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      i c t u r e r a m e s

    3 95OTES FROM THE SHOP

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    No, 76

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    befo,, IO 'll ,, '_1

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    d ili n < Ih al ar e

    part

    of our l '~r-grow in g

    mailord('r

    caw. log

    dhi,;jon.

    r-1tS1. Rob b

    Jo turr),

    h as jo in {'d u s 10

    h('ad

    up Ihi< group as marketing dirl'Clor_Robb

    h,$ had a lotof experience ill he woo dwork ,

    ing fie ld , (H c la st worked (o r RB J, a manu

    t~clu re r o(

    >emi l

    saw~an d plauen;,) Robb

    will help us organize and expand our mail

    order  ,, c'e_llis

    main

    responsibilities

    are

    to S C IC C l pro du~ls an d project supplies for

    thl' cat alog , {M os l of his ,w .rk w .1 1b e se< 'n

    in Ihe nexl catalog, 11 1wail I~ ta lk a bo ul it

    b«3u~

    w e have some

    nev.'(eatur(,.~

    nstort

    (or th e calalog,)

    To take

    your

    ord~~ m Id hell)

    wilh

    all ) '

    pro bl ~m s yo u

    bave with

    your subscription,

    Roberta

    an d Joy ha v e jo in ed

    Ihe

    '~I$IOmer

    service

    groUI),

    And Lori's  oicc will prob

    ably b< .h efi n on~ yo u hear ifyou call our

    offices~

    she'

     

    ou r

    ne~'

    reception ist .

    A ll in

    all,tha.'sa 101

    of

    growth

    fo r ou r m ai l

    order group,

    XF.XT IS SUE, The nexl iss ue of

    \I dJ< til i< will hi' mailed during Ihe la

    w~k ofSePI mb~r. 19 91.

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     ont nts

    A LOOK INSIDE

     Tips

     

    Techniques

     

    ±

    U seful lips

    / 0111

    [ellou:

    11100d

    tcorkers: 1) Ea< yFise  }10ltllting. 2)

    Checking   M iter G auge ..  

    CIOIIIP

    Cradles. 4

    Picture

    F I (UM S plin es. 5 )

    Rou ier Tab le .Hold -Dowu.

    I

    us

    Qa

    ick T ips.

    Cherry N iqh Stand

    pag ' c

    I

    Cherry Night Stand

     

    T his cla ssic ch erry cn bille t is b uilt

    w ith traditional joinery. It'» 071

    heirloont projett (hat looks as good

    a longs ide a sOfela .~i t does nect (0a bed.

    I

    Desk Picture Frames

      2   We show se l e lu / l l'< ly llo d l 'e ss lip  I

    sil ilp le frrt me with decorat ive

    strips

    0

    woo d. The corllersa l'6joinediJ stubtenons

    I

    hatfi t  ta t he  :

    Ill ' gIOOI'e

    a.~the picture.

    I

    Shop Notes

      6   Drill

    PI f -~1I

    Ang /e Gauge. .t) Drill

    Press

    r lng led P ia l/ ann . .3 ROlltillg

    Inside Chamfers .

    4

    T rimm in q T hro ug h

    Te)/all.~.

    I

    Shop

    Stool

    I

    liS

    I

    Tlte legs/or

    li t

    i,~ak s too l a re dowel s

    w ed ged ;)/to rou l/d n lo rlises.

    A

    s co op ed s ea t mcke e

    it

    comfo rtab le i1l th e

    s ho p o rju st (L bo ut

     til

    ywhere e ls e.

     

    Seat

    Scooping Jig

      A s /to p-moc{ep/Y'lVoodjighelps PI O

    duce « / l li i /orl ll lu ,coll to l l l'ecl seat

    /01 the Shop Stool-or an chair seat.

     

    Wedg e d

    Tenons

      4  

    til

    rf)ngh tenon is s t ronqer uhe» «

    wedg e l oc ks it

    ill he

    mor ti se . I t's

    a ll

    a ttra ctiv e jo in t, to o. e sp ec ia lly i/ th e

    ICedgei s made from a tOl lt lY ls li ll g wood .

     Talking Shop

      2 6   Howlouuoidg/ue-joillf/ailure,alld

    w hat to une f ora thin toble

    saui ill

    s er i. A l so ,

    ichat»

    the d i fference

    betlCUIl

    reaction lVood and case hardening?

    I

    Edge Jointing Basics

      2 8   Goodedqe jo ints s luue th reecha rac

    teristics:

    lite e dges arp .~t.raight.

    sm o o th ; a nd s qu are 10th efu ce . We s hO l l

    the tools c(?ldtechniques

    to

    aehi ece them:

     Sources

      3   H ardw are and project supplies

    Wedged Round : Tenons

    pagel ,

    : needed/or the p ''O jects  his issue.

    No. 76 W oclI.bml h

    3

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    N o. 76

     

    ,YWOOD

     

    fOP

    nx OF~

    RUB EIIUNlit  \

    the sam e diam eter as thl' oul

    n l i l 7 . ~ = = ; ; ~ ~ ~ ; ; = = ~

    sid e d ia meter o f t he

    pipe.

    :'\ext.

    GlUt aO.Bat UN .

    a.

    c ut th e b lo ck

    in

    half t hr ough th e

    IHTO

    CIWIU

    hole. making two cradles about ,

    1  1 , high. F t g . I.

    T he n. 1 0 k ..e p th e

    pipe

    from

    r ol li ng in t he c ra dle . g lu e a p ie ce

    of rubber in ner tube (or san d

    paper) in to th e c ra dle . T he pipe

    w i l l re st on

    th e to p e dg es

    or

    th e

    rubber l iner . see Fig .

    r a .

    T o keep

    the

    cra dle from

    rail-

    ing

    over.

    I g lu e it to • 3 sq ua re

    piece

    of

      4 plywood.

    Fred 11 . l ·u7 Id , .hoo

    1 1 « I b «

     g : V f l J 1 l·, ,·~·

    4

    .It·s

    hard

    10

    keep

    pipe damps

    from ro ll in g w hile a dju stin g

    stock lo r l odge -g lu ing. T o s olv e

    th e p ro blem. m ad e a s et o f r u b

    be t- li ne d c ra dle s, Th ey hold the

    c lamp s fin nly in

    posi t ion.

    The cradles have

    Ilip

    added

    benefit of

    raising

    the damps

    high enough th at the handles

    clea r the beachto p as th ey 're

    turned

    10

    t ig h le n t he d amps.

    To mak e a p alro f c ra dles .

    start

    b y rip pin g a pie ce o f s cr ap 21

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    is a f rame- and -p an el uni t, n ol ju st a p iec e ()( p ly wo od

    screwed 10th e b ac k o f l ite case.

