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Adjustable Desk
…set out to build a piece of furniture, we try to build it to a standard size. Tables and desks, for example, are supposed to be 29" high. But the problem with …upright. (This groove will hold the sliding dovetail key.) I routed this groove on the router table, starting with a %" straight bit to clear out most of the waste, see Fig. 9. Set the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Drawer Construction
…to guide the workpieces. (We naturally like the Woodsmith router table. If you'd like plans for building this table, contact Woodsmith Project Supplies at 800-444-7002.) THE … is helpful later when the dovetail tongues are cut.) On the Woodsmith router table I reduced the size of the opening by adding a false top (a piece of'// Masonite) with …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
In/Out Box
…W dovetail bit set for a '"/v" depth of FIGURE 2 TRAY SUPPORT ARM FENCE ROUTER TABLE DOVETAIL BIT WOODSMITH cut, and rout the dovetail profile on both…Luster). FIGURE 3 CROSS SECTION \mmmi >S .';/■>—V FENCE CONTRASTING DOVETAIL KEY STOCK ROUTER TABLE '/j" DOVETAIL BIT CUT KEYS FROM 4/4 C3/..") STOCK FIGURE 5 LEAVE SLIVER…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Two-Drawer Caddy
…touches the outside edge of a lA" straight bit. (This same procedure can be used on a table saw.) Then rout a %"-deep groove in both caps for the top. When completed, the …corners of the drawer front to a Wradius, and use a V." rounding over bit (on the router table) to round over all the edges. assemble drawers. Now the drawers can be assembled. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Tools of the Trade
…fall out of the base when it's used on the router table. ROUTER TABLE COMPATIBILITY. We ran into more problems trying to use the…P. C. 675 MAKITA 3601B BOSCH 1603 SEARS 9HT1749 B & D 7614 Controls 2 3 4 4 5 5 Bit Changing 3 2 4 1 5 4 Depth Adjusting 3 4 4 1 2 3 Router Table Compatibility 1 4 3 1 3 1 TOTAL 9 13 15 7 15 13 the opening in the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Talking Shop
…time the cold snap hit. The air in his house was quite dry, and the table top began to contract — even though it's finished with three coats of polyurethane. The photo above shows how the width of the table top contracted to a much greater extent than the length of the end cap. There's a '/«" …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Edge Gluing
…the result can be chipout. So, how do you square the edges? I use a table saw. Although a saw blade produces a slightly rougher cut than a jointer, it doesn't create chipout. There are two requirements if a table saw is used. First, the right blade. I use a Freud 50-tooth carbide combination …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 32
March 1984
Polymerized Tung Oil
… furniture that's finished with tung oil has to be re-oiled occasionally. Take a kitchen table, for instance. If you finish it with tung oil and follow the maintenance schedule, … a year, all you'll have is a sort of dried out, ugly surface. Woodsmith: For tables I think I would use varnish or polyurethane. Welles: When you know you're not go- …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 32
March 1984
Quilt Rack
… to their final length (32") using a panel cutting jig on the table saw, and ripped equal amounts off both edges to get… each stretcher using a V4" rounding over bit on the router table. MATERIALS LIST Overall Dimensions: 28"W x 9"D x 32"H A Upright (2) ™/i»' x 9" x 32 1 Middle Stretcher! (2) '^6* x 27%" x 3" C Top Stretcher (1) l"x …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 32
March 1984
Tips & Techniques
…by drilling 'A" end holes, and routing out the waste using a W straight bit on the router table. Then I added a Vf hole at one end for hanging the tool from the drill …when the router is hand held, as well as when it's mounted on the router table. Al Williams Westlake, Ohio SPIDER LEGS Recently, I purchased a Sears 10" radial arm saw, including …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 32
March 1984
Desk Clock
… the workpiece with your hands. Clamp it to the drill press table and keep your hands out of the way, see Fig. 2.… I cut these grooves using a ffl straight bit on the router table. (I used a Vz" bit so I could sneak up on the …the outside corners of the frame are rounded on the router table with a W rounding-over bit. Then I sanded the case smooth, …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 33
May 1984
Tongue & Groove
… cutting across the grain. But a router makes very clean cross-grain cuts. router table. Although rabbets can be cut with a hand-held router, the workpiece has to …\ FLUSH WITH ' V PLYWOOD fancy, the inside corner can be rounded with a cove bit on a router table. After the grooves and chamfer are cut, the strips can be glued to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 33
May 1984
Tips & Techniques
…to the sander, a %" dowel is inserted into the hole used for attaching the auxiliary table. Then a 2" x 6" support block is mounted to the other end of the dowel to …to make a sig-n if leant difference. PLASTIC LAMINATES Whenever I'm cutting plastic laminates on the table saw, as for the trestle desk in Woodsmith No. 31, the plastic laminate is…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 33
May 1984
Talking Shop
…, sanders, etc.) is now Porter-Cable. And the Stationary Tool Division (which produced table saws, band saws, jointers, drill presses, etc.) is now Delta International. Although the… series of 3"-long cuts about 'A" apart. To use the featherboard, clamp it to the table top so the fingers are tight against the workpiece. Then clamp a brace against…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 33
May 1984
Bachelor's Chest
…with a V." straight bit. Then the tongues are cut on a router table to fit this groove. Set up the router table with a %" straight bit to rout '/V'-wide rabbets on both …edging strip for the !/i" plywood back, see Fig. 5. Shop Note: I used a table saw rather than the router table to cut this rabbet because the saw produces a cleaner edge along the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 34
August 1984
Building Drawers
… can be routed on the bottom edge of the drawer fronts. I did this on a router table. Then I chamfered the top edge at 45°. This allows a little extra space to get your… for the drawer bottom has to be custom cut. CUT GROOVE. I cut the groove on a table saw, sneaking up on the width of the cut, until it matched the actual thickness…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 34
August 1984
Headboard
…'t show on the edges of the headboard. I cut this stopped groove on the router table. Set the fence W from the inside edge of a 'A" straight bit. Then mark the start …top rail (B), the middle rail (C) and the uprights (A) are chamfered. I did this on the router table, setting the height of a 45° chamfer bit to cut a W-wide chamfer. All of the …Read More