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• Gun abinet
Sewing ox
• • ox Joint Jig
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No. 78
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router
fable.
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open to unco 'el'
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wi th lot s o /s tO t age /o l sewing supplies.
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Shop Notes 6 J) Houito Lall Ou l Den ti l Molding,
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tiolling Shelves illa Cabirlet, 4 Cllftin{J
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page
4 We slunc how to make doors tho:
lo ok like th ey c aI n e front a cabinet
shop -
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bits.
Matched Moldings
Gun Cabinet
3
Sim
p le
mod ific atio ne c ha ng e
the
..... ...J. D isplay C abinet in to a
hand,~ollie
case to
store
and
display
your gUllS.
1 Display Cabinet I l
S h o p - m a d e
IIloldings
u ud y lu slS
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_ _- __ ~ ..J. ~ palled doors produce a D isplay
Cabinet with clcseic lines,
j l1 atched,l1 oldings
I ~ F ire g rp at tips fro m fel/o u w oo d,
~ icorkers. 1 illak i IIg u igfo r S an d,
ing Circ le s , it Cnttillg Beve led No tche s
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S tn oh ors e L eq s. 8 Scrapers
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Ja pa ne ee S aw s, 1 Cu ttin g Odd A llg le s,
,j Gan gin g th e Depth of Dowell/olen,
ITips
Techniques
Contents
LOOK INSI E
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X/ dSlIltth
CUT
FIIONflDG'
Of
SlOts
AI7S
o f p as se s, s ec F ig . I
Note:
To
kC'ep the top rail
sq u are 10 Iht' blade. slip a 1 1 . -
thick spacer under tile oppooile
end oj the rail to compensate
lor
th e
t hic kne ss u r
the jiJ'r 'sbase,
ST Op
UXI(
3
8RACfRA t.
ACWNSTMmIt
OAUOl ffNa:
2 N OTE :
I--d. CUTNQ1 tHB
WITH
aEVtw) ~oGE5
DOWNON SAW lA8U
c.... . . . . .
JIG
TO fABLE
Ihat>Pin~down. S l < e
Fig.
3.Then
mount the w ork pic et a nd s lide
Ih, ami m Ih,'groOve.
W h<
he
workpiece touches
til< dbc, hold ti l< l ITIIl in th e .1 01
with
one
h an d. T he n ro ta te th e
workpiece with the other hand
as you slide the arm slightly
ch.....
r 1 0 the
'3llding
disc
unlil
\h,.
workp ie ce i s r o u nd.
.Iprr}})I(
JalL fA 1:
ft, /itfl (l J:f . ~f Hro11 yil
stead, be built a
simple
jig
10
notch the tcp nail on
3
radialann
, . .w.=rtg
3.
The
jig
consists of
3 sland 10
holdlh~2x6lopraiJata75
angle
in
from
the
(enCl'
and •
,;lOp
block 10 hold the rail in the
proper posu ion 3J' ro inS i th e
stand •• N Fi g. ~ Both are
mounted on a ~c t l lywuod base.
To usc the
ji (.
'llh~ blade 5'
above th e sa tab te. T hen le an
the
rail a , ,, , iI lSI
the stand and
waste out the notches ina series
beve le d no tches on a ta ble saw ,
To
do
this.
start b)'
ripping
15'
beve ls along b oih ed ge s uf Ilw
lop
nail, see
Fig.
I.
Then. to cui the notcbes.
sw itc h 10 a d ado blade set at J O
an d m ake a
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RociU . l t r, Ifill>lC>lo ia
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SQU~fUN£
DOWN fRONT
ANDaACK
lDGnd miti l, TIp
a nd T e ch
niqucs,
2200 Grand Ave.
D t S l > 1 o i o c S I o w a 50312 .
\V e w iD pal ' ( upoo pub ti ca
tioo) .$ 15
to
$100 .
depending
lin the p ublished length of
th e tip . P le as e in clu d e a n e x
p lan arion an d a photo or
s k c t c l J
(welldra) 'Janewonc).
SIND
IN
YO . TIPS
• There s
noUting
WOJ'lW
than
starting to glu e u p a p roject only
to d iscover that you r dowel
ho le s a re n't d ee p e no ug h -th~
dowelsare bottoming ou t be ro re
the jo in ~losed .
T o avoi d th is p ro ble m. you
shou ld a lway s double check the
d ep th o ( th e hole s
by
measuring
t hem a ft er d r ill ing. But bow do
y ou ge t n ruler down into. dowel
ho le w ith such a na rrow o pe n
ing?
se
a tire tread depth
gauge
see photo.
A
tire
tread depth g au l: '~ h as a
u l 't 'dk -l ik e p robe tha i easi ly fils
in to a d ow el
hole.
M in e is ca li
br ated from 0 to l in
¥.t
incre
ments. Tlretread depth gaull.
are available atmos t a u to su pp ly
stores nnd cost between 2.00
andS3.50.
N ex t, a lig n th e sq ua re dlin c ,
01 1 th. . .workpiece to (he side o(
th e m it er gauge slot . see fig. 1 .
Then loosen th e a ng le lock on
the m ite r
l. lIug~andslide
it
up
agaillsl the workpiece. Now,
lock the miter gauRe at that
an gle. T hen align
th~ cu t
line
w ith th e b l ad e a nd m a ke th o cu L
Do IIy C
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SUPPLIES
T
h....init
Il lln g
}otl·r
11 -1\°
ttl
nouce 300m
thi~
cabinet ts the upt_ r dO(..... [arll door is neatly
dmdedint ot1I.-h'l:b II;linAndC3< hJ)iUlt'ofglassb
surrounded b) a mold('f)
rei
ee llul
thaf,
no t ,ball find
th e roost in'.n~ Ill.
dC'Ia i •
I
hoI the
doors are
constmcted
Howare aJllhmc- p:lI1 on the door
J iMd
log~1her?
