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Highchair

…front steps and into the seat. Then the chair can be pushed up to the table. knock-down fasteners. To overcome the problem of storage, I assembled it with knock-down …was a mortise and spline joint. It's simple to make, especially if you use the Mortising Table shown on pages 12 and 13. materials and finish. I built the highchair out of W-thick…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 67
February 1990
Mortise & Spline

…, page 30. adjust guard. The guard is an important part of this Mortising Table. It protects your fingers, and provides a reference for locating the ends of the … right. twotechniques. Basically, there are two techniques for cutting mortises on the Mortising Table — one for malting mortises on the end of a piece, and another for mortising thereof …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 67
February 1990
Shop Notes

…use a fence or a rub arm. For the straight sections of the panels, 1 used the router table fence, refer to Fig. 25, page 25. rub arm. But you can't use a straight …until you reach the width you want for the beveled edge. CLAMP CLEAT TO ROUTER -TABLE FENCE ROUT IN SERIES OF PASSES MOVING ARM AWAY FROM . BIT BETWEEN PASSES |~> 16 …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 67
February 1990
Plant Stand

… ~—SPACERS n s' < hj *\^ REPOSITION N^ STRAIGHTEDGE S N -SECOND PAIR OF FACING PIECES © TABLE ASSEMBLY Once you've completed attaching the facing…\ table saw with a combination blade. This joint is sized for…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 68
April 1990
Chairside Chest

…on the routertable, see Fig. 2. Raise the bit -h6" above the table, and position the fence so the bit is centered on…rabbet. To rout the rabbets, mount a W rabbet bit in the router table and raise it to equal the thickness of the plywood,… the inside of a frame lying face down on the router table, rout a rabbet all the way around the frame, see Fig. …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 68
April 1990
Tool Techniques

…why tool manufacturers don't design drill presses for woodworkers. The problem is the table. Drill press tables are almost always too small, hard to clamp onto, and don't work well with a fence. TABLE AND FENCE. The first addition I would make is a large auxiliary table. The table shown here is just two pieces of plywood , a …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 68
April 1990
Talking Shop

…feed roller (and, on some thickness planers, a pressure bar) flattens the workpiece tight against a table or bed, see Fig. 4. Then knives in the cutterhead above the workpiece trim … plastics distributor. (Look under "Plastics" in the Yellow Pages.) Plexiglas can be cut on a table saw and sanded like wood. (I use 400-grit wet-or-dry sandpaper for …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 68
April 1990
CD Case

…I used the template again. But this time with a rub arm on the router table. WOOD and finish. To set the tambour doors apart from the case. I … TEMPLATE BLANK v_ J /// EDGE //// 'V'6" 17 ROUT EDGES OF CASE TOP AND BOHOM ROUTER TABLE FENCE W ROUND-OVER BIT 10 Woodsmith No. 69 TAMBOUR SLATS The tambour …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 69
June 1990
Beam Compass

… to size. Next, cat the blank into four equal-size (lW'-wide) pieces on the table saw, see Fig. 3. ShopTip: To safely push the small pieces through the blade, I made a small… off with a band saw, see Fig. 6. (The pieces are too small to cut safely on a table saw.) Cut a little outside the layout lines, and sand or file up to the lines…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 69
June 1990
Tambours

… blanks. Rout all four edges of each blank using a >/#" round-over bit on the router table. Now rip the slats to thickness (¥ie") from both edges of the blank. Then plane…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 69
June 1990
Adirondack Chair

… identical shape, see Fig. la. round over.With a Vs" round-over bit in the router table, soften all the edges of the front and back legs, except the tops of the… adjust the leg members so the feet of each are resting perfectly flat on the table. Now drive in the other two screws. After the first side is assembled, join the…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 69
June 1990
Shop Notes

… KERFS \ WORKPIECE \ ? BT! ■ 1 \ \ 1 1 v_ \\ J -V W ROUTING SMALL PIECES ■ When routing small pieces on a router table, how do you keep the workpiece from lipping into… chamfer on the Ream Compass, 1 drilled a W hole.) If your router table has a fence, loosen the bolts and slide the Masonite …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 69
June 1990
Talking Shop

…—the top of the chair arms and seat, the front of the back slats, the table top, and the bottom ends of all the legs. No. 69 Woodsmith 29 Read More


Woodsmith Issue 69
June 1990
Mailbox

… to cut agroove to hold the panel in place. I used a table saw to cut a W'-wide groove centered on the inside …cut the raised profile on the front of the panel, tilt the table saw blade to 11° and set it 1 '/i" high, see Step 1 in…of the sides by placing the tapered edge against the table saw's miter gauge, see Fig. 8. Finally, rout the other half…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 70
August 1990
Tall Case Clock

… I cut W mortises on a mortising table. (Formoreonthisjointand how to build a mortising table, see Waodsmtik No. 67.) After… PIECE OF PLYWOOD WITH SQUARE CORNERS 4 ^^ ~>s^ _------ROUTER ^^^ TABLE \^ ^\I*NCE 1 ^\>0^\ T PROFILE \X \ RONT AND \\-ES ONLY \^ NOTE: J DONT…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 70
August 1990
Hold-Down Clamp

…-down clamp that can be mounted to a workbench, on a drill press table, or as part of a ripping jig for the table saw, see photos at right. The clamp is designed with one…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 70
August 1990
Roller Stand

…this, I used a tongue and groove corner joint, refer to Fig. 4. Using a dado blade on the table saw, cut two W-wide grooves on the inside faces of the end pieces (A), see Fig…into the grooves. To cut the tongues, start by attaching an auxiliary fence to the table saw fence, see Fig. 3. Adjust the fence to make a W'-long tongue. Then raise the blade…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 70
August 1990
Shop Notes

…70 FEATHERBOARD ■ To get accurate results when using a fence on a table saw, I like to use a featherboard. A featherboard is designed …with a hand saw, a band saw, or a table saw. Note: If you use a table saw, raise the blade to full …to fit in the miter slot of your table saw, see Fig. 1. (On my table saw the miter slot measures W x %",) Once…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 70
August 1990
Hand Mirror

… Fig. 9. To do this, mount a V2" round-over bit in the router table and set it 5/ie" above the table, see Fig. 9a. Then rout both the top and bottom edges of…Read More


Woodsmith Issue 71
October 1990
Music Box

… To cut this groove, blank face down, place the base edge of the raise the table saw blade to make a W'-deep blank against the fence and cut the groove. 1 END … Finally, glue the inlay strips in place and sand them flush with the veneer. 8 ROUTER TABLE FENCE HOLD INLAY STRIP FLUSH WITH SHOULDER AND MARK WIDTH INLAY STRIP TO ADJUST …Read More


Woodsmith Issue 71
October 1990