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It II .. 111 U\ oI''''WII'''~:nd build in g th epr .t< '( ls fe.r 111II\..'WC·r ed and K en arc p rifll n J I o r ,SlXln Iblc rorltu·{tl's.ign,bIJt ( Ve l)'III~U.. .. lyR,t~th(ltlwtJl'ntsin,

\\lttn 1Itt-,It lltgnI pretty e ll se t. a n e dit,,. at d ,Ih'>lntol t ,UII UV o build the proje(1 IIour,m,p \, Ih ry >: into it. there an ·u mld<UW l <.hang,_ to the d,..,il:11b«a of ~ we hit. or Uk.. .. e come

,,,. th t nuke u easier to b u il d. ' <tr.1lor S thro in dw)(,·oila)ing

out 1M anid. . brrakin ll dro,, ,tile ,, *..:to 0 IIw llllIjOl 01.,,_.and de te rmin ing wha t

I u'ltr. llton..~ar r n~t-d to ~O\\ the conSlruClJonoft h,' pro ject _,t l~b\' ,wp.ThrnlJu' an. . .kil ll.~( )J l ll · ' into pia}' . There

are O JSt nt.'~uf If~ h.st invutv« rou ~h penI. II k,'lf}I' uf t D l'h ilhl,Ir :lliIJJl. Yohich anre rUll clto p n . C'i'; '(· Ix'nt:iI drttwin~ and fi.nail) ' I he d l dwing, ar ,' ink, ·d. 11,,,as)'to:<ayitt 011. -. t'111l 'n,v. 1) 111il r(.'quirt ...uvrr a thou-

HId Ituu,.,.olw urk lor~, .d. .u,· I 'o youlot,,' why w ,·hi,,'d Dirk an d K un )

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I Ie .f C . .. .it nt~ak l)f{'\oll uf m e . -prujt l:l~ andt< >hniqu thai ,.,11be I t- a tu ll d on the ' nexJI ~t ' o f '()OC/ r1 lt

II ' flL£ U111 'f T R...

n · . ,, · a19th C.....

tur;- file cab,nel .. ,lh ua K iram . oak pi). ood pan rls. de,~t. taill'd dra\loe r '. andraised pan d n ra.. ,- rlrunts.

I C)DI lAM \\ ()Wh.K . . 'lll \ou kn oYoth eold ,d (I f , 3kin~ a d ,k b)' punin'1 a top3CTo l ·O ilt I..thl n('l .. ') \ \ ' e . I1 .llU can m a kea gn·at 'Iora~, bI ndl lh, , flI.. way. \\'~·v...dl.....wlC da nluflular bd~ 'UOltthat (:an haw:any cc ) ,binal ltl n tll tlr tY l· r~o(It,t)r~.nr...lt'l\ c~.Buil<llts mtllly llnits. a~ you ,vanl(Y oItl, conlnlul1 r~)n 'll 'II,.·li() nnlnl l°rials) I andadd a ttll) 1(J11' ;lk,' U W tll J..bl-Ut'h,

JOI\FR\' f1l\\l ~ , \ I) 1 '.\ '1.1 _ Buth of tillIl-:llurt'd projl'Co ' u-. .t ,olid· , ,>OdIroniC ;;\\ .lth pa.nel ~ I hl kt,y III n,akiJIJo:I}lt ' frnll l t i ....

to (ut JlfUO\t... III th t .°.. .tilt .. t· rti(a pit ,(\.~)and tht rail, (horizontall'i ... t _ l 10 h old th epan . L 1 1 1 e nIhe .... p i e« .. , .. ..,joiD« with stub-,m om th>l an' C UIon the end 01 therail.. lo fi l In I hcgTl)O ..~ \, t' ,iD~ho , SlIDretS) wa~ to mak,·thlsjolnL

,., ' , l . · rhl· O ('XI I '. 'U\~ 01II a < u II< (' 74) ,I I b t, m a tk -ddunngIh,' ,' k ,,( \lan'h 2; ) .IWI.

I o.,''''n lill ..ho p and hadju .. t IJ\Hd,' ~t

g<)(ldt ut (t i l so ltl)tlUJ.:}111on the end III

'(1m,, '~· Inll pIY\\I)ud It. l l ~l ht· joint IYo'all lt'c e.u~ (In th (' Stv am e r Tru nk.

A...I PlIllh t'111,· ~l ' togCthl'1'. ilt· jtltutttl(ln', filll\. Wa\ it YoJ 'UPl) lI~ fIlu ()ka~

th,' plywood .1' a bttle 11 > < 11 .and th.tt..dll ,-d ....1111prl ,bit,,,,..wnh rhe , ~I

Hut thl \I. hole •Xpl nenc e toreed m e10think 1 01a g oo d W,I, to c ui bad IL' f x o rTh.I - h W th.. sliding cut..,(1 ublobom .... -e l 'I:e 1 4

11,,< >lidUlI:tab ,b\no 1llt. 3 11S •

im, nuon, lIul w th • 6u1t brainstortll1lljl t' were I hle 1 0 C O I l1 tup ,th ' raj i

tun . ..tl ia . . . .hc d s on'.Ilal:I..'lIl1:probk-m tnee\\( ~(·~cutt.lIlRnull.,...~v.idpnvcs, 1111' (,1 the-( 1M lb lD ; TS oIA;{ addt.-dw: ,.1 111)ld,III\\ bar w ith C W 1 JV 'to prrs tht\\11'11 OU( ul wide boards n\I~' llll~ntsohelp l't.'tl fC)OK 1)uarti-:.( t'I' el)' in I>bt:', ~,lhry d ill'· ',lith' <lruund,J' th,·} rt l111

T Il< (,·atll · I Il k,· l a ti, l,.. -li,hnll p.l o · c . } r) 't-'<lN \ ', . .. tr u ~ lt ,I it),.1 SlIl l' b1 ' J (kIwld 10 th ,' f ro nt I ,'n ,,' 01 t I Llbl , ', th ,.(:,·J. \f llP, t ¥'llrkt:d.bUI~3.. L J V- ;n o ~3 ha,stlto ..('t I xm'l \ \\11f'rl', ¥.Ult1J It. \nd .'\tn

rnl)r(',Jla ha~ t 111makl l in t-ad us tmrn ts .111( .. top Y o, C2lIll tiP 1th (,r IhL, 1\( \\

tabI ,II(I , Iy 10l1litlw 1<'Ore illjd I.;cksUI p ,, q u , 1<1)a nd ~ l) If ~ U d Imakean) tlttlljl~ Ih., IlC,IM d lljltable (orsom~ ..,. ,n f l) ' th this Slop L~

.. nit bUlld'lljl'II \ \ 'I-K TR I\h E\'tf) (I' mt'nlh~.(

, ·( ,nlJlIit ah. . .(I(them S o tn_oqu~ pr'qJ('t1.~

nnd If) tIl ~.c.:tll'Clult,tl'lt111 for t1 J. iCOmmgIS~ U l'S, ' n,l '(l' \ \ '3, l il th d,llll.t Illal .. tt·anll · rlr un k ,, )u hlbo'(IuilopUIl lar

O lt l' (,f t1,.' I i~ c q u'· . . .lj('Jl:-. \ Io t ·tKt tl wa.,wh lh r I..dl i~'11il • ilh , ' ardll d luI' 0 afi nttl)IJ .\11....... ') hlVwould h,I\,' bo','o tlll'n1f,,,t lun \(1 htlllcJ. 1\\11lht' 11. 11IJ ~~'Oll (ni lbt . l·UU' '-f°li thc' \(,~1tJlil) oft llt trunk \\·h ,~it \\ a~ llllllph'll Ci \~C ,lie ba..k CO\le1 or apltcJi') ftl tnmk I t . , .cotlo ta ble )

,. • \ l A, , pt O'vI,'are addnllolhl'staff.It', become.lnulllIOn 10U1trodUi Cthl D1 n thIS «(I umn. irk \ .... leeg andKur t ~ 'hu)uh 100ncdu' to Iwlp ,th 1Mlllu~lJQn-sn t 'a C 'h , . .ue

It-. n'all~< ' ' I II .. .o rk .. , tl l H ir k a ndK u nol onh I.., u . .. of th c ir a n .JciU,.bulalo. . .olllt' lt ' ''TI 11 IU''1a..n 1 t\\~[lrkinR

II gl't • lot of 'OI pl;ml nr- abo'ul the

SawdustCO L U ~I r- . :n ITO R ' S

\\ ood'mith ' I ;« 114 pobIi.• ..sl> Itl Y ( ..~ ApnJ J Au~ On [)fc by\\0041 t h t-\a h it (m f t,. _ CnaaAft 1,.,. :M lA 12 f ri lID t . : ., _ , -\\.ood , hS: tradt D' I ln.• ~

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Uu,ldlnlo: \t alftlrf J; IIi( f' Kl:n Griffith

tb<-hdrd S. Pete(;ordon (.ailJIM'

Non '1unkelI>.,,;d ~iin<.l(_ '~ t. nn..u·n.-wnI{od~lltn.. (,Io.nckiIii.... .,. _IWn'- hultt

( b(IOn llUt<tor Li, 8red ,~1n<'T1pljOn 1 vr ~n~ Rrtum

); ,,_ -...lei , nt.\. Suclaon

1.,ra1~tK'SIJtf l''1orJon~n~dc_rPr-u }\'; u Wht lA·~ Ji rAnn Gt[U hnn

CU lO m4.'fS. ·f \'ia' ~tlo tJnda l )rto \v

(1.I.) Iofn( ', Sc- ' ' ' IL :Lind ) Jones.N·II) Rmd(Qrd

Rhnd..(.,. ,·lJe Bl '~n\ t ,c~itb

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h O irhe results t'f, ' III or our jiflJI tips'-- ....:.;. ..J . ~ cOIIII'~t. See irhnt If 011 first and sec-

ond place for drd l bit oryflll izers.

Hardware IllIci prnjec su pplie»IIPe(ll/tijil/'lhp III~tjl'ct ll this issue.

l alkingShop 112 siTab ~UII' bludi lilt -Irft 0 right. { SllIgll pll/,I /I ' rouseron the router

table. Also. g'JlIIP i .1(II~lIat /011 011 pl l'«ood blades ,

page.JO

1 12 6I1 -Ve n j] c,,.aj,'u' t i '110.,IIsing I Iw nd-'11 ' / 1 '11111( '1 '.Plu« /('( lOll il l on Sa ine

p ro b le n i« a edhou: I(HII'liid them

ITools Tec hniques

[ccli~ tor\Cabinet 112 01Tit ,blgy,., t (/t II. II J I II /IInkillg tId.,-'---- --- ---- -'. ('ohilln i., ( I i(';dillg uln-re to put the

di ,' lder<l. '1 '111/III r I.~p '(III be built USillgtll'O 1'(/ rial illllS u .fmiter II/.d epli l ie.

Col/ector's C ab iu »

ISho_p Notes 1 ) Plywoud Cllt il'g Technique».L. _ .. ..: . _ J) Cia IIII' E.rll'lIs i . Block .. i) Pro-

tectlllg .If,l,,r ,,1 f:dg. J} (- , ·,alillg Slot»

4 Tit is ~1I(lJI./fI(/(II'li, 'u)'e ma kesCI'OIl'~'I'II(I ' / /J1 1/I'Ollll 01' large

panel» CI SIIII/' . And II ,IIlul'able stopblock make» Itll/ I yllil 91'1accurate reosult« PI ' I fi I

Sliding Cut.QffTahle

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Splined Miter

2iTil,

(llldIIIOIlIl/,1l11l I )01111call beL. ..:.. 1 impron t/ b l lI dd lllg I $illiple hard -

, , ( )od.•pl i e . It 1111,1• 'I I'h. pln« he p~keep I/IP iii I('red IIII( (',' alif/lled.

ont nts rip > &-Tec hniques If4l ;'I.·lIle grprrl lfI ~ rom fl'[lolt· u 'OOd· -._ =- ..:.._ _--- J «orker».II TI1111 '~I)III'I'II( Patterns.

1) ,lIoldill{/ Cutter SCI·ul'(·r. J) RadialA,.,,, 8(111'Shilll :J F orstner Bit Guide.: ; J,\ I iterSa II Stn /1 (1 .1 '1 .,011 r (}III( Tips. Steu 1 Trunk

;Steamer Trunk f61\\' IIIIII 11111 r /II.'Sl r Ilat-toppedL . --' ~ trunk } UIII o(lk 1 '1 l1'~ocl alld I I.·

bCII I / ,I J j~ it/lltlk. '1'/ I liS I [ini»l. i 1 9touch 11 , use d b ra» 8 pl(ltft/ lUIrd /LYle.

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~IIY. b ore a h ,1 tcentered inIIu-d•.,hllh, t fit- th. <hank 01 th ebil \nd IIu- put tho shankIh 'lI~h II,, hok-\\;th the headi n : -- I fh ' t lu -(I.tde),

\It.' 'i.t.ali ,)1tht bit over th~'l>IlthI b, clril l.· d an d cla mp th l'j iJ . : I i lilt· \\'I,)rkpi(_'('e f;ina lly.l hu,'k t lw b i tin UI IHlnablcdriUI In ( 1 b C J r ttlh·l101

• H O T. a -.im p iiI thaI hold,n F or-tn e rdrillbi tpe rpendicularto l . . orkpO''C'' hilt- bcria g wit hn portable tin'll, ><.. . .rig I. lt'sj ,, ,,1 .1 ToIP:?x·1with a hole in itIhalllllidt'S th~ bil ,hank.

