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As

seven

pages

isn t

enough on sharpening, have a rew other

comments I'd like to make. first, c o n c e r n-

Ing the wheel used to grind tile bevel on a

chisel,

Lfyouhave it inyour budget,

I

think

lIle

/I orloll

grinding wheel, discussed

in

this

issue

are well worth

th e

investment.

Yau

won't

believe how much difference

there i l or a .> : : o . ~ j u . . . ' l .

an

impro,'ised \ ' r-ionofthe eedu boxe, thaI

come\\;th n ..t ,\rkan_,tOIl(o,.The n1y

.hange 1mad is th lenllth or the bottm.

I made the bottom aboul I longer lhan lh.

.tone to provide cI(lmpmjl winll _ Th

winll allow you to clnml) the box to YOU)'

wOI'khench so it doe.n t .lide around os

that are mirror im.~. of .ach other- 0

the

h ole s a n

in IhI' , 'm,' I_ illon on both

. id1'5

of the lind,r.

Simply bolt tho onlllnal tool rests to

the d l;.t'l \'r(lonj cr)

.uPI> n for the diamcnd point dresser

h o k ko r dL'It'r:- roU~1 i r , on,

zo, idt .

o ~ t

h e ~ tro p

8

liub - m e rv b ue .

'Ph,'oth~I' side isjust plain Ipath.r rClrfin.t

.troppinjl. (Jeweler's rouge can u.uall) be

found .t Lapidary suppI)'

,lo~,;

ock in

the Y 'lo Paj:e,.l

IMPROVfD TOOL RfST

..\t th ,' fliC 'k

D C

a ~wilchmy :\ro,.. )..'lindt_tf

. t . 1 hiriing away-.plnnin;: the JlMnd

,,~ wl,..e1at 172.>RPll But lhal '8 .. here

ItAIIII I lt

it at 2.> 8n{(l for

gnndinl : a

ehi.-el.

But . wben it's set at lh t anQ'lp,

I OU , form to

wo r k

on til

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8''(0,.., grilldillg th. /wo.I, tile [ron

edge

' (

beuactly perpendicular 10

th e ide Mo l th e iliad; 11 /0 II Hlheel

''f>rll s/uff ly. thmt rJltck Ii fih

Iql lre.

2

To hOIl~ 'i ; ide

of

a

chisel may look

s hin v a ne t

nat to the naked eye, b~l locks .,an b.

deceiving. Moot new chisel. ar e actually

warped (either convex or

concave),

This

is

the result of the manufaclu.illg precess,

In order to get

a

good cutting edge,

th e

steel must be tempered to a certain hard

ness. Sinee

tempering

involver.. healing

and cooling,it not only change; the molecu

lar structure of the steel so il becomes

hard, it .1;; 0 ha.sall effect on the shape of

the finished piece - it (O.uall,) warp.,

If the face of the chisel i~ warped, the

final cutting edge m also take on this

FACt fRAt} SlOE

OF

oosa

Sha~ening Technigu_es_

A REPORT FROM THE SHOP

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To o.ecuraldy cJ ck Iltt gnndlng

ollglt, I I ~1 swivel protracllJr. Or.

/k l.U /ill g ,. Iht willih of

tit.

chiael, OUl

angl~

til bf onywMre[rom l5 '

10

30'.

bought

this

prolractor at Soars. ~\'eral

wood 'orkmg catalogs also

carry

them.)

CH(,I'G THE PROGRESS. Once y o u v e

got the right angle, it's just a matter of

lelling the wheel do its job. Grindin~

should be done in

a

smooth even motion

~ro.~ ~he

face

(perimeter) of the grinding

wheel. After two

O r

three

passes,

chl~k

the

pTOgrI bS

of the grinder marks, and

mal

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All p . .

r r

.1 J11ld

Ix;

01' II,,

t'fT'

hp

J j

th ; th .tl

tllt flff,

el l Ulli iI' Itl oll

arc'. FlllfI ' I I f r glll Iw) d 8 'PPUrl

IJ/f handt.' Of/tlillSI lilY jOl'f arm,

7

For lilt. Ih~ m o.t na iliro l m otio n fur

8

To h II th , h I < . . . .groll1ld berel . rock

h01 g II I ho ld t he d r i8 el lo o se ly III ''', ,/li.el. , t

Tt81t g

fla l on UoP

my , . I g i l t hOl d . 1 1 1 1 1 1I'ri~t IMkro, 0 l i d r ighl tiP lid h ~ f l / } ytl ll 11' (1111a dOlib i t, (micro)

ar l pil ntillgal 'I I rlbou'

il l Q $ , 1/

arc.

