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th a I store
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qoarter
shre .•
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the
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Tool Techniques
4
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hold, Ih~
>lamps in pia ,' lnr 'Iorage and
when the .Iallll art'
ol....
ed.
the } pullc Jut Slltoothl~' and
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• I n~ nllym ad e a I, . ,. . s ta m p
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from
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t h t . . .tamp ...
w
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th e
hold,, , and th('} don't pull out
.. nl)
10 kt
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l l u ) I I ) l · 1 1 i l l R . I 'l Jm pJ~
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path. ....
draw;n
,If.
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th f . . - l t
inpbc~.he
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hard tQ pull
oUI.IU'llig'tlly sand
Ih,'
bo t tom
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l. 1E.AM
CoCWoU '
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HANGER
ware
or , ,,'('tll,',,1supply
stores,
n l t rc * i tr, ' cliff('rt\nt s i z e s r
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the ...rr(''t' dtlWn
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o
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I. . < < w h i tt - cu n Ol ....... f - a g . 2 .
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a n d
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nt
stock
thlCklll
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out th o
laces. I I CUInun, U';Ol lit. band
...3 ....
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fyou wo uld lik e to share a
tip or idea, just send in your
id ea to Il ood.mith.
Tops an d
Techniques. 2200 Grand
Ave
DesMoines,
lown50312
W e w ill pay upon publica
tion 15 to 100 (depending
on the published length otthe
tip ). Pie ase include an ex
planation and a
sketch
or
ph oto (w e 'll draw a
eW
one).
SIND
IN
TOUR
s
B e n C a g l ia l t J
11 Irphile. Culi orllw
The
paper w actually
buff
th e finish
an d
produce
a
semi,
gloss sheen.
• I use a l ot o f De ft S em i-G lo ss
\\' ad Finish in my business.
While it d oe s g iv e a n a de qu ate
f in ish. I cou ld never get that
h and -r ubbed l ook I want ed .
Afler some exp erim en ta tio n, I
found
a
very
simple
method
to
improve th e lo ok o f th is finiSh.
All you need is a b ro wn paper
bag (the kind you gel from the
grocery store) a nd 1 01 .$of elbow
grease.
T~tan. s imp ly ut a f ew smal l
square pieces of the brown
paper bag. and then vigorously
rub rhe finish with these
pieces. The paper is s li gh tl y
ab ra si ve.but i twon'tcuuhrough
th e finish.
HAND·RUBBING DEFT FINISH
Sl ice the lube down i ts l eng th
and
slip
the
L < I g . of
the sand-
paperinto th e slit,Then
wrap
the
sandpaper around the III be and
ho ld i t t igh t.
RirlulI Cl J SII tJh
m 111
fot lJrt
Pteasant.Iou«
.To sand
COVC\l .
I
w ra p sa nd
p ap er a ro un d small lengths oi
clear flexible
plastic
tubing.
Most hardware stores carry this
type of tubing. C hoose a tube
diameter smaller than the radius
o f t he
cove.
Ilt
oowtL _
TORT -
WllI'tL
SANDING TUBE
UHGHOF
PlK
OPTIONAL
2
There's another advantage
Since the wheel is Iree-rolling.
it's ea sier to push the board
through this jig than J)3 t all the
fingen; of a Ieatherboard,
Eliil Notr:
IVliih
fi,ii
;ig
U drks (/ff (I .
il dO lS)I
1)1 (tf r/lt
klckb ck yoll s () ldslilll ~
cr
l iU... l l ittjc~·•4 d
y our tl Ork·
p ie c« h a» 10 O f
I
fairly CU I·
Itisiell/
lvi l t
I jr tJ ,i ck) IC .
To make the jig.cut a p ie ce o f
~.' 'Ihickstock2~4
id e. T he n
d nll a h ole f or th ~ d ow el -a xIe
ce nte re d o n the width and
: r I b
from one end. se e Fig. 1 (Xote;
I u sed a 1 .< J ia.
o)'
wheel.)
SID oowtl HOU
TO F rY W K U L HOL t
I'vedesigned thiswoodenwheel
Jig 10 bold 3 workpiece light
agains the f( 'nee on m router
tab le. B ut it can also b e used o n
a table saw . band saw . or drill
press a.
well
Typically. this would
be a jo b
for a fe a the rboar d , bUI I' ve found
th at f ~a th erb oa td s c an
be
diffi ·
c ult to c la mp d ow n p ar allel
10
a
fence, and a fe athe rboa rd
with
a
straight end won't work ith a
c ur ve d w o rk pie ce , A ls o.
since
this jig only to uch es th e w oo d at
one point (the edge oi the
w heel). it ap plies m ore direct
p re ss ur e th a n
a featherboard
keep pressure r ig h l b ef o re an d
after the workpiece p asses O le
b it. O r they \ 30 b e s la ck ed on
to p o f one another f or w ll or ir-
regular -sh aped p ieces, T he jig
also ca n be clamped to th e fence
to ho ld a p ie ce tig ht to th e ta ble.
PII p
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U S
SO R
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andcut
a
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on t he ou ts id e comer o f I h~ b ac k s tile s (C )
an d fro nl s tile s (E ), se c S te p I in F ig ,S .
RA8B£r .
Now. rout a
¥....
'~widc
ra bb et o n
th e inside corners (opposil~ the round
o ve r) , s ee S te p 2 in F ig . 5 .T he ,id t' fram es
fit
i nt o t hi s r abbe t
when
Ill('
case
i,a,< 'mbled,
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th re e fr am e s c he ck in g th at th ey 'r e s qu ar e.
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AS O N $IDI:
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acno
Of MOfmJ WtU
at covtalO 'IV
P A Nn H >O tO 'N C
a
(E )
)
wide by 18 '4 long. s e c > 1 'l g. 4 .