    JOINERY.Al lbough most o f l it e JOIneryo f t he cab inet

    i t'ry traditional, weehose a

    sligh t ly unusual

    approach

    fo rj o in ing the d rawe rrai ls (th at suppo rt and sepa rate the

    drawers)  0thesldesofthecablnet, Typically.theserails

    art

    joined 10

    th e cab inet

    sid~,

    with

    mortise

    a nd te no n

    join However , we des ig ned th e

    ra lls

    so

    I he y c ou ld b e

    m o u n t e d with a to ng ue an d d ad o arran ge ment -the

    same

    Jo in tused

    10auach lite

    fac ing st rips

    10 l ite f ron t o f

    t he m il l. (refeno Figs. 6

    an d

    i

    IATORlAlS.We

    cho se b lack

    cherry

    forth is projetl

    i nc ludi ngcher ry p l) 'Wood pa nel s forthe fram e-and -panel

    sides,The drawer sides are made of poplar. whkh adds

    a niceconrrasi forthedovetailson the drawerfronts, The

    ctnl~significant hardware

    needed

    isthree b rass-and -per

    celain drawer p ulls (rcfer to So urc es . p ag p 31) .

    A

    s  w as u rk illl o n I h;s N ig hl S tan d a nd il w as

    i le l linning to

    take

    shape,

    Iew

    people

    wandered

    into the shop 10check Ih,· progress. TIley al l had the

    same Initialcomment,  1 l s sn small,

    BUIi l< seal ,. i n Ih ,· shopcan 1 ) (>eceiv ing .   i la long

    ,ide

    a b ed o r so fa ch air. and il

    takes

    on

    .n 1I1~

    proper

    pruporuons,

    Anrl

    i l~ s ea le t rom a c re ativ e s ta ndp oin t is

    n n d iifc re nllh an th e c ha lle ng es

    offerl-d

    by a f ull -s iz ed

    dresser.

     \\ hicll

    means it sa

    g re at \ \ ay to l es t y our

    skills.

    without

    u ,io )l a 101

    orlumber.)

    ~ MPASIO:>PIECE.

    This N ig bl S tan d is

    des igned

    10

    complement

    IW O

    earlier

    lI 'OOd81/1I1

    p ro je cts -

    th e

    Ch er ry D re ss er ( l1 'o o d$ 1,,;l N o . 5 8 ) a nd th e Ung er ie

    D r e s s e r   : 0 : 0 . 5 3 . U Y O IIw e re t o s tr et ch s o m e o f it s parts.

    you'd

    end up with one

    otthose project,

    (almo,I).

    Fl >\ C K I)SSU;;< .T h e ~nly majo r

    design c ha ng e w e'v e

    m ad e ( or

    l t

    'i)lhl

    S ta nd i s it s f in is h ed

    back.

    T he b ock

    W hen you set out to build a classica lly s t le d c ab in et 

    it seem s only n atura l

    to

    use classic jo inery ... doveta iled draw ers

    fr ame and panel s id es an d ra is ed panel draw er fronts.

     herry ight Stand

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    RAIL ;

    1

     lo w cu t

    th «

    pan els

     C f)

    til s ize . a l low

    in g ' l t 6 c le ara nce a ll aro un d so th ~ p an els

    will 61ins ide

    l he f rames , s ee

    F ' ( g . I.

    ,\SSE lBtE FlUMES.Next.

    th e

    ( rames can

    be

    as se mb kd a ro un d th e

    plywood panels.

    To do thi s, f il l l ghl ( l he r a il son to

    the

    panels.

    T he n g lu e

    01 1

    th e s tile s. A s

    you clam p

    each

    assembly

    to ge th er (a cro ss th e jo in ts ) k ee p

    theassemblysquare andfull.

    R.~IIErs.To keep the ba ck an d

    side

    fra m es in a lig nm e nt d urin g

    assembly

    of

    th e

    cab ine t, a shal low rabbet is c ui o n th e in sid e

    faceofboth

    back

    stiles. S Ifig.2 . I cuuhese

    rabbets

    o n the

    table

    sa w using. dado

    blade

    with

    an auxil ia ry fence. se e

    rig.  

    Jom S U >E S

      -

    I .~ C K ..W h e n r ab b et s h a ve

    b ee n c ut

    on

    th e

    back

    s ti les ,

    lh e

    case s ides

    an d

    b ack are

    read)

    lO be a ssem bled in to a

    -U- s hape, r ef er 10 F ig . 5 o n th e (acing page,

    To do this. first spread glue alcng therab

    bets

    i n t he back s ti le s.   w posit ion

    th e

    side

    frames

    in to th e r ab be ts , th en

    damp

    across

    th e

    back.

    Note : Check t he insi de comers (o r

    s qu ar e a ne r a tta ch in g th e c lamps .

    GROO\ E:FOR P. ElS. \V11en

    all

    the

    rails

    an d s ti le s f o r th e ca se f ram l.o sa re cu t 10s iz e ,

    g ro o ve s ar c C U to n t he

    inside

    edgestoaccept

    th e pane ls . C u t th es e g ro ov es w id e

    enough

    toa cc ep t th e plywood panels.

    I - l

    d ee p, a nd

    centered

    on the

    th ick ne ss or th e

    frame

    p it- re s. s ee F ig . I .

    ShO P  1ote :Thcpanel l in made (rom \ t 4

    t hi ck p l} Wood .

    B u rm o s t b a rd w o ed

    plywood

    actua lly measun S ies .thao

    I I

    th ick.

    S o cu t

    t he g rooves just

    wide enough

    10

    a cc ep t t he

    a (/1 g a n work on the eablnet bymaking the

    frame-and-panelunits fo r th e s id es an d b ac k.

    E ach uni t c o n si sts o f a tOJ>and bonom

    (bori·

    7 .onta l) ra il and

    tw o

    ( ver ti ca l) . ti ll S t ha i sur

    ro un d a plywood panel

    RAIlS ~'1lU:S,Stan

    b y rip pin g ( ou r s ide

    ra ils  A)

    and two

    back rails

     0)

    to

    width

    an d le ng th (rom :V ,· · th ic k sto ck . s ee F ig .

    l.

    Next .

    rip (o u r s ide stil es

      B)

    a nd tw o back

    stiles (E)

     

    fmishE dwidLl t.see Fig. 1 .Th4. O

    c ui a ll si x stiles

    to th e s am e le ng th

    (IAA\; ,),

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    BACK

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    ItAlI.

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    FIRST: GLO E ...,. AN D BA CK

    FlAMlS TOGmtOt

    No. ;6

    DIl WU RUNNIIS   GUIDIS

    O nc e th e m ain c ase is c o mp le te . b eg in w ork

    o n th e d raw er sup ports. E ach sup port con

    siS ts o f a r un ne r

    an d

    g uid e. se c F ig.S.

    RUNNERS. To make the runners (1

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    \IT,\CHIDP.

    To fasten th e

    lOP10

    th e eabi

    net, )

    first

    glued a p air of cleat...inside the

    c as e.s ee F ig s.IO aJld lO b. N e xt, w it h th e to p

    lyin g o n the be nc h a nd the c ase p os nio ne d

    on i tups idedown.centerth e lO Pon thecase .