1 , . .

1. ra Iht heet .llghtly

~~ ~

MOUOWGIOUHD

n

.... ~ A IM PlYOI'S

At BlOW

ooking blnught do...n on the action.

HONING TH( EDG(

:-'01' )OU'

re ready to bone the cultinl '

edge, Bastcally )OU have t\\O ehc ic es : y ou

0t11 Ikonethe Ih. hl'o']

JU

t a

omllil(ualiy comesup

to

rt'$t

.''llll t the und. . . . loe o( m y (o re

ar m (w hich adn. l o tt ie m ' ,r e . < t ab il it y l.

:\0\\ tIL,t I\c got Ih,

alll I.,

I

lock

my

. ,,1 'The

only P ' u , un the chi. u

.houlrl hold the chi.u o( th , ~or

JOIr.

,houldor.

01

bow, W \ d

'Arbl

An.)'movement invol ing

yo ur ar m IU IT ell m ov em ent

0[at

least

Onl' of ~. Jemu.

To m trale. takt Mpencilm yo ur

band

an d m o ve

it .Irail(hl OUIand atraight

back

in

horizontal

line away

( rom and back

to

your body . :-loli., thnl you're using two

join ., - the .Ibo nnd the shoulder (your

wri.t;' p r oba bl y l oc ked) , 80th Joints must

be

moving in perfect harmony to keep the

1,.nclllrv.I,

I(thl yn

not.

yo u c an see ho w

A s far

ru t

the C'holC'Cof : t ; \{)n( ': -.

s

concerned.

E'tl...

y

it

il O to en -a t .. 8 1 O

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1'0 ,II n tI,. la.l/ragment.

a .f

Ihe

/ ,rr, ,ll up

(/li8CI

01 1

Ifalh~r

pod

For

'(1) ;.

b'~R'

jr'(' lry's rotcg6.

Dnl 1

.

Ol .t

, n>k~

'aell 81d, aTCneeded,

II

12

1~ t'

l .~h~11l14Ilw

Jb/t II)

:clirf

I/OU /I I

t

rlld tI ll t,I I r

IItll,

Ilandpres-

.,, /H, If

, I I i . , /

IX 1I1I1J/sha,. ,

1 1 1

~nd

91'(1111 'ill /x l

a. k n ,' 9 1u8 $ ,

lit tl e h ig he r t ha n t he < I I tM I ta ng le

(micro

bevell 10 make l

(,'Il'-

Tbe

hoi.

purpo:;e o(

all th is .. ark ~ 10 .harpen a chisel so you

ca n It or

C'OU ..'.

u .. n~ a c hisse 1 du lls

U , . . I K P ,

and you'..., f ,.,j 'ith the

l a . > k

I fun l o f . ha rp< 'nmlt Ol\('t again.

How ver,

unle$

you

UAe

th e

chisel

to

pry

out nails, you o n't h av e

10

re -gri nd a

DC bevel, IC . u.u ltlly ju .t a mauer of

t o uc h ing up thl ' e dg ,' it h

K

few st ro ke ' o n

th e lin e /ndla .then po ll.hing on the ..,t\

Arksn ,,', and . tr o pp ing , The whole pro

ee..s can N don.' illlc A A than two minutes.

CHICI(ING tHI SHARPNESS

Nil you have .....,r.oJ1arp ehisel, Well,

m ay be ~ e s, m ay be no . Th.re are a c ou ple

of way. to I . 'r ' , rou~ o n il to g ive it a little

mo .... b it ... ~ roul

b a : o

jlk'

enough

e~fm e abruIve m It \0 put an extremely

fine ... Jg e o n t he ~ h lo eJ .

F'iDI,

I hvld lhe face (flat) :lid e o f th e

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tools to dress or O'Uea grinding wheel. ye u

should wear eye goggle~ and a

face

mask.