W hen the ca se
is a ss em b le d, th es e
pieces
wiD
be
g lued to th e fron t end s o f U ll' ; ;ide
frames. re fe r to ~lg 0 o n f~e 10. But I
want ed t o cut th em n ow s in ce th ey h av .. th e
s ameedge
profile
as
th e b ac k
stile' C
EDGE PROFtLE ext, 10 dress up the
e dg es , r ou t a ro un d- ov er ( with a s ho uld er)
,
ClNna 1...
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OF 5TIU
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10 fAR
JD{
SIDE fRAME
18'.
SIDE
RAlLS
®
@
SIDE
STILES
I b eg an b uild in g th e
chairside
chest
by
laking th e s id e a nd
back
f rame,
of
th e
C3S(' .The fr am e s a re
¥
har dwood w ith
a
V
p lywood panel .
SIIlE~ lIt\. n~lat
wo rk o n th e tw o s id e
frames by c uttin g fo ur sid e stiles (A) an d
f ou r s ide rails (8 ) 2 w id e. se e rig . I.Then
cut lheslik1ilSv,,
l ong and t he r ai ls
12
long.
CKI RA,\I£. S in ce th e b ack fram e h as to
b e th e
same
h~ight
a s th e
side
f rames, I also
cu t
th e b ack
frame
p ie.:e s at th is tim e, see
fig . 4 . S tan by c uttin g rw o back stiles (C)
2W ' w ide and Ihe sam e length as the side
frames (lS V.'? 11 .e nc ut th e tw o ba ck rails
(D ) 2 w i d e a nd22 l oog .
T he s tile s a nd r ails on a ll t h r ee fr am e s a re
h eld to ge th er w ith o pe n- en de d mo rtis e a nd
tenon
joints . see
Fig
la .
MORTISE . c ut th e mortises in th e stiles
with a
V 4
straight b it on t he r ou te r t ab le , sec
Fig
2 . Ra ise the bi tl l' t6 above t he ta b le . a nd
p os itio n th e fe nc e so the bit is centered on
th e w o rk pie ce , s ee F ig . 2 a.
N ex t. I c la mp ed a s to p b lo ck to th e fe nce
to lim it
the
length
o f c u t.
Po sit io n t he s to p
block
s o there s
2 \ ; 1 ;
f rom
th e b lo ck to th e
fa r
side
o f
th e b iL (N ote :
The mo rtis e
only
ha s
to b e 2 lo ng to accep t th e teno n o n th e
r ail . Bu tl c ut i t I ,B lo nge r. s o 1wou ldn 't h a ve
to sq ua re u p th e ro un de d e nd s.)
TENON,A fte r t he m e nis es are c ut in a ll th e
s ule s, th e n ex t s te p
i,
o c ut W '~ on g te no ns
o n th e e nd s o f th e
dis.
T o ma ke th e te no n s,
I
c ut ra bb ets o n b oth
f a ces o f
m e
rails with
a
: ¥ . ·w idedado b lade,
se e
Fig.
3.
S ne ak u po n th e d ep th o fCuto n a te st p ie ce
until the te n on f ir s :;nugly i nt o t he m orti se i n
th e s tile, T hen cu t ten ens o n
all
t he rai ls ,
FROl\ fS'O I.F.S.Afterthe mort is e a nd te non
jo in ts w ere c om ple te . I c ut tw o front sti les
SIDE ND CK FR MES
1,1-,----:;.;;;;;~ J-i
on
f
ALI .
STOCK
.
THJCI(
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ICKBOARD
SIDE
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KICKBOARD
fRONT/BACK
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OLUI MOt.OINO
to KKK,o.ao
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b)
t
CUTSf'UNt
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SAWKtlfS
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rh e { 3*. b u r Jr ~t·cl 'I~ 'lodo this if th e coun-
leN lnk -hank hoi
e-,
ar e
drilled in
th e
mold
in f ram e oU . -ee ~ig 9b.
ftl' the hclc-, ar e drilled. glue th e mold
in g f rn rn e o n to p I
till
k ickboa rd f rame ,
Iht
. .,a n 14 .' rU l· t C iu rt , a s o n t f r a m e stiles,
I'(·focite.)
\1011>1'[; flC. t~.Alter the kickboard
t r am
i llurd
to geth er. cu t th e p ieces fo r
th e
molding
f rame.
Fig. 9. The
fr ont/hock (I
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ECONO:
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TOBACK
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W ith the case
screwed 10 t he b a se .
the nCXI step is 10
build
six
web (ram~
10
co nn ec t th e c ab i
net s id e s and sup
pon the drawers.
CUT TO SIZE.
Begin by Ctltting al l
t he fr am e p ie ce s 10 a w id th o f I . se e F ig. II.
T o d ete rm in e th e le ng th o f t he front/backs
~1 .Illa su re t he d is ta nc eb erw ee n t he c as e
sides
(2 4 ·
nmy c a s e ). Then.since draw er
g u ides w in b eg lu ed to the s id es on h e fr am e
(refer 10 I 'i ll . 14 ). s ub t ra c t t he th icknes s o(
tw o d rawer g ui de s
lW ).
S o
I
cu i twelve
web f ron ts /backs (M) 23 long . s ee F ig . 11 .
T o d ete rm in e t he le ngt h o f t he web sides
(N). measure ti .c d i s 1 3 n c ebetween t he f ronl
and
backstiles (I4~ ). Nowcu l
twelve s ides
10 this le ng th . s ee
rig.
II .
J O I N E R Y .T he w e b f ra m e pieces ar e joined
w it h open mo rt is ca nd t enonjo in ts, To make
thls
joinl.
first C ut a n o pen m ortise (slo t) in
Ih e e n d o f each o f t he w eb s ides (N). s ee F ig.
Iia Center
th e m ortise o n th e th ickness of
th e p ie c e an d
CUi it
to d ep th
10
m atch the
width of th e front/back p i eces (1 ).
