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Tips & Techniques
…, Pennsylvania No. 120 4 Precision Hole Drilling Jig I’ve tried several different jigs in the past for spacing holes on a drill press. But recently I was drilling several rows of small holes for… the rod. To use the jig, simply clamp it to the table of your drill press. Then after drilling the first hole, use the crank to shift the workpiece in …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 120
December 1998
Shop Notes
… locking the two pieces together, see photo. To make the joint, all you need is a table saw. Shop Note: The dimensions of the drawer sides and back are slightly different … see drawing. To use the jig, clamp it to the drill press. Then hold the dowel against the fence and the brace while drilling the hole, see photo. W Woodsmith No. 120 16 …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 120
December 1998
Candle Centerpiece
…block, I clamped a fence and stop block to the table of my drill press, as you can see in Fig. 4. Second, because you’re drilling a fairly large hole into end grain, you want…the wood (and your drill bit). To do this, I set my drill press to its slowest speed. After drilling the holes for the candles, the next step is to drill a countersunk shank …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 132
December 2000
Making Bracket Feet
… of on the face), and the work is done at the band saw and drill press (instead of the table saw). But the first thing to do is lay out the profile. LAY… each foot, sand the scalloped profile to the layout lines, using a drum sander in the drill press. Foot Assembly Now that the profiles are complete, the feet are ready to be assembled…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 139
February 2002
Wrap-Around Benches
…the procedure surprisingly straightforward. W hen it was time to design seating for the patio table on page 6, I wanted to “break outside of the box.” A square bench would have …see in Fig. 16a, this is a pretty tall piece to be drilling through, so I did this work at the drill press. BASE ASSEMBLY . This base is fairly easy to assemble. A single…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 142
August 2002
Shop Notebook
…firmly, drilling the two sets of holes accurately is a snap (right photos). W pivot pin holes at the drill press. Tape on the bit is your depth stop. Next a hand drill at the…carefully laid out the position of the slots. After installing a 1/4" dado blade on the table saw, clamp the two pieces together with their ends aligned. Now, using the miter…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 151
February 2004
Why You Need a Doweling Jig
… had imagined. Now, I think of my doweling jig as a portable drill press. About anytime a hole needs to be drilled accurately by hand, a doweling jig will do the job. { A self… drill press. But this always involves spending a fair amount of time setting things up. To ensure accuracy, you need to clamp a fence to the table, adjust the table height…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 155
October 2004
Tips & Techniques
… will hold the pipe securely while you make two passes on the table saw 1/2" apart. To make the nozzle glide easily along the floor, I …Drilling Guide When I can’t use a drill press and need to use a hand drill, I have a hard time drilling straight holes. So I made a simple drilling guide for use with my hand drill to help keep the holes I drill…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 156
December 2004
Tips & Techniques
… the correct angle. Then, I took the lever (with spacer attached) to my drill press and drilled the hole to accommodate the rod. I counterbored the hole to hold a washer and….com Printed in U.S.A. www.Woodsmith.com Woodsmith 5 more tips from our readers Interchangeable Table Saw Insert I wanted an easier way to change or replace inserts…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 161
October 2005
Shop Notebook
…thick block to match the top of the legs. Then, take the block to the drill press and drill the guide holes (detail ‘a’). Next, you can glue two hardboard pieces on …. Then drill out the mortise at the drill press and square up the ends with a chisel. 7 8 9 Tenon Setup. With the mortise complete, go ahead and set up your table saw …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 170
April 2007
Shop Notebook
…your drill press. To use the jig, position it on your drill press so the hole for the dowel is directly under the drill bit. (You … in the jig, and drill the hole. a. Taper Jig Cutting the tapers on the legs for the table on page 14 posed a bit… taper jig that allows the leg blank to ride directly on the table of the saw, as you see in the photo at…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 171
June 2007
Tips & Techniques
… for Spindle Sander I’ve read in Woodsmith how you can use your router table as a jointer. I took the concept and adapted it to a spindle sander, as shown …our readers Drill Bit Caddy I used to store my drill bits in a drawer near the drill press. But I soon realized it’s handier to take my drill bit collection where I need it. I built a drill …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 177
June 2008
Box-Jointed Silverware Tray
…bearing C 2(/16 BOTTOM B A Bullnose routed on edges of bottom #/16 !/4" roundover bit in router table NOTE: Bottom and divider are made from #/8"-thick stock d. 14%/8 NOTE: Top 8%/8 and …layout mark. STEP FOUR NOTE: Curves cut on band saw Use sanding drum on drill press to smooth curves Test and Trim. Place the beveled blank in the dadoes …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 182
April 2009
Digital Angle Gauges
…to perfectly cut project parts. { Calibrate the device by setting it on the saw table and pressing the “zero” button. Woodsmith { Magnets in the case allow you to attach … setup tool at the table saw, you’ll want the same reliability and convenience for other uses. When it comes to setting miter angles, or a drill press for example, a digital …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 193
February 2011
Shop Notebook
…cams are drilled on the drill press. But the crossholes for the connector pins are drilled in the end of the workpiece. In order to locate these holes accurately and drill them straight, I made a drilling … in the lower right drawing, the jig rides against the rip fence of your table saw. This way, you can use the rip fence to position the slots on …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 194
April 2011
Shop Notebook
…" and make several passes to com4 plete the curved slot. With a dado blade in the table saw, cut the shallow 3"-wide groove in the template. This aligns the jig … order to drill these mortises precisely, I came up with a simple procedure. The first step, as usual, is to lay out the mortise locations carefully. Then position a drill press fence to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 212
April 2014
Stylish Dining Chairs
…Chair There’s nothing like a set of comfortable chairs to complement your dining room table. And don’t be intimidated by the woodworking. By taking it one step at a…using the template. Then install a 1⁄4"-diameter Forstner bit in the drill press and drill out the first mortise, using the drill press fence to set the distance from the edge. 2 NOTE:…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 216
December 2014
Shop Notes
…size from 1⁄4" plywood. Carefully lay out the slot location on the template and drill two holes at the drill press. These holes define the ends of the slot. Use a jig saw to …presents another challenge. The two parts need to stay aligned. So I used my table saw rip fence and saw table to create a form, as shown in Figure 2. A sheet of waxed paper …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 217
February 2015
Shop Notes
… of the frame after it’s assembled. To do that quickly and accurately, I built the table saw spline jig shown in the photo at right. JIG DETAILS. The jig assembly …2) is for drilling holes in the slat rails. It’s similar but made from thinner stock to match the slat rails. With both guides, you simply drill centered holes at the drill press before …Read More