    T hen d rill screw ho les thro ug h the c leats

    i nt o t he u a dc rs id e

    o f th e lO p .s ee F ig .

    lOb.

    MOLDING

    ~

    COVE

    Cl.£AT-

    @

    T P

     

    KlCKBOARD ~

    FRONT/BA.CK

    8ASEFRAME

    FRONT/BACK

    f-....

     

    BASE

    FRAME S IDE

     

    8ASE FRAM E

    1  . . . · 0 .

     

    -

    N

    8ASE

    l - - 7 : .  

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    FRAME

    SIDE

      o

    SPUNtD ~

    M T

    OINT

    1 ~ 1 ·

     

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    ,

    KlCKBOARD

    CUT SPUN  T O m KtR f

    StDE

    N o. 76

    ClAT

    b.

    CRO SS S EG nON

    In  COVE-

    In

    o

    N ow e nla f)(e th e s ha nk h ole sin th e c le ats 10

    le t

    th e lO p m o ve with changes in hu m id ily.

    Then screw (d( )n 'Lglu~) the top inplace .

    M OUlIN ;.Todressupthecabinet.Iglued

    co ve molding strips

    (R)

    a ro un d th e case

    where ir~joined IQth e b ase a nd th e lOP, se e

    ('igs. 1 0 W I d lOa.

    ,, 

    O\ltlt·

    HANG

     ax t ....

    1I h.WOO OSCI IW

    .,.

    a,

    CROSS

    SECTION

    \

    ROUT.UllNOSf-

    ON TOP

    ®

    NOTE :

    GLUf .C VI

    MOI DING1N

     '\ACtAFl'£R

    TO P   SC J l EWED

    TOCASl

     

    to

    BASE

     

    TOP

    ~ ~~~rl dh  h e

    bask

    c as e o f

    I  

    th e

    nighl

    stand

    com-

    pkit', work au

    begin

    on  h e base. TIle base

    assemb ly consists o(

    a base frame that's

    glued on

    lOP

    ofa kkk-

    board trame.

    B,\SE FRAME. To

    make th e bas e f rame, c u ta frame front

    (M).

    frame back (also M)a nd tw o fram e sides

    (N)

    to w i dt h, s ee fig. 9. Then r o llR h cu t a ll

    I our p ie c es t o

    length,

    1

    larger

    t ha n t he c a se .

    Before L'UtUnghe p ie ce . 1 0 final length,

    rout a bullnose edge on each piece. First,

    rout a W ro un d- ov er o n the to p ed ge . see

    Fig. 9b . Then, to r01l1 th e bottom edge ,

    switch 10 3 v~ ound-ever bi l raised ~Il

    above the route r ta ble .

    Afte r

    the

    p ie ce s a rc

    ro ute d. m ite r b oth

    e nd s 0 1all th e p le ce ss o t he le ng th s a re 2 14

    l on g er ( (r om l ong -p o in t

    to

    l on g · po in ) t ha n

    the case. N ow g lu e the miters together to

    (oml th e f rame,

    (Hold

    Ih e pieces on a O al

    surface

    untll

    th e

    glllesets.)

    K1Ch' Jj( ),\RII,The rest o flh e b ase consists

    of kickboard fro n t (0). back (also 0).

    and

    tw o

    si de 'S (P).

    see

    rig .

    g ,

    Ai le r cu tt ing

    these pieces to w id th . m it er both ends of

    each piece so the length o ( each is ~

    . lIur ile r than th e bu ll no s e f rame.

    Kf:RF I t SI'I1. E. To keep t he m it er s aligned

    while clamping . cu t

    a

    kerf in

    each

    miter.

    and cut a spline 10 fitl'3ch k erf. s ee 1 1 11 .Ie.

    ,\S.~f.)18I.Y.Af te r t he

    joints

    are cut.

    giue

    tb e k ickb oa rd fra me to ge th er, T he n c en te r

    and glue the base frame to the top

    of

    th e

    k ic kb oa rd .s ee f iR . 9.

    S ho p N O le:The re ' sa t ri ck t o cen te r ing th e

    b a se fr am e o ve rt he k ic k bo a rd f ra m e w it h

    an

    e qu al a mo un t o j o ve rh an g a ll around. FirsL

    draw a centerlin e On al l four p ie ce s o f each

    frame, s ee F ig . 9 .Thc n s imply l ine up al l th e

    marks an d c la mp th e a ss em bly in th is posi

    t io n wh il e t he g lu e d ri es ,

     ASF. T O C AS E. To attach the base a

    s

    s emb ly t o t he c a bin e t c s c o d ril l s ha n k ho le s

    th ro ug h th e b 3S C r am I', s ee F ig. 9a

    No turmhccaseupsidcdcwnundceruer

    the base frame

    on

    th e ease .

    Then

    m ark the

    100 3UOnoflhepilul holes t hro ug h tile s ha nk

    holes, Fina l ly , d r il l t he p il o t hole s a nd s cre w

    th e b as e tv

    tll~

    abinet.

    CAalNEtTOP

    To c omp le te th e c ab in et , l started w ork o n

    the so li d-weed lo p

    (Q).

    Ueg in by e dge - gl u

    in g e n ou gh ~ . sto ck to m ake a blank IS ·

    w ide a nd 22 l onR·M e r th e g lu ed tie s. p la ne

    th e b la nk f la t an d tr im

    iI2\1.

    l ar ge r t ha n th e

    topoCthe case. SC'eFill. 10 .

    RO I'T El>CES,Next. ro ut the sam e bull

    no se p ro fil e On

    a ll f our

    edges as on the base

    f ram e - bUI (o r t he lo p. th e \4 round-over

    is o n th e I'p er cd ge.

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    A

    t fir st. it m a y s ee m lik e m a ltin g th es e

    picture

    frames is a

    rather

    involved

    process. It lo ok s lik e th ere 's a lo t o f fittin g

    Ih in little SQ uares of v en eer

    in

    perfect

    position o n th e fro nt or th e ftnm es. But it s

    not

    th at difficult

    The   veneer is

    actlJa1ly

    a :V. · thkk piece

    ofwood

    tbat'sglu cQ

    to

    th e fronl

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    and t hen tr immed o ff t o l e av e on ly ~.I l hick

    ness. And th e designis routed through th e

    veneer j us t d e ep ( 'nough so I ll l' c o ntr as ti ng

    wood ( thl ' f rame i SCIJ)

    shows

    through, (For

    var ia tions on th e b as ic d e sig n, s ee page 15.)

    COltNER JOI~ I'S.

    There s s ome th ing e ls e

    d if fe re nt a bo ut th es e I'nunes-they're

    11 0t

    joined

    with

    miter joints. Instead

    I

    used

    a stub

    tenon an d groove jOinl, se e ~1g.1.