N e x t I c u t th e te no n s o n th e e n d s o f t he
w eb fro nt/back pieces (M ). see F ig. lib .
Sneak up on th e d ep th o f th es e c uts un til t he
tenonsjust fi ts the mortises.
Now glu e al l
six
web f ram es
logcti.cr.
checki ng thai th e c orners are square.
1 t:ST PANElS To keel> a
d raw er fro m
catchingon an yh em s in Ih e d raw er b elo w.
glued I I pl)nwood du st pan els (0) 10rab
b ets ro ute d a lo ng th e in sid e b otto m e dg e o f
each web fram e. s ee F igs. 12 an d 13.
WEB FRAMES
A fte r Ill. b ase is c om ple te . Ille c as e c an be
f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C } ~ A U G ~ N
s ..semble da nd t he n s crewe d t o t he b as e. FIION
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fACING STRIPS®-
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l.'•).
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CUTUHGTtt 10 ,
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ClUl ANDClAMP
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TO'RONTOI'
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To posi tion 11ll'web
rra ,~ in Ih,' ea-e,I
used a spact-r syc;.
tern.
1 ('(I'r
to
Fig 17.
This kN 'PS all five
drawer opt ninJ: 't
id.ntical
BOTTO .N E.
~b)'in~th
bouom \\~bf rame tbrou . I h th e top o( the
caseunt il ; 1 ; Son th t ooS('moid ing. '>< 'C
rig.
In. '1;0\\ drill p ilol ho le s through Ih mount
inl hoi ,. . a nd s cr ew the (rum 10 tI,,· case.
Sl i\( .....
(:)..
Nexl , t o de te rm ine L1l(~ilt or
I lw spa ce rs , me a su re
f rom th e 0 01 10 ,w eb
(mnl
..idth (~h·l.ee
F ig. 17
l'Ocxt.in...·nall th e
w eb
fram
i n th. · ca.
se
an d '·paral them with 'pIKers ,. Fig. J 7
I(th e top frome isn 't R ush with Ihl'lupuf th e
case.
ndju~1
th e heig ht o ( a /ltl u -
spacers,
: > ; 0 1 1
K < e 1 >
a ll the space rs
idenlical.)
\.~. 'IKI.I Once th e spacers art' euuo th e
CflrTI.'tS TO
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fa,A,MlS
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INSIDE Of QUlDlS
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added , ,1~adherinJ nylon JllId,·
t pc 10 Ih,· 101'of each frame. see
~
U.
TOI'
PAL I(.
To keep the
lOP (nUlit Ihe
,,'nw wldlh •• the other fra1l1~s.JlIUl·1I\(, •
\ , I ( r (Q) o n e ac h sid e o (th i. (,.,unt'.
,'1';11.15.
length
as the web ,id, (1'1 . se e
Fig.
14
Before gluing
th,'
drawer
g uid es to th e web
frames.
drill
countersu nk mounting
holes
th ro ugh e ach guldl· . s ee F ig . 143.
Ailcrthe holesare drilll '. glue the drawer
guides IU th e s ld e s 0 1th e web f rame. T o WI '-
kf ,,'
installing the web
frame,
in the
case,
I a dd .d d ra we r g uid es to f iv e o f th f ra m.,
(o r th e l iv e d rawers . s ee
Fig.
14 11 , to p
(mOledoesn't need drawer guidl ,
1>lIAWt KG I· tDES.Cu t
Ih('
ten drawer
guides (P) 10 a w idt h of 1'1 ', and Ill< 'same
DRAWER GUIDES
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MOLDING
FRONT/BACK
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9
fte nh ew eb fra m es
and fac ingpiecesare
in place. w ork can
begin on the top .
The top is amitered
hardwood fram e
around a ~ •• ply·
wood
panel.
r efe r to
~i 0 .
T o m ake the top look thicker and add an
interesting
e dg e p ro li le .
lued
a
separate
molding
f rame
on
topofrhe
case first.
Then
lued the top to this
f rame,
MOIJ)ING
FR. - £
To
make
the molding
frame. start by resa w
ing enough
l 2 - thick
stock for a front, back (both S). and tw o
side
(T) pieces,
see l ig. 19.Then
rip th~
pieces
t o a un if orm
w id th 0 1 21 -1s .
Before mitering the p ie ce s to length. rout
a
W
round-over
(with
an I I s
sh ou ld er) o n
the
bottom
edge. see Fig.
19a .TIl mite r
t he p ie ce s
to
le ng th so th ey re
IV.
longer
( lo ng - po in t 1 0
long ·point ) than the
width
an d
d ep th o f t he case (2 71 . a nd 1 1 v .. ~ .
After
th e
f rame piecesarecut,
screw
them
down
to
UIC
top of the case so there s a uni
f orm o v er ha ng o n a ll four
sides.
l
nm y c as e,
th e
oYe l nang measu red II I . )
TO r F RA . E . N o w w ork can b eg in on the
l rame
and panel top. T o make the
f rame,
start b y c uttin g e no ug h :y , · th ic k sto ck fo r a
front, back (both U). an d two side (V)
pieces. se e Fig .
20 . Then
rip tile
pieces
to a
uniform , idth
012\1 , .
Be fo re c utti ng th e p ie ce s t o le ng th
there
a re a n umoor of r ou ti ng
s te ps to g o through.
se e
Fig.
2L
F ir st. r ou t a
\ 1 4
round-over
(with
a shoulder) on the top edge o f each piece.
se e
Step
I
Next .
to
create
a
deco rat iv e channel
be
tw een U te fram e and th e plyw oo d panel. I
routed a very small rabbet on the
inside
to p
corner
o f e ach
f rame p iece .
se e S le p 2 .