Andhowdo)ou rul
tho
Inside corM lb. doormoJd.
ings? There must
b
a 101of •
'w
milt·..,.er coped
comers
to
cu i. Or
II.. ,t
an
., lIp' ,,,,,,..,1
o f rou te r or
shaper blts. ();ot at all lI·s. n....1 h .. -hn ique us ing a
router with common
bi1,
\\ e n
l h · r i f l JC
a separatea r -
tid e a bou t
th i, 1 , '( 'hniqIlC
'>111'111'
II and
15,)
TOPMow r-c;. T he dour i nHI Ih ,' I Inl) 113 ftth at
ha s
inleresting dew l 111cd 81 ,, - 'poonsolburnt
umber
.nhI·,
oi l. mix• . . in I q uart of Iin.~-edoi l. Then
af ter 411hours I covered il 'nth t hn -e C03Ih (S;, lin '
Part o f th e beau ty o f th is p ro je ct
is in
its tr ad itio na l a l> > carance .
Bu t w t you can t see a re the un iq ue ro uter technic/llcs
th a t
go in to
builtlin g th e g lass and ra ised
(> neldoors
isplay abinet
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OVERAll DIMENSIONS:
42lf.'W
x
16 D
x
777,...·H
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CASE
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X 37 11,
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EXPLODED VIEW
MATERIALS
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No. 78
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NOTE:
CUTAND OW ON
FItOH T M Ol.D lNG F IRST ,
ntm
GtUf ON sto I\\O\DtNG
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OGEE
MOLDING
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ROMAN
OG£E DETAIL
OGfI
MOWING
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o :}f,·. hick, a ra bb et w ill
be
formed
when th e se f ra m e pit' /bot tom
M .
Ailer
th e
to ng ue s arc f orm ed , m iter th e
f ram e p it
Ct. to fil the
panels.
St 'C
Fig.
6 ,
Then c ut th e e nd s o f th e fra me s id es (0 )
Oush
wi th th e
back
edge
o fe a ch
panel
TlIREADED ISSER r.>. A f te r R lu in g the
f r ame ill
place,
th readed
inserts
can be in
stalled in the b ouo m p anel 10 c on nect
the
tw o c as es . s ee 1 ' i J . Sa. To l oc ale th e in se rts .
center the b ou om p anel en lO p o f the lo wer
case
while
m akin g sure the b ack e dg es are
f lush. Then m a r k
through th e
holes you ve
d rilled in b e to p (C ) o f
th e lowercase.
SlIll:S.
N o w yo u c a n s ta r t
on th e IW Osides
I ),
First
CUllWO
p ie ce s o f
: } f
p lywood 10
f inal
d im e n s io n s , s e e Fill, 7 . C ut to ng ue s f or
fadng
(Q)
o n the fro nt edge o f e ach panel.
and. rabbet
forthe back framc on the
i
•• i
b ac k ed ge o f
each
panel.see
I j~
aand 7 b.
.-IS. ~IB IX .
T o a sse mb le th e c as e. f irs l
d ri ll s hank holes 1 I1 roU) (hthe tou /bouom
a ss em b lie s. s ee F ig . 8 ,1 'h on g lu e a nd s cr ew
the m 1 0
th e
sides
I ),
C(
Fig.
Sa ,
S IDEFACII I 'G .o rude theedgcso fthe sid e
p an els, glu(' a
I ·wid( face frame to the
upp er ease, To do this, firsl cut tw o
side
facings
Q
10 ICIlRth In
fi t
between the
lop/bottom
M)
panel s. see
r ig. 8.
Nex t. cu t a g ro ov e on
the
b ac k fa ce o f each
side
facinll
(Q)
1 0 fi t th e lo n gu e O n th e
front
e dg e o f th e s ides (p}.11 leng lue the r ac in g 1 0
the
sides. S« Fig.
8,
FACt: RAILS.
Nowcut twofaee rails
(R)
to
fi l b etw ee n ine
side
fac ing,
sec Fig.8,
Then
g lu e a nd s cre w 1I1em
in
place.
U PPER CA SE
SIDE
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OGEE
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y ou c ou ld us c 3 s ingle piece of I \o'z ·thiek
stock.) Lay out the dentil blocks all each
piece and then cot the grooves. For m ore
information. s ee S ho p N Oles . p ag e 1 6.
A f le ryou'r e f in is h ed cut ti ng t he g roove s.
miter th e dentil pieces t o f it a round t he front
a nd s id es
of
t he c ab in e t.
sec fig. 10.
Then
g lu e a nd s crew th em d ow n. s ee Fig. l la ,
TOP MOIJ)tNG. I f ound it e as ie st to m ak e
th e R om an og ee m old in g pieces, and g lu.
th em to u ie s qu are e dg e caps be ro , c u tt ing
them
10f ina l l eng th. To
make th e
t he f roo t
(Y) and ..
ide
Z)
ogee trim pieces . first rout
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CK
P A NE L
e
•
a
Roman
ogee
profile i nt o t he edge of
lV, ·
wide s tock ,
see Fig. Ila.
N ow you can cut the pieces for the front
(AA) and
id e
(fiB) caps I ft
wide . Then
glue
and clam p the
caps
1
the agee trim
pieces
with Ille
bock
edges R us h. '
Fig.
Iia
Aftcr
the glued-up pieccsare dry. miter
them
to
f ir on t opo lt he dent il mo ld ing .
CA BIN ET
ASS£.\IBtl'.
M e rlh e to p m old in g
i s g lul '( and screwed in p la ce . s et t he u pp er
caseontopofthe lowercase.Thenfastenthe
tw o
cases together
using V machine
screws to fit t he th readed
inserts,
b. •
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D DOES
The final step on th e u pp er c as e is to a dd th e
mold ing t o t he lOPo ft hc c ab in et . T he mold
i ll g i s bu il t up 01 three dilie ,nt.trips: a den-
t il mold ing . a R om an o gc e m eld in g, an d a
s qu are e dg e c ap . s ee rJg.ll . The t ri ck ie s t o f
th e th ree is
den ti l mold ing .
DE~ L~tolJ)DOG.w an ted th e b lo ck s in
t he d cn til m o ld in g t o be equal inwid ih and
cvenl ys pa ccd apa rt . I a ls o wanted full blocks
o n b oth en ds. s ee F ig . 1 0.
tmadetheblanksforthcdennl front (\ \' )
and sid e Xl p ie ce s f ro m t wo
pieces
of 1 4 ·
thlckstcckgluedtogether.see rlg.lla. (Or
MOL ING
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NOTE:
GROOVl UT
ON INSl mG S
th e
back
panels (V) . se e
Fig, 9. CUI
Ute
back panels M from
\ 1 4
plywood 1
f inal
d imen si on s . a nd glue
the frame and
panels
together. see Fig. 9 . Then glue a nd s cre w t he
ba ck f rame
in
p la ce . s ec F ig . 9b .