    The g ro ov e serves a double purpose, In

    addition

    to h old in g th e te non a t th e c orn er s

    i t a l so ho ld s the pictu re , g la ss , an d backing,

    And by

    leaving

    access at

    t he bo tt om

    ofthe

    frame, the pic tu re can be eas ily c hanged .

    l S FUM

    Thefirst t hi ngto dec ide is th e size photo you

    want to frame, All the measurements

    shown

    he r e a re fo r a 5 x 7   phuto. see Fig. I.

    Begin wo r k

    on

    th e

    base fram e by resaw

    ing a

    32 · l oug p i ece

    o f s to ck

    to ~

    thick.

    Then

    rip

    il

    wide.

    GROOVE. Once th e w o rk pie ce is c ut to

    s ize .t he next step is to CUIth e g ro ov e [o r the

    stub

    tenon

    an d

    groove

    joinL To a ll ow

    fo r the

    correct setback

    on the front of the frame

    after the top layer of w oo d is ad ded . tlu..

    groove is

    CU I

    off-cenleJ' on tile thickness of

    t he workpiece ( I- t back f rom the r ron l face ).

    Icutthe groeve ift6'wide.1ltisaccomm(,

    dales the averagethickness

    of

    glass ~12·).

    oPl ional mat .

    photo,

    an d I-t -lhick backing.

    To

    CU I

    th e groove on the ta bl e s aw , a d ju st

    the d ado blad e to t O U I \I , o(Icep. se e

    Fig.

    2.

    Now pial th e  irm face (If th e wo rkp ie ce

    aga ins t t he

    rip fence and cut the

    groove.

    FRAMErlt;CI'S

    Once th e

    I\TOOVeis

    cu i in

    th e

    workpiece.

    th e f ou r p ieces o f t he fr am e

    c an b ec ut to

    length.

    see F-rg.

    1.

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    IW O

    si des

     A

    8~ lo ng. a nd t he top

     B 

    an d bouom

    (C) p ie ce s e ac h

    r ,

    10nR .

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    The g las s . p ic tu r e.

    an d

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    slide OUI

    through the bottom oi

    th e f ram e, T o c re at e the opening. the fram e

    bottom p ie ce h a s 10be resawn inlwo.

    To do this. SCIthe

    ri p fence

    ~6· from

    th e

    blade, sec F ig. 4 . Next plac e

    thejroll

    face

    o f th e p ie ce

    againsllhe

    fen ce and resaw the

    piece in two . The

    ~6 lhick piece is

    th e

    finished Irame bouom C). B ut save the

    w as te p ie ce , se e F ig . 4 n. (R csa w it, if neces

    sary. to

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    thick,

    It

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    o oc kin g b oa rd a s a b ac kin g S ltip la ter.)

    FRAMEASSEMBLY.O nc e a ll

    the pieces

    ar c

    CUI, glue an d clam p th e f ram e to g eth er, se e

    Fig . 5 . To hold tile b otto m p ie ce flu sh w ith

    the fram e f ac e u ntil th e g lue d rie s. I

    eurrem -

    porary spacers and slipped them into the

    grooves

    wilh

    th e tenons see F ig . S a .

    1 OPLAYER

    Afler tile base frame is a ss emb le d. y ou c an

    g lu e o n lhe to p lay er 0 1 co ntrastin g wood.

    You could glue on a ~ -1hick la ye r, b ut

    there 's an easier w ay. I glued on a th icker

    layer ~ .)

    and

    th en re sa we d m o st o fit le av

    ing a ¥.l:I -thick

    layer.

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    gluing

    on the lO p

    layer

    in

    (our

    pieces: th e two sid es

     E 

    arceach   Y z  long.

    And the top and bottom pieces

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    each 4~  l on g. see F ig. 6 . (T here 's a

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    th e comers. refer [0

    Design

      3 on pa ge 15. 

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    satin p oly ureth an e. O n ce th e fin ish is d ry .

    t he c o nt en ts c an b e in se rte d in t he fra me .

    G lA S S .S everal things go in Ihe fram e

    alo ng w ith

    t he p h n to .

    T he

    firsl

    is

    the g l a ss.

    I

    used a s ta nda rd t hi cknes s

      .I d )

    p ie ce o f

    glass th ai m easu red 5 x 7 . B ut y ou c ou ld

    use a piece of W P le xig la s S lid e th e I (la S s

    th ro ug h t he b ot to m o r t he f ra m e s o i t d ro ps

    i nt o p la ce b ehi nd

    th e

    frame fac e s ee F ig . 1 2.

    ~ATA.~n'IICYfO. [f you reu s in g a mar .  

    I( S into the fram e next, P re -c ut m ats a re

    o ft en a va ila ble a t f ram e s he ps a nd art supplr

    sto re s in a variel),

    of

    colors,

    \ 11 th t he

    m al in

    p la ce over th e R1a:;s .slide th e p ho lo i nlo I he

    frame . f ac e d o w n o n th e mal .   C F ig . l2 .

    BACKINC UO . < \IU ). F i na ll y. s li de t he back

    in g

    b oard (C )

    intO

    t he g ro ov es

    in th e sid e

    pieces. see F ig . 1 3. l'u sh it a ll t he w ay in .

    FIIJ . .ERS .Depending

    on the

    thickness

    of

    th e g la ss a nd th e m at ),OU u s e th e contents

    of th e fra me m lg ht b e 1 00 lo os e. I f t his is t he

    case. rem ov e th e b ac kin g b oard a nd in sert

    one or m ore pieces o f cardboard or beavy

    p ap er a s f ill er o n la p o f t he p ho to . T h e n s lid ,'

    t be b a ck ing b o ar d b ac k in p la ce .

    FINISH AND ASSEMBLY

    T h e l as t s t ep in c o ns tr uc tin g a p ic tu re fram e

    i s t o

    make

    th e

    badt in g bo ar d

    a n d l a ll d .

    T he

    b ac kin g b oard h old s th e p ho to an d glass in

    th e [m m ~. A nd th e .la lld is a w e d g

    e-

    s h ape d

    block

    sc re we d to th e back of th e backing

    board. se e Flg.9.

    BA t :K l :SGBOA RD .The backing board

    (G) ca n b e m ad e of an y still  1I · · th ickmat

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    h o le s in a n oversize workpiece

    O ik e Ih e seal u f th e S ho p Stool

    on page

    18).

    y ou ca n in crea se

    your dri ll in g c ap acity by posi

    lioning the p la tf o rm differently.

    T o do U .is. po sitio n th e

    pial 

    fo rm s o il f aces [ ron l· lc rback on

    th e drill p re ss t ab le. se e ~iJ .3.

    T h e n . b e f o re you clamp il in

    p lace. check to m ake sur e the

    ed l1e s a r c pr op< 'r iy o ri en te d i n

    r el at io n t o the table.