T o keep the fram e pieces and plywood
panel align ed, I used a spline cut
from V
Masonite,see Fig.
2 0 . T o
accep t th e sp lin e in
the
Imme
pieces.
outed
\ I slots
on the
inside
edges.
se e
S tep 3 in
Fig.
2 1 .
After routing U te S lo ts , miter th e four
fra me p ie ces (U ,V )
to
length
so
they re
V 4
lo ng er (lo ng -p oin t to
long·point )
than
th e
molding
frame.
P. \ NE L.Nex t,
C U I
a~, p ly
w
ood to p p anel
\V
t o 6 1w it hi n t he
f rame.
On ce th e p an el
is
cu t
to
s iz e. u se t he samerou te r s et -u pa sw i th
th e
f rame p ie c e s
to rou t a V..
s lo t on all fo ur
ed ges. se e S tep 4 in I l;g .2 1 .
ASSD18LY N ow c ut th e splines from V
Mason it e t o lit
between
t he f ram e a nd p an el
T hen glue the fram e aro un d th e panel w iU t
Ute sp lines inp lac e . s e e r ig. 20a .
A fter th e g lu e d ries. glue the fra me an d
p an el a ss emb ly d own
to the
lOp of t he c as e.
Center it on the case so there s a uniform
overhang
(\Is )
on
all
foursides.see
rig.
lO b.
TOP
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the sam« dbtance (rumthe shoulder on lh
draw er Im Ol 3 ' u is fromthe th( ·b..ttom ,'CIII
o f lb. dr. , ·r back and
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MOVI WOItKJltfCI AGAtNSf
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,
F il l, 2 .
m,~
eng th of
t he space r
should equal the distance be
IW( . n 1111'en te rpe in ts o f th e
fir-land second holes.)
Ih en drill out th e was te
be
l
een
th e
IwO
hoI...
and use a
eJlO,, '1
10
cle an u p th t.'
< i d ( 1 <
and
th,
t 'n d, uf
th <
mort ise .
usc a set-up that involves one
SlOPblock and 3 spacer,
CUI a spacer and place it
against t he s t op
b lock
10 posit ion
th e f irs t h ole . se e
tlR, I.
Afl l - r
dril l ing
th e firsl hok-.I 'l '111.O\-etl, .
pac
e r and
drin
a second hoI,'
~
t h .· o t f l( - r end
o f
th e
mo r ti , . .
b it
is c en te re d o n Ihcl
thi 'kn c;~
of
th e
wo rk pi ec e. 1 11 n ju,t drill
a s e rk - so f h o k«
lu
r Rh o ut t lu
mortise, see ph I at kft.
,I- 'or
more on
(hi ,
,t·chni u
can t gcl
tht·
. . :on
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15
1
2
/
'F IRST: ID WO t . .. U
an INtO (XiSTING
ROll ,Ott AUGNMlNT
i ll l th .· f i l ' tho le . Then replace
the
fir-I bit w ith one for
the
l ar . 'r ho le , il e, see Fig.
2.
Nowwhen you bor e t h( ' l a rg er
hu h'. it w ill 1 > < exactly cen tcred
01 1 Ill _ : ~ : ~
ENLARGING HOLES
stripsyou
n.. .
-d
- .t nJ l' t ha t an -
(X·
a cl l) ' t h~
-ame
thkkOl'
1 1 1 <
WI·Up
I
use -qu i. ,, , 3
I,
ne e
and
drum
sander, . . .~.
ph t alldt
SA~()[.'G1~ 'I; RT.1'0 ensure
thedrum makescontac; wi th the
lull
width o r
Uw
'trill,
il
hns to
hi ·
lowI'n'd slillhtly below th,' sur
lace
01
th e
table.
You
can
lower
the drum im o IIho i dr il led i ll a
piece
of
pl) 'Wtll'I tilt· b ladl ' o n
m y table saw to IS ' and rn i, ,' (
it
~ .. above the tabk T hen I po,i
lio ne d th e r en ee
S o
the (k~·pt ' , t
par
or th e CUI
WR'
cen tered on
t he w id th e ruie b se. Nnw make
two passes,
l ur ni nll I hl '
piece
end-for-end between l ), ,' '> '' '( 'o ;. ,)1
a dd in g a s ee on d
k~KV(1
t nJK~
th e
base,
yo u
t 3II
dr il l in to ball s
F in aDy . I cut 1\\0 ,hl ' ho ld ·
d ow ns a nd a tta ch ed th vm tu Ih ,'
base
with
carriaRt'
bol t . . ..
t
yo u',, · ,,,,'r
tried
to d rill a
hek- in a do
d
or
3
ball. yo u
kno h tough it i 0k ,, ,, , t he
pit l t~
f rom ,h du lR a ro un d. T his
jig
,I\,..lh a t p rub ll 'm
DRILLING DOWELS OR BALLS
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NO(1II1'IJIT.
This
method
e lirninate ...chipout
that can
o c · ur
when
cu tti llR I t. · n( )n .s
one
a
1
a
t ime
ling Iht tongues. rip the blank
into trips to produce rail, with
identical tenons on th eir e nd
'\('
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Nu.
N;
.111t trudlrionnl w ay to join
,) In s o r
ralls
to
I~g~is
with a
Inorti~(. ' an d u -non j oi nt . And
tha ', Illl'jolllt IM'(Ion
th e
Plaot
Stand
on
paq,' 18 ,
lI'hile
th e mo r-
i ·
an d
u
non,
ar~n 't d i fficult to
make,
thl'~
ca n
be diUk,,1t to
clamp
uprom lj
'1,,·clamp,don'ta),.
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18
T he s im p le lin es a nd th e s tr aig hl fo ru Ja rd jo in er y
barrOtt'
h e a t i ly fr o m
tr a d it io n a l C r a fts m a n s ty le [ u m itu r e.
