Showing 141 through 160 out of 177 articles containing "dowel making"
Drill Bit Index
… paper patterns, attach them to the plastic with spray { High-impact polystyrene (HIPS) makes an ideal material for patterns. It’s durable and cuts easily with a knife or … inside radii of the core blank at the drill press. 4 Waste D 5 D Caul #/8"-dia. dowel C 6 C Waste Caul Cleat Face vise Bench dog C D C Cut to Shape. Attach the pattern …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 218
April 2015
Shop Notes
…. Then add the splines, as explained on page 23. 64 • Woodsmith / No. 219 Dowel Hole Drilling Guides The beveled legs of the hall tree present some interesting challenges…at a 2° angle, they are joined with dowels that are installed parallel with the floor. This simplifies construction of the hall tree, but it makes drilling the holes a bit of a …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 219
June 2015
Tips & Techniques
…the the jig you see here. It not only holds the center. Then clamp the dowel dowels in place for drilling, but it also into the V-groove (main has a built-in center…FRONT SIDE 9 Table Saw Insert Caddy Whenever I get a new blade for my table saw, I generally make (or buy) a new table saw insert so that I have a zeroclearance insert to match each …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 219
June 2015
Elegant Hall Tree
…. Drill for Dowels. Use a brad point bit and this custom guide to drill holes for dowels in the legs. Screw Holes. This corner drilling guide lets you make holes on the … dowels. Of course, getting dowel holes to line up can be tricky, even when you’re not dealing with angled parts. So I incorporated some tips into the construction process to make…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 219
June 2015
Linkin’ Logs
… glue in the dowels before moving on. ROOF PLANKS. The roof planks are probably the easiest parts you’ll make. I ripped them from… 1⁄4"-dia. x 5⁄8" Dowels 1!/2"x 7!/2" - 60" Poplar (6 Boards @ 6.3 Bd. Ft. Each) 1"x 6" - 60" Poplar (3..1 Bd. Ft.) E Waste !/2"x 7"- 72" Poplar (3.5 Sq. Ft.) G G G I E F F Window Panes. A scroll saw allows you to make…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 221
October 2015
Shop Notes
… to make the handle blank. The blank needs to be about 5" longer than the finished length. This allows you to leave flat reference edges to prevent the dowel from rotating… is flush with the router table top. Similarly, I { With this simple technique, you can make dowels in a range of sizes from whatever material you need. hold the rule across the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 225
June 2016
Tips & Techniques
… in one e or more of our publications. ns. Jump online and go to: Making Half-Round Dowels A recent project that I was working on called for a couple of half-round, decorative … inset photo, I used my hot glue gun to tack the hardwood dowels into the grooves. After planing the dowels to the proper thickness, I pried them off the sled and trimmed …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 229
February 2017
Tips & Techniques
…jelly also works). This prevents a bond from forming between the glue bottle and the cap. Dowel Sizing. Sidney Phillips of Melville, NY, has a simple way of determining the size …back, but that proved to be a hassle, as well. I decided to abandon the handle and make the large handwheel you see in the drawing above. It’s a simple plywood disc that …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 231
June 2017
Threading Jig
…made from 1"-thick hardwood. The thread key is made from a !/2"-dia. hardwood dowel. All other parts are made from #/4" MDF 2 2!/8 1 G 10!/2 G 2!/4 1 ADJUSTABLE CARRIAGE BASE #8 x 1!/2" Fh woodscrew c.…. Details for making the index block are shown in the box at left. As for the thread key, it’s simply a short length of dowel stock with…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 232
August 2017
Shop Notes
…Making Drawer Pulls I wanted low-profile pulls for the drawing table drawers (page 22) that wouldn’t get in the way while working. So I came up with a simple design that uses a flattened dowel…. The only challenge is figuring out a way to flatten one side of the dowel at the thickness planer without it rotating. The solution is shown in the drawing.…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 234