1' makeu1ejil(, cuI a:?x4 lung.'oough to b,' c1' llp~d to II.. ,' (,rkph ('l'and then rip it 1~ JWide ;\tlxt rut a dado 3.(1 Oj~ ht·,,,..:k ,Ii~bll) .d ,·r than Ih,'l-oN-tn(~r i t h t .. .t d .

FORSTNER B IT GUIDE

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t t l l ) r, j' 1-11 : ' .1 . I tsmoothedClutt ll '< rough P')ts.

Ie )U t ~'Ultt'r as it sc rape r •h ld II jib the bevel av.ay lrunt\ ou 11 I (n prt~' It dc,, , , , , ,(In thorkpw.' t and tlt II . tight ) .,

IOU scrape,'o('t' rll:Ia.lfm.,rul,10.,.L'-harp, '0011 gt't liD), lamgsralherthm du -

m,.,l,II,/IQII/ d a o/G,/Ol( O

• I usW lite ntoldin~ IWlld nm y table s aw t o I JU l. {d t I 'r at l\n lf l1din~ on <o ;, ()mt ·ruIIIJ11M),lrds.BUlatll rCDtting.lh. art .1' \\ilhthe most anracuve DO d I o Ta 1 O

al-o had tbe roughest 'rfa rr-s,1 lrioI...ootnR but couldn't

follow h t, bt'3d, r I l'l m to IblI ;:Ill 'ilOt' ... > In:tno\'l'don, oflilt' cutter- from lb. moldtnRhead and trie-d U Inl: II .' a

MOLDING cunER SCRAPER

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SH IM

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t .. fallb3ck into til 'I() llO '.tlOlI )Arte r n t3 rk lngiho ~ u t lin eon

one end, ~1 tilt' workpiece 01\th e ':'a\\ . T h '11 put a ...hl m between tht- 1('Jl('t' an d thl Olht re nd o f l ht .'\\ 'Orkpu-'l'f' ,Sf't' Ij, 1

N ext. ;iJi,lCnth l (,;ut lillt' \\i111th.· blad,· , ( :-.-I ov,',h,' ,him 10change lite nglt' .. I cut.) Onr 'aiil(llt-d,(,~lntp h,' , Iuo> .lI ld ,t

. all , H \ 11 -Col m / ..... I'·,II lIl. (-'ul u nl'/

.... \ rt ... t: nl Itn1Jt \-1 l.- ,· d (or a 11 \ . lCcut to lit uuu a corner 01 aroom. 'oi in l '(lh.. corner wasn't >QU ilT. '. o ne e nd 01 Ul<'>lleli hadte )bt' ,'u t ..l iuhtl~ lc.~' : '>11an~IO•

I cui u1i , on arl ld la l nnnSo1W. .,' ~ig, I , lIut I u,rd ,him 'rhang,· tlw ' Io fl le.,f th,' cut in'$tc,'ad()(tun,ing lite~l\\: ~ann Ilik ,' to k V l1t h, ·'-:I se t 3 1 90 'An d i i ', IInrd 10 , , · t111)saw at.\o·I I ll14 ·~..th.tn rl() it '''3IIlS

RADIAL ARM SAW SHIM

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111 film mak... . · , t l <I paltt m...(or(·uttlngc1na band fi,;i\\ or.....011 '.... HUIIh~ film', .•d '-.j~~ ... · t . . ; . t ick,t . t IQ U J : htl 11 0 1 - diton w KI whiw,'Ultmg 00 3 tabl....sa....ordnllinJ,:

IIllta f

• ~)Jl1t~tjn l(' I want to positio na scrol l .a,. l~ill nl so Ih~ wood.. ' , filch. Ih., ,ha ,' lhlpanern ur It. avoid 3 kmu. Thepl'lbl IIII I CUIl't - .'C OIl' woodtllrou..:h tht 1,.l ll t : m 1':i01\':tlilt' probk-rn , I ph •• I, :Op) tl>ep atte rn o nto a,11«'1ofck'ar>cll,o dl ,v,· li lm . '-e fill I

Ihe f ilm . .. , 'ailahl.·In an andQ ( fi . .. . . ..upp ) .. hln 'r ,o brand

TRANSPARENT PAnERNS

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tip c ,r I de -a . J U '. ..eo d it toI\ ',,,,ru... h lips and Tcdrm q u cs . 2 2 O O G ra nd Av._. Des\Iolnt' lowaS0312 .

W~ ill p ay up on pubIicatinn SI 5 to Sl00 (dependingun the I 'ubli>hl'(] lengtbotlhetip) . 1'1,· .<<:include an e x·pInnalion and 3 skelch ()rphoto (... ~1 1~r.w nl'W0 0 (,):

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TAPI SNIM

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I1II,.kt- up Illt ext .......~Ill..... d n}l ldl r.1 i )lapc Thi~ \·t t)·

lh in o . ib le Lapeha, adh< <ivl 't.n 1)0< ' . .. de It'.. u~ 10 ...t al,lQinhin O U '1 '0 11<. bU Iil mak .....an ('\('( 11. nt --hinl I put a ...ripell) n c .n t' ..i ( lc-of th . s z ujd fbaran d 1<,10'11th.· 6\ to \111'ta blr < IO L, ;inc . .il a 'bll JU,I a biIIOO.. .·.1pI li a , · \· .)nd . .trip alun~ lht:,)lht T ...;(1( cllh ,' p ia > 'W(lSJ,tO flt

Ii trbll tt l II IlflUr .t if f Xflli. \' 1 '1 J/~ II

tI l till plltty k.lif(· can K(lug (' the '0 0 I (.lUn d thai by ,,';n ll a T.. .0 , ,0 , , ( ) '<1kitrl t)1l spa tula, thej.,h . , ... (.Old I didn' l dam.1 J. I '1 1 1 ( \\,l4 ,cI_

PIN MAGNET

ike \0 u ,,· ,It.· 1 ,,,.,1 w l.. nI'm f in i,hing a pru,.. I. bUI il r oobe very d if iku lt1<11t 1th.· 'I('dwool )If'rtiC'I~ 'Soul i.( t:f nt r~ .uldholes . t,'\'t'n v.ith a ...hOI>\tnC.·10

CHUCK Kl Y HOLD ••

• ,\Itc l' wa. 't inl( lUI, uflinwIt~)kintrforth~,·hu(' k(') (ur illYdrill,)r,~~,1 l . .r_·ct,l nlall,l ;lJ.. 11t·l ~)ntop oi the dtill ( r\· ....... ~ O\\ tlltl rU ~ l~ Ill ' C IIU (:k kl ) . 1 Jil l ' 1 14 u ,lh ....nta,gO, t ~ lh( l;t Y i... )v.-ay..

lhe tt. -Ih r rwxttimt-Il .. nt,odl .. .Thcr\ ~ (>\ ( n rUllln I.n t l l{ . '

magnet 10 k.... P a If , Ali.o Tt- OChl· ... an ti al l ( \1,.. drill bl

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QUICK TIPS

,.... MOUNTlDflJ.JStt t o st · , zuflAIl I

STRIPPING KNIFE

• Rt <:l'ntl) I purrhaS('<j<;evemlpit tt> o f S ('( 'o n d h and furn iturean d ,tarlt'tlIO ,trip of f the finishu...og a liql,i d paint ren1ovt r andn pully kni fe. BUltht sharpcdg('

,>lw 11li,prob lem. I usc a sal lypin am i a small magnet.

Stan by strai ghtening' Ill., i. , t·t) pin. TIl\·n. to m:tkt, it i·U...·ier 10 'lI lh. . \h, · <1.... 1',, ,I I~'ni·r,, , . make J lillie riJ; hl ''''III.·lJ<'ndn~ar Ihe poinL

\ . h ld th~oth('rt'nd ollh, 'l n 3II3io,13 tnalmrl and PU Itiltpoint in a h olt> o r\ J t \ic: ... . TIlr.,It'd oul pastit:k-- >lkk 10 Ih~pin and are { 3 -s il ) r cmO\· t. lf .

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AS SAW 1AIU

di~IIln\,t Irorn the saw. I ll Il lak. , IlK b rn r kt 't >lilt n tlt Il( ighl asIIn- '.,w tabl«. I' n· . .. ·11 2, I bl ,'k1.111 1I~l· il tilt lo p 111Ih.· hrat'k.·t, (111(' idlh of the- bk>ekmate he. Ih.· 3w.h. illhl f ) fm v -a w Labl'·.J

: \iJ~ 1 C .;n .. .iand and work incomfort 'ith lor a pi( ce s ofIlu.lclillJ: pr(.)M. ri y -upperted,\\ ,11 ,, ,, , E ldndgt

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lilt' basc.Jeaving Ib bI·lw.... nthem for the sa whorse mi l. lit·sun-the head urlhe T 'UII . .. .. · ,th.. other stabilizer. see Fill. 2hnally. glut' 00 some triangularblocle- 1 0,u pp on th e - m bili7 -l''_

\0 bolt the mlter sa w to th.·base . Then slipthe b.- . . . . . . . ;eo() \l r lllt

~ x~ or x ft mil of. saw horse an d' , o h(t~nthe thumb ~.

To hoid the orl'1';<-l '~ dwhen cutting.] made adju abk'

pI)v,()(Ki : . -ouppor tbracket ... .... ·t·~~ . They also fil on th,· ''''hUN rail and can brplat' lan~

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wider than your , ' >Iabl .....eF i R .I. ~(lW mark and bon t l( ,I1- . . . .in tile b a 1 l to m atch tlu- bljllholes in th e saw,

;\(,X l C U Itwo pl), 'K.d 'oj.b,lizers 3 t : 'ide 'no Ih~ ,m.·le-ngth as th e· ba ~ , l t C' The-n.mark the location (e,t a thumb '. to hold th.. bmrktl to ihcrail. II go e, IhroUllh 8 T·nutcentered in one ot.hl tab ..lizers. : \ 0,, . counu-rbon and

drill3ht,~tc)3(( tp1a 1 l- nutanu mt'nin~tall i t, ~ , . fiJ ,.: a .

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• Wl1t'n I took m y new m iter-aw o ut on a job, l CC)1 JI1 (1 l y < . , (· l fu iinu il on lIlt filHlr Tlns wa-unconl( n;lllh · . \ ( t made it hardI() make a(,~'Jral. •(. U,~

Tc glt tile Sf~ uJ' j1fftht . Iloor,I bud I h bra<·k.I thai fit, 'r a2, I or 2, 6 rail that'c held be-1 4 een ~t .mc.JarJ a\\ 11C1N I{~... C. t drd IJIJ,: . r...o J ( It .' b r a ck e t . ..hold lb.· workptt'l k' '''1 mbthe m,I ('r ... tabk-

To mak •• brae kct lor yournun-r ....\ 1 0 .tiN , Ula piv t ol :~.a p l \ 'Vo ' c 'W KII \ \In ' · 11 i · . . .lo nger and

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( 0 . 11<1 ( TlO: >.T o avoid e xposlng I h plywoodH. iv. . . . : f the trunk case. th sides arc jo ine d w ith asp li ned mit er join t, Thetid panel a re reinforced wi thoak 'l al> I ll al a re t enoned in to f rames ,

ISH. A dark-cok ,red < la in makestheoakt runk lookl ike an he ir loom.f l fmdiTlju SiIh e righ l s ha de c anbechaJJ~rl .';l\R..0 a t t i c a bit o rt-xperiml'Uting. arne upwitha m i xt u ....of anJSL< oi l and boiled l inseedoi l thatp ro du ce d a r ic h. tra ns lu ce nt b ro w n - like aged oak.

IIARJ)WAllE.In the past, trunks tha i travelled greald is ta nc es n ee de d s pe cia l re in fc rc em en tw t hardw are at the com ers and edges, Bulto da y. tru nk s liketh is h av eextra h ard wa re m ostly (o r d ec ora tio n. Tomake this trunk as auth e ntic as poss ible. w e usedbrass-plated trunkha rdware, s ee Sources. page :{ 1 .

,,d10 s pe nd h ou rs in m y g ra nd fa th er 's a nic ru m -1n.tgUtg through h is t.ld steamer trnnk TI nlfldtl nli >

curious 10 think wh (~IIw stuff had co me fro mandwhere th e trunk h ad b een.

That trunkisnowio attic. A nd inl w e re n t s obeatup and musty-smelling, I d bring it down an d show itoff.Butinstead oftryingIOn new the antique, Idecided10build I ll ow n

WO O D. Old t runks were bu il t l ighl :;Othey wouldn'tbe impossible to C rT) . S in ce I d on't p la n o n c arry in gthis trunk around m uch. I used:y, oak plywoodfo rsturdy construction.lIuI V, oa k plywood is all that'sneeded [or the lid and tray p anels.If iI S used as as we ate r o r b la nk ~t c he st, y ouca n lin e th e tr un kwitharomatic cedar10 k ee p th e c on te m s s me llin g fre sh

Place it at the foot of the bed or add a glasstO to use as ac offe e c ab lein t he den E i therwa . rh i s t runk is a handsorne -

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MATERIALS

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diagram. l'ill. 1.o.TPt ~ 11 < I : In

m a k in g th e C llS Cb yCUlling a double

wid,' pi<:Cl'for th, ' c a se(ronl and back (A)10a r ou gh s iz e o fZ·j by 37 . S<'< Fig. 1 .

Then cut anoth e r d o ub le -w id e p ie ce24

w id e b y 2 1 lo ng ( or th e tw o case ends 8) .N o w r ip th e d ou ble -w id e p ie ce s to ge l fo urpiecesll· h wide . seeFig . I.