But
tha
doesn'
mean it
w on t fit
in to da y s h om e . In fact ie's a p e rfe ct p la c e fo r a d e sk p h o n e .
Plant Stand
~ . . .. : .W . : .. . .. . .. : :E : . .. _ E = - K \I O _ r _ _ ; _ R _ O ~ J _ _ ; _ E . . . . : C _ T ~
~
lw3Y,
admired
the
idea
b e hi nd t he C rn flsman -s ly l~
fumi l u ' \' t h aI was mad in the
,rly
1 I O C r ~ a nd le at ur ed
very
l k o ornamentation.
lUI.
o ften il lo ok s h ea vy an d
uut of·pial e, especially when
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1 .,•• 6·36 fl.9ad.ft.
A
UnlNG DI GR M
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IS
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FACING
/®
SHElf
OR WPt
OPlNING
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@
BACK
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SOUAA1UP
MORTISE S
to
LAYOUTUN
/') OGSn
(T o kt't1llht· ,n . and
tall.
flu sh 1 0
the
in ('1 th.· d ep lh < lo p on th e drill
pre-<
10
produc~ a
~16 -d
mor tis e. a nd
drill.
tit..
of
0
rL pping ho le s. s ee ~ig .
S ex ld ea n o ut th e m ortise, >lopping shan of
th e L tY O IlIh ne -, s ee F ill. 4
toOole :Because the m oruses are ouser,
keep the inside edge o( the leg (th e ed ge
be tween t he mort is es ) a gai ns t
t11~
e
ne e,
SQIJARE
lll
I~ lltmSES. Af t. 'r r emov
in g m ost of the waste w ith the drill bit.
s qu are th e mo rtis es 1 0 th e la yo ut line
with
a
chisel , . . . rOIl 5. lip : Il ·sea>ier10f it tlte tenon
if
y ou u nd rc ullh e m o ni .... st.. F ig.
5a
No.6h
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IlNGTH
O F fA CING
(QUA.L SHOUlDE.
DLMtNS IONS Of
R J I S
21
TOP ND SHELF
Once I
omp le te d t he
II fi;;?- PlI
aprons
(B)
and the
rails
(C). I started
working
on the top
and shelf (both
labeled
D).
The top
and theshelfareilltcr
c h an g ea b le .) My f ir st
thought
w-as
to
use a
hardwood
b l a n k U I C O
nOlChhecorncrsarrutd
th e I C b S . Bu t t h is c re at es a c o up le o f p r ob lems .
T he first problem has to do w ith the w ay
solid w ood expands and contracts w ith
c h an g es i n h um id it y.
As
t he wood e xpa nds . i t
pushes th e leg s ap art, W he n it co ntracts, it
l ea ve s. g ap b etw e en th e le gs . P 1 us .n otd tin g
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o. 6 8
c ut th e p lyw o od to p an d
sheIL
Stan by s c rew
ing an auxiliary fence to the
miter
gauge
Then
p os itio n a sto p o n th e a ux ilia ry fe nc e
so
it's 1 0 aw ay fro m th e b lad e. C ut th e tw o
10 b la nk s in tw o passe s , tu rn in g th e p ie ce s
90 be tween passes. see F ig . 1 0 .
T he n ex t s te p isto m ak e th e fa cin g p ie ce s.
Usingthe
same
m eth od aso n th e ap ron s an d
rails Iu t a w id e b la nk to le ng th . th e n r ip p ed
th e p ie ce s to w id th . S in ce th e facing piec es
E) are
th e sam e length as the sides of the
plywood. Ise d the
same
s to p b lo c k s et ti ng
to c ut th e V 4 -th ic kfa cin g b la nk to le ng th .
se e Fig. 11 . Wi th th e b la nk cu t to le ng th . a ll
that's left is to rip the facing pieces to a
f in i shed wid th
0 7~ .
R~
S , P IECES
INS ID f 'ACE
Of AHONS
I I S
I
8
die inside edge of the leg and the m ortise
a ).r efe r to F ig ,
8.
when the heigh t is set.
rab bet b oth en ds
of
the blanks on the sam e
; .lIk
face.
STEP rwo , T o fin ish th e ten on s. I cut a
rab bet o n the
ol li ide
fa ce o f t he b la nk s. T o
d o th is .
stan
by f li pp in g t he
iesr
p ie c e o v er .
N ow , ad ju st the b lad e h eig ht to p ro du ce
a
V
tenon and m ake a pass o ve r th e b la de .
se e S tep T w o in
rig.
7 . I lth ele no n d oe sn 't fil
th e mo rtis e. a dju st th e b la de h ei gh t u nt il y ou
hav e. g oo d fit.
Finally, rip th e ap ro ns (8) to a fin ish ed
w id th o f 4
Vi
an d cu t th e six rails (C) from
t he o th e r blank to a w id th o f:¥ , , see Fig. 6 .
a ro un d fo ur
legs
to g et
a
t ig h t f it
isn t easy.
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16
l, i(JU~ltl· h w . k tu f it between the upper
rai ls nnd l il t' b ; 'k Itl)rnn .....~ Fig. 15 . (In my
c:aM·thi~W3~I'''.)
lll~ TI~rr. I'o ition the drawer
gujd,·, Iht·)·n- nu,h withthe dm...er mils
e 11 .. . n .l ll u, · I h ,' dra ,'r guid e.. t o t he in -
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3
R n i ~ . ,
blad,
1 ) 1 1 1 1
.djll~lj tlr r toH ,k.
a 1 7'1 '•• O J I I tn end of dl ll
fmllt. leltVillgulimglle tofi
kerf.
DRAWl.
m
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SPACI
lJGH
TOP ND
IASlRUSH.
1M...
CLUO m .I~I..~~.ooee th e coversare cut
I
IO il( .C llIlh,· oose s(R )oulofV. Masonile
10
matchibe
COH
(5 .6 ). see
rig.
