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2 50OTES FROM THE SHOP
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W OODSMITH
ItYJl killg magazine also did an .rticl~bout
John and the way he manufactures his
squares,
(FiJlt \~iHt(I .}rki 1
No.
5.~.
he
JulY'August,
1986i.. ,,.)
\\rothin an hour of ou r first meeting, we
shook
hand on :t p,..
jb:1 I.I.~~'ve
been
wlUlling
to do
for
y e a l ' l < now . W e
an >
in
troducing lhe un; t l rOCJd .lmi li>Fill
Toot ,
Of
course,
we
are n ot
tool
m anufacturers,
flul we cloappreciate wall-made
tools.
And
we were anxious to get involved in the
prodU(1il)nof a line ofquality tools.
.lohn
l . ' T ' e < ' d
lively (or 1I Kodsmil/,Fiur
Too l .
Thi.,
squm . .. .h a a Ii
blade, which
j,;
right illbelw een the two s iz es he cur rent ly
mnliOthf one degree .)
I\
gtt this kind uf aeeuracy the M,,,,ler
Try ScIWIJ'Cgoes t l lI 'O\rgh .10
mMufaC lu r i ng
steps to assemble 26 parts, which or
dwekl-d at 12qUll l ity ecntrol point ; ; .
Yel, if Ihave II reservation about
thi,
square, i~hat it ~lmost too good. \V,
ttj~ln't\\ ant
to
produce a eeremonial square
onlyfor collectors,
Instead,
we wall
led a square that coukl b e
ui'('(1 u nd er al l c on ditk m s. T he p ro bl em
i-t Anrlg,.1 u. lhinking nhout
all < orts o f applications. (Fore;(aml ' le, tbe
.a1t and 1~llper
shake .,;
in lhi. js,me.1
rI 'he$arne gl')C.~f)T the routingjig\L.~ed n
Ihe fn.. rruality, and good ide..... about mak
ing top- quality woodworking tools.
The looL, he mnk are unforgetlllbl.
.olid bl'i>. quun. , w,th
ro;cw ,1
handl ..
Y o u m a y havesl-en Ihem al a woodworking
.how, or
in
a catalog (GlUTetl \Vade and
WoodcraflSupply calT)' them). Fiup Il',,,,,/
wdust
SA M P L E C O P IE S
II
y ou have
a fn end wou ld . 1 0 se e a copyol
Woodsmlih.lustsendlhenameandadd1ess, and
welsenda~ (IllnoCOSl).
BACK ISSUES
Al l bad triP . h ul w l b e Illo l d iffio ull if yo u
l'1 ml 1 0 cut.1T n w , th,m m oe strip
~.'lIC1I)'
th(:
~nw~i1~,
To t Ut nlOI e than l)1~ ~trip.he ripfe nee
ha. e ' l
out
\\'ft h $ (_ 'I ' R l ' )\iPc(,s.
lb lIj h te n th e dept h :ulju5llllent on my
router, theres a largo wing nut, 1 make a
ha bit
I I f
only t igh tcn in l it
by
hand, b u t t he re
at l
t im l s , vI.e)1 J
(.'Rlt\
Kcl
it loose.
U : ;: ing u
1 ' 1 h -
of
Iie
rs to loosen
a
w in g n ut
0
knob
on
a tool never sat well with me,
1.,,,,,1\ e the I'r bl~m ) mad. simple
little
1001UUI
(I f
[til1(' lulIg ' 1 . 1 1 of o ak, I n o ne en d
I
routed a stopped slot
that
would
just
til
)\',1' thi
l \\;ng
11Ul Oil tile
routar;
\\'ilh the
ex tra le \'c l a gV ' pruvltlf1tl. it'li uru; :. ' to loosel l
tl~
'jog nut.
ROUTER TOOL
__ T_ips & Technigu_e_s __
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WOOOSMITH
1 ,thai hold the l en . and PYPI' iece.
While
this
is a candic lat r
fo r
a lathe project.
i t ' ' , even easier to makeon a router t:lhlt~-
us i ng a l . . ' ri '. J : 1 1 1 < 1 Step J IIIP ig. 2 .
aleidosco~_e _
AN ENTERTA IN ING V IEW OF THE WORLD
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lOUTINC 0# IOOY.J
LIlTINS IDE a tASS liNG
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,
ltA SS R IH G
fllGUU 11
,
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curlloac
t
III
m f1GtI'I
_ 10' WAYS
1/
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.
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; . . .
PlAN.
AN)
SA N OSTllPS
flUSH wn'H IODY
.. StIlKIO
In o W i 1CUf 'S.
'tHlNGlUl
INPlACI
2
\\'OODSMlTH
ROUTERTABLETURNING
Nllw
Ihe
ends of lh, 1 1) 'can
l('
tu rm .1 o n
tho nlUtt>rturnin~jiJe in t \1.0 tt ~ :t e ~I~
: rt
( I I f
m o n o : o n
thio:;j11r.)
RI'G SHOliUlI:R The
first
step i., turn-
109 5Ir J,:ht ;.Mul.I.,,.,. on each pnd to boI t
tho
''''I,th ,top
on Ilk, .lId , :
cenl~r
and
n 'JM al t o o > i ' f . I l I . . . ,
on l h, '
I her end.