Sources for all of these tool. are li.ten in

th e Ia s

section oi the

interview

with

th e

Norum

o

pag e 6.

THE RIGHT WHUL

WMIl't until we talked 10 the people at

the N anon Co. that I learned how much

difference there is between one glindin

wheel and another.

' 'hey suggested we try 1l60-):ril.\'0I11t

: 1 2 A (aluminum oxide) glindinp; wheel

10

sharpen

chisels,

So we gol one and

I

lOtilerl

it

out.

Aft , l1'inding only one

chisel I

quickly discovered that th e

Norton

wheel

seem.

toeut Igl'lIldHhe

s te el mucb

easier.

and il CUI. much. much

cooler

In fact. if

almost imllOs,-ibleto -burn th. chisel -

even i r you t , , .

Also.

the

: :011011

wheel doesn't glaze

as easily as

the

SI'IIr'

all-purpose Wheel.

because it's designed to break away as

you're grinding lmrd steel. This in ilself

elimiJUlte.9O':1-of the problems of th. all

PUI'J)() e

wheel.

\V

also tested two other wheels: a

ur

(0)1

6O-):rit

~

and a 6O-grit aluminum

oxide wheel from lI wderajl l:iupply

CaL

: < 0

11N21-0\V. S2Q.()()ppd) made

by Bay

S Inh Ahra

i

CS .

Roth of these wheels are

made of very high grade (almost pure

white) aluminum oxide. and both are excel

lent for grinding chisels. The major draw

back toall these wheels istheir COSl:about

$20 to s a o each,

Ofthe three wheels WI tried, I tended 10

pI'ff~lthe

1\' rl(}11

&lA(38A.(,().J- ).VRE).

It seemed to j1ive a finer cut (producing

smoother grinder marks), and

W3

simply

pun-

joy

to

use,

THES~ONES WE USE

\\'hen you get down to the real nitty-gritly

ofsharpening - the U < C of~ton - the 'e

are a lot of choices. But battar wheel. it d r e s s < s and trues the wheel

in the same operation.

Since it'. velT difficult to move the rod

across the faC( of th(>wheel in a mooth

even molion, the

rod

should

be

mounled in

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base or your router. Then remove the plas

lie ba... and usc it wa. template LOm&l'k

the mounting holes and center collet hole

on the plywood ~trip.

Along lhe pan-handle drill n hole at

the radius you need for the circle, and use a

finishing nail as a ph'ot point for this

trammel jig.

V

PlYWOOD

~ cur to m Routt. lASE

rfi .

p

, , r _/ uSE:NAfL FORPIVOt POtNt

As shown in the dru\\;ng above. we

simply added a long ~lrij) of wood

1 < .

fit in

the channel of the S < , ( H C(ll(eguide. This

strip is fastened to the edge guide with.

nat-he.,rl stove boll. With the, additi(,nJlI

arm , yO \1 can rout a circle of almost un

limited diamel .

MeAliER'S Til'

If you ha\'e the oldcr vcr

.ion of the Sew ll trammel point :ltlllCh

menl. we I 3n a tip rrom a reader for mod

ifyingit to rout large ch-eles U 1

1\ H wlsmi h

No. 19. Th6 invoh'ed using IwOaG--long

\ee . O d to replace the original ,.u; th.t

oome \\ith the attachment.

IfO~IE.~IAOE

I-:R. -;I()X

Since

nOl

t ,cn

one hlls S f router or eilher of

ti..

trammel point altachments, w~ came Ull

wilh a \'ery simple jig lhat works on any

rouler. All you have LOdo is cul a rrying

plIO-s ha p e d piece of lit plywood LOfil the

CUI STII to

mGJI;OOvt

WlrotG NU l AND

WASHta

R OUTING CIR CU S

Oceasionally, we do things other than

sharpen chisels.

The main 1) ojerL

in this

issue is a buffet table wilh two halfcird.

leaves . One of the - ea . ..i e~t ways to ctit a

large circle for a tabletop like this is with

II

router and trammel p oim a u ae bmcm .

A few months ag u \\4: pU. \I\Il....erl WI, fl(

the ne w

r r

edge guid , (which h.., a

trammel point attachment).