CK
STtU
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S1\1lIn:NOSS. Nowcutstubtenonsonthe
e nd . o f th e ra ils
n
and divider
(U)
10fit th e
grooves,
SO
F'Jg. 9a.
P,I)'/Et .
Next ,
dry
damp th e f ra m e in t he
cabinet 10
de te rm i ne t he
f inal
d imen si on s o f
O nce the top. bot
tom. and sidesolthe
upper case ar c as
sem bled. the next
part
to
build
is the
ba ck . T Ile ba ck to n
slsts of
IW O 1 ('
ply·
_ =
wood
panels in a
L..t::::~_ frame.
jo ined w ith
stub
tenons and
grooves
~1IA.\'E.To build lw J'rdOlC. first rip we
stiles (Sj.rails (I). and d iv id er( U) to tinal
widths see Fig 9
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DIVIDER CAPS
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VERTICAL
CAP
13
\VooJsmlth
2
GLUE A.S1 RAGAL
lEn H ND DOOft
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a
14- ,-
u r
RAISED
oev..tt
PANEL
I OVUlAP _
a
\
,
,
ROUND · OVER
ASTRAGAl .
@BJ
@GL AS S S TO P
I. ,_ I,,
LOW ER STILI:
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T his w ill (ann a II .
overhang
a nd le av e
c lea r ance be tween th e d oo r and the c abi ne t
op;tning .
Next .
rou t a
II .
round-ove r
on
tile
ji < J f edges, se e l ig .14a .
.~ J l lAGAl..The nex t step is to add an
ast:rag;ll
(IJ...
MM). Wha l s an a st ra g al ? It s
the strip
lh at h id es th e
gap
waen
th e
doo r s
ar e closed. G lu e i t i n to the r abb et in th e left
d o or . s ee F ig s. 1 4 a n d l· la .
It A N G n O O H i. B e fo re
i ns ta ll ing th e g la ss
and panels
in
the doors. I
posit ioned
the
hinges and
dril led
the
hinge
screw
holes.
(Fo r a tip on d oin g th is. se e p ag e 16 . ) Then.
remove the
hinge,
In mount
the ~ and
raised
panels .
P ~as. STOPS.U,\RUWARl:To dress up
th e bottom doors. I made :V l ·thick raised
panels
(N N).
They re raised on both
(a c es
with
a '. c o re box
bit . se e
F ig .
15a . I
held the panels andglass
in
placewith quar
ter-roundglass SLOP (00). see rig. ISb.
After
th e d oo rsare
rchuog .
i n st al l t he knobs
a nd d oo r catcbes,
SHU 1- ; s .F ina ll y.g l ue upandcut sto ck fo r
three sh elves (PP). Fo r in fo rma tion on 1 0
eating
t he shel ves . see S ho p N o tes,
page 1 7.
RAll .SA . O DIVID£RS. T hen , to determine
th r
l eng th o f i h e raits
(EE)
and ho ri zonta l
dividers (FF).
l ayout
two stiles
w ith the
r o u te d edges facing inas in thcf in i shcddoor
( I tWA apart) . see Fig, 12 . N o w m e as ur e be
tween
th e
wooves.
Nler
rutting
th e
rails
an d
horizontal
dividers to this l eng th . C I IIthe I on g u es a n d
d ad oes o n ea ch a s sh ow n o n pa ge 1 5.
VElmt AL l)l\11)£llS. To determine the
ltngth of the vertical dividers (GG. HH).
d ry a ssem ble the stiles
an d
r ails. T he n c ut
the dividers 10 length and cu i th e tongues
and ha l f- lap jo in ts, so . CP gl
IS .:- lowglueand
c lamp I he p ie ce s t oge th e r,
CAl S. A l l
the
r ails a nd dlviders
have
a
mold ed cap IJ.JJ. KK) g lu ed o n lop. The
ca ps a rc r ou nd ed o ver o n the lOP a nd c ov ed
on
the
ends
to
match
th e
mo ld ed e dg es
o f
th e s ti le s a nd r ai ls , s e c
Figs.
1 3 a n d 1 3 3.T o
det erm ine the length o ( all the caps.
measure
you r
assembled
doo r. (Again
thi.
is
all explained on pages 1 1 and 1 5.)
O 1-:R1lA. 1GAND ROONl).()\ E R. Once the
doo r is assembled . rout a ' l o t rabbet a r o und
tile ck
ed ges o f each do or .
s ee F ill.
1 4 .
CtJTtOM
Roove
a
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12
DOORS
. . . - . . . . ' - - - , ID e do ors o ffered
the biggest chal
lenge on th e
display
cabinet, (For an ex
pla na ti on o n jo in in g
the d oo r parts. see
pai r< 14 .)
DOOR snLES.
I ; c o
tho ugh the
u pper do ors an d lo wer d oo rs a re cli(fc 01
sizes, the apprc>achto
building
them is th e
same.
To
determine
th e
length
o f th e st iles
(CC. DO). firsl m ea su re the h eig ht o f the
door
O)X 1l iDg.
Then add . since the doors
ar e liptX. dwith a II, O V I · r a P . se c r. g.1 2 .
Nex t, c u la g ro o ve a nd r ou nd o ver th e
it,·
t p
ed ge o f e ac h s tile, se e Fig : 12a .
OOORwnnn. To determine the knglh of
th e
rest
o f t he doo r p ie ce s. s ta rt
by
rneasu r
in g th e w id th o f th e o p en in g a n d d iv id e
Ihis
measuremen t in h alf fo r th e tw o door> (i n
mycase .ISW ) .
Now s u htr .lC I h alf the
gap
you
want be.
tw een the IW O doo rs (V I6 ) . 1 1 1 e nadd th e
ov erh an g fo r the in ,. ,1 hinlll 0 ,0 ) Thls
m ad e the width (,f a, h doo r
1 8 - '1 1 . .