2.
FABRlt r f.\\ 'i .h the bases cu t . t h e
next
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First:
To lilake/i....1Cld.pl tU4i ll lPe i I f > lg fh·
Second:
Toc>rd ' ife plilling
/Op . Hold {II plae'
and tear
[ In .. u o
dow n act 'tm l l Iock8(1 ' biad~ .:Ith Ih e 01,,... PUplll dlJWII
eeress
i«ICkS< wblodf.
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= r =
l~·
h
WOOOSotl W
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SANDPAPER CUmNG JIG
ITOP V lf\M
2
HA CKSA W
ILADE
S l1 t 1P S A A I
.......THta(, ~. WtDl
cu r TO L N GTH
n_~(NDSTOPS
II \
- Fh. W OOOSCRl W
CENTn
ST _
NOTE:
JIG U TS
11 JSH ITS
N
I
S Ins
B ,[ ol'c . .. , .. u'lirg (h e
/lO rKS(JII'
blad. to th e
jro/ttojth. ji c 1l1l1t m~itlk/; re e?l lr {)tli 9
Itoie..
Till 1 ,,,,tll)'l f lI tt~1t./igldl nW.
/Itxll)d OO~f '(tnlisrrctt' iIt pil lC t'.
•• K STOP
il STRJPSto rin g sa nd pap er is o ne t hi ng . c utting u ro
si7.e
isanother, I I)uilt
thiS$gsol
oouklQuickly
cu t
sheers of sandpaPl1 '
The jig ac tsasagauge 10 measure nn dcut
q ua rt er s he et s o f s an dp ap er
10 fit
our finish
SIII1der.
Us ing the jig is a rwo stepopera tion
I ' i lOl.
a fu ll (9 x II '? sh eet o f sa nd pa per is
put
into
th e j ig and cui in h alL T hen the hall
sheetsareturnedse inU:ejigaod
CUI
in haJJ
again . So you end up w ith quarter-sheet
(41.2 5 \,oJ')
pi t Ct 'S o f
sandpaper,
\ IATERI· \I$.All that 's n ee de d fo r th e jig is
a piece nf
: t 4 pl)'W ood
fo r a b as e five lr ,' ·
thick
st o ps, an d a 12 · lo ng hacksaw bl ade.
s ee d raw ing atr ight,
.\Tr,\CR THE5roPS. S ta rt in g w it h a
6 4
x
12~
pll 'O od
base, nail
the
end and
back
, lop, Ou.h with Ih e ~odso f lh e
base.
leaving
11 between th em . 1 11cscstopsaret( , r l( aring
the fu l lshee ll~ ngthwise .
Once
the paper
is
10m
lengthwise, it
needsto lo rn in baJJi Ig3in.Thal·s\\hyth~
c en te r s to p is
poSitio ned
back
S J . z
C l1'lTlXITD(;F_After the slo ps a re nailed
down , I screwed
on
a
cutting
ed ge m ad e
fro m a 12 · ~ ong hacksaw blade.
SANDPAPER cunER
r:
/
.
®
SIDE
®
BACK
®
SIDE
f
I
5
CROSS
SECTION
After o rganizing my sandpaper in th . .
sleeves . I still needed a way 10 k eep the
sleeves io o rde r So J m ade a simple storage
bin O UI 01 scrap p lywood . s ee phot o .
ntE BASEA. inlL\CK.o m ak e th e
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to
O ,tH
~ = ~ = . = . = ~ = = = = = = = = = = ~ O : F = H ~ I N _ G _ _ : - _ ~ : : : - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - ~ :
61.
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BOARO
3
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6',
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SIDE/
orVIO£R
®
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1
fRONT'IACK
•
PROJECT
S HOP
Thi-, d is. Finally, auac h th e lids with
IW O 2 · · long bun hi nges. 5«' Fig. 3 .
ASSEMBLY
T
h(''''''' a r la liv l'l} n ew C Y J) eof sand-
1 );II'
on
0Pl>o..,itl.'
page,
Sandpaper Dispenser
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1
J·lledI8pell.~errall·b€l. fI dfiJrquarl.rr
Txi.rII,·~het.7fSt:f sa ndrr».
If
YQ'l'yr
I(.xi,tga~;.rIJI~,tlleet
(
nder,nutrk' th lllynul
1)O(l), fII(); d ir o. le its
II idtll
USING HE DISPENSER
lVith th co .... kngth
0/
p a per 1 1 1
rolled,holdthelid riflud and Ipqr ,)
II.. po r. T ~
111 '
,,,mg rfl ,be' t ll
hold t« O diff. ml grits u Slikil
paper.
USl5tlAAP
PUNCWAND
C£NTfIlHOU
OHWlDntOf
l I l A
RtMOVE HOU
ON HACKSAWat A0l
STOPORJWNG
WHI:N SCRlW WlU.
frT
fW HINMOLI--
COUNTU-
SINK
,6 xlJ2 l
11 \ .
WOOOSCtl[W
width of th e lay ou t b oa rd . T he te eth of th e
b la d es s hou ld s lic k 1 1 6 a bo ve th e s urf ac e o f
th e la yo ul b oa rd , s ee F ig. 5 . Th en sc re w th e
b lad e sec tio ns in p lac e w ith
No.
6 x I- l
Oal
head wood
scr ews . see
Fig .Y .
CUIE INl IACt;.
Nowgluclhc l ayou tboa rd
in p lace on top of the dispenser so it's
c en tered b etw ee n th e lid p ie ce s. s ee F ig. 4 .
T o u sc th e d is pe ns er . fo llow I he S te p- by
Step directions below.
S CO Rr A NO
8
Once the hole locations are m arked on
both
pieces the
m ounting holes can
be
d rille d. B ec au se th e b la de is s o th in .
ir s
no t
necessary 10 d ril l a .h ank bol
e.