('ovt:
CO:o.' l'OIJRAII r the
ring
.hllul.
d ''>';ire roul..,d ,
('tl\(. I .'tlUlt.'()
to bl~nd
the ring trnou),lt'rinl~)ll'e Out6idc~of thp
t) l Il ( J ~ .
Tt ,dc) t hi~. n\(.ur, l H ,. C 'OI e 'bo x b it in
lh,
rouler.., it pro),'
In th center ..r
t >
I...k .md insert th
, 1 ,. ,, 1 ~ it vrujt Ct:o ,
,-.t Fig.
b.
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(NDCAPS
Whlk
L I t e
fim ,h on
the
kaldd.,. ,,1l bo.ly
,,,~, ciryinll. I turned my attenuon
I
lh,'
Ulnpr
w
(11kingto;.The first step \''&I'llllQkih) ,
llw end I'i,,,(, Ihat fit into tho bn .... tin
l id h ..lellhe
.yepiere glass and
Ie . . .
('AP DISKS.The end caps start out
us
Iwo
O\ln.;i:~ tl
tli:.k...
cut from
lfir athickstock,
t'. n hy ,,,
ing
tw o 2..., dill. e ir el , s e ,.
~'ig 11.S~XI
> 0
a y,' hole lhrnugh Ih~
cen te rpo in t co r. .a eh
cirele .
Tbt-n
nlugh-ring hole),
se e
F 'j(,
tu .
Ne, turn on
Ih
router and
~I~wly
twist
Ih ,' ho tndlp
hi~'
adjwhl
ou t off L I t e edllt oftlweILhtly
nl th.lheyre
t.....
111l
. . . ,101th., 1 < - , . . . . ,. A lth ot' t 1 ... 1
r
hlt~
ruld ' , ,, ,,U , :n t r o r thb. I d id n \ 1llI\~bf
1 n r r , '
dztify buy
in~ Ih.
n1
fur ju:' a
f~w
hole'). 00 I ,1.1 thi
l > . ,nn ll \ \ l l h ' I) ; jd~ b i ts . (Fo r u . , i n l o tell' bit;;
t )
t,t'hl~'~
IltJl('S, $l'(.'I)3gft
22.)
I:VI:I P.t'P.. Th~
eyepiece doc.n'l
11(,,1
len, 1 ,,\(,, {'Plt ('\ ' .... c i f'E 1 ' t . ~ 1 0 ' 1 :?Xl.
Lt.~ 1 ;The I
C O l p
ha., L~l'J1 r
0ll ,n~han lh~ l'y~pi('( 10 admit Ii~hl
l lu l ' h t h. lpn .< .
And lite i'' ''ide
.u , ( '
1>
re,,,,,,,llo holcllhe \;e\\;ng Icn~.
Thi . hoi.,
an(l. '\ '\ '(. ~s lin- 001'(:(1in t\\'OsteJ'l'~.
ENSCAP D ISK
NOT:
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NOTE:
SKUll END
CS
10 eoor
W IT H $ lO C O , $ (A l,A N T
NOlL . . CU l tl
>0
lINGS
Wll)i SlUCO H ( S IA 1A .N T
lAAStlHGS
MI'IfCl
IOOY-
SCOUUl I A S O H I I t
. . . .
J IG FOIlCumNG
MIRROR ST RIPS
RGUU27
MI'I(Q
GlASS
7
VO O O ~MITH
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AGUlf2S
lENSe
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NOlL J u D O . . . .
1 I O I t
OVR_
ANI)MlSS
0C)tWHWfTM
1O f 'H HAI'fDS
C80S~
m:JlOtI
p
9l
EYf K(
ROR.; ClP'I G The smaller
ut ; ~I
(1
j
'1...Ul1g is 1>1(1):began
by
11 111lngh ,,~' 1~ ,ln l l~mir ro r trips.
Cl11'TlN(;JI(; ,\, UI Ih~ oni ..,\, strips
llni rcU1111~.Illucll' . t . . iJnflll~jig ou t el f l
C)
I,jt l'(_' elf I ~1~l '(,nll(l. IJ ,nn b~' icluing n
narrow ~l
ni' 4111
u \\ ),),1 1)1('('\':'-0a step is left
liMit' .. ~ \\
Iflt u . . . . .
tht.
mirn-r,
1)10.. ;' thick
Ilt';o-S CIfthe \:uti' r.IK't' .-12'. 2;
~Clt' Ihis mt
asurement
wa,...1 . for
our 1 t ,n
tht.,n-ak
1 . . i J - w
.\~:-. .. ~tnl_ M'RR(}R~
After
tht>
mimJr
-I 0 ' ''Ill, 111IlIa e
floh~ elf ~ilit.'nlllC) n lh(' Insicl( ed~rp:,( thl
b , , , , , l ' O rin....
II) ~IU.lht~ ...t,,1 CU I>So lhE :'
b o c . l ~ t .
~')\ \' )'CIU ha\.~ m:lgic.'.t-llloo k at Ih(l'
wo,ld.Amlu',
; . 1 1 , I , , , ,
wilh mir...,I ...