MITF.KTOJ;,:<. t.11Il'S<· $fourp i<'C,,,,arejo in ( ( l wi lh p lin ro m h e r j( li m.'. :il ~ig .~ ,(F or m ore on plined miters, s ee p a g< '1 2.1

To c ut th e jo in t. t ill w bla de to 1 5' and cu ta miter<bevel)on oneend ofall (o ur pieces,Then miter rhe (our piecevw finishedlengths0120 a nd 36 .se eFiR.1 .

Shop N ote: To m ake m itering panelsm o re a ccura te .Juse a slid in g cut·offL,blefo r t he l ab l~saw, s ee p ag e14.

SPJ~~ l< ~C~ ut ake rff or t he s pli ne s i ne ac h m i te re d ...nd, s ee F ig. 3.Thenculll~· '· ~long sp lines o f\1 1 Ma.<onit.t-toiti n thekerfs,

ASSF..>W LE.,1S£.Before I lluinlllh . casetoge ther, dry-assemble the sides to cheek(orsquare comersand tightjoints.see F;g.2. hmyoll re sati .'<fi<odhe boxissquare.< l lltil<

US bouom (C) to 6 1 .seeJ I) .INote: TI'e botto m f it s o n to- n o tl ns id e o f

- th e cas e sid es. s ee F ig. 2. (T he e xp os edplywood edges arc,'ovcrro laterwill,hardwoodbands. r efer toFig.11a)N o w R lu e all (ourCOflU'fS wi th the sp linesin p la ce . a nd d am p th e c as e s qua re.

ATIA CII sorro». To keepth e case squa rewhileth~ due dr ies .auaduhe bo uom-s- glueandn,l il it witl,.Jd(I ~ 2 l inishnail see Hg~4.

TRUNK CASE

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To hide the lop ed ges o fthe plywood.lilt 5 RIM R.IM _ ~ t .·trunk c as e h as a s olidwoodrim. ( 'C Fig. 5.

TI,e trunk lid fi lSinto a shallo w r abb et CUI BACK (EN De . .

aroun d U te up per in side <-dg. o( this rim . rNa

....(~r' F ill 6b. facingrag 20 ,-R IP A : <I n RA B B I T. Begiu m a ki ng th eC3'S( -~

~. rim by ripping the rim front, hack (F')andends (G)to a w id th of 1 4 I r o m ~ . stock.

Before cuuin g' th e p ieces10 finishedlength. ui the rabb ets. To dothis. firslsett he b lade:V I high.s ee F ig. 5a .Then set the

l - -ip fence to cut a ,, .(Jeeprabbet o n Ih .out- RI Ms id e fa ce o ( e ach workpiece. fRONT

MITERS.\\'h en th e r ab be tsh ve been cut . ® -ro -mite r the rim pieces to th e s am e le ngth s a s KElP ~he casefront, back. and ends. se c Fig. 5. RIM sn4d,11TA t1 R IM. N owglue and nai l eachsec- CA S£(N O flUSH HAILSANOWITH

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Thl n round everall t h e -t..'dJ .Z.·..( J1I h.._ ,t n u - r..·11.... '11.ilt'I'\I'fth _~ (..'11 d..._UI . t'\'. I~ I )l {t'nnin~ ht.. \\1{llll II Ih, '

lid Plllld - (P) by fi 't dl') a''''nlhlinjllh ,'t(.II' l r. u l1 ( w1 t l tth<.·ct-ntt.·rsfuL.,in 5 11 ;C' ( lit -n I: ) ,t , , I t 4 . · -f)f l1' plY O < > dinh1lhn- l'qtltl lw id th (> an c · l , (I~ ~ fo r m ylid)..\h ,·rllml.l'ulth,· n ·till , length a, Ih ,· .. .· Illc· r , \ 1411.. (:r'~ J, 1. )-·iS t.

\ ., . . .. .' IHI ,' \\' im thf'pant_·)srul. a '~'111blt lilt' IlII' traltl \I, ith gtttt' an(1(lam l) , 'Illt'n)J,tfUt.1 t,nte, tllt' de ft'ame. St . , . 1~ '1 ,

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G Rt)O\ f . .. I ' n (I ....( \\; ut .J:nMj\~('(11t cf'ed In ttu, , t 'd,lt tf ' , ,(t ck:h lopf rame ,'liO (\1.:-' ). m d CIII ol rog<'$ ofth e t wu c e nu - r..I~1''' '()). ~,rlJ., .g ,Cut tht~grooves 10 width III 1 , ld I II ,· ll · lb ic k p lyw oo d y ouwill h<·I1 ~u r Ilw lidpane ls (ll).

ShOp1\Il': ~I o ak p ly wo od l< u $u u UyI .Ulan I Ithick I~I ', u r I l I, c ut 111 J..'l'rjQ\'CSIt)tile exaclllli4·k,u· u( y c . u r1,ly uod.

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10 a \\ldth 01 :?t..; •-ee Jilt. fll, rh~-n ut th e(fl,nl back t\) pK. Ct'-:,t1 1it rl.u~.,k·llj. th 0137 .• 1 ( 'Ibc'c'ne ,H.) > .Iroughkn~lhol l

~ ext nu tt r a ll ( c)urpi( ' t ' t · ' : 'o,to u u ....;uIU.....ill.t '\ th t, (Ous t>rim, s tc F ig . 6 . 11 't 'n rut kl'r1.. fO Tt l lC,p l i l l . , . and assemble I h lm l l ll lik, 'Y C l Udid Ilw rase, ~ I · i ~a .(lu k clllh,' frame-quare.] CI~S(' inblt-dt t)JlllII)tl l tlit: ea ... .'.)

T()l l 1lt t . The mi1e' on lilt' 11'1' t rameotrt a lilt k difJ-crctlt than ell\' min-rs on tll~v-1 oJ .hl tru nk - t)}t_.\ 'n- (111 aero .... the

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fru ,,, fronl/back ~ 1) and end, ('Ii) 10 awilltil ut: Then mne r tlu -mIl) h·nj.,rth....thl·Yfilon top ot th e ,idt O ,nlnll'I)S'''''''''''

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PANE I.GROO I'ES. T he p ly w oo dtraypanelsfi t in lu g ro ov es in th e s tiffe ne r a ndthe trayframe.CUl t he se g roovesalong th e bottomed ge o f e ac h fra mepiece. set ~ig. 2b.an don b oth s id esof th e sti[f('ner. set r a g .14.

rsxoss, Now CUI lI< · longstub lenon, 011b o th e ndsof th e traystiffCllcr(I). sec rig . 1 4.(Cut th, , to thicknesss o I he y fil i nthe pant~grooves) Thenround cverthe topand bonumedgesofthe t r a YstJIfl'n(O'.see ; ; g 1'1.

B( .)1T() PANE lS . \Vi ,h the tenons cut onth e stiffener.cut equal-size bo ttom panels(S) from \ll plywood. Cut the panel 10,,;,..

SO they fit i n I l wgroUVt or Lll< 'tr y,\S S E M BL F.TI lE mIl . \\'ilh al l the trayparts cu t. [ gl uedth e tray together with th esplines.panels, and s ti ffener inplace. Thenclampth e units qu ar e u nti lthe glue dries,

\ \~ th t hecase bandsa tt ac h e d. w o rk canikgin on the insidetray . T he tray cons is ts o f a h ar dw oo dframe with splinedmiter corners.and ah ardw ood 'stifl·eu e r- t ha t s ep a ra te s

two p lywoodpanels. see Fig. 12.TRAY ~ l A I;. l It 'g an mak ingthe tray

frame by first ripping t he tray front/backs(Q) 10a fin is he d w idth 0 13 f rom .. .. · thickstock. Since tJle lnlyends (R) havehandles.rip ihemz . .nder (5 ide) .

As (o rIt-.llgili.miterth e irom/backs(0) sothey'reI shortcrthanthe inside length onhetrunk 1';111. illi a l lowsl'O()mfor the UdSill)'

hardwaro.) Then miter the ends (Rl lIo losthan the inside widthof the trunk rim.

: .Iexl. < ' \IIk~nsinlueach mite . .. .d end. andmake splines10 61lhekens. se e Fig. 12a.

SIL~PF. HAI OI.ES. To m ake the handles .firstl ay o uu he p ro file o th e h an dleo n e a chtr ay en d ( R). s ee F ig . 1 3 .'1exl. u sin g asabresa w o r a band s aw. c ut aro und thecurs ide o tthe handle. 11 , . 11bore IwO t hole~ an dc om p le te th einside i lh a sabre saw.

when both handles have been shaped,round o ve r th e 101)e dg es a n d th e in side ofthe cut-outs w ith a ~s ound-over bit,

snF' J '£ . '1ER. Mak(' metray stiffener Tby c ullin g apiece of-h' stock 10a width o(2 . 11, , , ,cui it ~ ongor than th e insidewidth o( the tray frame, see ~ig. 14. (Thisallows( or a te no non e ac h e nd .)

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h a rd wo od b an ds around th e c as e. S Fig.u. T he b an d:< ~ v.· ...h ic k M o ck1 \ . .- 3 W 1 1an dp laned f rom:J . .s to ck , ~ . Fi (.Ha.

Ct-r-rosm, To make th e c ase b an ds. C U Ifour2 ·wid~end band ~ (D) th esame lengthas fhe end oftllC ca. , (2 0 ). T hen cu t fo ur2 ·wide Crool/back case bands (E) Io l

llarr than th e IJ Un k. , C (36Vt'l. (Theyoverlapthe en d bands. see Fig. l lb.)

ROI D 01'1011.AllJ.'rcuuinll Ih,· bands toI('ngili. rout th e QI t id, edges of each bandwith a lA. i ' round-overbit Not the insul«

cdzes, llor th e ·ud < of th end bands .Ittl t: TOlA<l . NQW glue and c la mp th e

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I awl..,) f im>htu the trunkbefore altad\injIh, ' liard w. ltT . 'o t~ Dun'l finish the cedarlinilll or ) (,u11Ina . . .k it, aroma.

.,,,,,, To II t the look 01 an agt'd oaktru nk. I m oo -d • cu stom <lain. T o do thi,<l.1n i l l • • p in t01bol l t'd l inseed oi l. thenadd1\'zlb'll 0 1 b urnt u mber artists' o il co lo rfrom , I II art ,opply Ion , (Thetw o oil< need.tl II mixing(orth~ oi lcolor to dissolve.)

Alter 31l1'IyinitllKstain, I wiped on IwOcoat' o( ( ; n , -ral fini- lles' Royal Fini sh(s ati n) . , .. ,' So l lr es Pil){~:lI

IlIRn\\,, l f_ WI> II tho finish has<'(, 11) ,,,,1)' dr i l '< ,IJ<,ginnstall in the hardwan' 'l ot, · : A l l I h< h ar dw areis attac hed,,,ing .I i ~ Itt R hbra'~ woodscrews.

T he lidi, anach,od wi th twostop hinges,

....-e r l )11 7 O n th,· £ro nt o fthe case. drawlaIChe , pul l the l idligbtly c lo se d. s ee F ig . 1 0 .In'tal l th e t.. ~e lock intJt tosame manne r a-, II>~ dtaw{'~tche'. see fig. 19.

. \ pair o f lid 'l ay ' i n, lde th. . t runk~<tJt tolid from op tn in J: too mr. S c n o f t' o ne cn dui ...... >> l a Yto 11 > .in, ,;de of the caserim. an dth eo th t'r~ nd to th e l op fram e. se e F ig . 2 0.

A n o ch th .I . .. th cr h an dl e,10 th e ends o fth~ t runk us il l lltwohandleloops .seefi g , 21

Flnally.tnto IIi\ . th~ trunkIIle traditionallo ok. I 'C r t H o d n nC . . . ,. comers and com~cbuup.. ,('C rig. 21.

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I l il1<:dthe InInk , ,; Ih~ -thick Oogu.. . . . .oo-r 1 ;;;; r--- - I I<:;;;;~~Z,...-T- ...~ : : = - - ~~;: =_--1grovv,_ ,arornanc cedar do:; (- tlining lbut it 5 ~ 't :mcouldbe Itllurilin,od).T h e in,id,'ofthetrunkha> abou t 13squarv ( ,\ :1o f a rea10 be lined 1 did n't h n~ l lw l id .) m e p ack ag e o f l in in g Iused conta ined about15.,qu,u.. .feetofcedar,~ oun.·t's.Jl3.Rt'31

I'<;f IUA110 \ 111><;.T here are a coupletncksthatcan hl'lpyou installthe lininlt(lI)TIl< 'f iNt trick is the seq uence; nail Uning 10Ih b o ll u rn o fIh,· trunk first; li ne lite (ro nta nd b ac k o ftl , , Lnex t,T hen . f inish offbylining tht·tnd , , c Fill. 15.

Second. t,.S \·l lilt: nlu ... out of one-packageofcedar, ' ~tht·,hon Clll-<lf( p ieces. Fo r ihenice.... .J<Klklngdke . 'tagger the cut-off, be-1\ 1 n ful~I Ilj, ' thpu-ce...see Fig. 15

111. '011'1'01<'1'A 1tcrth('lininJ(i,l131le<lin[~ r~ ~~~ -~ ~ ~ ::;~;;;:bn.ript o tra) .upports (l)loa ..idthol 16 CASlIHD

I fron. '¥, ·Ihtk 'l oc k I ll ),o o d on 't l in e t he a .InInk. cu t the su ppo rt-, ., . .ider .) T h en cu t 1 ~thl' 'uppart~ to It-nk'th ' . . th t:) f il tightly lacr . . . .. .ht·\ ·nd .. .. '4. ( l-iR.16.~ov. screweachsupport in pl,u·,· with 1h FI> brass woodSol n ' ' ' ' ' ,M..- I I)j(. lba.

