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Picture Frame Moldings
…profile of the molded pieces. The easiest way to cut the profiles is on a router table using standard router bits. At first, we thought this would limit the variety of … Rabbets can be cut a variety of ways. We're showing them being cut on a router table with a straight bit. This works fine, except for chipout. When a straight bit is used, the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 60
December 1988
Step Stool
…cutting the blank in half with the miter gauge on the table saw. To get the two side pieces to exactly tile same… the rabbet on the back outside edge, use the router table fence for this cut.) SCREW HOLES. The stool is held … mount a V" dado blade on the saw and raise it W above the table, see Fig. 9. Before cutting the panels, check the saw set-…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 60
December 1988
Tips & Techniques
FRAMING A 45° ANGLE When I set up the table saw for cutting miters, I use a little geometry to adjust the miter gauge for 45°. To … miter gauge to a true 45° angle, set the framing square on the top of the table saw. Now align the same measurements on both arms of the framing square right against…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 60
December 1988
Corner Cabinet
…, middle shelf, and bot-,i torn (all labelled A), ^j9 and the three adjus- table shelves (B). All ^^ mt six pieces are made ----^^^_J—I by edge-gluing 34" …(If you don't have a fence, clamp a straight board to your drill press table as a fence, or build a table and fence like the one shown in Woodsmith No. 54.) …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 61
February 1989
Tapering on a Jointer
… leg, place a straightedge on the jointer's outfeed table and a niler to adjust the infeed table to make a W-deep cut 2 …LINE MASKING TAPE N. EDGE 1 / 'z ■> OUTFEED TABLE q ^)\ >iV_/V^W| >-----------■ GENTLY LOWER LEG DOWN ONTO BLADES OUTFEED TABLE Va" TAPER REQUIRES TWO '/»"…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 61
February 1989
Shop Notes
… TIGHT FIT SHOULDERS ■ When I was cutting the tenons on the aprons forthe Shaker Hall Table, I wanted them to fit without gaps. To accomplish this, I undercut the shoulders on all … the combination square works best because it sits flat against the top ofthe router table while you set the height. (Always set the height on the bit first. Ifyou …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 61
February 1989
Cutting Plywood
… with two pieces like E,F that are the same width, I rip them off on a table saw as a pair first, see Fig. 3. Then I final cut them into two separate pieces…than 24" long—more than can be cut with a standard rip fence on most table saws. You could use a portable circular saw to 4 gj>—- Syw^ / ^==^^i *&teF^~t' AUXILIARY MITER ^ …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 62
April 1989
Display Wall Unit
… the bottom of the shelves. To cut the offset groove, I used a W dado blade on the table saw set 7/mn deep, see Fig. 7. (The groove is Vie" deeper than the tongue to… the front edges of all the edging strips with a W round-over bit on the router table, see Fig. 8. Shop Note. Since these edging strips are fairly narrow, I used a grout trowel to…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 62
April 1989
Study Desk
… to fit the tongues on the plywood. I cut the groove with a dado blade on the table saw, and used a featherboard to hold the strip against the fence, see Fig. 2. This groove… upside down and center the base on it, see Fig. 15. Now, slip three metal table top fasteners into each kerf in the apron frame and right leg of the case…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 62
April 1989
Edging Plywood
… the plywood as saw blades sometimes do. If I'm working with small pieces, I use a router table, sliding the workpiece against the fence. With large pieces (as on the two …large piece of plywood rather than having to man-handle the sheet on a router table or on a table saw. roxjt rabbets. To make a tongue, just rout a rabbet on each face of…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 62
April 1989
Shop Notes
… Desk, I glued on thin edging strips. The only problem is how to set up the table saw to cut a series of Vi6"-thick strips. If you set up to cut the strips between the fence and the blade on the table saw, the thin pieces can easily get caught and kick back. Instead, the best method…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 62
April 1989
Talking Shop
…blank, see Fig. 1.
Then, to cut the individual notches, I used an indexing system on the table saw, see Fig. 2. First, mount a 5/i6"-wide dado blade in the saw and raise it W above the saw table.
Then put a 5/i
Woodsmith Issue 62
April 1989
Chisel Case
…Vi" rabbet. To do this, attach a wooden fence to your table saw rip fence, see Fig. 2.1 also used a wooden…lid, see Fig. 12. 11 1 » l'/s" PIECE '* -^1 FROM END -. ] k ^ ROUTER TABLE FENCE n LI BLOCK BLANK Y^s-=\1 V STIFFENER V^sf ' ^ III III \\" -^^^^,10" \ t-. _____ f…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 63
June 1989
Resawing
… may differ, resawing can be done on a table saw or a band saw (see box below). TABLE SAW. If the piece is less than… first step in resawing is to mount a high fence on the table saw. I use a 6" high auxiliary fence that is screwed to the rip … side of the board, then clamp the guide to the table. With the guide in place, you can begin cutting. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 63
June 1989
Bookshelf
…V211 brad-point bit into the chuck, then clamp a 2x4 on the drill press table for a fence, see Fig. 3. Now put the outside face of a stile against …THICK MASONITE TEMPLATE FLUSH MAKE SEVERAL TRIM Vn-^ PASSES UNTIL RADIUS ON ROUTER TABLE IS COMPLETE ASSEMBLY To keep the shelves from bowing and to prevent…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 63
June 1989
Toolbox
… x V41') that they can be cut on either a table saw or a router table. (In Woodsmith No. 42 we showed how to make an adjustable box joint jig for either the table saw or the router table.) handle. The handle is probably the most unusual …lid. I routed the mortise with a straight bit on the router table, see Fig. 11. Raise the bit so the height of…Read More