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Wooos~nTII
IY
/
'< ./
1
'n
l
thmk u(
H
turniru; proJt'ct,
1 U : < U a l ly
think or. b i t l , . .
T w
, , . I t >
; , 1 ' 1 1 or
malong
m(,thmg , ., .u , 1 ' t o s pi n
tbe
worl 'piewith turning
projl 'Ct.nncipk, ',,
l 1:-.tt Ci
t } M ;
y,orkJ1H-,\:~:) u ri n.e
a s ec on d
lay.r or Ma, I1I1 (' thtlt consists o( three
pieeo The ~id,' pi,'I.,('
III \; 1 : 1 1 ' < 1
to the
lower ~lf~lIlil( . Tht narrow p i ( l ( . ' ( >
~ot
f-l
~ I jd i n j. ( { '( 'n l l' r \ \ i th a
MI\I,
u f p i \' ut holes that
eontrnl- lh,' d',lm I r or the turned piece,
CITnS(.
~~'II
fS(P.
111wnrutting the
tflV.
nll' lnlt,. 'r thott
tlw ...
ifJing-
t't ol-er
i....
,lov t ...1 < C I b e , ,, ... .n the to ,
i < w
pieces. Tn
make thl' .I(, tall, tiltthe Fa blade to 4:;
and
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Df JA ll TYpe;~ CE~RS
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I
.)
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COR: fY l 'f ~
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r :
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CfNTER
ASSEMl I IY
FIGURE.)
I I
NOn,
GWfQ5IOE
mas10
tA SE..LAYE l
RGU.Rf'1
WOODSMITH
that allo\\ sminute adjustments, see f o ' i f ; .
3. T here's also a
II,
x
; J \ < , : .
mach ine sc rew
that acts as a depth StOp.Th~$(' ani mount
ed in a b lo ck th at's f a. tI n ('(
t
tb e end of
th e s lid in g c en te r. s ee D e ta il , F ig . 2 .
HWCR . ('ut this block {rom h row ,:.
N ex t bo re the ,, h ole f or the stop screw
an d
the '.
hole
f or 1 11 (0d ju stm ent ro d.
Thenscrew
an d
~Iul'
t he b lo ck
t
the end of
t he .I id in g c eme r, s ee D e ta il . f 'ij .2 .
,'HRI::AI)S. Th~ 8'lju tment
I Od
thre'l
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0
After the shaker bodies are cut to length,
th e tops and bottoms can bemade. I
started
by making the coveprofile around the tQ[lof
all th re e sh ak e rs
COY&PROFIL&.
The
cove profile
i~
turn ed o n the router turning jig (see page
I. Begin by m aking a core-type turning
center
that fits the inside the bodies. see
pagE'5. : > i . t . install a cere box blt so it
P''Oj'''' '' ' ' v
above
the rUIRr table ; ;ur ia . ., .. ,.
Then progregsively turn a cove around
the top edge. see Fig. 2.
CUT
OUT
BAS S.
After turning the
COVe
profile on the tOp ends, I made the bases
for the bodies from
, -thiek
stock, Begin
by tracing all three bases on the stock, see
Fig. 3. ('Ihev'll
be
lit out after the filler
holes are bOred.) Then
locate
the center
point on each base by eonnecting any two
pairs of OIII)Qsite
omers .
BOR.E FILLER 1I01..S. Now the filler
holes ean be bored Begin by clamping the
base stock to a backing
board
(to stabilize
the tip of the spade bit). see Fig. ~. Then
bore a thumbnail recess (for pulling the
8001 1 1 ) V :- deep
with I '), spade bit.
Next bore a ho le fo r a pla .'
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CONT INER
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COTTOSIZE,After the holes are bored in
all three bases. cut them to r ough s ba pe
with a band saw.
TURN TOPS
Now the tops can be fitlild to the hC:
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\\'OOD~MITIl
1 2
NGTH
.
JQfYlEW
Glut UPIlAHI('toM '''
tl''''.~
HIO() SlOCJ(
-,
by Iht dinm(t.r ofyour rout.r hill' nllIllh,
Thk meant I h ad to 1 ,,1 lIN'llull tI\l'
hlank would fit 1,I htlyinto th(' jilt ,,,,,I th,' jil
I.IIK
, U I U 1 l .
Nutt,
To
0......he ji~
l rn.aJ.;t
anotht'r
eru.....
boanI. \00
do have torulllx hl... lkto
lit tij:ht
' 1 . > l 1 i . .
Ding
In he
J ~
8t'II.I)I';
THE 8LA .
T.. m.~
he
blank, I .Iart.d by ripping ( ur I 'c o( I
1 ttlCk (
I
actual thiekne-s) I
\\1111~
and .~ II)I '~. Then . . .dgl -g lut Lh, f'lur
fli I
to
(orma ' ide
bl'lnk.
, , c fig. I.
One, ' II , I( lu ~ d rie s, plane the
h l u n l .
11111
and
Nll1flll
smooth.
~ tI:he b lan k coukl bc m ade ( ,m n n.