It s

nice

liltle gizmo, bUI il won' roul circles be

~'()nrl24

in d iameter.

So .

we

ha d

to

m a k e a

smoll modification on it.

CARIN G FOR AN D CLEAN IN G STON ES

Nomauer \\ hat kind ofstone you have, it's

an investment

that needs

some care

and

sneution from time to time.

The kindClltthing you can do ror either

th e iVo )1nn o r

Arkansas stOJPS is

use

some

kind of lubricant 10 carf~ awn the fine

particles of steel created during honing.

A lot of

w o od w ork ers c om e

up with their

0\\11

co ncoctions (o r use on

3

stone.

U l

use

Norun

oi l

(mostly

be cause it

comes ill

3 handy little squirt can).

Asyou u se a sto ne, you 'll see Ih~ oil tum

black 8 it picks up tiny fragments of steel

from the chisel. Some of these fragment'

remain suspended in the oil That'$ good.

The dirty oil can simply be wiped away.

However, some of these particlCl>filter

down into the pores or the stone. and it

becomes glazed just like a grinding wheel,

That's bad.

Once the stone becomes glazed,

yO

might as wellbe waving the chbelliu'OlIgh

thin air because the g1azinjr (steel parti

eles) prevent the chisel from coming in

contact with the abrasive particle s,

A 10l of this glaring problem

CAJl

he

prevented by applying enough oil as you're

honjng~ an d wiping it 00 as soon as it

becomes black (filled with steel particles).

( L&ANING1 'O S :1 . Alter some amount

of use , you'll probably notice the stone

becoming dark

gre~

r black as more and

more steel partie es filler through the oil

and imbed themselves in the pores or the

SLOne.Two things

lU

be done to clean it.

One of the easiest ways to dean a stone

is lillnply to apply a little oil lind rub the

sun ace with your finger lips. This light

scrubbing \\ill pick up B lot of steel parti

cles, which then can be \\iped away.

After I give 3stone a preUy good work

OUI,I scn.b the surface with a mild soap

(dish delergent) and

a

small ,,;re (bras .)

brush. The soap cleans

ofr

Ihe oil and any

dust lhat's settled in the P O ' , > ' ofthe stOne.

The wire brush helps dean orf some or the

larger steel particles stuek to the surface or

the slone.

t'L.\1Tt:N'SC: A S1 OI. Arkan sas. They come in four

grades (gril: \Vashita. soft, hard, lind

black hard 01 surgical),

The solt Arkansas is the one

use the

most. It's a good finishing stone and

will

JUIa very keen ed~ on chi ;(,l - an edge

that

will

hold up under use. I can't really

see much point to using the hard or black

hard Arkansas stones unless you're sharp

clling c:ar ing tools.

IlIA~,i)SIIST )Sf:S.Just a c oup le or years

a.go a new killft .stoll ,C came o n the

market; a diamond SLOne.These stones

have a hard plastic base to which a nickel

plate is bonded. The nickel piate is im

pregnated with diamond dust,

To be honest, l've ju.t SIruted to use

these stones. But my initial reaction is that

they're going to be a very good addilion to

the MOp.

Diamond stone. h a ve twO hi a d v a n -

11l (eS

over the other (traditional) SLOnes

mentioned abo e. First, they're na t and

they .tay flat (which mak~ them nice for

ilallelling the backs of ehisels and plllJ1e

) ons). Second. they don't clog up or

'glaze like the other stone. - jusl wa.~h

them off with a little W31er and lhey're

ready to go again.

There

a re a ls o

two disadvantages. First.

it .hould

be

no sw ri.e that diamond

, .Ones are a liltle on the expensive .ide:

14 for a .maU I ide b~'~ long stone, and

36 for a 2' wide by 6- lonjr bench $Ione.

Second. right now they come in only two

grits:

l'Olll' (

and fine. E\'en the fine dia

mond SLOnewon't give quite the edge that

a fine

Indio

or soft Arkansas

will.

U you want .Otry them OUt,you can

urdrdireCt rrom the manufsclur&r: Dia

mond )lachining Technology. Inc., 34

'row~r St .. Hudson, ~IA

01749 .

(Send the

amount listed above for the stone you

want .

plu. S2 (01' po>tagc and handling.

