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Tips & Techniques
…%" holes, centered 1" from both ends of the beam. Then I used a straight bit on the router table to cut the groove. To make the adjustable heads, cut the shoulders of the …point on a #8 finish nail with the head removed.) Finally, I used a chamfer bit on the router table to take off the corners of all the edges. To finish this beam compass, I …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 26
March 1983
Shop Notes
… hand-held. This technique does not work well when the router is mounted to a router table.) The cut produced with this method is very smooth (there's almost no chip-out). The… in it. This assures that the dentil will rest flat on the surface of the table saw, and not on the top of the pin. the pin. After the notch is…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 26
March 1983
Outdoor Finishes
…rot — creosote and other tars, for instance. Obviously they aren't suitable for a picnic table, bench, or chairs. Other preservative elements such as Pentachlorophenol are toxic and …up using Olympic Wood Preservative (Clear) because we liked the way the picnic table, chairs and benches looked in the photographs. Naturally, it's always a matter of …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 27
May 1983
Tools of the Trade
…A REVIEW OF CARBIDE-TIPPED SAW BLADES I can still remember the day I purchased my first table saw (a dream come true). I was so excited I could hardly stand it. After making a …would have been better off using a hand saw. I double checked every possible adjustment on the table saw, only to discover that the culprit was the blade, not the saw. So …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 27
May 1983
Routed Box
…router . . . until now. When the tip for a pin routing attachment for the Wood-smith router table came in (see page 20), it presented the perfect opportunity to malce another routed … line between the pieces). To mount this strip, use a J/s" straight bit (on the router table) to cut a shallow groove on all four sides of the box, see Fig. 8. (The …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 28
July 1983
Routed Snack Tray
… diagonal lines from corner to corner. FIGURE 14 ____ROUTED TRAY FACE UP '/////////' ROUTER TABLE '/," COVE BIT WITH PILOT Set the trammel attachment on the router to cut a 6!/T radius… edge (to create a "finger hold") using a W cove bit and pilot on the router table, see Figs. 13 and 14. FINISHING. Finally, sand each of the compartments to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 28
July 1983
Talking Shop
… PLUNGE ROUTERS I'm ready to purchase a router to use on my just completed Woodsmith router table (Woodsmith No. 20), but I can't decide which type of router to purchase. I've seen…standard routers, which is probably too much weight for the top of the router table (shown in Woodsmith No. 20) to support. NOISY SAW BLADES / have a problem that you…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 28
July 1983
Barrister's Bookcase
…down the center of each strip, see Step 3 in Fig. 4. (I did this on the router table with a V-groove bit.) And finally, chamfer off the two outside edges — again on the … cut 3/s"x •%" rabbets on the back side of each frame. I cut these rabbets on the router table with a rabbet bit and pilot, and chopped the corners square with a chisel, see Fig. 16…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 29
September 1983
Tips & Techniques
…template. William Brotherson Chicago, Illinois I think I've come up with an improvement on the table saw and dado blade method of producing dentil molding (shown in Wood-smith … 26). Besides producing a cleaner bottomed dado, my method also uses the Woodsmith router table . . . quite an advantage in itself. The jig consists of an arm (which holds…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 29
September 1983
Talking Shop
…joint. I have learned from several qualified instructors, as well as journeyman woodivorkers that a table saw fence and miter gauge should never be used together. This combination …Mark V. How do they compare? J. F. Marthens Whittier, California Of all the different table saws on the market, the only significant difference between the miter …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 29
September 1983
Cheval Mirror
… of the miters, tack the assembled arch to a piece of plywood and use a table saw to remove only enough material to produce a fresh cut completely across the miters.…remove the extra "ears" extending below 4 WOODSMITH the bottom piece, see Fig. 5. Then use a table saw to trim the mitered ends (keeping the bottom piece tight against the fence…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 30
November 1983
Oil Finishes
…"The best example of this is when an alcoholic drink is placed on a shellac-covered table and it spills and leaves a white ring. The alcohol in the drink is partially… good finishes for any surface that needs a little more protection than normal (such as a table top). FINISHING TECHNIQUES Once I choose the oil finish, the only other problem is how…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 30
November 1983
Shop Notes
… No. 21, we showed how to cut these grooves on a router table. This method does a nice job of keeping the grooves the same…a six-sided frame, the open ends can be trimmed on the table saw, see Fig. 3a. If the frame is eight- sided, …the radius of the circle is large (as on the round table in this issue), an extension arm can be added, see Fig. 4. …Read More