I just used a
countersink billa drillth(' ho lc .1 1 t is w ay a ll
you
have 10
d o is
stopdrilling
enc eth e w id es t
p an o f'rh e h ole is th e s am e size a s th e s crew
h ea d. se c F ig . 8 .
SCREW TIlE EDGE ON.
Finally . pos i tion
the blade section so iI S centered on the
NOll:
OWE
LAYOUT BOARD
INPlAC(
ctffltIIiNG
IN 0I I1 IING
STU(IT ../
$. . ,. .01> . . .. . -
tIOU
J
2
141 thr lid alidunrol r oMghpaper
In
fit
u'mr pad
i:e. 01 1
the
/a(/olll
boardfor« qua rter-sheet;
1 ( / 1 '
at ti penci
lill
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~.
6 t - i
r u b b e r
or klt-ba 'd rbital
fin-
j . . . .h ~;. ,an(lt ·O' .
(SOle: ) 11(;
manufacture r
(IOt ~n t n-commend fastening
Ilw f..l'iIlR 10 a Ielt pad. I've
teund,
Ih ou gh . Ih al
it s
f ine 10
U M ,' 1 11 kil are pre-cut q uaru r sheets 01adh e
.
with
Sblr il ,, 'ndpa ;X ry u , ply peel ,~
o ff Ihe old pieer I ~ p a . , . . . .
and tick on a DCW one It s
quick.
11 , t 3 ~nd there s
no
lumblin R aroun d .. ith th. ·
clamp,
8uI. ev en m orv im po rta n t i~
th at
iI3 IU311),
mprove-,
Ih( 'W3,
Ihe sa n d e r work •. Ir Ihe san d
pap er is hel d to th e s3 11r·J)t) ) it', a dark g ra y colo r.
)et th e S likn p a , 'f 1' a im w h ile .
' lbe whi .t ' co lo ron t heS ti ki t papct comes
IT o m a c oa tin g 0 1 r ill( ' S le ra le a pp lie d o v( 'r
Ihe ,ilicon carbide. t'xplain t'd R ('d
Pe loqui n . Te ch n ic al S erv ic e S pe cia list lo r
3M. 'lbi'cootin g he lps p r . .Vco t l oad ing and
dO AAin ga lt he p ape r. e sp ec ia lly when s and
in g 6n i~ hes or pain l:
Tools of the Trade
R E v I E \ ( ~x n
PROl1liCT
--
OOL
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2 9
CONVEX
N o. 61
J()I\'TER.
Ajo in ter i s de signed
10 perform a couple of opera
l i o n s i r s t it c a n
b e
used L O
2
WARP£D
tCUPPfD} ARD_
r
;-,
RUN OVE. JOIN111t
TO RATTf N ONE fACE -..
_
cF4 :.
•
4 .; ;
RUNN ING CON O FACEOVlR
J04NTrR ,SCHTRlSUlT_
IN TAP£ 1 t[OaOAAD
-
u n de rs ta nd in g 0 1 w h a t a jo in te r
Il a planer c a n do o r Y C u .
K
ote
thaI
I listed these as two separate
machines.
The confusion in the rcr
minoiogy
c o m e s
w hen a d eal .. r
tries
to
s ,,11a 1oin le r /pJa cr ,
Unless it s a
c om bin atlo n rn a
chine land they're usually ex
pensivel, it s probably only a
jo in ler It w on t p la ne sto ck
L O
a
uniform thickness
fl O
DltUCfK)N
1 JOtNTER
W O RK PlK l t sF l. AT AN_D
UN1fORM THtCKNES5A f . T f 1 t
THt('KN( P\ANING
\
I n many s itua tions , there ar e
other tools that can be used in
place o( a
jointer.
To
prepare
stock for ed ge-g lu in g. a g oo d
blade 00 a well-tuned table saw
,II
work.
Narrow stock can be
stood
on
lodge a n d ru n through a
r h i c k n e s s planer . .4s (o r f lat te n
ing o ne face befo re thickn ess
planing.
you can use
a
hand
plane or belt sander.
But a thickness
planer
really
s hi ne s h en y ou n ee d 10 t hi ck
ne ss p lane a boa rd
- \ 1 4
d own to
Vi
(o r exam ple). It s tim e co n
suming and difficult 10 do this
w ith a h a n d p la n e . a n d a lm os t
impossible 10do accurately with
ajointer.
a r
5
- tn_
SECOND:
THIC NI$S
P......
TO G tT ornra fACE PARAW1 .
TORlSr
3
4
FIRST:
FLAntN ONE FAa ,:)
ON JOINrtR .,-
teed a piece
into
a t hi ck ne ss
planer
u ntil o ne fac c has been
flatu-ned
(o n
a j oi nte r f i rst .
BU I
realistically.
I think I
would buy a thickness planer
first.
Especia lly s ince
the
intro
d uc tio n o f h ome s hu p th ic kn es s
p la ne rs ( or u nd er S . ;OO .
planers,
a p re s s u re b a r f la t te n s
the w orkpiece tight against a
table
or
b e d , sec
F ig . 4 . T hen
knives
in
the cutterhead
above
th e
workpiece
trim the to p face
parallel
10the
table, see
Fig.
43.
lkfol't'dl'C,ding
10
buy athick
ness planer, you should be
aw ar e o (
what
il
w o n
d o ( or
you.
It
W(lII'1
take
l\\iS
or warp out of
a b oard ,
II you run a warped
board through a thickness
planer. the i nfe ed ro ll er
flattens
Ih b o a r d
against the bed, bU I
the board w ill return 10 its
warped
Stale w hen lt co mes out
the
outfeed
side. \I'hat
y ou en d
up,,;tb isa
board
that'splaned 10
a u n i t o r r n t h i c k n e s s a n d s m o e t h ,
b U I iI s still n ot O al a lo ng its e n
lire width
or leng th .
