

1>Itulki1lgtape UTOI.,, ~hiJ leg, align.

in g Bilge

of

tape with th e S Ulr t lin e 0 t il.

leg,Afark tile siete. for cutting sequence,

8y

1II> 'appi ' l J . aa/, ; i1 lg

tape

at lhiJ

.tart liM,

it wil11'(lise Il,e leg just

slightly

abow,llle

h:tlife bla~'ter,

se e

Step

2 ,

The easiest w ay

10 elim ina te

this p ro blem is to

wra p

two layersoimasl iing

tape.ar ound the leg at Ibe start lin e, se e S te p

3 This

raises

the leg just enough

so

the

jo in te r k nif e d oe sn 't m ak e c onta ct as theleg

is lowered onto the tab l e. A s

th e

leg

is

m oved

fo rw ar d , lb e cut starts without making a

sn ip e, se e S te p 4 . (T he m as km gtao e is a ls o

han dy {or num bering the sides o f th e Jeg to

help you ke ep tra ck of th e c utt in g s equence,

see Step 3,)

..- __ StARt U f

guard out

at

th e way to lower th e leg, Prac

t icewiththe m otor of fto g etth ef ee l o flower

ing the leg with your hands out of the w ay,

A lthough the p rocedure is eas y, t he re are

a co up le p roblem s you can

run into.

Since

the jo in te r knif e (b lade) sta r ts cu tt ing -about

W' in f ron t oUhe edge of th e outf eed tab le,

ti le ta pe r w o n't s ta rtexacUy on th e line.This

is okay because it allow s a li ttle roo m for

sanding wi houtcross;ng over th e line

w

LAYlitS Of

~GA Pl

S T J lT U N E

~

To-make V,, taper Ofteach s ide 0

leg,

place

0

str aig hte dg e

lhiJ

joi ter'sauljeedlablealldaTu erwadju8t

ti . infeed.

labl.

to

make

0 A I a e e p

cut.

,

SlRAIGHltOGE \

R

t

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r -

@~

t.

youha'1eaiinter, tapering

a le g is a sn ap , Therearejust

tw o

steps:

1 setthe

d ep th o f c ut,

s od 2 ) m a ke th e.c uts .

OEP1 R OF

cur Ifyou wan t to

tap er th e leg s

v .

on each side

and y our jointer w ill make a W I

d ep th o f c ut,

the

p roce s s i se a sy ,

Just set the dep th o f cui to W'

( se e S te p

I

and then mak e two

passes on each side of the leg .

OTHER TAPERS For other

t ap e rs , d iv i de t h e t ot al amountof

taper you w ant (at the bo ttom of

the leg) by

the

number of cuts

you w ant to m ake (allo win g f or

the maximum dep th of your

j oi nt er ), F orexamp le , if yo uw an rto ta pe r-th e

sides of a le g so th e bottom is

:V I s

less o n

each side, setthe jo in terto a . t, d ep th o f cu t

a nd m ak e WO

passes oneachstde

o r t he leg ,

PROCEDURE. The bas ic p ro ced ure b eg in s

b y m ark in g a line where the tap er start s.

Then tum o n t he j oi nt er so d c aie fu lly la y th e

leg d ow n so th e-start line is ri gh l o n th e f ront

edge of the outf ced tab le, see S tep 5 ,

B e c are fu l 'he re. You have to m ove the

Tapering on a Jointer

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