~I'''( f H.I . III w,· I'ilrJJlc,-erthe 6 d slayhardw;l rI · . , ll Id to cemerthe t ray Icft- to-rigl>t.Ia<l,h' two tnlYspucen«J). refer to ~ig.16.Cut tlw ~ . · thkk 'I >a< < ~tu a ..;d lh of Vi

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il l (1 /1u/ he ten< with tit U'orkpil 'CIlight yoim,/Ihe ltIit.-rgollge and ripffll .

After /)/ad,' i. «et to CIII,'.ra.t:li I.l5 .eta )t t l , 1stOt> blocl..°loIf 1 l . J . . · i l i a YJe t lC

so I llntle , il1CIII' {,' IOllg~,.III(1)' ji i~ rdI~ gfll, TI/I'I/trim mit'.. lid OJllt'orkple

workpieceto manage ablesize.~T C t T.i . Befo re ma king a ny finish cuts .

irs a g ood ide n10 chc ck til('an gle of yourbla de 'il h S O Ul et es t C U ts . CUllWOpiecesofs cr ap ( se eStep I), and c he ck the ang le witha IIYsquare , se e Step 2. Irthejoint is op en a tthe heel (see SIPP2a). ra isethe angle orthe

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Then, arc. coupl e advantages to addingaspli n« to 3 miter joint, l in;t. since miterslend 10 slip out o( alignmentas yo u clam pIh~11ltogether,t he s p lin e lo ck s th ejoinlwhile the clampsart tightened.

Second, the splinestre ngthens the jointby provid ing m o re glu e s ur fa ce .

f R EI ARATI OS:;. Inc. (\ are some s teps tt,take b efo reCUltinga spl ined mi te rjoinL

To help support theworkpieceover itsentire lell .'1h,an d t o h av e a su rface to clam p,I S lO p b lo ck to . I 5 CW Van auxiliary fen ce 1 0m y m iter gauge , r efe rto Sa i I. (O r, yuuco uld u seaslldi ngcurontablc. se e p.'lRe14, )

STOP BlOC K. Next , cu ta ,lUll block rUlli,

pie ce oi s cr ap , a n d m i te ro n ee n d u rth eblock31 the sam e an gle a'S .h e m iter o n the w orkpiece, se e Step I

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larg ....work pie ce s, I 'v efoundif go od id ea1 0 r o ug h-c ut a ll p ie ce s s o th ey 're o nlyabout1 longer than needed, This give:;;.youe no ug h Ienglh to workwith ,bUI redm'c> the

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,._Sfl 'lOp .lurk ' fi>li.hNi 'fl'(JIII,(.\'otl' ungl.d stul> IIlork , see ten} The»trim fl . kl 're 1.,ji>U8 /el'gtll,

1 S (tI'tU,;tJ,tllpNt,.,,/ ,·I fll'nufrllril·iltry/r:)/CC to t lu :m i te r(ltt '''ye all' till

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tll< • lid .((tll'O piece» vf,sr l' llp.

\. ,{ it r jlli IS are greal fo r hiding end1V J.gr.un,I'Spedally when workin~ withp ly w o od . F o rexamp le, w ht1 lb uil di ng a b ox ,you can hide th e end. of Ihe pll '(.oo byusi ng mi ter j<l ini. ; a t IJ1C fou r comers. (Sl'eth e Steamer-Trunk shownon page6,

Miler join. look like t hey 'r e easy1 0 C U Ia nd j oin lo gt .'l I,\ - r.t I n fo rt un n ud y, l ooks ca nbe dec... .ving - (.S})t cinJlywhen you reworkin g withw ide pieces,

Ctm lXG.lltech;dlcnge is when you havet i lcut.1><'';('<'(45' bevele n th e e ud u f.will.:workp iece ( Thi- was needed (or theSteamerTrunk.) The trick here i~ o m ake acut tha t's X ) 10 li te a dja ce n t e dg eOVerits

e n ti re l en g th ,refer to S lcp3,S I U~ E. C uttin g the m iter i$on ly hal f thepro blem,The ot her halfl.~ssemb ling iL I vefoundthe best way 10 11 1th e miter a1ill llcdduringdamping is to u se s pli ne s.

A sp line is . thin piece of wood t ha t runsnrm,;.~ h e jo in t.It lils intO kerfs rU Iin both,i de s ' th e jo int, refer 10photo .1 1right,

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C1.A~fl·L G 1 . .O C l ( .Th e o nlyproblemwilhIwtddampsi~ hat they I~nd10 roundoverI l l . .< :< lmerSof the mi te r join tas th e c la m psar e tightened. To prevent uus, IUS Cclampin g})1«:t;s.seer ) g .1.. 1' 0 Ina ' .<etile c l a m J ) ; n gb locks . < 'UIa la rgeotbbet ii'Onl '>'IeC<)111 I{ a piece olMstock, see S epsl~d 2in Fig. 2. Then C Illa~l i' fk~rf orrU\einsidccomer I t he rabbe t,seeS iI :\l3 in F,g . 2.Thi,;kerfallQwssJ)a('( 'fors lue squeer.e - ()u~ and pr() ltoCISh ] lOints ofth e J.l)ilCtSwh~nclaropj~. s ee Fi .3;I, Finally. CI lt IW··longbiooill;9 ll:W2X2.

CAlU ETT. \P~. Y4U need ·t t lleast th _h ~ ) d s to h M d Ihe c ia m l > 1n g 1 )1 < > < :k s0 p l a c ewhil~ igIlltmU'8tbltba l;d c tOl ll ll '$, Sio~il Ionly ha\' c two, I , ;t ie l<aj ieceO(duubw-sidedcarl)(.'j~ in ht T8bbe1ofthe blookS10boldJh<illlin ]lOSitiODover hi c ,,= beforepositioolngtile banddamps, se c ~-ur.a.

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Ih . m iter, see ShopKOles.page 19.)Allerthe ripfenceis p o~itioned.CUI. kerf

in e ach m iter, see Step 6.~IAI(JNC:SPUNES. A fle r th e k erf s a rcCUI.

splines are C O ll O f il into t he ke rf s.,,) ,O U c uith e splint from apieec o f s olid w oo d. il h a sl( )be cut s o ll,t.·grain runs 11f. ryH.id ;C II/UI IO

the joinllinc.S 5 '1157 and8 -To ensure tile spline won' prevem the

jo int Irom closing. cui the sp l ineS it's V I t.·

less thanthe depth of bo lh ke rf s. see Fig. Ia .If th e workpieces a re w id e.I us e \1 Ma

SImile(o r th e s plin e s ,If t he ends will be exp05 II . tlll'Yca n b (' c ap p ed \lith solid-woodsplines, r d~ r 1 0S le p J .

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8 I.AlIVe'·II b la de u ntil it .•• j .. st hig hJ'11(JII JI, Ie)cu I o,j~lI plillt •• V /~rrim

a ~pli ll ' f/fllp II,..,./ xid e o.flhe ,,·Q.·k,lierFTh.. , rlll.plill~s'.J.f'1ilte,. tnreeedgr s.

KERI S.Al le r a llof th e m ite rs a re c ut, th eblade tao beretracted (loweredbU I at th esamean gle) to CU ik er f. ( or t he s pl ine s. I se3 c ar bid e- tip pe d s aw blad e to Cut V. -widekerfs.Later . Icu t th e spl ines to fil.

W h e n c urtingihe kerfsfor the spl ines , usct he r ipfenceasa stop(or the m iteredend oithe workpiece, se e Step6. (Sinceyo u're nO Iculling through th e p ie ce , it's ak ay 1 0u seth erip f ence and the mite r gaugetogether}

Y ouw'am.to p os ition th e fe nc e:< 0the k erfiscutnear th e heel o fth e m i te r. s ee Step 5,In this position, the kerf canbe d ee pe r a ndth us th espline can b e longer (o r m o re g lu es ur fa ce . (for 3 tip c o p roiecunz the point of

b la de ( up f ro m th e ta blc) .lfthejoinl is o pe nat th e p oin t, lo w erthe angl nf the blade(d o. , to wa rd t netable).

cur I'IEC ES. Aller the saw is S ('I u p.CUim iters on {mrend of «lithe workpiecesfirst,s ee S tep 3 . U se theauxili ar y f ence and slop

b lo ck to b old 111 (' ie ce s in p la ce .1 '0 lout the oth er e nd , m a rk th e fin allengthyou wan t on the edge of one piece. Thenalign this m ark with the blade. N ow adjusttile m ite re d e ndof the slop bloc k aI the en dof th e workpiece, se e Slel' 4. I alw ays use aSlOPblock ra ther than aligning to pencilm arks to ensure Ihe P'''''('Sare e xa nly th esamelengtiJ.)

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ence tines Onth e frontcx lg e o r th eplywoodbase a re o ve r t he b la de , T h en .c ut av. -dt,.,pda do in the base by mak ing ser ie s o fpassesunti l th e r unner fils ughl l) ' i n t he d ad o.

N ext, glue and screw the runner ill thedado . sec rog, In. (T he run ner is I longerthan Lllc table so i I' seasy to align th e runnerand s101 w h en s elting the table o n th e sa w.)

sror BtoCK. Sioec f ten usea slidingtable 10C U ioffseveralp ieces 10 exac tly the samelength, I added an adjustableslop block. (Even if you don'twanuc build th is t ab le . t il l. s topblockis wo rth lOOkingai.)

SAFElY.fo r saJety. I added aPlexiglas blade guard thaicovers the blade a fte r it pas sesIhrough the fence . A nd, 10 prevent the blade C rom cuttingt hr ou gh t heguard, I screwed asa fe t)' sto p onto the bouom orth e cut-offtable .

W OOl) ' ~I ) lIARIlWARE,Thiss lid ing table is easy10 build ou tof common materials , m adeth e base wilh ,¥, -Ihid, pl ywood( sheer). and all the o th erpart, with ~. -{hick maple s ix

board Ieei). T he ta ble is d es ig ne d s oIh31 al lthe hardware canbe p ur ch ase d fro m m osthar dware stores, o r a s akit from II 'tkxbtlllitilPr ok c/ S l< p pl i <see S o U 1 I: <, p3A:c31.

S ho p N O lc:F or the b estCUI w h en u si ngthiscut-ofitable, Illr sa w b lad e a nd ripteaceof y our table saw should be adiusted 0they're parallel with the mitcr l 3l1gc SIOLTomake these adjustm ents, sec theOWI1( 'S

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overhangis f or a $ ill ty slo p.l A ls o m a rkref ·e re nc e t in es o n th e f ro nl e dg e o nh e p ly w oo d(o r a d ad oIhal willalign with th. . Ielt m itergauge slot. T his dado i s ( or th e r un ner (A).

Now,cui t he p ly w oo d b as eto length 0paSI th e saw , edge) , and 10 a wid th o f20 ,

RlJSN1 i I).o\l)(). To cut the dado for th erun ne r, p ositio n th erip fence sothe refer-

tfOlJ).OOWN. T he firs tthing I a dd ed is aremovable bold -d ow n b ar th aIfiLSbel weenthe sliding table fen ce a ndsupport rail . secphotc . W hen positionedove r a workpiece.twomachine bo lt s inth e h old-downba rkee pthe w ork pie ce flat an d sec ure . r efc rto j>'lg.18, \\llh Ihis additien. you grl accuratecross-eutson wideb o a rd s a nd p a n els-e -particularly on workpieces th at a re slig htly

warped or cupped.

Sincetable sawsvaryinsize, thiscut-offtableisdesigned soyoucaucustomizeit to li tyoursaws d imensions.

RL'XSER. Startbuilding thecUl-offtableby<'Ultingavt'· lhick hardwood runner (A )towidth so lt slides sm oothly in your ~1 ble>3. ,', miwr gaug~.IIlLThen C U Ithe runnertu a finished length or 21 , (Yn il c an a lsoo rd er a p ie ce orphenol ic piast ic10 m ak e th er un ne r. s ee S ou rc es . p ag e 3 1 j

IIA$~:.The plywoodbasefor the CUl-orr

table eonsistsoftwo pieces;a tab le (B) thatsupports theworkpiece.anda tab le leaf(C)t ha t suppor tsth e w aste, T he table and leafarc CII I from a ~ingk'l) i, ' (,IIr plywood,

T<>determ in e thelength of th is piece, Iposi tioned therip fence6 to the r igh tor th ebl~ de and then low ered the sa b lade . secFig. 0lJ.~ area 10 the righl of Ihe sawbla de is f or I ll elable leaf.)

Next.bUl l a pk'C( .> (:V.··thickplywood (Is ia ne d w ith a 2 'x 4 'sheet) ag'. insllb e f en ~.N o w m ak ea m a rk oi liheplywood 1 pastlhe/ef tedll l. of lhe table saw, se c r o 1. Ollis I

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miter gauge nn a table saw ca nbeunsafeaswellasawkward, It susually3 balancing act-trying10 hold the w orkpiece steadyagainst lhe miter gauge w hilepushing illhrough th e C UI. A ndthe result ofall lhismaneuveringisa less-thae -perfect CUI , •

One solut ion tothl s p rob lem isa s1idingL'UloOf[tablc.he slidingt ab le act s asaJ(ianlmitergaugeIII give extra sup port10 wideboards an d panels whit(' cross

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offtab les-s- a plywoodplatform witha runn er o n th e b ot to m t ha tfits in t he m it er gauge.101 of y our saw. Then a ( neeis a dd ed 10produce ped'ec l90' cross-cuts,

O n s om e v er sio ns , a s up port rail isadded(on t he edge cpposi tethe f~ n ( c) 10help stab il il t t heplatform and ho ld i llogclher.