Also, includ. grit

;te:

fine or t'Oan;e.)

l:l>Il'OK'SSOTE. IV.'re going to keep

working \\ith these diamond stones and

giv~ a

more

complete report in a future

issue.

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JOINT

r:t -- I.~w.t.\. .fUU .IJNG . O N

ooule 2 AGUU

(to the for the full-length inside

apron. (This mortise

is

alI center to allow

room for the hinge apron. To get all idea of

hoI all this t together, see Iig.I.)

The mortise. on the bottom ends of the

two double legs are very similar - twin

mortises on one f ce and 3 single off een-

tor) mortise on t&c other face, fig. 5a.

spur LEGs No there are (our more

legs to cut: two stationary legs and two

swing legs. (Refer to Fig. 2.) These legs

start out 1v . x 2V. 2SY.

The mortises on the two stationary legs

re cut in exaetly the s me position s

those on the double legs, see Figs, 4. an d

5e. The swing legs are even easier, there's

only one mortise at the top and one at the

the Iinal dimensions o( 21', square by

28~' long.

Now you have to CUla whole series of

mortises on the inside two faces ofthe legs.

( 1 0 avoid confusion, I marked the inside

faces with

an d

wrote top and bot

lom on each leg.)

\10RTISSO~ OOl'BI..E

..Gs

Starting at

the top of the double legs (refer to Fig. 4a).

there are two sets of twin mortises for the

drawer rails (above and below the

drawers). These are aU ~ wide and 1 0 :

deep, with a Y o shoulder between them.

(The shaded are Onthe drawing indicates

the position of the rail when it's anaehed.)

On the other face of the double leg

there'. a single mortise. stighUy off center

RXfO ~

S W N G PRO N

SW N i l

DR wt

i

-

RX tO

O N

flGUle

Versatility ... that's the key to this buffet

table. When both

leaves are down.

this

table is less than 14 wide - narrow

enough toitinany hallway. And with both

leaves up it prevides enough space (or all

the

dishes

of

a

Thank.sgiling dinner.

This buffet table i. actually a modifica

tion of a gate-leg table. On a typical gate

leg table,

an

entire leg unit swings OUtto

support tho l e ave . But we designed this

table with le g

WliLS

that pivot from the

center of the aprons - on wooden hinges,

no

t es s .

The table shown hero ; made of cherry

- solid cherry for the legs and np''Ons,

cherry plywood for the top. Basically. the

construetion

procedure c n be broken

down into two (large) steps: the base and

the top, I started with the base (legs).

TH SIX L S

Mo;;ttable. have four lega ... this one

ha s

six, two ofwhich ar e moveable. Before we

get into cutting the joints for the legs

an d

aprons, it helps

to know

how these six

lega work.

The three drawings below show the two

kinds of leg arrangements we're dealing

with. ~'igure I shows one of the doubl....

thick leK that are at

\\ 0

comers of the

table. Figure 2 shows the split legs at the

other two corners: an inside leg that's sta

tionary, an d an outi;id

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AGUai 9 half must be 13'Y.long from the shoulder

S T A T IO N A R Y $WING OOU8UTKtCK

stA flONAIlY

SWING

of the tenon to tbe end (this is half the

E t

IN S ID E

0 ~0

st.UCHfR

mtElC:Htl 51 fTCHEI

[J O - W _ S

length of t fulllength apron shown in

Fig. 3). This same madness isduplicated in

O I l N

the stretch ers at the bottom of the legs.

_I.

v ol tOOvt HL GJOL . Once the two halves ofthis

TOP V IEW

Of

lEGS

EN O VIEW O F r.1tl-lCHt~

apron are cut to rough length, the hinge

FlGUR

joint tan be made. This joint is kind of a

t [ J

hassle, but kind of fun too. It starts out as a

,.IM TO

fIT

Am.

r

modified box joint, Fig. ll.

1~flS~

Then, to make this joint function as a

SWIHGNION

hinge. the recesses are beveled to 45, (by

.

hand with a sharp chisel), and the tongue

X ID A PRON

t i

L

: b

on tbe swing apron is rounded Over

slightly, Fig. 12.

r

To finish this hinge, holes must b.

~

IS

_ .