December 2017
Tips & Techniques
… (/32"-dia. 1&/8 12&/8 12 1&/8 2#/4 SIDE #/4 15 Dowel Holder !/4"-dia. b. Side !/4 !/4"-dia. dowel 8#/8 2&/8 3&/8 12#/4 3 BOTTOM Bottom !/4 !/4 !/8"roundover !/4" washer 14!/4 4 …Dowel Tenon & Groover When making toy parts, I often have the need to cut a groove or create a tenon on the end of a dowel. With the small size of most dowels…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 238
August 2018
Wood Hinge Cabinet
…Hinge spline is !/8" hardboard. Case parts and barrels are made from #/4"-thick hardwood. 6&/8 Making the CASE & WOOD HINGES The heart of the cabinet is a hardwood case … roundover bit Barrel blank Aux. miter fence Create Dowel. Round over all four edges of the barrel blank to create a dowel, then glue in a hardboard spline. Hinge Assembly. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 238
August 2018
Dressing Table
…together. I used biscuits for a quick and strong assembly. If you don’t own a biscuit joiner, dowels would work here also. Now, cut the slots for #0 biscuits in the ends of… make the rabbet in the back face of each frame. 3 JJ 4 Appliqué blank is hot-glued to mandrel Clamp base to table 2!(/32"-dia. tableedge bit a. Waste Bearing removed Dowel…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 238
August 2018
Shop Notes
… 3⁄8" straight bit, and a bushing installed in the router base, fits the bill perfectly. To make the jig, drill out the opening for the bushing (Figure 1), and attach …holds jig in place while routing 3 a. #/8" Forstner bit !/2 !/4 !/4 FRONT SECTION VIEW %/8" Forstner bit Dowel Drilling Guide The drawers for the display cabinet on page 28 use an…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 239
October 2018
Routing with Trammels
…longer arm and a dowel as a pivot point. SHOP MADE. The type of trammel you choose to build depends on what type of curves or circles you need to make, and how…workpiece. While operating a trammel for small circles doesn’t occupy a lot of space, ones for making larger circles potentially will. What you need to think about is setting { Specially …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 239
October 2018
Hobby Station
…beyond woodworking. Whether it’s fly-tying, model making, or jewelry making, they all require a place to work. …1⁄ x 8 25⁄16 x 5⁄8 (5) #8 x 11⁄4" Fh Woodscrews (2) 1⁄4"-20 T-Nut (2) 1⁄4"-20 x 23⁄8" Machine Screws (6) 1⁄4" Fender Washers (1) 3⁄16" Dowel x 20" rgh. #/4"x 4" - 60" Hard Maple (1.7 Bd. Ft.) H O 1#/4"x 3" - 36" Hard Maple (1.5 Bd.…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 239
October 2018
Shop Notes
…• Woodsmith / No. 240 Cheese Slicer Grain Layout The cheese slicer on page 16 requires making a frame that will hold a tensioned cutting wire. To maintain strength in the finished … campaign chair into the frame, I used a series of dowels passed through the seat loops. The ends of the dowels are chamfered so they slip through the loops smoothly …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 240
December 2018
Shop Notes
… Make two passes to clean out waste Form !/2" SIDE SECT. VIEW Waste Door 1 NOTE: The quarter marks allow you to align the 8 screws 1"-dia. dowel Mark all quarter points 2 Dowel fits over head of screw Tighten until quarter mark is vertical Dowel Wrench The pulls for the door…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 241
February 2019
Tongue Drum
… drum is no exception. We could have just used a couple pieces of hardwood dowel for the mallet shafts and called it good. Or simply drilled two holes … at the proper height. Detail ‘b’ above provides the information you need. How-To: MAKE THE MALLET KEEPERS 1 a. END VIEW NOTE: Tilt blade 20° Push block 2 Push block 3 E a. 3 !/2 a. E %/…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 241
February 2019
Dog Kennel
… the past, I’ve built face frames a few different ways. I’ve used everything from dowels to mortise and tenons, and I’ve even face nailed wide edging and called …was finished the same way as the rest of the hardwood.) How-To: MAKE THE PULLOUT 1 V 2 a. !/2 V END VIEW 3 Z #/8 !/4 Aux. rip fence a. #/4 #/8 FRONT VIEW V V Dado blade Aux. …Read More