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Talking Shop
… 8" dado blade actually did have a design error that prevented them from fitting on a 10" table saw. Evidently, the problem was just an oversight during the process of redesigning the…" high-speed steel bit that we used on the end caps of the trestle table. Editor's Note: Recently, both Rockwell and Stanley power hand tools have undergone some name…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 23
September 1982
Chair-Side Cabinet
…, I cut rabbets on both sides of the plywood, using a straight bit on the router table. It's best to test this cut on a scrap piece, slowly sneaking up on the …assembled sides and web frames.) To join this frame, I used a W straight bit (on the router table) to cut stopped grooves for splines. (For details, see Woodsmith No. 21.) Next, I cut W'-…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Jewelry Case
…-round bit and guide the panel over the bit using the fence on the router table, see Fig. 4. Note: Both sides of the panel for the lid (F) are visible, so the… joints fit good and tight, the inside edge can be rounded over on the router table with a Vs" quarter-round bit and pilot, see Fig. 5. However, if the joints are loose…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Mantel Clock
… a shouldered quarter-round molded edge. This molding cut is made (on the router table) with a Vt" rounding-over bit, and WOODSM1TH positioned to leave a %a -deep shoulder along … pieces. 1) Because of the small size of the pieces being molded, using a router table (see Woodsmith No. 20) is the only way to safely cut the different profiles. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Molded Mortise & Tenon
…, the Mantle Clock and the Mirror), we used a shouldered quarter round, cutting it on a router table, see Fig. 1. rabbet or groove. If you're going to insert a panel in the door… molding must be mitered so the joint fits together. Although this can be done on a table saw, I prefer to do it with a sharp chisel so I can slowly sneak up on the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Open Mortise & Tenon
…pieces for these cuts, I used a shop-made jig that fits over the fence of the table saw, see Fig. 2. This jig is just four pieces of V." plywood glued and nailed together…to cut the mortise and tenon. Make sure the upright, support is perpendicular to the table and the nails are above the maximum blade height. ° * RAIW 5 Cut the mortise with two…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Vanity Mirror
…shape, see below). Then both edges of these support posts are routed (on the router table) with a comer-round bit, see Detail. the base.' For the base I glued up boards … stopping ¥>" from the front and back edges of each piece. (I did this on the router table.) Then cut a rabbet on the side pieces, leaving a tongue to fit the dado. Also, a …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Talking Shop
…model). In the end, I guess it's a trade-off between having the added versatility of a router table versus the chance of debris entering the motor and causing damage. And as you …EDGE gluing. When boards are being glued edge to edge (as on the table top of the Trestle Table shown in the last issue), it's customary to use dowels to "strengthen" the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Shop Storage Cabinet
… for the runners can be cut Vt wide by Vi" deep. I cut these grooves on a table saw with a dado blade. The measurements for these cuts (shown in Fig. 1) are the distance… fit the drawer runners. To get a smooth cut here, I cut these rabbets on the router table with a straight bit. 9. NOTCH FOR HANDLES. The final step is to match up pairs of…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Stave Construction
…operation. To correct the angle of the bevels, fasten a piece of sandpaper to a flat surface (a table saw, or a piece of plate glass). Then sand both half-assemblies until the beveled … plywood on top of the cylinder and place this whole assembly on a drill press table. As pressure is applied with the drill press, be sure that the cylinder doesn't …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Tambour T.V. Cabinet
…in plywood, you get the cleanest cut with a router, rather than a table saw blade. I used the router table (shown in Woodsmitk No. 20) to cut these rabbets. After the …the distance between the tambour grooves in the cabinet.) ROUND EDGES. I used a router table and table saw to make the half-round strips. First I rounded over both edges of each…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Tips & Techniques
…keeping pressure against both sides of the jig, and against the surface of the table. Brian Synith Keyser, West Virginia AN INEXPENSIVE DRILLING JIG I use a piece of Masonite …TRIANGLES I have a suggestion for quick and accurate setting of the miter gauge on the table saw. For common angles (30°, 45°, 60°, 90°), I use good 12"-14" drafting …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Shop Notes
… LONG PANELS. For instance, the plywood top of the Coffee Table in this issue had to be cut to a length of … another role when I cut the legs for the Coffee Table and the pieces for the drawers of the Shop Storage Cabinet…I chamfered the top edges of the table legs for the Coffee Table, I wanted to use the router table. But making any kind of cut…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 25
January 1983
Display Case
…was built. chamfer edges. Finally, the edges of these plates are chamfered (on the router table) to leave an Vs'-wide chamfer on the front edges and both ends. (The …a W-wide chamfer along its front edge. The easiest way to do this is on a router table with a chamfer bit equipped with a pilot guide. Unfortunately, the pilot prevents the bit from …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 26
March 1983
The Tenon
… for cutting a tenon is to lay the rail flat on the table saw and make multiple passes over the blade to clean off…'t matter which face of the stile you lay clown on the table to set the blade height. But just in case the mortise is…... on all pieces. To do this, I use the fence on the table saw as a stop to limit the length of the tenon. Shop Note:…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 26
March 1983
Tools of the Trade
… only one part of a complete mortising system that's incorporated into the Inca 10" table saw. Although the mortise drills are designed for use at 3800 rpm of …The professional mortise miller bits (C) are also manufactured for use with the Inca 10" table saw mortising system. But unlike the mortise drills, the professional miller bits all have …Read More