-

13

driUed for the pins. I clamped the two

I i

q t ~_LL

_ J

halves together (wuh a

J o r g e U I e I

band

f lXIOmlC1l

1

to

i-

SWI~m(TCHEI

screw) and drilled a Y hole l~' deep at

.

.

the center point of each joint. ~'jg. 13.

1I01 >'T11'

complete, .. except for the draw era.

-,- THE ORAWERS.The two drawers are

AtON VlEW

fairly easy to make. Togets

good

litin the

.. GtoOyf

V

,--{)

. Dl U

SlOE VIEW

,

. . openings at both ends of the table, I

~ G.oo ..

t .

ROMOOI fOM

worked from the actual measurements of

d

,

1

.o u

N D t(N06

these openings. I cut the drawer fronts to

l -

i

,

lit Light between the legs, and .bou(

y .

I

6~.

less than the (up and down) measurement

y, - - 1 -

between lbe rails. Then the sides and bol-

t

_ j- +.

4-

I

SlOC.

tom are cut to lit the dimensions of lbe

~~~

drawer front, Fig. 15.

~ 6.

The drawer sides arejoined to Lhefront

CORNU DETAIL

v , ,...

groove joint.

(See ~ ood lith

No. 18 for

step-by-step on cutting this joint.) After

~. SlOCK~

j: L1 l

the drawers are assembled, r planed down

i

th e

sides (just a smidgen) so they fit with

minimal clearance in the openings.

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THETABU TOP

flGUlf 16 FIGURE.7

AIthough the table's lop can be made of

IdU ,g

_I.T

aonOM 5 0 UP

gluedup pieces of solid wood, I opted for

17

1

h

T

an easier approach -

0/.

cherry plywood.

17..

tACKSal' ftYWOOo

~f-LEAF

The LOps sized so it can be cut froma 4'

,4'

--t

roaonOM

-

(half) sheet of plywood.

CUT , 1 : PLl(f

. . L

.

.

The top eousists of

three

pieces: a center

flOMCENTU

.,

r

e

-----

-

:

.

--t

. .

.

iece that is attached to the base.

and

two

--

halfeirele leaves. Since I wanted to retain

17 1a

It AlLEe STtljt

.. ;

GtAlN OIJ1ECnON

. . L L

L E A F

the original grain pattern of the plywood

-

, 1 . ,

when the leaves are up, I cut the 12wide

r

Ij

I

center piece out of the n,iddle of the half

-

t

l-

-

sheet of plywood. Fill'. 16.

fIGURE'I

UAI..~.(;IRCLEE.'ES. To be certain the

RGUlE It

two half-circle leaves would be exactly the

fAa SlDEUP

fA .Cf ~oU P ..... l.. ro IN SiDE

same. I joined the two remaining pieces of

_:IOOVE

plywood and CUt one continuous circle.

r?{

~

~ ~~

To do this. a V,'wide filler strip is in-

LEAF

serted between the two pieces of plywood.

. . , .

,, .

I ::~.....17.

Ufe

.

Then all three pieces are t,.cked together

,

(on the bottom side) with a piece of scrap

S l .. f

\ ' O C A I l )

~ KO[~

Vo'plywood, Fig, 17.Nowall rgecircleean

ClNT.

-UAf

~RNGn

be cut with a router and the trammel I

attachment. (Our version of this trammel

I

~

atta~nt is shown on page 13.)

R O U T ./ . G R O O V E

lOUT ' ~GROOVE

Ho 'er, before cutting' out the circle, I

.... OE (P rot INLA Y

lO W IR ING a;T W IT H E AC H 'AS S

routed 8

Y,\\ide

groove around the per-

AGUltl10

FfGURf 21

Imeter of the table top fm' an inlay piece,

~

=

Fig. 18. This groove has a radius of 16%'.

(/

l

: ).

J

Now the trammel attachment can be

l

UAf

realigned to cut the outside perimeter of

~ I

the table top. The radius here is 17 . I used

.:~-~_,aut ~.

GROOVE

r:

~

a ..... carbide-tipped straight bit to rout

\. Q tE' fOtt O .I.A'

.Ot

-; DEE' his cirele, making several passes, Y.

10

L t

E DGf : G U IO f

deep each time. ~'ig. 19.

\_:~

C UT H ER E

TO

Once the two half-circles are cut, place