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    POSITION Pt.ATfORM

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    DRILL PRESS ANGLED PLATFORM

    r-osmox

    PtA11 ORM. To

    uS C

    t he p la tl om l . p o si ti on

    it

    on

    the

    drill p re ss t ab le

    M

    th e edge of

    the platform is p r lte to the

    edg e o f the table, see F ig. 2 .  If

    y ou r t ab le b round . ori en l th e

    platform

    pcr~ d;r lnr

    10

    an

    imaginary

    line

    [ rom h e c olumn

    IhroURhwebi .) Thenclampthe

    platform 10 t h~ d ri ll p re ss t ab le ,

    N ote: If y ou o wn a sm all drill

    press and need 10 d r il l a ng led

    FIRST:

    AlJl N

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    (INTER 01 fAet.£

    DRILL PRESS ANGLE GAUGE

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    the bolt

    (o r clamp)

    that

    allows

    the table to be tilled. an d tilt the

    table so the edge of yo ur angle

    g au ge b uu s up aga in st the sid e

    o f th e bit. see rig 2. Now lock

    t he t ab le in t hi s p o si ti on.

    Note '

    Before

    you begin

    dnllillg.

    it s a

    good i de a 10check

    me angte

    once more.

    just

    to

    make su re th e table didn t move

    when you tighk lled the clamp.

    Then glue and screw 0 ,se

    w edges to a scrap piece o f p ly ·

    \ \ 0 00 . N o serewa s e co nd P l( C 4

    o f p lywOodt o t hi s assembly as a

    p la tlo rm f or c lamping

    the jil

    to

    t he d ri ll p re ss t able. see F ig. J.

    CE.  TEK TABLE.

    Before you

    c an u se t he p la lI o rm . ) ,o u l1 nee d

    to center th e tab le in relation 10

    the chu ck . (F or info mm tio n o n

    how to do th is, see the Shop

    N{)tcabove.

    o r a S lraig hl ro d in to th e ch uc k.

    see Fig. 2. Next . loosen th e

    c lamp tha t h o ld . the table 10 lb .

    d ril l P I < S >c o lu m n N o w . p e s i

    tion the table

    so

    the bit l

    c e nt er ed o v er t he c e nte r

    hole in

    the table and re-tighten me

    c o lumn c lamp.

    TII.TT \Jll£. To usc Ihe gauge,

    s et it on th e ta bl ew ith th e a ng le d

    side againsllh~ b iL Th en l oo s en

    a 4 - 10 11 8a ng le d b lo ck o ff o ne

    en d o f a s cra p p ie ce , se e F ig .

    I.

    CE~iER T \BI.£.

    B efore you

     lID

    uSE his gauge. you ll Deed10

    tine up t he d ri ll p re ss table

    with

    th e

    centerpoint

    o f th e ch uc k. If

    these

    aren 't in alignment 10

    begin with. you11end updnlling

    th e ho le s a t a c om po un d a ng le .

    To align the

    table

    10 the

    chuck, f i l l insert a l on g d ri ll b it

    Shop Notes

    .liow doy ou d rill angled ho les

    w ith a drill press if th e table

    duesn'lli lt? Simple- yo u build

    an aux il ia r y table 10t ilt th e w ork

    p ie ce , r ef er to F ig . 2 .

    A.>;GlJill pI.Xn  ORM. T o b uild

    an angled p lnt io r rn . s ta rt by cut

    ting a pair o f m atching w ed ges

    [ rom s cr ap SOI he m it er ed a ng le

    of tbe wedges m atches

    {he

    de sired angle of the holes you

    need 10dr ill . see F ig. J.

    • Drillingan gltd ho lesonadri ll

    press is a Straigh tfo rw ard m at

    te r - if y ou r drill p ress table

    tilts.  If your tab le does n 't tilt,

    see the Shop Note below .) I~ut

    even

    if

    the ta ble 0011 be tilt ed .

    you may ha ve a p ro ble m s et ti ng

    the ta b le at jUla th e r ig ht an gle:

    W hen w e W I < f C building th e

    Shop $1001 fo r this issue (see

    page

    18).

    we ne eded to

    drill

    holes at an exact angle . Other

    w iscallihedrill cd

    parts

    wouldn't

    line

    up fo r a ss embly. But I've

    never been comfortab le r ely ing

    on th e angle in dic ato r that s

    built-in 10the drillpress table .

    So.

    to sel th e driD press ta b le

    at just the right angle. I m ade a

    simpl e

    ga ug e

    u si ng my t ab le

    sa w

    miter gauge. (I 'm m ore corn

    tonabl e w i th i ts a o cu ra cy .)

    M AK E

    G :\ \lG£.To m ake a drill

    press angle gaug~. seuhc miter

    ga uge on your table saw 10 the

    de s ir ed d r il ling angle . T he n. cui

    S OPUR

    RO MI PS

    OM 

    1

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    (a c- ed w ith th e pn.blem o f tn m

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    wnon , f lush w ith th e

    ..cal

    an d

    th e 1 e 'S < . ' . ~ jj{.I.

    Th~ r ea son Ihi ;' ltkkyis th at

    none or Ih~ tenons are t r immed

    O ,h 10

    allu'

    ~ur lace. S o I lw pro

    ce du re I fc.u nd to

    be mo st a cc u

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    j

    o t rim th e tenons flus h in

    tour

     1f J)~1 .

    jnJothalld

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    10

    rou~h'lrim Ihl' ....

    d, or th e

    tenon'

      . h a hand '_ '''.

    Iea- ing

    aboul

    V protruding. se e r l j 1 . I.

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    be chiseled .

    CIII,fLFlI II . Once the

    l('nJ:t..

    ~

    part of the tenon ha~

    bt-'t n

    n'll10\t:d,

    th(>n~t ' 'tepi~lo

    chop ,''''ay Ih~resl wilh achis.-L

    To pre,enl j{ougin jt Ih e adjo in

    ing  llrfact

    O,

    work your W3)'

    around Ihe trnnn , chiseling

    loward Ih,' ,·cnl~r.see Fig. 2.

    sun- to the ten  0, not the sur

    roulldin~ surface.

    An

    electric

     3IUl< f.

      ' ; u , a

      o r J t e r

    smding 3I'l'3.

    would reduce th e su rro un din l

    ( r i l l

    ~ min) , m c e

    111M . 'qukkl}

    thn n Ih,· (end groin) tenon, This

    w ()ukl re-uh in a

     dished

    area

    a ro un d Ih e tenon -not'lenon

    Ih:O l ', pt'rfcclly flush w ilh th e

    s u rr ou ndi ng s ur fa c e.

     uaighl s cr ap erw or k- f in ,' hen-,

      0 5,\IOOTR.The final 'Iell

    is 10 sand th e surface 01 th e

    w o rk pie ce sm o oth . Astain . if

    beog h , ·

    edge

    of

    the

    f rame.

    uniform d ista nce fr om

    the frame

    edge, The guide also stops the

    ro uter a un if orm d is tance (rom

    t he c om e rs (¥.' fo r th i sj (U id t' l

    To make the edg e gui de , fil l

    re pla ce th e o rig in al ro ute r b ase

    with one m ade (rom I,  \I a·

    son i te , see r ig. 1 . Then , (o r th e

    the guide itself; cut an()lher

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    you can use a V scr( ) (.v ,· ,u l t'rbi l

    Instea d, S in e,' a V · grtlo v(' b it

    h . ,

    no PU O Ibe ari ng . Ih ,' pond can't

    interfere. Then . 10substitute (or

    tht' pilol bcar i J1J •• 11 .1 I :h• -hop

    buill edge j (Uide 10 Ih e rout e r.