\ , u l. - J , i l ( . '
ftf -st()('k.
but it m iS th t \ , a J1 a n d
1 n.1 to thmk of cheese 00; ,1 li~.
culling boanl-I1..buu1d be built I'
('~, TtIMZL.-\ft( r the
blank flat.
rut II
tn
.1
hO I heel W idth
oiIi
see t'c~.I
It
look.. best if th c' j oin t t i m > L tt:'nl~1'l'\\ hull Iklillt ,,(the
jig
c S
t rout a border and ch....k,rbc ,nl
pallern o(
\ j(M)O\ ~
in the
ch .>
b,, rel.
Th, lwatlon of th;'' pattern i,eI wmlill,~1
1 11 siftl ~lrkl
hI,l tC' lm edge.
~
J' ig.2.
WIDTHOF flIA t: l'It.CE>i- J docldcd
tc
malt the
r t
es ~ \\ i de , a ,1 I lIJItM to
mount
them tlu.h 'nth
tho>out>J.I(
N1gec{
tbe rranl~
pn-ccs,
11u.,
meant
that be
Jth
ofth.
(moll'
I t''('
1 ,ltu the
(ellcl:
('II.. and
2 ,.-).
So
m~ IOI
nun, ,
,Ji(U
.o\}
i
\ kle
and fl ~C.Uan ~l'l b ac k to
l tJ l ..
-trueting
thl-
jl~
used 1 1 1 ~
\ \ , , , 1
to
t O J i I < l the jig,
~llorfin
~trbulc,:;.Ul eech
pieco, set ...jg.;l
; \~\t.
lit the
huUum frame , ....... (') 10
idtb,~ 3 1 1 < 1 tb.. to '
t r: I .m t,
I)....., A to
.. id th 12 )
1 \1 II~I~nnU)(' th., I~ngth o( lh. tUI' :lml
lx'tlilm fr on l( t 1 )1 (- ( '.' :;, measure the \\ I f lul or
the blank ,G ' 01 KIlII ad d the 'l1 1h ill< .,,1
idth ..
r
Ih,'
t
>ld~ I,i ,,--
1 1< , ') ,
Then
cut the
tc.p an t I
bottom
fr-dIt1l plect to thl ..
I nllth
(15V ,
:O ;IO E FE~(.~
fi
e-r
tru C r a m I I ;
ptec ..~..
art
c ut to leng th, the
f( I1(,(,~
can be C. utTh
d.
( C t .
(II) ,'' '';1((' a la p joilll over 1h~
top
and bouom
fntnl('
pieces
to h u h t
the
(mru~ logether, ,.,. Step J in Fig I. Cut
lht- ...d~ferlf.'t S(I).:
\ \ tdeand
17 ..
I~lnJ:.
Afterl..bt :-Itlt' (enc.' t'5 at t
eut,
SCI (>W tht'm
(10\\ II to
thp gJ(k
trall~
i { . C ' t . . .
41 .ilU the
ul ,d~ edg.,
1.1'\'
flu,h an the. an
u \crh ang un l' c ,'h t flfl. ~ ~ St(l'P 1 in ....I / : . .
ShOll N tl I u>, l (. J't:'th { o y ~ . I
, 1 , :1 'U l t l l l t
ho c
w
p
lnll
;'\;ul,
lUld
he
U
I, bU l
..rt,,~
re 'r .... ,Iju,l.
,;( Itt.. T()(;t..'Hl K
. ' R A . ' :\01'. damp
thl f rame pi('\ ll~ether til ht aruund tM
c eN
boanl 1,lunk. >''f'
Step :2 11 \ Fl~ 4.
l'h~n
drive
C l , ,
(10\\ 11thruuj(h
Ih(
rour
me ,
(0
ho ld 1he (l'1
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fASTENING OOWN THEJIG
After
f r
bIoek.s, I secured
tbcjil(down 10mylw nc h btt\\ttn~
fig .. tOr ,I... bl, ml.... ..t tapoI.)
:-:.,n.
Ul.
rt
the ehee-e
board
blank
into
th e ji l( a nt] check that th e blank
.-M
Bush
ith or .Ii.-htly ah..ve tb e
>ac.r
block
up and the
saweutl~I ,so
lhe
.,de'.)
Now h,,1he
smlNG UP nil ROUTfR
Alltr the b o A JII1 built.
Iet
up
to
root
lhe
bonltoTand c k ' oo.rd
~l:D-
AD.ro :rr rsc
nE BITStart
by moun li nlt
a
Marp
I\.I .....
i n,:: bit
in
th e
router .
Then I
er
th~ bit tn ,ut
a
~'''id.
gTOOV( , ((,h, .k
th . .. depth and
width b)
m:lkinl1
a t~
CfHJU.....
lIT
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VOODSMITH
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W A llO T OPPI QfI f
(
.-
.
OtlQC
1 - r r F r = . o y . ; = I :
,.
I I
II-.--.-il
STOPa toCK
S1Of IlOCIt:
S T E P
2
I:
. . . .
i
II.
S 1 T ; P
1
0H I7X :
IOIt the f i >,block and rou t th,
1 1 < ' ' C t
vertical g r o t '' '. . Step 2. Fig. la . Ftnal
Iy .
insert the Ihil'd spacer block anrl rout
th e third vertic ..1j (n lO 'e . sec St l>a.