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BARRfL RAll
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thick stock towidth. see Fig.
1.
Then,
lo
determine the length.
measure
the
d is ta n ce be tween
the sides in the upper case,
Aftercuttingthe rail to length.
c uu hre e n otc he s a lo ng th e b ac k
edge o the
barrel rail
io il
around
th e st iles and
divider in
the back frame, see Fig. 1.
The barrels rest innotchesent
in
th e f ro nt o f
the
rail. To m ak e
ti le notches. fi t drill I holes as
show n in F ig . 1 . N ow CUl up lO
the holes to complete the
notches. Then round ove r the
top and bottom edges of each
n ot ch a n d th e fronl edges ofthe
rail
with
a V I round-over
biL
I s cr ew e d the barrel rail in
place through the back frame
aOOultwo-thirdso(lhewa)'upon
the upper case, see Fig.2. (You
mayneed to reposit ion yours.)
RUU: BAS >.
Th e rifle base is
CUi from a piece of ll . ·th ick
edge-glu ed stock. CUi i19 wide
and 10 Ipl1j th to fi t in side the
U P 1 > case
se e
i · J R 1
Aller the riOe base Is CUt10
s ize la y Q UL fln 1cui the slots fo r
the rifle butts, se e Fig. 1. I
ro un de d o ve r
th e lO p edges of
each slot
and
the fro nt
edge o(
the base piece with a I t round
over
bit
Finally. screw (don'(
g lue) the b ase in p lace rrom the
bouom of tile u pp er e ase ,
W
llh a few changes, th e
I > is pl ay C ab in et show n
O il
pag.6can
be
used
In
show
off
a co llection of r iOes.
l PPElt DOORS.
O ne major
cha nge I made to turn Ihe cabi
net into a gun cabinet is
the
u pp e r d oo rs , To offer a b euer
te w
used
a single
sheet
of
g la ss w iL I\ o ut d iv id e r s in e ac h
door instead or eight panes. TI,.
stiles and
ra ils
re ma in
the
sa me
as on the O i.piayCabinel .
U )C KS .Another change on
ih ed co rs is to ad d locks. To belp
keep the g un s a n d am m un itio n
secure, nstalled locks on rhe
upper
and
ow r
righl·hand
d oo rs. s ee Fig 3. Each lo ck is
m o rtis ed in to
ihe back of the
doorrail andhooksoverastrike
plate on the bac k 01 the cabinet
face rail, S
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Apply
a
feu·
spots
of
rilico> .
if
grooves . Tilt: r ur ed s il ic on» ill
keep 9/4 fro m m ov in g
SIdeway
s. Inser t
glass alldsec ,,, lUith 1/, quarter-rOlwd.
C RO S S S E CT IO N
c ......
s 'f'
,
.
ClASS
(1 C OUA,ftTtR .
l
OUND
1
W itl,
heig lo t of
ro« t( J r b i t set tlte
ioml
J1 r l(lht ll
1 O l l t iJ ,g
th«
stiles
IVUt
tlu:
pl Ojileollboll.
d y e s of
rite
divid8r
capsa71d ~ldeedg.ofeaclt rail cap.
RAILCAP
8
First, gl . up
lite dWlders
and
miu
ill/o II
grid. Tlu t l
9lue
~Iile.~ UI~
grid. T() keep the comers from lifting.
cw.mpaj o. t
piece
of
wood aC '8 U ,e . •tries.
Cell iera 1 lI1flap(}>,tl leumgtltofea 1 I W e ll td g < l an.si(/(> e d g '
o1l ly
for rail
raps). T I t <
OI:t:l'hIl11I1f(fm,~a
r a b h < ' t
thu; }IO ' rheg/a ,' or woodpanel ill pto.ce,
To
elt
l positiQII I Ior izol l l l1 l
divide,.,.
fo r
assembly , .e
Ihet' t11ir(l. /
dil'idl'l'
a s ( /. SIO)'1I sl ick. s la rk lc x:a tio 1 l
of
each
half I( lp Oil blu-k j
I Iside edge
of
th e st i le.
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OM ..
S T l l
4
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tn«
t
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S C R E W S
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POSmoNlOP AN.DBonOM
HlNGf. :2',, FROM RAI lS
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1 i ;
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to
(A81NnfUM
lnsel hinges. like the ones
used On th. I);splay Cabinet on
page 6 . can be m ore frustrating
to install than ordinary butt
hinges. S in c e both le av es o f t h e
hinge arc inside
the cabinet
w hen che door is closed. the
screw holes in the hinges are
tough 10reach.
on e ach h inge , y ouean nowopen
th e doorsanddrillthe p ilot holes
for the screws, seeFig. 3 .
used
a V ix bit, see pag e 31,) Then,
screw
i n th e
screws
In 1
remove
th e clamps 10 check each door.
Now th e screw s can
be
re moved
and then reinstalled afler th e
gla5.~i illplatt)
LA Y
CAllNflQN
I T S B A C l<
TOPOStrtON
DOORS
2
IIII>GE TO CABINET, Ta
g~t
around the problem . J used
clam ps as te mpora ry screw s
to
hold the hinges 10 the doors
l > Im the glass was installed
To do this,
firsl
screw all the
hinges (he cabinet frame.
see
FlJ{.1. Nnw pUI the doors in the
doo r o pening cen tered up an d
INSrALUNG INSEr HINGES
POSfT1ON OOOIU IN . c;AltNlT
THtN Cl.AMPf ltH l lA1
TO
D < > O a
snlf
down and a1sole[I ICl r ight.
CUUIPTO 1) ) lR.Then.tohold
the doors in this position, I
clamped the free leaf of each
hinge IQ the d oo r s li le Iltrough
thewindowopenin~.
se e
Fix.
2.
This way, lh.. damps hold the
door ill place,
ll1NGETf lDlJ (IR ,Wi lh ac lamp
Woodsnllth
TO CH£AT · LA T0Ul DADO
.....MAAJ l.lGtnLY OIITSIOl
D(SlRlD lOCAnDN
cabinet. It's nO I practical to
divide t h e extra ~ among
t h~ b lo ck s 1 0
g~l
he m th e e xa ct
same sil~ Jlorksjust as w e ll to
make 'Jp
t h e
d itrc rcn cc o n jus t
u u
o f th e b lo ck s.