    An edg~ guide doe s 1 0

    tIting>. FiN. il k.~'])S

    Ih e

    bil a

    • A fmnl l ' an d p an el u ni t looks

    mor..lini~hl·difIJ,l·insideedgcs

    of Ih ,' Iram e nrc Iil(h lly

    cham fered U ik~ on the N ight

    S mn d, P 3lIC 6 ), R U I ro utin g.

    chamfer on the , edge. is a

    problt-III if IIw u n it i 'assembkd

    - Ih . . . .pand

    in ll rle re s ith th e

    p il ot b c3 ri n~ o n a c ha mfe r b it.

    ROUIING INSIDE CHAMFERS

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    O V E R A l l D I M E N S IO N S 1 4 W   26  H

    A Soot I) 11'.x  4 CliO

    8 LeQ {4) Iv dowel' 2 6 1 1

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    D Loy/acp-l 1 IIY .t eve . ou r

    shop

    manager .

    showed

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    i n my o f fi ce

    with

    a request ,

     l

    t hi nk i t's ab out t ime 10 r et ir e t he old m ew

    sh op sto ols an d

    gel

    s om e n ew e nc s, 

    Okay: I said,  but how about

    trying

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    b u il d s ome o u rs e lv e s. t w as

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    I' a l w a y s

    want e d

    10w ork o n a w ay 10 hol

    lo w o ut th e s ea llo r a s to ol.

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    c ou ple d ay s, h e an d K eD ( ou r d es ig ne r). h ad

    a p ro to ly pe 1 00 1.(A n d e ve n ta lk ed m e in to

    h elp in g th em m ake the rcst o t th e S IO OIs. )

    JIGS. As expec ted .

    th e

    chal leng ing part

    w as d esign in g rh e

    jig

    fo r s coopin g o ut the

    seat -

    wi th o u t u s in g

    a la th e. It's a ll d on e

    with the routerr id ing on aeouple of runners .

    We 'v e d on e a s ep ara te a rtic le a bo ut making

    an d

    using

    th is j ig ,

    SI

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    seat It 'tan'oula'a luarebLmkand IMn

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    sid(', 01 1 1 1 1 ' l a nk ,

    se e rig. .

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    ing linescentered on the lega,The keyis the

    spacer - it's CU I so me pencillead hits th e

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    sec Fig,9a

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    gau ge so Ihe guide bar touches

      o t

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    see

    F ig, 9. Then.

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    down 10 make a m ark.

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    th e kerfs on

    oPJlosil~

    le gs are p ara llel

    to

    ea ch oth e r, see

    Fig. S a .

    MARKING {:AL GE.The m arking gaug e

    consists of a lo ng g uid e b ar . a spacer. an d a

    pencil, see Fig.9.

    when

    (aped

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    th ~

    legs

    and stretchers, I used 111.. dowels

    forme

    leJl and

    'is

    dowffi1forthe Sl el£hl'l'S.

    (t'TTO LENG1H . S ta n b y cuttin g four 1< 118

     B  1 0 l en gth . _

    Fig

    5. Next . round over

    the bottom end

    of

    each teg (8)

    with

    a W

    round-over bil inthe router

    table.

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    of

    th e

    =chcr l dependon

    th e angtp C [ the legs. S in ce th e legs ar e

    ' 'Playt'

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    Now that th e holes are dr il led. th e s too l can

    12

    be assem bled . T o do th is, ap ply a S ID W t·

    ling glue 10 the upper and lower stretchers

    an d insert them in to th e leg s. TIle n. s et til.

    le gs b ack in t o t h e a ss embly p la tf orm a nd ro

    la te e ac h s tretc he r s o th at a ll tile ke rf s i n t h e

      ~~~

    teno ns lin e u p horizontally, r ef er L aFig. 13 . ~~~~~~~r

    N ex l a pp ly slo w-se ttin g glue 10 Ihe leg ~

    ten ens, an d p ush th e seat o mo th e legs , s ee

    Fig; 12 .

    Noto: I u se d a ru bb er m alle t

    10

    assist

    th ese tenons into the m ortises, w orking

    arou nd the seal u ntil th e te non s bo tt omed

    OUl

    on t he ir s hou ld er s.

    WEOOES. T he n ex t step is

    10

    c ut a nd trim

    the w edges (o r the tenons. Fo r more on c ut-

    ting and fining we dg es. se e p ag e 2 5.

    To inse rt the w edges .

    1i '1

    ap ply glue in to

    each ken. Then, drive. wed ge im o each o f

    the te nons, see F ig . I~.

    N ow the tenons and wedges can be

    trim m ed Gush.Formo re on th is p ro ce ss. se e

    ShopNotcs.pag~ 17.

    FlNISII 

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    DRIlL sntETC:Ii£R HOtES  To drill the

    s tre tc he r h oles I finn mad. a sim ple jig

    10

    h old th e ro un d legs stead y whi le dr il li ng.

    T he jig is ju st a p ie ce o f s c ra p wood w ith a

    'i s  .widegroove. see

    Fi g. 113 .

    T o u se

    tlw

    j ig . 1i rs tt ih t he dri ll pre ss ta ble

    to 7 '. T hen . c lamp th e jig

    L O

    th e table so the

    groove is cen tered un der a W bil and

    sq ua re to th e e d ge o f th e t ab le , se e ~1 g. II

    Now drill

    a

    h oi. in ea ch

    of

    the marked

    loca

    tio ns. Note:

    T he

    tenoned end

    o r

    eac h le g

    is

    a l t h e h ig h e nd wh en d rilU ng th es e holes,

    O n e th ing be fo re dr il ling the holes . The

    location o f t he h oles (9   an d   up ) are de

    pendent on

    IWO

    thing s: th e lingle of the leg

    holes drille d in th e s ea t, an d th e s hou lder-to

    should er

    distance of

    th e

    stretchers

    S in c e irs e a s y 1 0

    be s li gbtly

    o ff o n o n e

    of

    these

    measurements . il's agood idea

     

    hold

    th e st ret chers alongside th e legs and   eye

    ball

    th em 1 0 s e c i f t he s tr et chers alig n w ith

    yo ur m ar k s T h e re s s e m e f o rg i v e n e s s

    bu t i f

    th e y'r e w ay

    o ff .

    you

    m a y n ee d

    to r epos it ion

    th e s rr et che r holes .