TIlE
s s s r
APPRO,'CR.
T h e e l l.. .
iest method
or getting
wood
both nat
and to •
consistent
thickness is 10usc bot ajointer
an d
a thickness planer. The
jointer
is
used to
gel
one
3 of
the board Ilat, an d then th e
thickness p lan er
planes
th e
o th er sid e p ar alle ho th e Oatside.
1( ( ~-tg.
.
JOINTER OR PL.t\NER? Now
back
to
the
o ri gi na l Qu es ti on .
Techn ic a lly, i t s p robab ly be suo
buyajoinll'J'firsL Y ou c a n u s e it
10square IW O
adjacent
edges
fo r
cdge-gluing s to ck. A nd , a s e x
plained above, you
shouldn't
i t s l im i te d 10
the width 01
knive s , A 4 j o in ter , fo r examp le,
will only
Oallena piece
~ id
,
There
are usually twoor three
kn ives in th e cuu erhead
Ihat
take small chips out
o f t he
work
piece as It s pushed QV{ the
k niv es , s ee F ig . I a, l Vilh th e c ut
terhead
n.>vnlvingfast
enough,
OICchips overlap e a c h other and
r e sul t
in 3Oa t
s u r f a c e
So ajcimer isa perfccttool for
uirkly Oanening
o r r emovi ng
wa rp ( r< lma on e
faCl
o f a n ar row
board. s ee Fig. 23 and b. \\ hal a
jo in te r C ;U I Id o i s p la ne a b oa rd
to a
/ ( I ' i fO I · '
t h i ck ne ss,
If yo u tu rn th e b oard o ver a nd
run
the o ther face over the
jo in te r, ih e f ace ill
b e
Oat.bU I
there's no guarantee II will
be
parallel with the first race, see
F ig .le , T ha t s th ej ob ot a p la ne r,
l lAS~:JI,
Actually,
refer 1 0
c al l a p la ne r a t hi ck ne ss p la ne r
to in dic ate its so le p urp ose .
A.
tb e w o rk pie ce i s
fe d
i nt o a t hi ck
ness planer.asprinz-loaded feed
roller (and. lI some thickness
lLAntHlNQ
IKE IAC
OfAPIEQ
O F S TO CK
--
clean up and square on edge 01
a board 9 0
(o r
ny
angle) 10a n
adjal'elll surface. This is useful
when
yo u re p re pa ring sto ck [tjr
cdg . .. .gluing,
A
jo in te r can also 1 1 < .
used I
OalWna far,'on a board , se e Fig
I, In performing' this operatieu
.1 /11 ronsid» ril / Illllliilg 1
jflfJrt.·r (,r a joil,lel lplaJ/rT
lor
1 1 ' 1 /
~ (II .
' l t l 1 tV I l 1 t I l l ·
,~i ,1 ll I,. ir 1 / 11 il) go l
J llarkwcll
;I t t i l l , ,
S 1 1
I , ( ( , ) ( ; 1
1 1 1 1 1
Be fo r e l make a ny r ec ommenda
t ions, lt's important 10 have an
JOINTERS AND PLANERS
Talking Shop
QUESTIONS
N
OMMENTS
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< all il 1( 1 ( hoI('n ugh. mater i
al,
do,, to t lw ..atl
could ignite.
I l,c.
r ( l l la in i ll J ,l c )p tion i s
lO
climill[l«' IIII
11I at
source. The
IU.. al (CUll..•...rrum
chemic-e l l
reac·
t ion ,c . :au~.odby thc
painLc;orvar
ni-h, inIhe
rail .
(Soh'ffilmperatUJ t>S.
but
dvn l prodUl C h ea l them_...
Iv.s.
OIlC\ h....1accumulateS. the
tI11 l fJt-ntUn-
ri.~o igniS( the s o l
h III h o . ,,,Iu r \-arni;.h. 1 1 1 < '
trk k i,0not I t - th e lk>algath t r.
·1
hanll m y rags on
the
d th hn.· (away from the kidsl
untillhl'
r l ac.1JVC
nlat('1ial, hav-~
h ad a . .han , lo - . Ie l a nd I be
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ti~il f atu/poI)1 r
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il l
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alullJ l8. P/t'Me rail
<
compallyfm'a ,a ta l O f } t J r
j,,/oY l I t· S tik il sa nd pa per on
· 768-3:10
120Gr iL ..........
S13.95
The nylon sirip. help the
you r s an der y ou n ee d
10 repl ace
· 768-340 S Gril............$13.95
drawers g li de cag il y i n and ou t of the fell pad with a replacemen t
· 768-350 220 Gril............$13.95
ihe chest, pad (unless it's a new P orter -
T wo
o r mo re r ol ls :
S
12.95
ea .
This
tape
is
available t hr ough
C ab le sa nder) or add 8 co nver- Rep lac ement P ad •
Woodsmith
Project Supplies,
• io n fa cing.
(See
the article
on
For
QuarteroS heel Sanders
For
h e
Cba ir si dc Chest . you wi ll
page
28.)
.76 84 00 F or A ll
Makila
(Qrtr.
need a bou t 14 feet,
\Voodsm ilb roje t Sup-
Sheet ) Sanders . .. .. . .. ... .....$5.95
N y lo n G lide Strips pl ie s i o ff er ing Ih e re placemen t · 7 68 -5 00 f or A l l P o rte r C abl e
·753-109 \ - z \Vide ($pe( - ify
pa ds (o r IW O
of
the m ost
com-
(Qrtr. Sheet) Sanders .. ...$5.95
the nu mb er o f f ee t y o u n ee d.
T ea rd rop Knob m en o rb ita l sa nd ers a s well as Conversion Pacing
14f
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is
typical
oftkl8
style
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