11,. version shown here adds t hree fea·lures nO I usu ally fo und on eul .. ,r r t ab le s.

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A f te r t he r un ne r is s cre we d10 th e b ase , I henext step is 10make3 f ence and supportrail.

1 F. ~ t F.. l1c¢n work 011 Ih e fence (I » byC'Ulling IWOpi''<'l' 0(:\14 · thick stock 3 widea nd 4 6 lo ng, T hen , g lu e-u p th epieces 10make a Ilf '~hick blank. _ Fig. 2. Whenthe glu t' d ri<'S .CuI th e b la nk10 :I finishedwidth (he igh ) 012V an d knl,>1.ho f 4 5 .

SI 'PPOR T R AII_T he b la nk [o r rh e sh orte rsupport ra il (E) is made the sam e W 3y.Todetermin e it s r ou gh l en gth , a dd th e I l'o gt lt o[the plywoodbase plus 1 extra fo r a stopb lo ck (Ihal's ('UI offlalcr).see FIg 2,

CVfCR ) )\ 1:.M1J f<.,\IJBhT , NC) 1. CUi: a :~4· T. ,idegro()vein each b lank10m o un t th eholdd ow n, s eeFig. 2a. Then, cut a7,jj'·widerabbet on the o f th e fence (D ) 10 accept aS ('l fa db es iv f m e as ur in g ta pe , s ee ~ ig. 2b.

l11fS1'I1 1'8I.lJ( ';. ow trim a 3 piece offthe suppon rair eE) (o r th e S IO I' b lo ck(G )a nd s etil aside , s ee f iR. 2 . ( Th e sto p block iscompleted later.) O nce theSLOp block is cu to ff th e ''U P ll ur t ra il , trim t lumil 1 0the samelengthas IIwplywoodbase. see Fig.

)I (II ll . T I F SC E A l f ) 1l~1 1..To mount thefence and rai l to the p ly w oo d b ase , p os iticntile fence 01Ilushwith the fronlultll<' baseand the righl edge. see F og. 3 . Then, screwIl ll' fence 10the b ase, P<I>it ioning the screws9' f ro m the rig ht edg e ofthe b ase an d 3 from1 1 <le ft edge.(Note: {.loll t glue the fence inp lace . You m aywant to adjust it later if thetable isn't CUllingexacl ly 90'.) Next, screwth e .UI'port ra il (E ) 10th e plywood bas e soit's f lu sh w it htill b ack an d sides, seefig. 3,

l :.\_J.~. Since I wanted to use the c ut -off

table lo r culling beve ls, next I c ut the tableleaf C) 0([ O w ta bl e (B )ill a 45 ' angle. secF ig. 4. (:-rOle : If y ou r saw b lad etillS 10 therillbLYOU 'Uonly havetocurth e l ea f o ffat90',see TalkingShop, page 28 ,)

lf ye ur b la de1l11~Vthe left,set t he blad e3145', fillh. runner in th e miter ll3 uge SIOI,and cu t th e l ea f from the table - d o 'Imakea Y O c ut y et, (S af ety N ote: Keep your ba ndsw ll a wa y tr omthe blade when c utti ng.)

Th e Ie.at is a dj uS lllb lc - il opens 1 0make90 cu tsand doses up fo rbevel C UIS ,see fig.S. '10 make il adju>table, ri ll a :V~ ·wide roov at the end of eachleal, see F ig .Sa .Then , drill .. h ol es c en te re d on th('ll1'OOVC.and cut a:;101b etw een th e h ol es, see F ig. 6,

,\1TAt 1I T,\RLE L E A F.N ow th eleaf can besc re we d I U th e fe nc e a nd rail with pa nhea dscrewsand washers.Todothls.tum the s liding tableoverand dnll pilo t h oles in the fencean d SUPP<lrtrai l, sec Fig. 7.

N ow screw th e leaf 10 the fence and rail.s ee f il l. . N ex ~slide the table lea flo createa :Vl''-wid. open ing . and tum thecut-cfftableo ver so it ~ l s n po sition on th e sa wThen,make ago c utw ilh tho b lad e se t1'Y-1 bovethecut-elltable. see Fig.5. (Again.keep yourbands away from the blade as il comesthro ug h th efence.)

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To use rhc' hold·down. a workpiece isp laced onrhccui-offtable andth e hold-downi~ osi ti oned overil. The n. to hold the workp ie ce f ia t.I sed a pa ir o m achin e b olts.

The boh s thread i mo square nuts that ar e captured in a l.'1 'o ov e i n t hebouomo f th ehold-down. refer to 'ig. U n. This allow s th ehead M tl... b olt to be screwed down tightlyl \I la inSI theworkpiece. To a cc om m od a tedifferent size pan els. I made uie bolls adjustable by ('utting a slo t in th e h old -d ow n .

CllTTOP NO K01TO>I. To make the holddow n. start by r ipp in ( : l'4 · thick s to ck 10 awidth of 2· Then, cut. top piece (H) 10 afin i,hl'lllclIgl h 0 16 11 . 1· and a bottom piece(I) to IT¥. Sl><1~'jg. 2.

C1TGRQO\ 't:. Nellt. to caprure th e squarenuts in Ih bouom piece. \I a · wide

groove, J..;~fl-d~p own the cen ter of th ebot-to m piece (I) , see F ig,12b .Cli TSUJ1 . To m ake th e s lots for the b olts,

drill % hoi es in the W I' a ndbeuompiece.set' rigs. 12 0and 12b. N ow, rour a stotbetween the holes (sec S hop N OIC S.pa ge 19).

AS S&\lHLF.1I0u)·DOWI ' . Finally. glue thelOp (II) ce nte re d o nthe bouom (1) S() the , ,a ~ . Iong tongue on each end, se c F ig, 13.Tben , slide two ~~(,' square nuts in to thegroovein the bouorn pie ce a n d th re ad'h;; x3\-'. machi ne bolts inlo the nuts. N ow, totighten down the bolts, add > '16 hex nutsand kn obs (or wing nuts). seeF ig. IS a

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sides (F) from I<, 'lhick S1(K'k.3 w id e a nd5· 101lg,se e rig. 9. To coverthe lOPand backof Ihe guard . I used transparent Plexiglas.(Seei ng Ib~ la de is aremi nder ro keel yourhands away from Ih guard when 4'UUing.lCen ter tl lt.~ guard over h~ cuts in the fenceand s cre wit in pla ce , s ee Fig. 10.

&WI':n S TOP.Aflf.>rhe goan l isanached,make a I x 3 ,,(elY lOP block CC)fm m~1 -lhick stock ie sere.... I(J the bottom ofthecut-offtable.To pos inon I I1 ('S IOPblock.raiseth e blade 10 2~i urn the power on , andpush t he t ab ' i nto the bla de ,lO p pin g w he nth ,' in ;; id,' edge ofthe f...nee (0 ) m eets theh ig h· p oin t o fth e b la de. WI' F I g. I I.

Then. tum 0 0 the saw and install a 11 I a ·chin bolt on the lefl <'lilt o f y ou r ta ble s a . '...rig. I Ill . (Note: II yoursaw d o es n 't h av eho l $ int I ta ble ~ dg e, yo u1l have to drillahole fo r th~ bolt) ~()' buu th e >lOPblockag;un>t the bolt an d screwitin place.

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''('1 M ilKk N' 'I~. Bt'WD b~ uuing astop block runner (K ) (rom :jI,· · hick . :k. I' id, and l'IClng . , e Fig. 14. : - : ex . I,tu Q 14 Ju nl 111 lilac- 11ln\: screw, dnll a ~ 1 1

f'tllintef '-unkh oh- l·~'1ltt.·n <lon the runner (t t. \ll a f o( k'1>4,,\p.1n ... onsIol indK-runne r 1-111••1 1 ). Jllu( the runner into thegtOO\\. ..in It..· I(~ lock. '4.. t o lg 15

l'l>ll \IUll 11yo u Jd d a « 'If· ad h ..... vem4.:4i~ting(.:'I XI,. l h~ Idee . >'OUc an u se a nindi(31ur4.)O l~t· 'J.t f'Pto very 3.C'CUratel)·po~ino n Ihc· h P~ cutliol1 pit '''''' IU It ngth.

Cuuh« indxatorfrom 1 , ·.j)1il;kPlcxigla. , , . .. 1'1)(.15.T h e ns e n b <arhair i ine centeredon Ill<' ln dk ,lI or, lin d d ar ke n th e lin e w ith aIclHip1X 0.

To kt~( ·p(he indica tor I romlv.i sli ng . C U tah · lhick 'Irip a ndglut: u io th e to p edge o fIh~ b ~ 'k, 1 Fill. 15.

S..,, tu mount the indkulO rdril la l,. .<Jiah ole in its cvnter, ( lb js is a n o ve rs iz ed h olelu r adju 'Im~I',) A bo driIJa -> 3 : : pi lo t holein lilt· ,lop tnr. \ Ii roundheadscrew,se eI'il: It; \ 0 \\ downlb. ,.;ndicalor .

\.,,~ lRl\, 1 0 mounl the macbine 'in thr ... (,Pbl.Kk . u-e the hole in the runnerasa l:uid l o dnlla ~ I I f 'hole thruuRItthe.lOpblock, . .. ..I I~ 6,1111'n.inserta ~\tI x 21 machtnl -cn \lilhruujO(hthe bole.

To k 'll Ihc' ,,'r,·w frorn turning a~ if.I1l(hl I1<'II,Iglued 3 brad UIlOthe SC((OW slolwith llUXY , 't:C Fill 16 . 111en m ount awashe r nd I I1 .I II ,ti ~knob (o rwinz nut).

Il°l'-31 ,c lt goo<li(h 'a (0 s an d achamferonII...block r l<n sawdustrelief, s ec I 'i g. IS.

'II- \.. ., \HI~(; T ..U· ••• The I1('X1SICI> is to a tta ch • rillh t1, . I .nrea din g ra pe. To d o Iltb .bUllth 'lop block3 I 3 i n : > tthe-saw blade,Sl,(,Fill. 1 7. \ li th lhcSloplockedinposition.peelback a .,UI>I.inchr< of paperbacking fromlh 7('1'0 en d()Ith~ Wl >u ring tape,

T hen ,lid ., the ta pe u nd erthe indjcatorand J IO U < > nIhO' . . .'1'0 mat\( u nd er thehairIine , ~ . ~ 1j . l ia. R~ the rest oi thb.lCkinl1andpne- the Iajle onlOthe f t l lce.(Yo .. 11hA\, I <'tilth Ill 10length.)

., ~n ~Ith,·hairlillf'doesn'lread (.rnr ~ L t' I, 11 K }~ 'ntht' SCf't:',I.. and slide m (indil'31nr tUllillh,..hairiinf.·isZt roOO . (l 'b is is\ lih) 'youn c'd 3 h' hol('in the iodicalor.)

IIyouu a di r f , · . . . , o lblade (su ch a s a lh inkC' r lblad . .) .r~·a d Ju .1 th e in diC 3 10 r so th ehairliu(,·~rjve \n acturate l.ero' reading.

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T ) 1113 kca clafllp 4'xtC·n <Je.J1bluck r t l l < trunk . <III .... r.ppiett o( 2x~ to ,•• long :\ ,1.draw a ...hallo\\ r ad lu .. .1)0 O M 'Iongcdl ('. ' ~'il ,3 . : \ ,'Utl tout on Iheband . .. .. .. ., · ' · . I ll l l: ah oD w o nth. . .Ia, l' o . t h.,blod.,

lSJ \(j lllF KIJ)l I\ . I',. tl~ \h eexten, on bk,,·k.hold I l l<-caband under th,- blll,k \\'tll th,·h ollo ..('d side of till' blo<kto ward Ih lruok, ' Hit I.:- low c L'Im p th e ~xwo un bh ,k10 Ihe tnmk side, And lx , 'ul'(' tou a p ;l din, id Ih~ tl'\lnk 0 h,'c1am pwon'l manhe plywt.oo,

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bind ju hileh '·.IIuKh III cutIhr(lughth,' veneer, . f il l.2a.Then raJ ....• th e b la dean d finishtll<c u t l inth c s ec on d P O IT IIk,,'P lb,· oritpK'C<aligned .. ithIh,' blade during both cuts.d .l1n p a n X ,'o ;u n (e ne ey,itha.. I blo < kIII Y<lW' milt-t puge . ~ o g

a , IVR 1< 0\RU, Al1OIher .. '3)til )(r(opth e r irom splinterIllJli_to u« a badcr board.seehll :1 ' l1 s t- I>l...,cof plywoodor \1a... . .mIt·lhaC'placedbelowIh, ' . ,rkl'i<-,,· W Il<l1loaking Ih~, -.. . Thi~ 01) thr-','n,.'r 1a)'<1',ullp n n,-d ..nd.-an bc< Ulcleanly

w rin g o n th etop uflh, '1. lyw ull ,rdi ,, ' t heblade,

'CI1 R (; TIlE EJ)(; f_ The 1II0'tcomrnonway 10 getacll~al\ c -u tislu ,'un- th e p an ela lo ng th ,'CU Ilint~bt:h)rtmaking th... l \lt ...... (ng I Tu do thl rut throeehth ..-ve neer1:s){ r\\itl1a u tili \ o ro ther sharp kni,,· 1\bile Ih ,method works. it's. ~)mt Umf''''dilli,:ulliotint·up t l><- . .. . .blad. .with the -co1 < i I1 i n

s(' () RI' (;0 ' nt£ '- \ \\ , An · o i licr way tl) score the pancll (0u...e the ..... blade it 'otoll TIlttrick i tl , malt . . .th..•cut in t ,, ,tIy ... O n tilt' f in ; .{pass. >(l'1llt.~

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PI' O Ullll lAU ., P,'map' th et a . . .t . .. .. ',J) 10 a v c n d '1>lint triJl~i... tl u<y·3 bbc .l t· l hat · . ..made ju -. (Ic)r( ultinK IM) ttod. Fer m..... •on th . (' Talking Shup onJl3fl 29,

(0 \111 \ TI' III AD ~ Therean- a ft~ I n , - vou can U ~ toJo t ta ...e an l:u twith a c o mb in at io n b in d ,', hr.t, if Ille b lad e iscn h'd with ,wduSio r p itc h,clean it b..rol\· rulling th . ply,

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RO l'rt.xc TIlE 'IJrr. Wllelllh,'itttlc(:'is in p os it io n , re move tht:w orkpiec e an d ~N ht ' router bi ta bo ul ~,. hi : h, Illen lum (111 tl1 (ro uler an d ca . ...fully plunll(' thl'starter hole in Ih,' w orkpi,,<,,,do wo O verIhe b it, ',. Hg IN o w, s tid elhe w orl cpil't't'IlIthrft stopping th e rul wh n th.·

routlTbit ent~ h ~ s to p h o ~'.