After
thl' th,,',
grooves
an- rou((od
on
tl w l e f t .
;;ide.
foil
the same
,u llng '
qu--nce \lith tho blocks apin>t Ih~ right
fence. tRC(ltfrom tnp d
11.)
CNlFORM'It ARES. Onee the JCI 'W'l . , .
re routed, measure th.,. square, b
-hould
be uniform C M b o o t Y . x ' '1 .
The Ii ume I measured 1 found that
my middle cuare ,, -, a tittle n a , . , . . , w r
than
th
e
re-
1. I made another 1t',1
1 ' ' ' ' ' '
ant l thul t imt ' ''''~''i()u.o;lyried top .... the
router
l lll
~il 'l the spacer bk>tks.This
kept t h E - en d of lh . handl. Then
drill the b tlle, and eu t the tap to ,11;'1*....
fil :.
14.
RADn:s A,I Ul,;l.U'OSE.
K, ' t .
.und
eadt ofth...
( u r
( I)Mlt:n- to
a . nt lliu ..:
n d
rwt
a ~ profit.. o n all the .. Ig,,,,and
the h>Utnl:hoi... . F'ig. I.;.
n~1S _ I Iin.,hNI
th e < he
boanl
With
two coat .. ,o f Mnr t el \'~ ~ rood
Pr( ' , n 'l Il iv .
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C U TT IN G D IA G RA MATERIALS L IST
,
FO R YO UR C UTLERY
ck
6
Building a knif.
r a c l lu k in lh~ right 'IUCll'''' Wget the .1~1$
whel'(' vou want
them.
That's where
this
project
i t e t s
imeresting.
CHOICE OF WOODS
Before bu il (l in~ the k nife ra ek . y ou b av to
de'I1II'tC l'U.W) to
the
f inal
Iength$
needed: one piece (A I,) Ir Ion ,;. ')1Ie pieee
(H I.) 1Cr'Imlg. and t\\ pieces( ,I . .nt l 0) ur
lvn~.
Next.
eu t
three da rk - co lo r ed p ie ..
eS
(wal
nutj into three lonj(t l.: (AD)
SoJonj( the joint line
ofth.lip-ht
a nd d a r k
woods....
Fig. 7
with 11
sabre
saw.
B ut I d ecide d to make
th e FIGUIt.
cut
on
H
band
, v .
Ibmake
th e c ut
on
band
s aw . fir st m a ke
8
simple circle
cuttinj
jig from a piece of
1> lywoodand a pi vo t n a il ,
see
Fig.
3.
Then
clamp th e jig to the band saw table . (FOI
plan s on makin, lr a n adjustable c ir cl e cut ting
jig , s e e
Woods it
N o . 5 1).
T h c u t th e
i I I 'C,
alip;n
th e pivot
na i l
with t he
fr ont of
th e
b lad e a nd 6 aw ay ( rom
t he ,i de
o flh e b la de , s ee F ig . 8 . T h e n m o un t
the
hole
in
th e block
onto
th e
nail
and
ju st p iv ot
th e
bloc k
to
e..1
the
arc.
After th e ares 1
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CunlNG KERFS
AfWr
1 I K .
bt-,
d. '
u t onthe bo ttom ui w.,
b I o c l < s,
1 ''I ll I lk k . rf. ( w
Imi(
-UL., T h t o
dUlII n~l' W , , ,
t
to mak~
,;un-
the kerfs are
on th.
1'Um.'(1 si.~.
each block . ,1 uni
fonnly . . l . , .V ~
ou
' 4 . \ v u u -rn
rut
lh,'
number ofkerfs
to
fi t
your klllf.,....1.hut 1m:~lp
mine
w
fit
j u < t
ab ou t any ,,'1, It Ill th iru-en .Jit.s
a n n
n
l a r J . . r e r
W \ (, r I I
a
~h;U')lJlil1j.(od.
SE'ITIN(; l'I'1'Il~;SAW,T u m ake the-s l its . 1
m .I~ .III I(' (la,. wilh a enrbide-tipped
saw
hlarl.
In cut u kerf
n l, ,' '< )s im a t cl y , :',
,,,II . s tar t hy r abm) :
lh,' .,1;,,1.
t .
hci>I
elr I V i .... ( h 'AA than
tht, thickness
I.f the
block), 11 t n 1I('l the rl ~I, awav Irom
th. blade, seeri~.I,
: \ 1 . . : : O : ; 1 I K e
h,'
r w , l l t
b).l(k
C A l i...m e T
than it .. lo, . ,\.~ .a.
the
C, t 'I\lt 'r tlftl,tI,II)lk;.. No'l' ~iJ.:.I I.
Kl'IIHN(: TilE ( M
r'IEeE.
Since
lhe
hack
(II)
,, ly ' , .
Ihlrk. Illp
blade
m u t
1)(. hl\ ,'(.'rc:c-I ttl ahcl\'t' t ht 1
tahle
bd'un)
milklll~ :ttl)kC'l'f:4
ii it.