    O nce t he ceni ered lin es ha ve b ee n d raw o n

    th e insid e

    faces

    of the legs, t he

    nex t s tep

    is

    10

    mark the loca ti ons (heig ht)

    of

    the s t re tcher

    holes on th ese lin es. T o

    p re v e n t

    th e h ole s

    from wea ken ing the legs.

     

    f fset th e u pp er

    and

    lower stretchers

    by3 . sec rig. lOa.

    MARK STR£CTUERROtES.

    To mark the

    up pe r stre tc he r h oles. m easure 9 up (rom

    the bottom o f o pp os ing

    legs

    an d

    m a k e a

    mark. se e Fig . lO a.The n. m e as ure

    6

    up on

    th e re mai ning

    lines

    an d

    rnake

    arnark

    to

    indi

    ca te th e lower Stre iche r ho le s.

    LEGS ISTRETCHERS C O N T I N U E D

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    N o. 76

     

    NexL rotate tlte workpieceslightly

    and push

    it

    barJiinto

    ths

    router bit.

    T iI , p u lt i t 01, / a n d ro ta te a g ai n. Co n ti nu e

    itll i

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    centered over the ro ute r b it. se e Step I

    A d ju st in g t he b ci gh lo ft he b il i sa tr ial an d

    error process. Using a scrap dowel . slOWly

    s ne ak u p o n t h e fin al

    height

    W h en t he t en on

    i s j us t

    slightly

    oversize

    10

    fi t in t he m o rt is e.

    s top and sand the tenon for a n e x ac t fi L

    TECIISIQUE. T o rout the tenon . push the

    d ow el in to th e b it. see Step 2. T hen p ull th e

    d ow el o u~ ro ta le

    i t

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    T IIP> . rut W l 't lg e H t o leliglil. Positio»

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    width

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    in tile

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    ti l t the

    bla dcto th t de sir ed a ngle   3 in my case).

    1'ECIINltll,E,CUI

    the

    wedges

    to length On

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    I .id ill o f k lJ l j. T h en n tal ~

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    IltQ.tl1 l um

    gi l( i t1{18ur/a(e .

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    S U GHnY U S S T HA N

    klru IHnNON

      _ , . . . . . .  

    the ken111en I expenmeru

    with

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    a ng le un

    III

    th e w e dg e s pre ad . th e te non an d

    loc ks it tighl in the m ortise, see Step 7. (On

    t he Shop S tool. I u se d a ta pe r a ng le o f3 · .)

    There s one morething

    to

    consider abom

    w edgl'S- grain d ir ec tio n. T o k eep wedg es

    from br eak ing . the g r a i n should run p,1m llt 'l

    to the sid es o r t he we dg e. s ee S te p 7 .

    SET·lP.

    T o S Ctup y ou r sa w.

    fll'Sl

    position

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    t J l e

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    ft ?lt) ;4 »r to th f

    t t ,t tlillf.

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    s ince mos t c arb id e -t ipped b lades

    ar e

    about

      ,so ·lhick.NOle: If

    y o u r e

    working w ith a

    small tenon and n thi n kerf is required. yo u

    c an c ut i t o n t h e b and saw or with a hand saw.

    To determine th e d P lI l oCt he k e rf . i ns ert

    the tenon in its m ortise and m ake a m ark

    ne ar th e

    s h o ul d er o t th e

    r e n e n

    wh e r e

    it bo lo

    t o m s o u i

    in th~

    m o r ti s e T h e n m a k e

    su re th at

    your ker f doesa ' Il l below

    this

    mark .

    N o w that kerfsarecut in thetenGns.thefinal

    s te p i s tocurandfiuhe wedges . Even though

    the concep t o fa w, '< l ll ~i s s imp le. , ,, ll ing the

    perfec t s ized wedR\ c aobequ it e adwlenge .

    T ha t's b ecau se th er e a re thr ee

    variables

    10

    an), wedg e: l en gt h. th ic kn es s, a nd t ap er

    an d eac h one a (f . , · tst be o th er . s ec S tep 7.

    Gt:IO £UNES.Fortuaaiely .th er c's a s im p le

    solution 10th is pro ble m. I cru t the wedge so

    its bottom i< s l ig ht ly les s than the w idth of

    WEDGES

    4

    TI}

    l fInk- a kr,.jI'/ T j.g. draw a

    IlIIf

    centered  ii

    til.,

    Ifllgt', uf   m (tJ I);prt:

      J 1 . g . ~ .

    Thrn, drill a holt· centered O,l

    t t ~

    lifl/ It}

    actl pi (lie teuo».

    DalU Hau

    S A M f

    Dt MlTUt

    A S T tN O N

    O n c e

    th e te non is r ot to

    size the

    next S tep i s

    to cut a

    k e r f

    for a ....

    e d g e

    in the end of

    tb e

    tenon .

    To

    p revent t hi s wedg e f rom spl it ti ng

    th e w o rk p i e c e when u s d ri ve n in . the k e rf is

    cut 9 0  

    to

    th e

    grain

    d ir ect ion o f th e te n on

    r ef er to S tep 5and pho to on oppos it e p ag e.

    GUmEUNE$.l3esidesori~ ntirwthe

    kerftu

    th e grain. you11a lso need to de te rmine

    th e

    wid th and dept h of the kerf.

    On tenons

    g re at er th an V i '4 hi ck .1 c u t an lot ·w id . k e r f .

    KERFING THE TENON

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    NOaUM? QUISTION

    SolV Ing. problem   oJ

    uvoidill&one;ntheJirstpiace)

    is part of

      '.0'

    proj~l. B ut

    the

    best solu tions aren 't

    always obvious - they often

    co me (ro m o ne w h o's  aced

    the prob lem before.

    If you have a probtem.

    s olu ti0 n, q ue stio n, o r e ve n ' jo,,,l (J)I (1p Y ( J _ / 1 < 1 i

      I I J d t . a f e 1 t r i lo n t l 1 : : a g o 11 l1 t

    forl.d. /3 tber« .Y   ~lythis

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    W he  glue jo int failu r  0fOI5nRE CO: TENT,Q ui re

    often w ood is stored outside

    th en b ro ugh t in lO th e s ho p to be

    work ed ,

    If

    th e w ood is im rm -d i

    atelycut

    an d glued, Il l

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    TlST

    PIta

    If PItOHGS

    OMR

    MOttl tHAN '''.''.

    WO OD IS C A SE kAJtolNtO

     lf the

    test piece

      I,} I~dl\~erge

    merv than a I t l , Itlt'11JJl1~r

    il

    case

    h ar de ne d a nd I h ,' k il n ope r-

    3tor\\1 11cont lnucw it h t hccond i

    tinning proct ~ until

    a

    new test

    pit, ~

    hows

    th e lumber

    i>

    OK.

    \ f

    uoJ'JllI

    rh

    o. i6

    Lhewood is c alle-dcondit ioning.

     One way kiln olX'rator, k'

    II)

    see

    illheir

    lumbe r is

    pr0p

    Fig.

