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Wall Shelf
…of the wall bracket is the important thing. To cut this groove, I used the router table shown on page 18. First, I cleaned out most of the waste with a '/i" straight router …into the support. FINISHING I rounded over the edges of all of the pieces on a router table with a W corner round bit. Then I finished this book shelf with two coats of Watco …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 20
March 1982
Shop Notes
…, we do things other than sharpen chisels. The main project in this issue is a buffet table with two half-circle leaves. One of the easiest ways to cut a large circle for a table top like this is with a router and trammel point attachment. A few months ago we purchased …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 20
March 1982
Curio Cabinet
… of each piece. The easiest way to cut these grooves is on a router table. (See page 8 for more on this technique). After the grooves are cut, splines …lA" x 'A" tongue on the outside perimeter of all three frames. Once again, I used the router table and a rabbet bit to cut these tongues. MATERIALS LIST A Inner Frame Frt/Bk (6) ,3/i«x 2% - 19 …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Joinery: Miter & Spline
…type of operation a little, I found three helpful additions to the router table. SECONDARY TOP. The router table's top is designed with a 1 ^"-diameter opening for the router bit. I made … very helpful to clamp a higher fence to the adjustable fence on the router table. I just use a 4" strip of '■¥■" plywood, see Fig. 2. For an end miter, you'll …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Schoolhouse Clock
…stopped so they don't show on the perimeter of the frame. (This where the router table works like a charm, see page 8 for details on this cut.) These spline grooves should …dry, the outside edges are rounded over — again with a %" corner-round bit on the router table, see Fig. 11. Then a Vi" x W rabbet is cut on the outside edge using a straight bit…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Spinning Server
…for the splines (that join the eight pieces for the frame together), I used the router table shown in Woodsmith No, 20. I also used the new Sears combination edge guide and …top and bottom edges with a 'A" quarter-round bit. This can be done on the router table or with the trammel point attachment. Then I glued the Formica insert into the top …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Tiled Trivet
… what he was working on, he told me it was a trivet to match the oak table and chair set (shown in Woodsmith No. 15). It turned out kind of nice, so…, spline grooves are cut on the mitered ends of each piece. Ted used the router table to cut the spline grooves W-wide, W'-deep, and centered on the thickness of the stock…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Tips & Techniques
… prices. SENSIBLE STOP LINES Whenever I'm cutting blind dado's with a router table or table saw, I always make a line on the table so I know just how far to run the stock. With just … 2V4 times as long as the actual drawer. Then I routed a groove, using the router table and a Sears center-point ogee bit, the entire length of the board. After it …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
Talking Shop
…this terminology? Bill Herbert Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Basically what this means is that when a solid ivood table tap is attached to a base, it's not glued in place. It's usually attached with …to accomplish, floating top construction. Using buttons to attach the top, (as in the oak table in Wood-smith No. 15) is one way to do this. Another way is …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 21
May 1982
European Cabinet & Hutch
…these sides are plywood, you'll get the cleanest cut with a router. (I used the router table to cut these dadoes. But you can achieve the same thing by clamping a temporary fence…way through (from front to back), which is relatively easy to do on the router table, or with a router equipped with an edge guide. However, the dadoes for the shelves are…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 22
July 1982
Hand-Cut Lap Dovetails
… from a piece of scrap, Fig. 4. To make this template, set the scrap on edge on a table saw and make a l"-deep cut at 11°. Then flip the piece around and make another… pins. 4 Since an adjustable bevel can't be used to mark angled lines, make a template on a table saw. Set blade to 11° to make angled cuts, then cleanout waste. 7 To chop out…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 22
July 1982
Modular Storage System
…cut the rabbets for the V-i" plywood back. Once again I used a %" straight bit on the router table. Figure 3 shows how the rabbet for the plywood back is stopped at the dadoes …the end of a piece of hardwood that's about 15" long and 5" wide. (I used the router table and a %" rounding over bit to do this.) The individual guides are then sliced off …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 22
July 1982
Tips & Techniques
… because both sides of Tips & Techniques o o o o o STOP PEG O WORKPIECE T^I DRILL PRESS TABLE— ®6" FENCE V." x Wi" ^®5" STOP PEG 1-3 tr -10" the cabinet are drilled exactly the… about 2" behind the fence to clamp the baseboard to the drill press table. The stop peg is merely a dowel about 4" long with a slight chamfer …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 22
July 1982
Shop Notes
… use when we need to cut large workpieces on our table saw. What prompted us to change its design was a nagging … a second runner that rides along the outside edge of the table saw's wing. This second runner helps keep the jig lined … runner from binding in the miter gauge groove. On some table saw models, there are bolts on the outside edge of the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 22
July 1982
Microwave/Serving Cart
…shelf support frames. I did all of this with a Vt" corner-round bit on a router table. assembly. Before assembling the cart, I finished sanded all pieces. (It's a lot easier to do… drilled a 54" hole at both ends, and then used a V." straight router bit on the router table to cut this groove.) Then I drilled a %" diameter hole at one end of each …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 23
September 1982
Using A Bench Plane
…edge last longer. In effect, you're stropping the cutting edge on the wood. PLANING A TABLE TOP At this point the plane is really doing its job. And now I'm supposed …true the whole surface all over again. roughing down. Ifyou're working with a large surface (a table top, for example), that's been glued-up of several boards, the first step is to…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 23
September 1982
Shop Notes
… some silicon carbide paper. Tape a sheet of 220-grit silicon carbide paper to the table of the table saw and take a few careful strokes. The high spots should become quite visible as…, place the face side (the top side) of each board against the fence of the table saw and cut the groove on one edge. Then "cartwheel" the board (flip it end…Read More