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fillh.. hnrp ,'tiRe fthe m iteredpanel m to the , IC11.see Fill . 1T hen , putth v block ag-dllt sl tlw(t nil' , 111(1 'lllIt'bladelocullhekert to r Ihe splme. «'C fiJI. 1a.

:>it 'xt, cut the kerf with thebl,,, k ridinll .Ion~ th,· fence . f u11Itl ....( utaflfHht f comero(JtJ l t :bI<~k L, ' u C\Il-lhaf,okayIh,' b~ , .1II1 ,IIbt ,used again ,

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:-; ,,1, IilI th e b la d e10 45 andre-ei the rip reneel'l.· rom theb la de . T hen ru n th eblockaero-,the blade with the same (act'again<lthc fence, seeF ig . 3 .

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MAIO.' (; TlIF RUlCK. To makea block foru, wilhll ' , '-lhkkI)ly.wood .~n b) ripping a 1 < 4to11,' ;d~ and cuI u to11 f 1 l l1 / 1 l umatch th.. mitered , < I g ,. Then,I D c ui the slot..... l~ rip f<-ncc

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TILEDMllERS. Thesecondpan uribe cabin et, th e d iv id ers . is th e m o st c ha lle ng in g.TIle p ro blem is collectio ns ch an ge o verLime.and require different divider locations.

To solve the p roble m . th e d iv id ers a renotg lu ed inplace.but are held by a friction fit

in sha llow dadoes. This altows the pieces be re mo ve d a nd th en d ad oe d if y ou w ish Oad d m ore dividers Or insert new piecesw ith ou t d ad oe s if you wan t f t Wt rd iv ide rs

T IlE I>O ON S.Th( th ird pa ri o f this cab inetIs the doors Here again I used splines toalign an d strengthen Ute mitered corners.However.the technique (orcuningthekerfsto a cc ept t he s p lin es i s s ligh~y d if fe ren t.refer ro t he B ox on page 23.

IATt:RIA IS. To kee p the it em s f ro mI et·ting lo st in th e sh ad ow s. w anted a lighlbackground. So I buil t this cabinet anddividers out of hard m aple and the backpane l outo fVl l tl ap lc p lywood.

A lnlOSleveryone know h s collectio n o f so meth in z - figu rin e,. m all

toys, or ite ms th ai s im p lyb rin g b ac k(andmemories. So decided to m ak e a sp ec ia lcab ine t to ho lda few of' these i tems.

Thiscabinet i s madeof three compenents;the case.thedividers . andthe doors.

TIlE CASE.There s IImhill complicatedabout building the case - irs bask-ally ashallowbo x w ith m ite re d c om e rs. T o helpalign these corners and make themstronger. I c ut k erf sin the ends an d joinedthem together with hardwoodSplines.

To mount the case the wal l. I used ahid de n h an gin g sy ste m. T h istwo-part system is madeupofa hangerstrip .tharsglul d th e b ac k o ( th e c ab in et a od a c le at th at'sscrewed to the wall. These pieces interlock h old th e c asesecurely to th e walland arecompletel y b id de n. s ee C ro ss S ec tio n in th eE x plo de d Vie w o n p ag e 2 ~ .

T his hardln pl cabinet is built w ith tw o different typesof m iter joints an end m iter and a face m iter. Then

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UI\1 I)ERThe ne xt step istccurthedadoeII. h uld th e ~, -thi<k cas e dividl r CCI...Fill . Ib. These :Iolh · ·d , · , p dadoes arecentered on the length olth, lop /bonompiec, (,\) and arc Ib, -a me idth as theth kn<.... of th e divider ( l , )

With the d a du e. c o m pt eu -d, the C3 sedivid~r(C) ca n be CUIo. fini,hl ,<1widtho f2 ,, 1 determ ine the x:1I'1 kl1lCth of thedlvider, dry-assemb le th , · a , , ·and cut thedivider to 61bet ween the dad,~... (1 71;. ).

\. t- t BL . ft r the ~nK \ t I nd dadoes2lft l U1 in the piect..... I lit a p l\,\ : t uf l:t

ly\\o<..:Ilofi l il1en g l up Iheca.... holdinglh e pit .... w ith b an ddam .:. : .-1 '.2.

ot l-Tn protectth,,«lg< 01 t w case a ndprovid , even clamping pres... urv, I made ,Clnt,< m a ll c la m pi ns; t b 1t K ks fro m so mel)i( (· t·..u r2 x2 stock . ur11101 \ information.~'Il' 1l;lgt ' 13.

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JIlin,·• . To miter th~ P ,(~ 10length . tilt)ourtable s w blad elo~ :; and muerone endtllfall (our pieces, Then miu-rthe other endoltll lopandbottom pi. ,. ,. W 10a finished~ ngth of 25l.. · Oong POI1\I to long poim ).And miter th e sid to I~h· . ....,

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I U FO \lITER. Ooo · th. pitCt. Sar ecull oknillh. lcut kerfsinthe miu-rcdendstoholdhardwood ~pl inl st t I~R .In Then Icuuhe Dlinl ttl 6lth e k.rf, (For more infurmalie, o n m ak in gthi...oq>1 in t : dmiter jo in t. ~lb. atticit o n p a s: e12.)

(.K.X)\ ~ _~ O Rl1lE 8.ot k. ext agroove i<< UIin th, lop. bouem and < I <pi «e< fo r theplp oodback. The lronl I(~ e (this grecv ei, 0000o ill (ll, infr omII,..backedze ofall f.,urIli( ( , .,.,.. Fig. 28 1 xlra space ar theback is needed 10 eonceal th« special hanllin~ Y len,1ha1 isusedto hold Ih~rnbinel nnIIu- w a l l .refer 10th ~ bo xbelow

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111l~dimensions () ft i l j <o cabinet arcbased on th, · divid,orla, out .J luw n infig.4. In (a<1 . to maketh, p roject fi t thi,divtd. r la yo ut. YilUwant tc, m ake urtI lll s u r dimen

,, of each half 01 Ih, fiui,he d case arer.aclly III-.? id b~ Iti . high . II youc . :haJ1J . l·Utt . SCdil'lI, ' ' ' ' ' 'ens, you ....illhave t tl

< lilt the di\,.I,·r Ia) .,ut also,T OP.lJ(mU\ •• u..ru. 1. .wrt< IIby cut

un~ the top /bottom (A ) {rom , stock to ,I

mugh nJllh 0121 Ill. n nil the sides (8)Ie . 3 ro ug h length (II 2()I . X ow rip aU f ou r i , . . - , · ,10a width 0131,, . . , Fig . l.

Ne xi. the-endsul l t l<.'.. . . .pi toc t sare nutc . . . -c (lto It nJllhandjuin,.,1I Rt lh( r,,;th hardwood

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,I Ithem in pb:;\, 1. ,a;t)1cr horizontaldhid , can 'bein'Lllkd. H. n- again I u-ed t h e J 1 lu g e10 d...I t'mU rk lh t' d3(1 lcKat i. )ns. .~:-e lg.

A ., ) uu · n· , ,urkinK. r e m e m b e r thai yo u,if, ,h av v to c ut (1 .1 (1 ,)4 ,:::- .n l'\Cf)' loca t ions ho wn in I h 1 I ,it ' I ); ,; d,- r Grid in Fig, 4. Icreat t :d di ler t' lI,i1 and .I pe > 0 1 · cub byhule, by villg OUI -Om. dlvidtrs. asS hO lln th t' tW (,IUy()tIIS i r, J 'iR ,4 .

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(2~ high by31-' 1c>n ~),dt'1'101 Ia, , Divider'Grid inrill.I The gauge ran Ix' u....,j 10 luc -d l tth edadoe-sfo rlUll cum b.n;olinn of cfuiders(I).

I UR> 01\ 11). '1 lo c at e t he d ad oe s f orth e ,, nlt .1 rli id, , p '~ th e gaug fighl3J;tain'l e m oftht· (Iiv id r sid es , s eef-ig.6.\I;trk Ilw 10, ,lli(ll1 u f Ih (: d ad o o n Ih e lO p an dbOl tCUI1 1,1111;11S( 'c · t ion , j \o~-ren love thentark,'(jp;,~' , n d , ,,I I ,; - < < 't lPd ad oe s in

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campi< u-d,tht· n.,,,,t h m g (0 make I> th edrvidt.·ru n i t: -. - on elor each <ide uf thecase, The dividerpi, ( ( 1) in each unitare removable S(J

Iht ·y can be takentnlt tllltl t t'ul as yourc o lle c tio n c h a ng e s,

lltJe l\S. , TOtK. TIl€ kev to makingtl,, 4·tli\i<).'I' re m ovab k- ls toU a llilt piC'C'6to II,~'kn~'''''' ....tllt,,\f it a J.,' , ·v..idedado. Thed id,· sh uld n i , ul(l). bUI not overtli~hl. < )>lU wlnllu 1>11,.]'h em in. not pound111( 111in.) 1 J:l \ th e \. 'QIT\. C1 fit..I cut a 1(.dado In a Ir>l t» Then I resawed andp b n t . < I , . I r ic < '>IlK k u n tih lfit til<'Iesl dado

11 ( 1)1.(.' 10 malef the 0 dividerurul • • ' \I Ifout dhider . ides (G) (0 61 t K .h ;~h l or th e · 3 · m ug •. seeF Ig. 5 (In

m) se Ih,~ pI ore H>~.·long.) Thencut d ,. <1, , (I m bbt. on th e ends 01 lbe - ,~jdl' ptl'\·l·..... ~t· ti~ ;

IIURlzu nl 1)1\ 1I) ~ ow you h ave 10dt t id.· wln-n-you , 1Il1the d iv id en - 1 0he1uc,,11'111 , , < I11l . IWOlayouts sh ow n inFill,,1lor th r-dll id, r o ,l~ in th c I.fl an d righl...clt'''\(If Ih( ' to t it,.

~Il I youl .~,n' out by po,JuoningIw uVI' . ;] , . • 0 .1 11 . , In lilt' di,id.,.silk..,; (G )10 'all Ilinc t<juall) -paced :lOrizonlal $<X'

lil.n-.rc '1('r teJI-IJ:. 5All. r lilt· ,Id. PI~L are d ad oe d, plac e

lb . III in th e c ase 11l<'11ut th e b oriz onta ldi,idc , (11 110 iii bctwc -e11th em , (E ac h

h unlO nt.ll piK , ISII ~'S long. se eFill ,

4. )' 1 )1• .It ) U 'lIn l 1 0 d i'llla y Ia rg titL III)OU m;t~ not ani tf. di\oide the case aJI}'

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tn (li\.1Cll· it ill . .. n t al 1 t · r 0 , ; . 4 , · ( 11 0 n ; ,'OU 1 1 n e e d10 1 .11, I II<'clad .... for th e rest of th eclivid,·rs. I ,In Ihi,. I ilia d. a Ia yo ul g nu gefro m api,...,·01 . .. .. 'p w oud ,rderto Fig . 6 ,

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the s ide lodgeo fthe piece f lushwithth e sideof the case and positio n {he rabbeu-d cd edow n.XOI.. .Topreventthcdoors ( rom Sl icking to the r as e. I put waxed p ap er under th emite re d co rn er s, se e F ig .12.

'NS -. RT S I'U Ne.. Next. P U I g JU I .'on tw ospltne s and p ush'he m buo thekerfed cuds

and th e Splines. *the Box on P<lRe2~.,\.. S .~ 'Ut .Y .A (t (> r t h e m it e rs30d spllnes

arecut, the do er s ar e r ead yto lw a , , ·mbk·d .To m ake sure the d on rs filthe L correctly.1 used the c aseas a g u id e . s ee F i s:.1.2 .

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divid er s co m ple te .w ork can beg in onlh doors. Thesedoors are a ssemble d lik e p kturefr am e s w i th a sp lineat each com er foradded sIH'ngili.