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      r 4 ~cu t

    t hi s s h ap e .

    th ey

    make two equally

    spaced

    CUISthrough

    the thick».... s o( the

    piece

    wilh

    a

    b an d s aw ,

     lf the lumber was

    properly conditioned.

    Ih e re main in g pro ng >;

     'on'l div~rge more

    Ihan l lo 'h t'n Ih e c en ·

    le r p ro ng is r cm ov Nl:

    see Fig. 1.

    properl)'

    dried.

      Sin ce mo is tu re mu st le av e

    a

    board

    Irom

    the outer surfaces,

    as th e

    b o a r d

    d rie s th e c en te r 'ill

    1 1 3 V C a hlgher moisture content

    than Ih e outer surtares -a cnn·

    d it lonca ll ed c as e hardening, < e c

    figure b e t o w .

     'rhis produce-, internal

    stressesln

    the

    board

    and the end

    result mighl

    be

    a c ro ok or , (jg(

    b en d w h en

    th o

    b oa rd is ripped.

      'hen

    ki ln op er at or sd ry lo rn

    b er , th ey im ro du ce s t eam

    into

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    c ha mb er o f t he

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    ON IN StJtT A W A Y

    nOM lAD  THIN

    SL OW tY R A IS E lU\O E

    IN 6at

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    wilh

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    rialand then

    ra bbe t

    the

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    UTTIIE SLOT.T o cut

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    (or Ih e saw blade. start by lower

    in g th e b la de co mple te ly . Th e n,

    to hold the in sert in p lac e,

    tighlen

    d ow n th e rip f en ce o ve r

    the insert

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    the

    blade),

    see

    Fi g , 4 . N ow tu rn o n th e s a w

    an d

    810 / (1 ra ise th e b la de through

    the new insert.

    Or you

    can use th e

    original insert

    as a te m p la te a n d

    CuI

    it to s ize with a lIusb

    Irim

    bit.

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    so n ite

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    tributors sell small pieces 01

    phenolic. w e're offering ~ ,

    4116 .

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      -th ick b la nk s, se e

    page

    31.

    Aircraft p lywood is

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    SIMP£.

    To m ake an in

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    The job

    of

    making

    a

    good jom t

    aClu ally star ts al the lum ber

    y a r d I usually pu rc ha se l umbe r

    fo r panels w ith b oth f ac es planed

    smooth . ( hi.is called 52 5. or

    'surfaced two sides. ) This

    m ak es

    it

    ea sier to select boards

    that have

    sim ila r co lor

    aodgrain pattern

    WARPING .The next thing I look for is

    warp . The d raw in gs b elow sho w fou r c o m -

    mon .

    types.

    B oards w ith bow (the C aeeof a

    board curls in a ·U·s ha pe a lo ng its l en gt h)

    or twis t ( oppos ite

    comers

    curl

    u p) can

    be

    diff icu lt 1 0u sc f or m a ki ng p an el s.

    But boards thai arc crooked (Oal. bU I

    c ur ve d a lo ng th eir edges) or cupped (-U

    shaped across ltlcir width) call be used.

    Howe ve r.th ey 'll n ee d a lo t o f w o rk to m ak e

    th em sira ighl an d O a t e no ug h f or gluing-up.

    I

    should

    mention th at

    ne arly

    al l

    boards

    ar e

    a l in le w a r p e d . And y ou 'r e se ld om g oin g 1 0

    find perfect

    c olo r a nd g ra in . S o th er e's

    usu

    a ll y c omp rom is e i nv ol ve d when lo ok in g f or

    hrmberthat s

    easilycut straighl

    and

    O a t

    palP llING WOO

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    pl'~P Tf' it fo r

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    use a

    s tra igh t- l lne r ipp ing jig o n th t>

    lable

    saw.

    The

    jig is Simply a 12 1·

    w

    · ide.

    : y : , o th i c k

    plywood

     sled:

    The s to ck carl b e e it her se

    cu re ly damped 10 th e sle d.ta ck ed d ow n o n

    t he e nd s, o r h el d in p la ce w it h d o ub le -s id ed

    carpel tape.

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    s tock 10 the s led SOan edge cx tend ( lv e rl»1I '

    edge oi till ' sled, s ee F ig . 1. loco set th e rip

    fence 12 from lhe saw blade (the sam e

    w idth as the sled), 'low . 10 r ip the edge

    straigh t. sim ply push Ih,' 'j)UIsorIhejoinl opens

    up. i t's a lmo st a lw ay s a t t he ends. By us ing

    boards I lla larc

    a bo u (3 ' l on ge r t ha n f in is he d

    len gth, yo u can C UIn ut an) ' o f th ese pro b

    l em s a ft er th e p an el i lued·up.

    W

    hal'S Ihe secret 10

    gluing

    up p an el s

    s o th e

    jojnt~ arc strong and nearly

    inv is ib l~?The answer li es in the

    edges. B oards w ith straight.

    :m lOO th .sq ua re ed ge s g lu e u p

    IntoDa tpanel swi lh s tr ong joinIs

    tha, are h 1 1 r d to see.

    Edge Jointing Basics

    TECHNIQUESNOO L S

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    ,, 'roove j oi nt s i n t hemalingpieces .Th .. elCtra

    g luiDJ;

      rio

    makesa >U 'ongjoiln . And the

    joint

    k ee ps th e s tu ck a lig ne d wh il~ g lu in g.

    B u t m a kin g tongue an d gTOOVl  joints ca n

    be t ime consum;nll . The traditional method

    i s 10 lISC tw o ro uter blts, and that can take a

    M otherlimitation i.

    ersonal;

    I don 't.l ike

    tn e zig.zag look on lite ends of my

    pnlject:s.

    So I w o u ldn 't use this bit inm ak in g a p an el

    with exposed

      cis.

    O r f or m ak in g ra ise d

    pane ls b ec au se

    the zig.z3g jon,t would

    be

    s e e n

    on the b t>ve l« l s u rl ar e s.

    8Ull'd

    use il

    fo r panels  i hh idd en < 'f ld s, su c h a s f ramed

    panelsor lbOSO 'willI b re a dboa rd ends .

    For so ul'l :esoflltis bit. s ee A l te r na t e

    Cat·

    a lo g S ou rc es o n tb ~ o PlJ O 'iu : p a ge .

    l ot o f tim~ to

    and shapes theedS ICs

    in

    on e p a ss , S loephoto.

    You only need one bit because  t   ~a

    LOn~l1~nd a groove

    on botl1

    mating edges,

    se e

    drawing.

    TIle edge .r on e board is C ut

    w uh th e face side up. Then lite m atin g

    edge

    on

    a > ; I. COnd

    board

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    sid e down

    UMITA 11() ss .A1 l hough thes e b it scu t per.

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     lI C

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    First , the th ick nessof the stock to Ix·joinll-d

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    stock

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     I,p

    kn ives

    of

    a joint , ·r . and the

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