For example, to com oensate
(or a m old in g s tr ip
thai's
- I I ro o
lnng ... art chealing \t.t on the
l a S t
eight marks, , . . ,fer10 Fig.2.
This way, each of th e last eight
blocks
will
be \t.t'
100 large,
bU I
thls shouldn't be-noticeable.
L AY OU T S Tau >
nur~
THEN CUT DADOES
T O M A R KS
1 ....
DENm e tOQ
ISSAMl stU
, AS OTHlR:S
. . , . , . . . . _ , i l n - '1.. r
1 . . . . . . - 1
..__,...t.ASTDlNnl.locLK:-.....J posmo,. Of ,DADOES
ISNAUOwtl CUT
wmt
fNO lCQ tCJIG
THANOMU C4N GAINAfT(R MANYc ur s
2
you can usc 10 gel all t he d em i t
blocks 10
up r
v e ry c lo se 10
U
e same
size .
After you've measured and
marked, you' ll know whether
the la st < '1 .1 sg oin glo p ro du ce a
den ti l block th e sa me size a s th e
first. II it doesn't work out
( 'XacU y,YOIIan
chea r
sl ij htly
on th e la y ou t t o com pen sa te for
th e d ifference
S ay yo ur denti l m old ing s tr ip
has to
be
out
- I I
longer- to fit the
So.
u se
a tape measure lhal'~ as
lea st as long
AS lh(> workpiece,
an d don I move the tape a,
y(,u'r~ marking
Otherwise,
yo u're R oin g tt) be bac k with th e
.gain problem again.
COlll'EJ>SAlL 1G. W hal if you
cu t 3m olding st rip Ihnl fits your
c ab in et , b ill
it s nO I
U w
same
length as ca lled fo r in th e p lans?
Won't each of the blocks be
di rferent th an ~ ificd in the
pian '? Y es. bU I
there s
a Ir ic k
.11yo u use an il1dcKinllsys tem
like a bu.j oi nt jig
ItJ
cu t th e d en
ti l m olding
011
th e D isp la y C 3 b~
net, yo u Call run into a problem
If the ji lt i,n'l I up . ,{ccl/y.
there can be a slight gain (o r
IOS$) betw ee n each cut
th at
ca n
add up.
It
doesn 't lake muell
error (a lilll~a. 1 1 1 2 8 in Ihedi ...
l an c e b e tw~n
CULS to
be no ti ce
able by Ihe t ime y ou g et It) th e
e nd o f a lo ng work piece
If th ere' ~ a l lin o r 1 0 .
\h
v las t
derail block w on 't be the sam e
....ze as IJlt rest,
a n d
Y{lU
1 1
beable
to ,
the ' difference, $4. '< ' Fig . 1.
M EA SI REM 'O '1AR1tT he b est
wa) I've found to get demil
blo ck s th at all look
~I~
sante
011
a lollS workp ie ce i i' l o la ) ' o u r the
position o f the d ad o es w ith a
penci l i ns te ad o f u s ingajig . (For
the Disp lay C ab inet. th e 1'4
dadoes ar c
: v
apart.)
\V be you CU I 10 a m ark . it's
important th a t the mark s (o r the
dadoes ar c laid OU I accumld)'
CUnlNG DENrlL MOLDING
Shop Notes
SI-lOPURRO M P SOME
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(lnodSIl11th
fol low this
s ame s eq u en c e
when
cun ing tenons. )
The
f irs t c ut
I make
is the
shoulder
cui.
u sin g th e fe nc e
as
a
S L O P
block. se e Fig.
I (Since
this isn t a through
- c
'UI. there ' s
n o d an g er o f k ic kb ac k
using
th e
f cn cc a nd m i te r gauge lQgethc r .)
The
next cut
m ake is
at
th e
end
u f th e w ork pie ce .
Then I
clean ou t th e w aste i n between
witb successive
cuts
back
tow ar d th e s ho uld er, s ee F ig . 2 .
an
inlo
3
common prob lem
working on Iht vertical dividers
fo r
th e doo rsof t he
Display
Cab
inel-
tUliing
lOll (
ha lf l aps
on
Ih ~ e n d s o ( a t hi n workp iece ,
\ Il le n mak i ng
11Ch
a cu t .the
end of
a
th in w ork pie ce c an O ex
u p an d dow n. T his m ove me nt
< 'WI
make th e h alfla p th in ne r a l
the end than at
t he shou lde r .
The so lu t ion
is
to cu t th e la pin
a sequence that prevents the
wo rkpi ec e f rom
Ocxi.ng.
I alsc
N o, 7 8
SEQUENCEFOR CUnlNG H LF L PS
' lMIRD:
JttMOvtW Sn
•
POSITIONING C INET SHELVES
• \Vben Ulcr . a rc w in d ows ou a and lOp edge of each w indow
1 2
I
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n c X b D l i t h
a t ra di ti on al s < w in g o r k n i l t i n g b o x . B i l l . fo r a
box
u s e d 1 0 b o ld o th er craft supplies, y o u may
p r e f e r t look o f 8 ontr sting plywood top,
W O O D A X i l H A R D W A R E .E x c e p t
to r
th e
ply.
w o o d ti d an d bottom panels I b u i l t th e entire
sewing box romclear white
pine.
1 0 a ct a s s ha fts
fo r th e
pivol a r m s
se d
b ra ss r iv et s in ste a d o f scre w s - S C r e w s c a n
w o r k l oo se a ft er a w b iJ e. T h e n. 10 m a t c h th e
rive
IS I
screwed
t he c a rr yin g h a n d l e 1 0 U 1C
m a in c as e w ith ro un dh ea d b ra ss w c e d s e r e w s
an d
filed the screw
h e a d s
ftal.
W o o d 8 > 1 . i ll l Pr o j r c l
Supplies isoffering. ki t
o f h ard w are fo r th e S e w in g B ox th ai in c lu d e s
the rivets, brass
w o o d sc re w s a nd b i rc h k n ob s .