('~Tn I'G T IIF .STO CK.To make Ih~ d oor s .<tart by resawing V , ·Ihil·k stock fo r thlI ~ ·wid~ op , bouom.an d side pieces, set

F ig . 9 . T he n tr im U lC fo urlOP a n d bouompi ece . (J ) 10. rough I.n (tlt (Or3 .And trimthe sid,, ( I{) 10 a ro ug h le ngth of l8-Vi' .

T o form a lip fo r the glas s 10re st in . C U la:t16 ~widerabbet. ~ deep on ti le insidefile. of eac h u fllle ~ ig hl pk,<·~<.< : < :I'ig . 10.

M IT ER T OI.£X(''11I.xexi.thc lOp,bouom,an d sid e-pieces are mitered acr oss theirfact'S tofinishedlength,se e vll .S.To d e te r

mine the le ng th o r the tc ps/bo ucm s(I).measure th p width u r Ih ecase 2 5 1 , 1 , 1anddivide in half (12%''). Kowcullhe pk-ce s tothis dimension (long point 1 0 l ong point) .T I,e side s (K) ar e cut 10th e s am e d im ensionas the hCil lhl of tho case (ISh ). see fig. 8.

KER TI'f. ~I) S. Once the d oor piecesar eCUIto l eng th. t hene x t s te pis 1 0 r ut a kerfinthe m ite re d e nd s furth e h ar d w o od s plines.se e I'il(. 1 1. Each kerf is y, -decp andcentere d o n t he th ic kn cs so tth e d o or p ie ce s.Pormorc lJlfo rm alio n < Inc uu ln g th es e k erfs

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1 CIII l pil'('r 0/'0.' pl I '.oo jm' lI,c jigto: I~I 111(11 .0fill ',..ightoj '1011 ril'

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curelywhile doing th is .T Il soh Ute p ra ll1<:111,I ade a \im pl ' plYt\Mjig 10. ;uPPOfth e pieceswh~eC l J t t i l 1 8km s in th e e nd s.

Once the k er f ; a re c ut. s pl in esan: cut \0f it th e k erfs , H ere I u sed a two-step technique. see S tep 5. T his w ay th egrain direct ion ofth . ..spl ineisp crp endku la r to th ejointllae ()rllrealcr strength.

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\\lI on m a king th edoors fQr tlteC oltector'sCabine t. I used a spline in th e mlteredcom ers loradd ed sl rengtll. To do thls,malching kerfs ar e cut in lh~ mitered endsof till' door pieces.

These ke rfs ar t' cut by rIInniIlg themiteredend .wer the tab le s w blade, h eproblemi• . it's difficult to h old th e p ie ce ( -

FA CE MITER WITH SPLIN Eofth e sld epiece.The splin es a re longer thanthekertand should stickoutbeyondthe join tand in lo the rab be t. se e Pig. 11a. Thesesplines willbe trimmed f lushlater

1' 0 .glue th e top and bottom pieces O Jtolilt.-side p i ,'. (1\). 'I '1 ,n . ins-rt the splinesan d glu~an d damp th ,' r m Rining lid pit'C(K l in place.:;Ct' fig. 12.AfI, ·rth. .glue is dry ,remove tll( ' dam ps and repeal th e p ro cedure to m a ke Ih e oth er d oo r.

TRIMSP UNF':;. \\'h 11 both docrsaregluedup, the ~li nl>S ar c trimmed R ush w ith theoutside of the door and th e rab bet. refer to5..:p 6ln Box 31 ri ght.

I I I~(:F JeJRTISES . 111e next step o attach 01( ' doors. To do th is, lmonlsedfour11 · ., · lolIgbra » b uu h in ge sin to th ecase anddoors, '''' ~ jg :1 .

Sian by scrib ing the mortises with-asharpkn if ( ' .2 in f romthe top and bottom of thecas e . Then 11 i l nSJ t : rthe m orti se l oc a ti ons to

t i.nsid~oflht>doors , ~ou- roull}rt.·hL~ ou tthe monisos10 h d . :p lh or the h inn lea(;md screwth, 'h ingcs inp tace. C { · I ; - .g .t:la . .

tNS'rAU.C .I....>S . 0 comple te the doorsyouju,,1 have 10 installth, '1':1. .;and gru~ In theglass stops, To determine the size u g lass ,measure I he r ab be te d o p( 'n in go f each door.To allo w ( ur c le ara nc e. btrar V, , fromthe k 'n , ,'111nd ioth and CUI .heglass.

C L.\'~ ~P. o . Once t h r. gl:iSSis cut. til e Iass stops (L) ran be made. These SlO pSare h ard wo od strip sth at a rt' g lu ,,, jII> therabbetede dgeofthe doer -; see Fig. 14.

Shopl'otc: rr'~fricl(y 10gellhcSlops lush..ith th e in id~ face of th e doors. To solve

this problem, 1 made th e stops so they're,lighll) ' p roud when Ih< , )· · r. i ns ta lled . se cFig. 1·1.a n nw <3>< 'hismeans th e SLOP Sre'16 th ick.]Then Iplanedthem dow nfl ush .

One m o rethingabouuhc sto ps, whenyougl ,' them inju< ;(para<ma lldropofglueC\'ery2 , se e ~ 'IJ:. l· t. This way heyll be e asie r tor emove if you .r haveto re pla ce rn.,gIas.,

WOOUE.'1 K NOLlS .To fini.h off the C3bill c~J a dded a (ouvle ofwooden knobs 10 Ol ,nthe doon;. ; \nd acouple of magnelic catches10 hold t hc d oo rsclosed.

To mouOl tltr :VI knobs. drill 3 : V 6 hole.centered 011 Ih e h eig ht a ndwidlhof the in·sid Iliecc. refer w th e Exploded \ lew Ill

page21. '111<11attachth . knob,; .FlN IS tIl M; . O nce all of the d iv ide rsar ~ in ·

<talled the e xt slep is 1 0f ini sh t ll e c abinet.To do th is. I rem oved th e dividersand a1> 'plied General r ;D i ;; h~ sTwo- St~(Ifinish w alloflhc dh~d('rSand the cabinet.

finally . 10 install the calches . drill two' 'to holes ill h c t op e dg l' o fthe case . Thes e¥8 -decpholes arc lota ted 1~ on e itherside of th e ('<IS( di\~der. O nej>th e holes or( 'd rillro . epox), lbe m agnoticcatches in place.T he n S < 'rc w h e m , 'ta lstrike plates to theinside of Ihe dOlJr<. l '<1theExplod l'd V iewo n p ag e21.

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Ii t'. 50 great, wh)' don t youbackr ou t a ll I I01e'Th e prof>lcm wllh backrouting is (heroUl, rb it , ,<>n 'lpullils<-Ifintothcwood - it w il l u -ndtil bounce loll)llh., .iI e IIlId bt.'diflict.ltIn('c.nlml.S c i ' henever backrout,nil. I k~ lIhl passes. k eep afimll:ri ()l1lilt' muter, a nd th en1,11\( 1 fini...h 011In tht· nomwdirt \lic) 10 rlt~1 up 111\ '(' f.ig(.,

~I('I' 01,. /1.11 l baclrrnul01111 rout•., tabk· - f Jn} )'t\'ltbahand h.ld rolllt r

n tIl IHn ~ r dt-ntii)inll(l,('11,Iin'( 11(11\. the nt it ~t-p is tod mllOc fe,d raIl Idl'all).mt)\ t· lht rOl t r smoolhl} ithoul t X('l~I\-e PfC'SSUt'{',

IU : o _ ,he ' ()Undotthl 'r nU le ra ...1~ lJltl< lur k.· rl r: ll.· If 1bear ahiuh p'I,'h.'t1whin.· I k no wI'mIt'l di )l it tIl(l ,II..... .And ifit s.tart...

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lraighl(odgl J u-ed to guid( arouter \00 want the rutatt(>llllfthe billoIM,lIth roul, flight 1010Ih,· (~l\ct .

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routing i... uiding lh~ (outt rba('h. 'lA.tlJ'd -OPPO~lcto .. hat·~dl--cnbedabo,· ...Touud( .....andwby 1 m ' p ·,., ,I ' , - b i t > < > U I . l O Uha,,·to look ill ho:routl'1'bil.'k th,· orkpil'<.'C.

A;. the b il le av e' Ih,- \\<>ud(lu rin ~ n orm a l ro utin g ()p crtttj(,ns.,it c an c ause th e ('< IR eIII; lI Iin l r O U I.set rljl. 3 . T h,· b itcau,;{'Schi >' 10bePU,hlil ah arl,,{th l Ulter sincc thc ,-dg,' i ,'1 Upporled. hen ba<kro lIn~.,'hip' can't be poshi'd ah.·.,rl<IIth { ( Un.. 3';:;it I~ ' c '<oothe ,, (Irk

r.tu tin g than just pushinJ. i t inIh,' rillht direction.

1111more I UM' th,' r ul rIh,' mun- I -a liz cd I h odIn I, urnF I . r example. how dn Y I . U . .. o l ''o\.(MJd from chipptllg lIut alttnglh(' l dJ,.Ttf a VtOrkl-,il '( or tron'lsplint c-ringat lh.:·corner-

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flUI even il yu tin fI'('d Ih,router the\\ n)n~~ dir, ( lltlll. Ylnlw i l lknowright 3 aV. In .'.d 1j~linJ sonn- n ... S1.lIk't tc. lllt·1.'Ul. llt ,,·n.utl'r 1 11 IIt l l ik4. ' II·...b ;n ~ p ulI d do nIh. bnard(fhi, i, call d ·u.,·kruutJIlIlI1l0l\ on thi, b&u- r.n «.,., ,,1i): 4)

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T ht..f U S ttin,...I\ ,.1a hamlhe ld r(,{u( r. I rut , ~ $ 1 I 111 , 1 ,

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frame 1lt' (c ,r n,aKUIJ t lu- rut.a numbt r t.{ (11I''''lilu\~ l U1U

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bit and the router base. To dthis. insen a straight bit in lherouter and sel the alignnlentS aug~QverIh( ' bitin 1I1~ orr.'s po nd in g h ole .S< I·lll.2. Then.mark Ihe c -dgro fth e roulerhascon lh~ P lexillla.' and lrim lhgauge 10 Ihe> eribE .>dine.

G l' 1 )E 8 LO C K . T h e P le xigfilS into 3 g uid e b lo ck lh al p o ;tion, lhp g au ge s qu are w ilhthew o rl p ic .'C . s e e fig . 3 . To m a kth e b lo ck. c uI ..... t -rle ep slocentered un a p iec. . o f : ;c rap.fig_3.Th~II.iD ~n lh~ gauge in h ~lotandsccurt it with brads.

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• A no th er ro utin g c ha lle ng e isrouting dadoes and gmuvt$lhala rc 9 (1 '10 an edge.

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lomul adadooran\'othcrcros-<gra in l -dcut i s tous ca Ience.Thetr ic ky p ar t10 using a fence isposilioninS the fence so ther ou te rw ill c ut w he re y ou w an t iL

AUl;N\ 1E~T (i:\l ( ; f . ; . . .To s olv, ..the positioning problem, r U~ t

shop-made . lignm~n1113Uge.T he g au ge is a p i( (· ...l l ll: xigla sw ith a seric, of hole_ drill~d

n fro m o n e s id e .Xext.drill. I of

holes centered onIh scribed line (o rthe rou te rbits you11us e with t he gauge . I drilled V. 3 1 ; ;1 . 2 , and :}:.: olesforthe straight routerbus I use most fo rcUllinl1dadoes and groove• . )

Tltt~1 GALeE.The n ex t s te p isto trim the w id th o flh e g au ge toOIalcbth( 'd is l: lnce between lh~

ROU TING D AD OES AND GROOVES

piece u scrap stockto match the thickness of Y CJurwork-piece. Then, use aP; C<'ofdouble-sidcdta pe to te m po ra rilyfasten illO th e baseofthe router,

til)GE ROt'T1SG.Another method topr em the rou te r f rom l ippinga nd pro du dn ll a n an gl~ d ru t. isIn damp one or m ore sc raps o fwood along the workpiece edge.

thaI have splinteredOUl. see Fig. 1. righldrawing.

Ttl ensure a Olin-imum of splinteringwhen routing iheendgrain. do) ', set therouter bit for afulld~plhCUt- instead.la ke a se rie s o f sh al-1 0 passes.finis.tlulg up with avery li) htfinalp3;<.

SI PPORTSCM I' . Anotherw ay to prevent splintering ont 11 ( J grain is to temporarilydamp 3 scrapofwoodtoth~ sideo f ( 11 workpiece so it s Ilushwith lh~ end as shown in thepho. above.

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see photo.A typicalus c fo r (hisi~ h en r ab be tin g I llI ' b ac k o fcabinet or bookcase for arecessedpanel.

T h e sc ra p p ro vid es s up po rt 0

Ih. w ood f ib e rsm th corners ofIh,· workl, ; re.\\ hCII I II ,' endI1rain is routed. the sc rap w$Illil)lerinsteadoj theworkpieee.

A fl( 'r ro utin g th eends, thesc rap can ix ) removedand dis-~arded. lca. il lg anunsplinterededge on the workpiece.

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alOl1g the samecernerpoirn .T he gauge isused by placing

a m a tc hin g h ul,'over a dadomarked on th ..·workpiece, Pcsi-tioning a fence to cut the dado isthen automatic: - ju,1 b uu Ih,'fe n ce a ga in s t the gauge andclamp il in p la ce . T h en r em o vethegauge a nd ro ut the d ad o.