the center piece between them and trim

L

1'/. _.J\ I~VlINIHG

both ends to match the diameter of the

Ill .

circle. Then rout the v groove for the

ClOSS 5K110N

inlay piece 'igs. 20 and 21.

I 1 G U l < 1 ' ~

AGUae2'

II'II~\ PI~CE.The inlay piece adds a nice

TO P ~

(almost elegant) touch to the LOp.ann it's

eH.lM~U _.~~

easier to Insert than it might seem. All I

lOGE~ ___-

30 CONhNUOUS

sUGttny _

''''

id is rip an yothick strip of walnut 60

~

H IN G E

lonl( and tapped it into the groove (apl)ly

~ - -

r

glue in the groove fil'Sl). This strip Is thin

~

~

~_c __AJ

enough (and the radius large enough)

S O

C H A MFf l D o G SUGHT lY

TO ,.VNT 61HoiNG

-

you don't have to steam it to gel

it

to bend.

,

-~

MORTISE;aA MINCE

f-

fiNISHING UP

~'. 0.. , WIOl

JO LONG

The leaves are attached to the center piece

VENEU

A J . l

UAf

UPOS(o

EOOfS

with two 30long continuous hinges.

BEfOII MOaT

These hing are mortlsed in to allow clear-

MATERIAtSLIST

CUTTINCDIAGRAManee for the swing legs. I routed the hinge

A

_bIe

1.011'(4)

1;,',,.

.5'l

60

mortises with an edge guide attachment on

t I x 2 - 281.

8 I OUWr,

stepping' the mortise>;

2

from

8 Spill

I.ojr.

(e) 1

t/,. 214 _ 28 Y .o

tn::: t:. .

~ ::: < \ i E j j ' 7 ; J

each end, Fig. 22. Then chamfer the bot-

e

Ap... (2)

'0/ )It 5 28)/.

tom edges 10 prevent binding, Fig. 23.

0 Swrng Ap.... (2) '0/,. x 5.30

I.

#> ;cog taala' &;:'7;;;;1

FL'IISUISG.

W e

used

H C T p e s

Tung Oil

E

51.......... (2)

1 . x

1 . va . . 27 JU

u

S 60'

Varnish to linish this table. This oil finish

f SwIng Sire.. ', (2)

'0/,.

:I e 11 ~ 30

I

c

I

c

I

has just enough varnish to pl'otect the

0

Double Slftlch.r (4)

y,. lit 1

-

7 1.

table LOp,yet it can be applied with the

H

0..._

Roils e)

l,.X

1 -~

I 1 1 .

:r

o

= : : : J

I

ease of any oil finish. After applying three

Orowu Front (2)

1f\ 3V 60/..

'l't_ J( )';: .0

coats,

I

& ,'e it a coat of Rf aisllance w ax

J

Draw.r

Sid., (4) V x

3V

I

E

I~

. = 1 = :

I

(available from \Voodcraft Supply). This

IC Draw., &odu (2)

a n 3Y ,

61

8011I H,

iW..J .

I.fW/Zl

will yield a beautiful satin finish, suitable

t P lyw oo d T op

v. 8 48

~. 3'....~_~2

for any table.

M n Con,lnuous Hing.

c

J-J

Jl> l.:I

~ - 1 I S

IlU

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in g

the

bit' .' ith sueeessive passes until

I reached

a

depth of '.

f'E'('F. GllllF. SUI'I'S Later, when the

fen~;' made. it i held 10the router table

wnh two bolt. that extend through slots

cut In the table top. To make these slots.

first driU four Y holc~ to mark the start

inKand topping IlOint. of the olots. Fig. 5.

\VOOOS~IlTH

8

These h le~are

I

from the front and back

edges, and 'nWl'\'d 1 1 (rom the outside

edge . Arter drilling the holes. rout a Y

slot bet

ween

hoi

es. using ' a

fence

clamped to th(' top A ll a guide see Fig. 5.

M OUNTING THl ROUTER

To \'j,.uali7 ,ho\\ Ih., rouler ;,. attached,

think of the table 101'II< an elaborate ver

sien

( lr

the l,laI.ltC'ba.~on the router. To

mount the routtr, I removed the plasue

base and

I

it a template to mark the

location of th. mounung hoi. . f'ir>

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v ROOVE

TIONG

S t O f

V lfW

. ..L

. . . .

. .

r

. . . .

r

f

\

Y

r

\ u . .

J

~ < l - ~

I i . .. .

~ ~Q~~~

~ ))

.out O U T W A S T t-

C O U H T f t O o c t c W J s

RGUU.

. . . . .