18
T\ c b ig ge st c halle ng e I h ad in d esig nin g
.1 . ; i i s S ew i n g
Box
d i d n l
have
a n y t h i n g
10
do
with
making the boxes, The challenge
involved de.igning
it
S O t h e tO P
trays
pivot
open and sit (Ial 00
t he l ow e r box w ith ou t a ll
the contents spilling out
T h e p ivo t a r m s u se d f or a tt ac h in g th e tr a y s
a r en t unique -
ifs
th e s am e sys tem yo u s ee
on
ta c kle b ox e s w ith a n in sid e tra y . B u t to g et
th em 10
w o r k
righl in v e l v e s r wo things: CUlling
t he p iv ol a rm s s o they re id e n tic a l a nd m o u rn -
in g th em a ll
in
th e
corre ct
l oc a ti on s o n t he
b o x
UIl1 REAnlEl fS. W e r e s ho w in g IWOdiffer·
ent w a y s
10 complete the
lid s th ai c o ve r th e
Ira) >. A f a b ri c -c o v e re d lid is w h a t y o u d f iod o n
T his S ew ing B o x
is
rea lly thr ee sep ar a te bo xes a ll m ad e th e sa m e w a y.
\X /o o d e n a rm s connect th e tra ys to th e rnain ca se a n d w hen yo u pivo t o p en
th e tr ays th er e s ro om in sid e th e ca se fo r l o n g er m a t e r ia l s.
Sewing
x
PROJECT
EEKEND
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SU U S
• (2) - ,[ jo BlrchKnobs . Screw$
• (16) 1I2'Ex r
• (2) '10. 1 lhBrossWood c1ew$
• Itr.
20'
Clolh
Fob< i c
optloooO
• 10 .21) PoIyesterBoItlng opHonal)
• Genefol Flnishes 'T wo-Slap SeoIocen
11• 2.8
x
2 8
7
x 7 1 : - 1 0 . Ply
CASE
A CaseSldes(2) 11• 3',,>.16'4
8 C a se End (2) 1 . x 3112x 8
C Case
BonomO) ~. x
l{)\.a-
I.Ply
TRAY
D TroySldes(4)
TroyE nd s (4)
F Troy
Bottom
(2 )
G
LldSides(d)
lI.x'Y4.S
H LldEnds(d) 11 x
'1 '••
8
I lid Pone (2 ) 7:V • 7¥ . - f.P ly
J Lldlnse-1/, Ply
OTH ER W O OD PA RTS
K
Hondle(l)
.6 1 •• 8
L PIVoIA rms(S ) 11x 112.5 1 '.
M Troy D Iv id e ,. ( 12)
It
x 1 :V .x 7 112
WOQDP ats
M TERI LS
U l>
~
SIDE DET IL
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US( aACKING ao....O '0 J(m
c
lOX
souAltr
G.
ronNa
SOAP OCI( ONlACHCOlH~
OISTRrtUt'I CLAMPING PR[UU ••
6
CUTPlUGTom
vom..,,(hIOS
.oW
7
wood
in
pIac ..
«
~il
5. All
the boxes
. · r r
nlbl, d,
I Illm'd • w,l1gl $l,aped
plu~irue
till I
small
id, on th~ ends
of
tach b ox ,
t
- I II , 6 .
Then
I
s anded Ihcp lugs
and pin. Ou i 7 . e 01 the
plywuml bottom, and lid panel>, firs dryas
semble .11thl1'C boxes, Then, cut the
pi),
w.KKI bottoms
C
F) and lid panels (I)
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ood,m irh
ROUND OVERAU £DGS
0 HANDli lXcarr
.... fIOTOI(S
flU
sc.tW
tAl
LATTO
R MOV
S L OT
3
2
f--' RO UNl>-OVOt
~Y
OllU.~.
fIO..
,
YHANDlE
1
uS Mrru CAUCf
W 1 T M
1 AU XIU AR Y< [NCr TO
f-....J
SU1>PORTHANOL(
The S< wiugbox has
a carrying hand le
that separates the
tw o trays, To m ake
th e handle K .first
cui a blank to w id th
and length, see Fill.
1 Then loy Out
th e
arcs on th e to p an d
boltom ofthehandle and the hnge rope ll ing.
A lso m ark the lo ca tio n o f the : y holes tllat
defi ne th e ends o f t he finger opening.
CliTN(lTCII ;S.
Beforecuttingthearcs.cut
a n otc h On ea ch side of th e blank
to
all ow
clearance (o r th e han dle to slide in to
the
case, refer to Fig . 1 3. I c ut th ese \, , .wid e
notches
u si ng the m i te r g aUgl : on th e table
saw. se e Fi g.
11
SAWT( )SH , \P f_N owcuuhcarcaonthetop
and bott om o( th e handle. Then bore the
hol es at the ends of the fin ger slo t, and
complete
Ole slo t w ith a sabre sa w. N ex t, to
mak e th e handle comfortable .I routed a 1 .
round-ov eron the curved edge>. s ee f tg.12 .
INsr
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NOTE :
rHSTAt1
RlV iTS
fHstQUG.H lOWta fNDS
1 mOl AItMSmtST
Da1U 1f T
TO MAAK LOCAnoN
Of
HOLES ON CASE
AN D TRAY )OES
• ·HOUS
F O R f U vt S
, / - -- >< : :: : ___/
•
lAASS
W S ot
aRASS
rv
. .
. .
T T A C H C E A t
TO£NO
'GAUGl
CUT l AYOUT GAUGE to Sin.
TKfN
MAIM LOCATION OF FOUR \ ,- HOlES
8
T o
U : O C
th e gauge . place i ta g ai n sl th e s id e
oftho;;ewing
bo x
( wi th th e tr ay i n p o si tion)
and po ke Ih . . dri ll b il Ih ro ug h th e g llug e
holes
10
le av e a m ar k th at shows the l oca ti on
ofth~
'II;t
holes fo r th e r iv ets , s ee F ig . 19.
rSSL\LLAItMS
\VTn
RIVETS.
lh n al l tile
ho les have been drill ed fo r th e ri ve ts, th e
armscan
be
attached to
th e
bo x.
(It 's
easies t
to
do th is w ith the case lying on
it>
side.)
