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Chess Board
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Woodsmith Issue 83
October 1992
Secret Box
… and also the drawer and rim frames. Note: I used a V2" straight bit in the router table to cut all the rabbets. But they're not all routed the same. Tlie rabbets… workpiece to a critical length — sneak up on the cut. I used the miter gauge on the table saw to miter the blank to rough length for the rim frame front and back…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 83
October 1992
Child's Clothes Rack
… can be attached to the base like a jigsaw puzzle on a card table. base. To build the base, first cut a piece of W plywood for the …i6" x 1W Keyhole Hangers • (1) Medium Smokestack • (5) V2" x 3" Dowels • (5)V8-x2"Whee!s • (5) 3/8"-Dia. Axle Pins ROUTER TABLE FENCE EDGING Vs" ROUND-OVER NOTE: MITER EDGING -STRIPS TO LENGTH …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 83
October 1992
Tips & Techniques
… here's a technique I've used for the last twenty years to trim straight pieces on the table saw. To do this, you need to make an auxiliaiy "fence." This isn't a typical auxiliaiy… thicker. To make the fence, first lower the blade into the saw table. Then, clamp the plywood to the table so the edge of the plywood is flush with the outside edge…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 83
October 1992
Shop Notes
… the box: the top, bottom and four sides. Then cut off the lid using the table saw. To cut the lid off the box, first set the height of the saw…, and clean up to the final line, I use a router table. To do this, start by mounting a straight bit in the router table, see Fig. 2. Set the fence so the outside of the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 83
October 1992
Talking Shop
…ripping a board, then drilling a mortise, then cutting a tenon.) You can't just come back to the table saw after using the drill press. First you must take down the drill press and…drill press (about $200). After that, for about $350 buy a good V^'-shank router and build a table for it. With the extra $350 buy a good band saw. Then later if you …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 83
October 1992
Oak Rocking Chair
… from the edge of the rail, I used a platform with a guide pin on the drill press table, see Mortising Tip at right below. assemble chair back. Now all the back parts can… are more like tongues — they don't have very wide shoulders.) I used a dado blade in the table saw to cut each tenon. First position the rip fence to the desired tenon length…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 84
December 1992
Quick Fixes
… AUGN STRAIGHT BIT TO AREA OF CHIPOUT A straight bit in the router table can be used like a dentist's drill to repair a chipped piece of …after the project is complete. Wood filler isn't the answer— there's a betterway. 1 TABLE SAW FENCE ^ jf-w^-. ^;: \ -- ^^? RIP PANEL THROUGH vCRACK LINE s^ ^^c^ There are two …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 84
December 1992
Tips & Techniques
…thin they fall into the threads of the arbor on my table saw. And then the shims bind or get chewed up when … arbor. Alan Schwartz Gainesville, Florida ■ The on/off switch on a table saw should be easy to locate, even if you can't … toggle switch on my conti'actor's saw is under the saw table, and GLUE DOWEL ONTO END OF LEVER . it's too small…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 84
December 1992
Shop Notes
…. PLYWOOD CARRIER. After the half-frames are dry, I use a piece of plywood as a cut-off table for the half-frames, see Fig. 2. To cut the plywood, set up the fence on… the edge, see Fig. 2a. MAKING THE cuts. Next, run the plywood carrier through the table saw, trimming off the long corners of the half-frame. Repeat the procedure on the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 84
December 1992
Cabinetmaker's Chest
… JOINT TABLE SAW M>" >Y, 'Lj—i—- \: ■//'-> A Lt TOP PANEL r w ^7 ROUTER TABLE FENCE V CHAMFER BIT *ZH 3/l6" TOP PANEL 3l ji TABLE A SAW RIP \ FENCE i -----p— ®., e *-rrr 1 Using the table saw,…, fwnt, and back. 2 Next, switch over to the router table and rout a W-wide cliamfer along the top edge of the top panel…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 85
February 1993
Favorite Hand Tools
…jack plane is long enough (14") to flatten a panel, such as a table top, but it also works great for squaring up the …uses his square mainly for checking assemblies and setting up the table saw or band saw blade. The blade on his square… (use the rasp end). Or softening the edges of a long, square table leg (use the file end). Either way, it's best …Read More
