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Tips & Techniques
… saw table. Then I follow the same procedure shown in the article to clean out the slot. Jerry Busch Kennebec, South Dakota INSTALLING BAND SAW BLADE When installing a new band saw blade… and, if necessary, we'll make a new drawing, or build the project or jig and photograph it. (Any drawings or photos submitted cannot be returned.) Send your …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 10
July 1980
Tips & Techniques
… &Techniques CLEANING SAW BLADES CLAMP FOR TABLE TOPS The easiest (and cheapest) way I know of to clean gummed-up saw blades is with lye and water. Mix one ounce lye to one…your best and, if necessary, we'll make a new drawing, or build the project or jig v d photograph it. (Any drawings or photos submitted cannot be returned.) Send your ideas to: …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 17
September 1981
Pin Router
…) sent us a tip for a pin routing jig that he added to the Woodsmitk router table. He built this new addition to the router table so his students could build and sell…plywood, see Fig. 5. (This arrangement is very similar to the router table.) FIGURE 5 CUT OUT 1'/," HOLE MOUNT SABER SAW TO BOTTOM OF PLYWOOD Cut a V/z" hole in the center of the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 28
July 1983
Talking Shop
… slot mortises. But a perfectly good mortise can also be made using a standard router and a jig as shown in Woodsmith No. 26, or better yet, using a drill press as shown … of the router table (shown in Woodsmith No. 20) to support. NOISY SAW BLADES / have a problem that you did not mention in your article on carbide-tipped saw blades. The noise …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 28
July 1983
Tips & Techniques
…. Arthur W. Keely Vestal, New York AUXILIARY ROUTER TABLE FENCE To make my router table more versatile, I've added a two-part … let you attach other accessory fences such as the jig for stopped cuts in Woodsmith, No. 39.) This auxiliary … there's some sawdust lost to the kerf of the hole saw, the plug isn't a perfect half circle of the hole. But…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 55
February 1988
Tips & Techniques
…for an orbital sander is a hassle. To make it easier, I built a sandpaper cutting jig. The base of the jig is a square of plywood with V-grooves routed at measured widths to guide a …ovals at the location marks on the table. Drill holes at both ends of the ovals and cut between the two holes with a sabre saw. MAKE OVALS BIG ENOUGH SO CLAMPS CAN…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 63
June 1989
Fern Stand
… from the jig to the leg. Then, cut off the extra stock with a band saw or hand saw. shapingthe ends…table, and rout both the top and bottom edges, see Fig. 16a. CUT OUT NOTCHES. Now the notches can be cut out, see Fig. 17.1 used a band saw to remove the stock, but a jig saw or coping saw would also work. Then, to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 72
December 1990
Hall Tree
…hook with a hand saw or a band saw. ROUNDOVEREDGES.AfterlheS-hooksare trimmed, the edges can be rounded over. I did this by mounting a W round-over bit in the router table and raising…, see Fig. 21. (You could drill the holes without the jig if your drill press has a lilting table.) drillholes. After thejigis made, set the ring on the platform. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 72
December 1990
Routing Spindles
…INCREMENTS WHEN REMOVING WASTE ITo cut a %"-dia. tenon, start by raising the saw blade '/m" above the table. Then position the rip fence to establish the shoulder of the tenon. 3 ,…has been reduced to a tenon. No. 88 Woodsmith 19 USING THE SPINDLE JIG The jig (as shown here) is designed to taper a 5/s" dowel to a diameter of …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 88
August 1993
Dovetail Mortise & Tenon
… router table when it's clamped to the jig. 4 The jig for cutting the tenon has two parts. One rides the router table fence. The other holds workpiece square to the table. FITTING THE TENON The last part of a dovetail mortise and tenon joint is cutting the haunch. But there aren't any special jigs needed —just a pencil and back saw. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 92
April 1994
Shop Notes
… leg between passes, see Fig. 2. Then for the last two faces, place the jig in the second notch. 1 #8 x !/2" Fh woodscrew 2 PASS 1 Stop block b. TOP VIEW PASS 2 … opening with sabre saw 3 Insert used as a guide for positioning form pieces 4 Router base Set bit to touch table top a. Insert Form piece Router table Pattern bit Double-sided…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 103
February 1996
Talking Shop
…tail end of the mandrel and clamp the jig securely to the table. It’ll take a bit to figure … I’m a pushover when it comes to jigs. So when I saw this one for making pens on a router table, I just had to try it… are a couple stop blocks that are attached to the table. . Note: The instructions recommend using a 1/ " straight 2 bit with a cutter across…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 108
December 1996
Shop Notes
… the runner on each side of the base. Lift the jig from the table and glue everything together. W USING THE JIG 1 Adjust the pin on the sliding arm to Drill centered … want pin. Start saw, then push jig and piece to cut. Measure from blade to center of pin. into blade until stop hits edge of table. 2 3 Keeping stop against table, rotate the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 130
August 2000
Box Joint Clock
…. The truth is that with the help of a simple jig, cutting box joints is almost automatic. And by “simple,” I…32 2 a. Woodsmith No. 131 Normally, I cut stopped dadoes on a router table, but it’s hard to see what’s happening. So this time…hole and then cut out the opening with a sabre saw or scroll saw.) ASSEMBLE CASE. Now you’re ready to glue …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 131
October 2000
Tips & Techniques
…email every week. www.woodsmith.com FREE Bench dog holes Table Top Tool Cart In my garage shop I have more … bags to the bottom of barrel. Perry Rutterbush Alanson, Michigan Chop saw Plywood base Waste opening Cleat Trash barrel It always … QUICK TIPS SANDING FINGERS Sometimes you can’t find a tool or jig to make a job any easier. This can be …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 139
February 2002
Tips & Techniques
…Dan Lindsey Girard, Pennsylvania !/4" cork pad No. 144 Mess-Free Cleaning Let’s face it, cleaning saw blades is messy. Overspray from the cleaner can leave stains on the floor that…’t get enough leverage with my hands to tighten the knobs on my router table fence and jigs. Other times the knobs won’t break loose. So I built this star knob wrench…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 144
December 2002
Tips & Techniques
… Jig I make a lot of wooden toys for my grandchildren, such as push horses, trucks, and trains. This means I’m cutting and shaping a lot of wheels. I usually use a hole saw…time. Walt Boyd Yakima, Washington FIXING LOOSE FASTENERS I’ve found that table top fasteners are great for connecting a table top to a frame. But if the groove is a little off,…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 147
June 2003
Shop Notebook
…plywood, except template which is !/4" hardboard a. !/4" wing nut DOVETAIL JIG One of the biggest challenges in building the tip and turn table on page 30 was creating the tapered dovetail … ‘a’). No. 154 How-To: Fit the Socket PROFILE JIG Cutting the profile on the column is a job for the band saw. The only problem is that because the column …Read More