Then th e ca ps o f the riv ets can be se t with a
sharp
ham mer blow fr om inside th e
case.
tray (o r ri vets . These h ole s h av e 10
be
lo
ca ted as accurately as th e h ole s i n t he arms,
So I
se d si m ple gauge to la y th em out.
T o
mak e
th e loyoul gauge.
stan
with
a
pie c e of sc ra pwoodeu t t oaw id lho S \ '. I and
a length o f 8 . see Fig . 18 . N o . .. la y o u t th e
t o cadon of the four rivet
h ole s o n th e g au ge .
a nd d ri ll the ho les w ith a V J 6 b it in th e d ri ll
PI ' l 'SS.Then , 10
make
it
easier
to lin e u p ti le
gauge to the w orkpiece. I s cr ew e d a n ar row
c le at o n tb ee nd o f t he g au ge . se e F ig . 1 9.
P IVOT ARM
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lonOM Of UD INSERT
. RA1l4fA.D
MACHIN
....__ sarw
1 FlATHEAD
M CH l N f
SCIItw
cvr h SEtO TOSm;. When th~
s him s a re cuuo '5i2 0 8 i t f
edge
as the en d n otch es. see F ig . 2 2 .
\\'ilh the ce nter no tches cut on all the
d iv id er p ie ce s. a ss em ble them to create
each
divider
unit.Then.
to
allowclearance
ro r
ih e r iv et b ea ds i ns id e e ac h
tray.
pla ne o r
sand the lower outside
edge
of the foor
div id e r p ie ce s thOlwillcontact th e rivets.
TR Y D IV ID ERS
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RUNNER
....Tlti jIg r( J )1. be
bit ill/ort:1(tting bo.
)()l llt.J.5 t
« router
tab/ . By
mOllnfillg
{ stm/ lllt bit in tht~
I.J I , Y () I j re l le
I rill ..
101.
wilh11al
bottom» - e.p'·'
rmlly 'ndhes/OI3
u .~.~ allcrhn l
(, I (JI.I. / 'I.: , Bu .1.fur
b T -
} >t}lt~
la r g e r
thu
n I,., ·, tIlt:
table
If J /I
a f lU
1
is a
mor« i }j id ,11 ool
~ TIl<
bor
JI h lt
ji g
ca )( . b U t jo r use
alla labl~8aw. lI ilh
n
dad. blade, bu.t
joilJ t~l
be cut
qllltkill o.1Idncru·
rillrly Alld bll
udJII.ling thr fron
fi
lire, jlt
ji g
c n I w
fi ue-Lu Ilt'd for a
, .,- ,,1 f il , ill «11 1
I< ,d, dlldQ. TIl<
I(lhle
. < 1 1 1 1
olld tlado
blade are best for
InrgerjQillt <
F IXED PL T li
tN D EX PL Tli
To se t up fo r a p erfect fit betw een m alin g
workpieccs, th ere are SIOISin
th e back
fenc e.
This ktsyou adjusl the d is ta nc e b etwee n th e
index
p in a nd
Ih e router
bit (or
saw
blade) .
U- TIiRCI lANG£Al ltEIN .The i ndex p in is
mounted 011
carrier
p l te
that
c n be
taken
a nd r ep laced w ith anoth er p la te
WI has
a di ff~ll nt· si 7. eindex pin. T h is w ay, you c an
cut io inl~
ofvariable ilk
BACKING
PLATE
Finally, there s the re-
p laceab le back i ng
p l te
preven t
chipout.
se c Expl od ed V iew. T his is ju ,l a pi ec e of
Ma son it e t ha t s bev eled on
IW O
ed ges so
it
slid es in
3
dovetailed
rCC1SS in th e
(ront
fence.
f
o ne p la te g elS too ch ew ed u p, it
can
be r ep la ce d w it h a not he r.
USt;S
T his b ox jo in t
jig
can be used on
ei th er
a
table
saw
o r r ou tcrtable,
see photos,
Shop
Note:
To
use lh i.jig on a rou ter table,
th .. lo P o f the ta ble m ust
have
a
SIO I
fo r th e
runner, O n th~ fac in g p ag e w e sh ow h ow to
r ou r a
slOI
i na shop-built r ou te r ta ble.
ve seen a lo t o f d iffe ren t b ox jo in t jig s
ov er I ll
years, So,
when I b egan
to
build
th e S ew in g B ox fo r th is issue, I decided it
w s
tim e to des ig n a bo x jo in t jig
with
Ill.
(eatures
I ve
been looki ng for,
L n)[X
Pt~.
Almos t every
bo x joinljig
I ve
seen use s an index pi n to keep n equal
s pa ce b e twee n
th e
s lo ts i n
th e
h ox juin l B ut
it s usually
pin t hat s
fi xed
in p la ce on the
jig .
I w arned a
j ig w i th
an
a dju sta bl e p in
SO
you c an sn ea k
up
all
th e peIT t Ctjoint.
Another tltin g ab ou t tile in d ex p ill hink
is imponant-i l sh ould
e
removab le .
U
YIIU
c an re place
th e in dex
pi n
with
one that s
different sire, if a lo t mo re accurate when
cuUinglarger or sm aU cr s lo ts a nd p ins.
C1.EAN
cvrs , There
115
one other feature
a nte d o n
a
boxjoinljig .lfthejig cut. box
joinlS llc c rollly. it s h ou ld a lso cutthejoints
cleanil l' So.
f o r t h is j ig. anted a backing
plate b eh ind the
C\ lL
Mer
building
several
prQtot) pCs,16n;illy
came up witlt a jig that s adjustable, work s
fo r d ifferent·siz joints, nnd makes nice,
c lean cu ts .
Pius. il can
e
bu ilt to fi t
eith er a
table saw
or a router table.
l;\TER~\L mad e the
J i g with
hardwood
an d
Maso nite parts
se e
~::X ploded
Vi~w,
The
(r on t a nd b ack fe nce s
are
maple (to
I. ;v~he
j ig stabil i ty),and
SO
is
t he i nd ex
pin (to
min-
imize wear). The table run ner can be m ade
from
eith er
hardwoo d
or ph en olic plastic
an d cut to f it yo ur m iter gauge S IOL (For EXPLODED VIEW
sourcesofthe
hardware
n ee de d to m a ke the
r------------::------------------
oo xjuinljig,
s ec p ge
31.)