Th,' k rf, in lh ,' h fk (0) mll,\ aJij(ll
c,atthe miter
) au j t' a ,. 1 til. nmn d ,'< l . .- 11 l
up. _ Fij ,
l t .'( lU'l\\ lnl 1 ' , ,'trlll 'e tu cu t t he - t ,t h( r
1'\'-1)
k('rf~
SHARP;' ''ROIH;R()()\f_
()Il('e
al l the
k(:,li~n n: (>\ llw d o
bl,,,'
' ) 0 .
h,gh
(t
Ih,' joint line) and
t
I
. (,'n
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t IOONO
O R N I tS
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RGUH 6
W OOOSM ITH
GLUINGUP fflE 8LOe '
in g all th e e dg e. flush w hen th ey 're b ein g
cl am ped. Th do this. I started by working
in th e b o ttom corner. Don' t
try
to ma tc h all
th e edges. Just fee l a t 'Oupl. inchesalong
th e t
wu
edg that
co me tog eth er at
that
come and make sw . .
th ey fe el
Ou.h
to
th e
to u ch. Once th ey' re f lush, c lamp th at cor-
n e r o se e Step I in Filt'. 1 ;.
N~t. work t he co rner d i agona ll y ac ros s
(rom it until the
e < l l . s
at that
corner
ar e
fl u sh a nd damp lhat corner; see Step 2 in
Fig. 17.Then dump th e o th er two co rn ers.
FINAlSTtPS
E ven th ou gh I tried to keep all th e edges
aligned. th ere 's a lw ay ,; a little o an din g to
make th e surfsecs fl u sh . T h sm o oth o ff th e
bottom and sides, I belt sa nd ed th e assem
b led b lo ck. see Figs. 18
and
19 .
ROUNDOVER EOOES. Once a ll th e sides
are sanded flUSh. round over th e o uts id e
edees with a \I round-over b it, see Fig.
2\ ), Round ove r all the back and bottom
edge ' of the k nife rack b ut only the front
edges o f th e front block (A I. (Leave the
othe r fro nt e dg es s qu are .)
i ET. T o k ee p th e k n if e ra ck from s lip-
ping on th e cou~ te~p. I a dd ed sm all n on
skid fe el. s ee FIg. _1.
CLEAN OUT SLITS. Befo r e finishing , it
h e lp s t he appe ar anc e to clean o ut an y saw
m ark s or sp lin te rs fro m th e to p in ch o r s o o f
e ac h k n if e s lit, T h e e as ie st way to do this is
w ith an
emery
b oa rd . s ee Fig: 22.
T he fin al step is to fink h the entire
rack
u led tw o co ats o f tu ng
oi l).
T hen lill it
with
knives, set
it o ut o n the
eountertop.
and see h ow lo ng it is b efo re s ome on e a sk s.
Ho w d id y ou c ut th ose s lits?
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4 IAI /o IOSI RAJl
lh, 1':III,I.it ,\jllo.;.till~t ll i\t)l.tl Al'I,) n1.
t he c ll al l} 4 t f r
o f
thf' pil~,t
h,.lt
t'h c.ulrl
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SCRAPERS
A t~
it
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t
he lang ...Igo baH to )
11U. I ' \:K-r: liMagram a.. loU a... l~ntlJt til It .
T he 10- ,1 . 10 1,'aJ' an d In the \\,.. 1 fil. ,
n it } u r th an . .. .H aring lh( m c,tl-.~ it'll ~Il
u a l
tc .
~,tl 'M l-'tlJ t'l:'
sharp t.lnrl'l lJ..;' l,
II) r> t n i l It
IhlI.,II' fth. hl)l~as cleanly 1LUI'>
1)11U b f 1 L , J I J I O m l bit o r b \ ' the nln IlO a
Fo ,tn r Inl). l1> n t i l t > ,I L < ,ru,.., 1
a\\.l\ \\ IthIli
tn
S4 . i)n-U
C'lf'('ll' b\
thl ( \It
t Iflg'f ' l 1 J , \ l 4(111h e ~ntllf l h t b i t .
sr'AOE 81Th,A :lViiclt bit \I~(~~a (lilTI'IO t'llt
Ilrinti(,I. . , A : -
it
~rn~
it:.
Y. .~y
l. J \ \ n
intu
t h,' \, I xl. Ill( ' '' ielt h of thE>hit i~hl ' c ) u l . \ '
Ih i n J r , that ( I ( f i n t . ' ~ the clrc.unlf(:rl'llw (If thl~
h ., It I t l'i'111}1~.'l'apc.....h('\ (J(Klillltsl),;'th.
()(.ll lll
t
rH(,lltl...t.:.. Thl' ,-.('r.tllillg u.ct.J(.n
rail t \l n p rob ll 'J ll . .. .
Fim.
OC'( l lU.
or
InJ
a . _ ~ doM'
\\11hout a
~n-c:1
blnJ,r.
tht'
r o ~ . , . o r t~..
I,
t 'o1 tt, kt,t ' I ' , h , .
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. l t J C ) 11,m.
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Stll'I)(Jl'l
r uu l } , .'1 . Ju l, I I J
1I:.ltatl it \\c-,rk:-.