'lAKE (,,\1 1 (.£. ro m ake thealignmenl gaugp • •Ian by rUI·tin2a pie(. eo( Vb clearPiexiIrlas3 J.. · w ide and S .lo ng _ · l'he n , rib ,' a lin e a lo ng th ,' le ng th . I

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cuI T opm'enllhis, I a dd e xtra- up po n u nd cr tb c r ou te r b as e.

> \l'P O Rf B LO C K.Ore method10 PI l'\'CIlI.the router base (rom

tipping is u > ,'IIrpI'Itape a sc ra p b lo ckdirectlytothe baseofthe router, The scrap ;1 1a ct a s a n o utrigger an d supports therouter base duringt he cu t.

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s ince these a ren' t supponedb) 'a ny m o re w oo d.

SpUnleriD :doesn t occur atthe beginningo r a p as s b ec au seth e w oo db ein g re m ov ed issup-ported by the end grain that sahead 01 the router bi t

DV. FTR$T.OnewaYlogclaround splinlC'ring problemis 10 rout the en dgrain first.You'll .tiDgel spliutering asyou raul the endgrain - but as yo urout th e n-mainingsides (whichare ~1I1wilhthegrain).) ou'llremove th e c om er s

• O ne of themO'1 iru$tratingproblems w h e n r () ut in R i ssplinl~ring. StllinlcnngOC< Un;at tbe ,,(i of a pass w he n r ou tin g e ndgrain , seeFig.l.Astherouterbitleaves the wood .it splinters th ef iben; onthe edlW of the board

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d rillp rl in th ~ w oo de n k no b. CutUl( CP\tt- p i p e - i<Jll) enuugh I()clear the top of your routerm oto r. -ee F ig. 3.

To secu re the pipe to I h Cthrea ded r· 1 on In} router. tbought • hex nul III f i t U W ro d( nl in c' n t'( 'd ed ametric nut) andc p O xil-'c.i i t inSti l l t}\t l )iJl ('. ( Tlf > o o .pend i,, o n l llesiz(·of Ih(' nul.Y C I U,n ay h av f ' to J. .f fin dth e lX)int~(I nlh,' nut fo rilto fil i nth e pi ~.l

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woodwvrking ca talogs o fferthese extensio n knobs tcr abour 20. (OJ1~caraloz is \Voorl·h a ve n . c a ll 8 0 0 -3 0 1 4 -6 6 .< ;7 .) O ryo u c anmake vour own.

SlOOP.L\DE 10'00. I made aknob by cUlting a 2 '( \i a ,circlefrom a pit :. of l· I ·lhkk slock.s,t'l'Fil{. 2 . l1 1 C fl .to cl,nnec l theknob 10 t h p rouler. I CI>Oxic'tish ort length o f · h ·msid~diam,Icr CPVC pi~ into 3 ;/~ hok

ua e trr nJlI sn IE~ IC\: OIl,~ .The height adjustrncnt ( In s o m eroute rs is made by turning' alarge kn ob that ex le nd s b ey o ndthe route r moto r, However. me routers have only a smallhexagon or knurled nurts)which is difficult 10 wab andturn.<et>l· ig . 1 .

' be s olu tio n lo lh is p ro ble m is10 replace Ihe small nul ,,;Ih alarg~ cxtcn<ion knob. ~ ,, ral

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i \llc , S \plunge rou te r s wert n loriginally (k ' ignccl(or roulena·bles. They're spring·loadedwhic h p ro vid es a c on sta nt p re s~urt'lhatpu::olleslht.· routcriJ\V3fm m Ih. ba ~. When holding lherouter in YOlir han<ts . thi s.(0((,(-call b < ·to unl~r~cI b y I)ushin down o n tile rouler a n d lo c ki ngit in place.

ROI TE I< T IH I£. lI owe \·e r . thiscan tauSt' • problem when iI m ou ntt'd ina router lahle. B ecau ( it's inverted Ih (~ re5 J1'1 aneas y .....)' to p us h. p lu ng e ro ule r 1' again.t Ih botlom of tilttable. Instead Iu:<cIll~he i htad·justme nl to m i S t 'an d lo,,'et 'heroutcr\\')lc n iI's in a ro tlt( '(lable .

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the Cut.(l ffl'abl is built:Yes. an d il·:s, even t n$ i ( :r to

bulld if your blade tilt, 10 therighl.IIl$lcadotmakingal5 CU Iand ~go cut betw een thetabl . .and l t -you m ake. ;ngldlO · CUl St - {> ·Ig . ...

Then, to adjust Ih e le af, p ull ilnpen to C U I m i le ;and dose it

when making go cuts (just thenpI l$il,' o f th e C ul ·OUTable forri ht·tiltin ll b la des ) s eeFig. 3 .

. . m , .-h room10gel a p u. b . ;t ic kb etw ee n I be b la de an d th eftD(·~.

O ne solut io n 10 th is p ro b le mlsto move the rip fence tothe leftof 'h t' blade .But t J l ( n> are lv.· ~,poten t ia l p rob lems 'ith this.

First,rip ( JlCCS(lO most tables aw s ha vel im i te d m o v em e n ttoIho left o f t he bla de S ec on d.I 'mr igh t-handed, so i t'sawkwardfurm e to push. w orkp iece th ro ughth.. ,, W ifth,· (cl1n'l, I n th e lo'n.

lIT·(j F1 lAll I .L The Cul.(lfTa ble sh ow n o n p ag e14w 1IS d...signed fo r a ~ ,b lt, s aw w he reth e

people usc the miter r d t l g C . 'inIlw I('ftslot when m a kin g c ro ss('UI,;. And if the b la d e ti llS totheright - it tilts aw ay (rom theepcre tor srLl lR~r~. N C)lC: Yo uca n gf.'t sirnitiar resuhs b) usingiherigtn miter) I luge s lo tit yourbl.dp tilts 10 the II'fl.)

R II r I~G O E\ ELS. O ne proble m I've had with blades UJal tillto the righl occurs when ripping'bcve l~- the re's alwaysa possi

bilil)'of pindling the w orkpiecebetw een Ih . fen ce an d th e bla de,Andon narrowpie ce sth ere 's no t

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keepthe bladeclean and hllll ilwillworkfine ,

O n linal Ihinl 10yo u unl}need 10 make a lew CUi.., tlurvareacoupleoftrick -,1011 ' I deanl'Ul~10 plyweod with a ,:ombln.tuon blade . For more mrormation.S(:'C S h O o p.:\O(l·' on l); iKt l~

b la d ,' p r od u ce djU'1 a s c le an a(\II a' the carb ide t rt p lt : , · h ip .\od the best part;' th e pn. (. .

i nl) s 15.99~whr ouIdyou w ant 10 bu)ac-arbi e-upprd pl~ '()o:Klbt; ,d.?T he a nsw eris - d ura bililY. Acarbide bladeSial. sharpall ,-a'110umes longer than a .. .1(,,-1 ne.

A 1 plywood bl.,I l' b goonll101.' ' '1dul l quicker and willn l (.to bt· re-sharpened. (Es)>t t:iillirw h -n ,ulU n I:throughI. · ,, < >1IIlu,' ill plywood.) An d Ih ~ m o n~ouU~· tht:blade the 10f' urtl'n}oull ,,<I 10 sharpe n it. Thiscan Rlt co~ if you lakl. } ourbbdf''' to a shartx 1ling~ o 1 t

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lb~ hipper te ethh.I' a 0 < 11 top v.ith theco rrn-r- , ground offIbi, tooth scores the dw' a nd C UISa smallchannel down we cen-I. r .,( Ih,' kert, T hen a f io l l IUPrnk, r tooth foUo, ,the chipptran d k-a ns up th e C U I.

'(O Rl'G errs; 1 find eut..h) atrtplechipbl<td produ,r,'ud . a c1 t> ancuiill p l} Vo O lH I . Icalled Ji m Brewer. R~'.arch\tanager (or F re ud > < Iv.bl .d, · ,Ji m :..lid B y scorlng th v pl) .\\oo dw ilh the chipperteeth.the,urinee ten sio non the plywo . .dveneer is relieved,

fh ere 's only un~ probl, ,\\ uh u.,.ing carbide pi)'Wul)i]

blatb -wt'prire . TypkaU) Ih, p r i < - •. fura Ill altemal~lopbt 'elor lnpl~ c h ip b la d ~ hNJ Il'tlb.' belW~ S6 0andSIOO .11,.1',a

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Ilw b l.de occasionnlly.IA lckJIY .lhcre·s nc utheroplioll -a,I.n llard 'l~('l ply·\\ o<Klblade

·'rE EL DL\D ES. I\\cnl I.. Ih . . localSear.;; tore andboughl a 10 ply , o<Kl blad (Sea ,catalog numb r lGT 3215\1) Th ...bl.ule I urchasedha, 2 I 1 0 1 l , . :th and is. I hin rim d esign.,(,(. Fig 3. Th isIIwun, I he o U I1 'id ,. -dgcul Ih t : b lad( 'iIhinner Ihan Ih e '. 1> fth . . b l ad e. So}VU J .,:t a kerf nat·ftl'Al'r (han l.~lf.andad, pth o( ,ul thaI',l imilt< l tu 1 •.

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'PIJ'1TRI \ ' •. The problemwith I , . : . . .jn~ a combinanon blad..(t,r l'utlln~ pl} '\\cJod I' lh('rtarcn'l ~nough h ,1h I k ,p th ebouom edge ofIh , p lY D od(rom ..plintt rin~ . The murt

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AWHObISF ro m U w s U fd v c arp en te r s s aw h ors eth el lghrer cabineunaker's sawhorse . lhc

i ;O lv ea t le as t o ne p ro bl em : g elt in g t heup ofi Ute f loor. you have •special sa..~horseQ a lIloliliication.w e'd li ke t o s eeiL

We'llpubn,hup to three o f th ebest laW,

lio_ desl<tn. in tile JURe1991 issue olV l x/,~ ,,;tl,(N o . 7 5).,Vinoel'Swill receive$100 ,1(1a W ,)dJjlllifl MaSl~r Try SquareDl.\Plicat~orsimilarplan . . . j l l be~onsidin th e o rd er re ce iv ed , S en d y ou r s aw hp an~ (poStmark,>dn o la te rthan J icbrua 25 . 1991)10 ShopTIps Comest,lI'OOQ'.slllllh2'100 GrandA ve., Des Moine:;. 1<)\1 '35031

the inside ofthe cabine t as ashel f s top , seeFig . 2 b.

Than ks 10 all o f you w ho sentin y our ideas, In th e Apri l issuewell have thewinners oftheclamp ot 'l anizer contest ,

screw in or OU L he can ch ang eth e I llt a ng le o fOle she l f ,

STO P mo cK. Do nn a scabin etis d eep er andhas two or threerowsof bits on each s he li , S heused a wooden bloc k glued 10

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1li ke ly to I l~ tknocked over andhave t he bus Spill out.

ARJI.sEa\ATIO,'l.1ad ol1lyonereservation 300111 th is d es ig n:whal ifth e wo o d shel\ 'cs:<well upwith ch anges in the humidityan d th eholes close u p aro un dthe bit5? I've had that happena nd c ould n't p ull th e b its n ul.

B ob g ot aro und th e problemby purchasing3 p la st ic dn11b itstand Then he mort ised anopen ing wi lha ro u te rin a s h,'lf10 i t the stand , see F ig. 1.

Another solu tion is 10 drill

oversized <hank holes in Iheshplf SIOC k. T hen, 10 hold th ebits tigh~ drill ho le s th at matchthe dri ll bits in a piece of Plexi·glas o rMas onite and screw ;110lb., lO po f th e she lf , s e eF tg ,la.

SECOND PLACE

Ournext f vori l\ idea was foundin two ent ri esthat arrived thesam e d ay- from Paul McMi l·lan s r. of Faycne ville , 1\onhCarolina and D cnnn FcigluofAI·t cona .to w a ,

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b a s p a c e- sa v ing w all c ab inet\lith shelves that tilt oUI (buldon t lifl Q UI) 10 allo w easya cc es s to t he b it s.set. FIg, 2,

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Pau l's shelves tilt forward, ascrew extending out of thebotto rn of the shelve s acts as a stopso th . . shelveswon't t i ll over,S(>(

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T he responseto th e drill bilorganizer con test air

nounced in 1I ',, <[8I11il :\0.71).was rcally interesting \ \ e'velea rn ed a lo t a bo ut w ha t m a ke s agood organizer. It has 10 domore than just organize . It.bvuld ab o allow easyaccess IQth e d ril l b it s. s o y ou c an q uic kJ yfind the me you wan t And itshould keep the bits dean andoul Oflh. waywhen nOI in U II a n als ote ll youi one's m is sin gbecause you 'lI see the em ptySPOlon t he shel f rack.

FIIlST PLACE

Our tavornc entry c om b in ed a llthese tearures .and mobility. too.ll<lb BrownofGreat Falls, :I1on·tana bu ilt a wall-mo unted e abine t f or h is d ri llbit s. s eeFIJI.L

SA\ ES s t \CE. The bits a reheld in so lid wood shelves, bU Ithe},aren t fi xed in position-the s hetves swi ng out.see ~ig,l.nus s av es s pa ce s in ce y ou d o n'tneed clearance above the bits toli t them out o f th e sh elf.TI,i ,arrangement also allo ws access

to th e b ac k o f th e s h elv es , s o y oucan pu t tw o or three rows 0 1 bitson each sh ell and still find theo y o u w a n t ,

IJFI O~,.S H £l\ ES. The neatth ln ga bo u rt be se s he lves is thatthey lift off the W ' pivot dowelthaI holds them in the cabi net ,The she lve. are 3~ wide andalmos t thick, so ttH Y · n ·n o t

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