B CK IN G PL TE < D
HOW THEJIG WORKS
ox oint ig
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C RRI G
Olt
PROJECT
HOP
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o
ROUTSlOl
t UVf;UL
PAS SU:
straight bit
M ak e
~ r l p a sse s . mO v i n g
t he s tr ai gh te dge sl ightly be
tween
fJa. 'iSCS
to ,;n k upon the
final
idLh
oClhe sloLStopwhco
th e m iter gauge b nra nd th e ru n
ncr ofth e B ox Jo intJigju5t fi t O1e
sl ot - QOI tOOtiltblortooslop1)y .
No. 78
. a . I Fh
WOODSCMW
fRONT OF ROutER tABU
ClAMP
TAAIGtIT.
.
AaAU l
r
mGfOf
TAIl r I:
U Sl r-.au SA W
aAOO£ TO lOCATl-
POS111ON
Of
St.OT
IN
R UftR
l.uti TOP
. -
n
4
AOJUSt S tRA IGK1 lD Gl TO SN EAK
UPON fINAl WlDnt OFSlOT
Then draw a p en cil mm on
Ibe t,ibl~ lOP10
indicate both
edges
o f
me sIaL
To guille the router . 1I'm
porariJy
c la mp a Slra ig hle dg e to
lh .e. to p o f your reuter table. se e
J o i g .
4. T h e n . to cut the s101 .I
U $< '¢
ti le router w ith a Jh
I'll locate th e position of 01 11
slot Iusedthem it er 11 'lugetroll l
m y ta ble s aW a s a gu i~e. see
fig.
3.
Set
the
m iter
gauJfo io-Ironl n£
Ih~ bit hole so the gal,lgeeka.:s:
th e h ole an d the bar Qftlll .¢ lw r
g dug_e
is parallel
to
t i l e .
trol l l
ed ge oithe table.
.
2
&A CK ©
f I H C
BACK
FENCE
-
T
I . . ·
2
AXEO PlATl
To use th is Box Joint J ig on th e
router table. Ibere has 10 be a
m ite r ~ \lg ~ slo t
in
th e ta ble
lO p
o f
y ou r ro ute r ta ble .
So
ifyour
tabl(l -doesn'tbavc a slor.yoll w i l l
hav e to ro u t one. ( his lot
should al$o
be c ; u t
i(taL Ct I)ll'ou r
mirergnug )
ROUTER TABLE SLOT
.... .. ASDlSfANct
at1Wt N
MR t1t
GAUGl SlOTAND
tDGlO arr
01t • .....,.
IWN_
NOTE:
RiP RUNNlR TO MATCH
W1DnI
Of
YOUR
MITU O UGl SlOT
I IUNNER
JF
_ - -
IXED Ii
P L A T E \Ill
(I ,, 9 _ l H 1 C K ~
~
started bui ld ing th e jig fro m th e b otto m u p.
T hat is. 1 starte d w ilh lh e ru nn er. I c ut the
runner
A
(rom W ' phcnolir plastic (you
could use hardw ood) to a length 0(9 . sec
F ig .I. HUIm e Impor tant thing a b ou t t he r un -
ner iathe width-e-it must fitthemitergauge
slot o f
yallr
tab le sa w o r ro uter table .
AXEDPI,'''':. Once the runner is cut to
w idth. the next step is to m ake the fixed
pla te
6)
th ai th e ru nn er attaches to .
set>
Fig. 1.Cu t t hi s
f rom
V Maso nite . t he n c ut a
Vu; .
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F.ON1
Net
~
Q
10
,. (.R( )\ E,
\ \1 ,, , I h( ' i nd e x p in s h av e
ho ,
n
c
u t
to
finlshed
';1.I\ ON PL
th,'
,dlh of th e ind('~pin, Th~ ming locullh~ -lui' far,ourl».
J U m l,. ~ o c e m o > 01 t h ,'
bu.
J o in t s loLSI cu t
a rt ' ', '. 1~·, WO,ur ',' id ,'. I slartt 1l by
cunillg
a n i nd e p in I IIt ell o f Ihcsc idths,
CUIeach
in dex
pin
(G ) ~ •• long from
hardwood ._
Fig.
9. · I1WII . lomake i teas ier
fo r Ihl' workpi/ 'Cj ' II) < l id ., , I\ I\ · r t h e
pin,
I
- .anol(od3
,Ughl
chamf r
o n Ihe
upper
l-dj('~
srr
SAW
,
SAJro\I
ANGU:
AS
00V'fTAlt.11T
,.. ..I
a
,
(lllc'r
It s be..n used r;5~:;~; -;:;:::;::;:;:::-, ,,::, 7-;:==--::;::;::;;;:::::
f o r cu l ling u ,l lCJ ' t' nl C H...... - 0 0 ... ,1tS - '-
re;
. So
d l ~ IV,
..ilt
J()ints,
1
e-
10·
cided tn
make i 1
n o . - -
2 ...
p l a< : t' ab J t. a nd s lid e .. . s, -
In• do\ tail , ,101an (
till'
' I 1 < ' e .
1 0 r out th e 51 01in .'
Ih ,' tro ut fence. 1
u,, ·d
a d ov erail b it
on the router table,
...' Fi~.~.Then, 10
ok. the backing ~ ',' lHt1AOo10 'Sl ..
p L. . . .(F.).
f i l ' S l
0 1 ' 1 . . .L__ __ ~ C l H T U U > ~ ~ ~ O N ~ '~ '~ O ~ 'N U 5 ~ ~ _ : : = = =
ubt,· ....
w
blade
10
trulcll tilt' ~ o f
lh o d< ,1all bi l
(u.o;ua I\'
14)
n cnripalol1j(~ripon,·\'aee Flit 7
1'( , CUIsevera l
Inl IS
1,..1d10 t he b ac k
f...,.,..
by
twO
camajI,
1»11-
and
knob ,
Cu.
v.ingnul5).
ref,,
10I,~. ~ Drilltwo counter
bored holes for
the
bull,
t I ' U I align with
tilt'
,loiS in the back knn'. ' FIll. ;a_
TIlRFMlf.'DS ~J(1', llw in
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