J i k l
two
' ' ( . 'J 3}It' l1- I'Ola~lnJ.:
an.url,1 a
~han
o
Nnl11lt oot 8 W II , N't II-: , 1. This i...ne of
I re... '
'1 , ,1. hrt
u...wly h a.-
much
I n>Ubk -m ak ln : a deal. hole.
.-\.ntnl l
, h a n .
Tbe
ul'P'r part ( O f th
h uft It... ,tl.'lnk
griPI.. 1
b) the drill chock Illt' ~)\ rpart
l O r the
:-;h:.tft
i..
th t.lllt 1'\ 41 'I f It ttklt f i \ . . . . IIlte)tIlt'
cone-sha pe . .
t
ht. t
it rU.'11~ 111
hi' \\
()Qri.
PO IN T PR08 tEM S
~ l l n n a U ~ : t \tl_ ' t it ().
e a
1>1 \1)' j . . r t : I I l ) C : 1
oh
I. f
' ' \ l i r li T t J ;
t l M : _ , I . i l \ \ hl) 'II,'I\ lClllI[ ~1'1)f)r1. B u t
t J w n o
aJ\' t w
0 Slt, 'tlOlt hen' it
fuIl.-
d wn
.on
tilt:
job -
u n UI'II1,,1 all t~ way
through
aJl I n & I l ( h t
Ix..,. 1.. 1
1 .
or
the
hit 6t
thr ~'. o r
ttlt'
h I~.
1~)lf'oi'rhl'
rjl~R't Jk1(':llIM' a
: ' - ' o 1 ~ l ' l l
hit
i:
I)lltlll l , . . ,hulk-n .
the
:olidt~
f
th , h ltl t. c 'i ln '
1 ,If tI. W tll~' lhi k , f . J,,~ll'')It
II I n;,aJ
1 l(I\~I)rkiflJ, l llC K .
S u l\ _ . t J ) (_ ,
I)l l l '. . t tftl l~
UI
( ) I I o C l H i l t
th4'')' 're
LL~1 'M . J : : ' t l ) II~
onstrue
t , rnr making bnk , through A 'ls nd
J .. ::I ('. .rumbing WlI1 11: 1l1''Y'n'u. u, , ' , h . . , 1
ht~. \ IN thl y n' t>a. -.; ro nl:lnll(Ul:tUI \t h~ul
lith i ' l.it , th('ir h : \ . ; j ( '
~l\;'llt
t' 1I'l'l.
.'(1 11\ ,
1 1 , thWllht,
prec;,iull
bil>
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OUR EX PER IEN CE
Alter giving th bit.. II WOlroUt
in
th .. .W U C H b f i IJ l
~bop,
c w n e
to
two con., lm ;ioll ..q, t'i l \I . we
f < lu n d
that
right nut
fth. hox ,,, - new
b iL 1o
cu t fast
lI l;t1l
conven tional
'1 ' r le
b i1. l l( : < 1 . . . . . ,
right out
( l r
th e
box).
S ince W e
h.~\ G . been ah le
to
dull
them yet. t~y _m like I~yli
',Id
an edge for
qu ite whD '.
O u rs er on tl f in d ing Wit>;thalr ight ' W
th~ box, th e new b i t . . dolt ' tilt a.; .leanly 11 $
O O Il \~ n tio na l b its a tW r
ti le
t jv(> m inute
W O O l - U p as d O \ '( : ,i b e l ab ve. (In f~ct. th~
qu al ilY or Ih e C lIL\\ .. about
t1 1~l llhr
slop
b lo ck n nd repeat til l' p re
c ess un the opposite ed ,, 'C . (The poinls
.h uu ld lin e u p w ith on e an oth er.]
su r PORTBI.QCK. The
suppor t
block i~
m ade out of a sc rap of hardwood Iused
m ap le ) a bo ut
10
lon g. B egin
by
pl()u (bil lg
a - ,firie groove in one f:.t.cefor the bil
shank, Then, to provide
c lea rance
for
th e
,haft (which is thicker than the padd le ) .
m ake a sb allow dado aeross th e tront o ft h e
~u~por t
block.
COMPOUNDANGLE.Next. m ake a
to
com pound cut on one
end
of
th e
b lock by
tilting
the b lade to 10 and turning th e
miter gauge
l, . , 10
or
80
1 \ C'ICP'(1('
Fig. 1 .
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ARt .
COUNllRlOQlNG
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FIRM GR IP
'I'hel'v \\ :1$. one prublem \J~il1J thi~ Ie-cllniq11(l
on tbe end pieces for t Ill' kaleidoscope. 1'11( .1
frieuon n h . , I 'K I , b it
Ih~ .nel
, ,-min. A h ,,,d poim b it
\\atlrle.~t~~, ~Iit ~L'f''1., ,, il (h l l'Ou.n;o.- .
I' ILO T H()L~ ; .11 (:.T he 1 ',1 01ho le h ns lo bl'
1I( f l~t l) ' ' ' ' '1'f ~~rh ... t,llltl1'if:t
nip
r
wood. ~c Slep I. Fig.
I.
Nexi
bore a I~ u le .l lt t he i nt ( r 't '( ....
