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Serving Tray
… enough to work with safely. (Later, you'll be ripping a groove on the table saw.) Then simply rout the cove along one edge of each blank. 26… of die tray pieces before assembling the tray. Normally, when I'm mitering pieces with a table saw, I use the miter gauge set to the proper angle. But for this tray,…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Molded Stub Tenon
…the same results without spending a lot of money. To do this, I simply use my table saw, a router, a chisel, and a shop-made jig (see the box below). SIZING. The …groove, see Fig. 3b. Rout profile on all frame pieces CROSS SECTION Adjust router table fence flush with bearing - on bit Bury dado blade in auxiliary- Cut back cheek…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Spray Painted Finish
…paint and preparing the surface carefully. Painting supplies. To paint a project like the lamp table, you'll need: automotive spot putty and a plastic spreader, wet/dry sandpaper and a … use enamel paint instead of lacquer. But for a furniture project, like the lamp table on page 18, lacquer provides plenty of protection. And it's much easier to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Walnut Cabinet
…No. 101 To complete the cabinet top, I used a V4" round-over bit in the router table to rout the front and side edges, see Figs. 11 and 11a. Since the cabinet top is a large piece, I clamped a featherboard to my router table to help stabilize the panel. installation. Now you're ready to glue and screw the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Tips & Techniques
… outside edges of the handle blank. Finally, make a rip cut on the table saw to separate the finished handle from the support board. Ronald Wliitsel Churchville…the edges. A gap indicates the tables aren't parallel. Wayne Beedy Buckley, Washington Gap between squares indicates tables are out of alignment Outfeed table SUBMIT YOUR TIPS If you …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Shop Notes
… OUR SHOP Shop Notes AVOIDING STEPPED MORTISES ■ A good way to cut mortises is on a router table. But if you use a non-plunge router there may be a problem. You could end up… line leaving about Vw" of stock. Then I switch to a flush trim bit in my router table to rout up to the line. But to get a straight cut, you have to guide…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Talking Shop
…long-lasting friction reducer. It gets a lot of use on the table saw, band saw, and drill press tables. Part of the reason why it wears so well is…hole 4- -J- III/ .ill! L^ V_^-7bp HORSEPOWER RATINGS ■ Recently, I've been looking to buy a table saw, and I've run across adveHisements that say a saw "develops three horsepower." …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 101
October 1995
Cutting Board
… routed next. A simple way to do this is with a Vfc" dovetail bit in the router table. But there's a small problem. Trying to make a full-depth cut (7/is") with a dovetail bit can… safety, I used a push block to routthe pieces, see Fig. 4a. (For more on this auxiliary table refer to page 29.) With the bit set to cut Vw" deep, I made a shallow cut…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 102
December 1995
Hardware Storage
…. Once the glue dries, the next step is to use a W chamfer bit on the router table to rout a chamfer on the bottom front edge and the two, top front corners, see…. I used the handle as a template and marked the location on the case. Simply use a router table to remove most of the waste, staying clear of the layout lines at the corners…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 102
December 1995
Cherry Wardrobe
… the curve is cut. It's deeper than usual, but it can be done on the table saw, and it also lets me avoid cutting curves on the panels that fit into… method. Instead of cutting the groove after the arc, I cut the groove first on the table saw. I made this groove deeper and then left the panels square, see drawing. To do…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 102
December 1995
Shop Notes
…5"-long key blanks safely. So to solve these problems, I added an auxiliary fence to the table, see Fig. 2. It's simply two pieces of stock (a hardwood fence attached to a plywood base) … gouging the sides of the groove, I add a guide board to the front of the table. It prevents the drawer from moving away from the fence during the cut. I thought…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 102
December 1995
Scroll Saw Techniques
… to handle Aligning kerf with back of blade indicates whether table is square Squaring the table. To square a scroll saw table, cut a kerf. Then line up the kerf with the back … it will only flex 1/8" front-to-back under finger pressure. Then I square up the table, see lower left-hand drawing on previous page. GETTING STARTED Now you’re ready …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 103
February 1996
Roll-top Desk
…4 and 4a. To do this, I used a 1/2" round-over bit raised 5/16" above the router table, see Fig. 4a. ASSEMBLY . With the bullnose completed, the base can be glued together… tight against the template. BULLNOSE. After routing the grooves, I switched to the router table to rout a bullnose profile on all the edges except the top. I didn’t want a …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 103
February 1996
Tips & Techniques
…FELLOW WOODWORKERS TIPS & TECHNIQUES Rip Fence Adjustment The rip fence on my contractor-type table saw was always frustrating to use. It never lined up square with the blade… clean threads THIRD: Cut off head of bolt and remove extra nut A large sanding table, with a few modifications, is the perfect place to carve and sand small parts. I simply…Read More