>tiQll
or
the;(
lin:;.Theil. lu make th. jil acla. a c la mp .
,;a , a kerf
til
th e hule from coneentl ee
S t< > p 2 .
~ \RJ\
(t:NTt:tt. Tn u . .. ~ .t ht ,
ji~
o nl~'l'k
t h E . ~nl(>r un th.. (If'\\ t l. ilJ. W11he c-111\\ ' t>1n
t h e h~ l l( '~o i l J O en .1 i s i lu l h \ \' it h t h t.
l
: -o Ur(ace.
N( \t.
U$(>
the (tu::tn'
1 ( . t on tin lH
tht
li'llt
scrihffi on thc' jiJt aC)\I~th(~ (nel~)fthl'
,I ow el T he n l ,istlhe delwel .buuI lO anrl
(ll U\\
a.Jlotht.'l'
liJll'
utro~
h{' eJJ(1 (If
l11C
clo \ \ ( l. 1 'he
inlcrscclioll
or
lhe l\'to
I jl le ~ i s
lht' C'e'lltel' of
t
h E c l o \ \ t > J .
k f'
1 1 ) : .2
BORE
( 'ENTER.
Tn hoN thl' ,enter. fir>1
IJU h
th
d o\ \ '
l'
,; u il,. 1 0 \\ r ,,( I
i Oush
with Ih~ hol,comor Ihej'j(.
(I'h;
is
0
it will
1..1 th't n th~ ,11;11,,,,,,,,,,wble.' Th~n u '''
sm,tli d um l> to gnp the clowd jll the jig. ,'
'iJ . :J . TtI{~11oorl lh(tuj 11ltu: ('('llt('J .
N ot .. : A U hC lu p; h I n d ee l th n' l,( -m l)(>-
1 1 i l , c. ler.< ft ., the kal.irl op.'. I mild.
t.Xll';'~ uncitlm'\\ n\\a~' the t)nf l \\'ilh had
holt'x.
RA$J.': BOI\RI). Th~ (lo\\T(.l1 1~ th'lerl to
t.' unlt.I'bclt'(.'
the kaJcir1o:.;cnJl( ~ Icn...c;..II).Tfl
tltJ l}\i,S,chllnJ' a lla....'iXlal'tt tu 1h('
~llill
I'{'$,j
l{tt,le. boN.4 ~:: 4 h..I t , - I . (t{'(:l) anel fJl1Sh the
t't 'nteliJ'R .Ii.,\ el into t he h ol t . SE't ~i,g,1 .
}:Ole:
TtJ
prevent t h e jaws 1)(
lh(,
p l i l . J h
from marring' th e ( ~n r1
)I('Cf
I
put
t\ 11 laY(') '$
{)(Tn:3.$kllltt tupe over th e ja\,': -; o n e..ach
~i(f(.
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Now the .hort wl).'kpil'('c is ctuaU ) tho
.ul-off pi ., but il won'\ kkk back .ince
il ral'ri ..
lpast th, bb,d. by Lh . 31 l ma l 'Y
renoe , T o k ee l' the workpi eee [rum
,'ihr.t-
ing 1 hold a 2,1 blo ck dow n on to p or it.
When th. wNrkpiec. i beyon,1
th e
b 'ue, clear th. CUL-oI1'i f '( '( ' by hnlding
duwn the 2x 1and pulling
it
uffLUth ...l.ft.
[
When the miter l ll Iugc i s
pushed
heYl ind
the saw blade the ,'{up b lo ck is mO ing itl>
the
workpi ece , k o c l
the workpiece
wont
bind,
snorrr P W C - I '. > O \,rh~n the fini-ht'(i piece
I n l1 ('( l
i l - '
~ h l) rt P. th a n
atxull
t ,
1 '111U(, t
eomfortable hol t l ing lhe workpiece with
my fing between the sh.p
block n(l th. ,
saw blade, In tbe-e siL uatio ns, II ..ngth,n
t hE ' auxi li a. IJ f (' n (' (> tl) l h ( , rig ht an ,1 c : 1 n n 1 1 )
the slup
block
n
th e r ij h t (w a .,te ) s id t, r
the blude, M:. t'ig,-I.
LENG1'11
STOP. \\'hat .bout if yo u :ere
C l'(), n pag~
Id)
w e u sL U i l l y ~~mall$ t a d l
of
le tte rs . M o s t o f the 'f ade , exp la in thllt th~y
haVI'arned to 1\1\ ,~}.~ use the rip fence
when ,,,,, ,,,uttingor the miter
gaU l < '
when
ripping, D O NO' ' use the rip f e n < : (
3. -I S
manual)
[ 8 ), '% ' < .' with
l h : . l
quote. Okay, then why
d
o e e s l l oo mti l l t
show them
u s e d
logelher?
ROss ~U MING.
The difference i
n
the
wo rd
CI'O$SCUtting,'
r
yo u are
going
to
be
l'Utting 01/
I
I(i lt&
lhat arc wcl dl'< l lo i..,
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yu ur order an d fl'Iymenl (no chargo:
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Kil.
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fur all W Id
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f th ~
p lu , :meIballflling.
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