I

1--\::::=::::.::~;:-----3.\

::::: LAMtNATt ntUE

SftI~ ,~..

NOTCH

Of~YWOOO

HtGH

~- 2... M

ho --__

- = = = = = = r - , G I , U E W IN GT O

__~{/ PlYWooq IOnOM Of ARM

1 I '.~

. .

ii~- i:;:::~NO.' ,'

F. H. WOOOSCltw

lV

l..j--+l--...t.,:.

G l O O Y f

fOil

S U D t J r G

ffHCt

I I

\VOODS~nTH

~~t

SlOESKTION

r , OWE l LOMG

A ... _

-- ....:........r-

from some of the scrap '. plywood left

over from the top) and screwed and glued

to th e bo ttom o f the suppon a rm s ,

To fini$h off the to p I added pine strips

around th e ed ge s to prevent the

11asm i t;

are cut

IlGUU,

---

30

.

_ ~.

.

:--

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T O

. -

...,.-

.

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0

THE SHELVES AND PEGS

The shelves

a re d e sig n ed

to be cut from

IxlO (see Cutting Diagram). but they can

be cut and glued up from narrower 81;];ps,

The final dimensions of the shelves are 9 x

31) .After the shelves have been cut tosize

and planed fiat, 1cut aU four comers toa 2

radius

TIlE I'E.:S. Together with the dovetail

tongue and wooe, the whole unit is held

in place ,,;th three sets of pegs. The first.

set is used as stops under the shelf

brackets to prevent them from slipping

down the w aU brackets, The other two SCIO

of alignment pegs are

U S < d

on the shelves

prevent r cking

srors, The shelf support stops are'll,

dowels, % IQng. TI)make it easier to grip

the SLOPS when adjusting t.he shelves, I

formed a knob on the end of the stops by

chucking them into a drill and filing a V.

groove about .\ from the end. Sec Detail

A in ~'ig. 2.

SHELFSUPPORTS

The shelves are supported by two supports

which have dovetail tongues lbat mate

'ith the dovetail grooves in the wall

bracket, This produces 1 I sliding joint that

makes it easy to adjust the height of the

shelves, yet offers sturdy support.

I found that the easiest way to cut the six

shelf supports is to use a plywood tam

plate. First, cut the plywood to the shape

of the support, Fig. 2. Then CUt three

pieces of stock to 3 x 12 and use the

template to trace the outline o( two helf

supports on each of these piece.

The next step is to drill a :y , alignment

hole in the top edge of each support. This

~ole ,,;U later accept. peg which will pre

vent the shelf from racking, Fig. 2.

Now the dovetail LOnguecan be CUton

the back edge of each support. Using the

groove

n

the wall bracket a. a guide, cut

the tongue so that it slides easily in the

groove. (Sec

page

22.)

When Ted suggested that we make a wall

hanging book she lf jo lned with d ov eta il s, I

had vision

of

laboring over

h an d- cu t d ov e

tails for some kind of offbeat project,

After Sl>eingthe design he came up with,

[ \\as pleasantly surprised. The most in

triguing thing about this book sh~lfis thM

the entire thing

i

8..sembled without a

single drop of glue. The trick?

dovetail

tongue andgroove. This joint allows you to

assemble and adjust the shelf unit just

by sliding lb~ pieces together.

The book shelf consists of only three

ha...

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'OOOSMITIl

'U(;~)1gSTPEGS.1'wOmore sets of pegs

AGUItE 1 WAll altACj(lT twO PlKES

-'-

are attached to the shelves to prevent

I.~ ti

11

0'0 0

0

t ~

9.0_~ c>o,-.b'~DO 0.

-

iCking. Thll

Ii

rs

set is attached to the

back ''()IWof the shelves so they lock into

- 1 1 1 - DtJU... H0lf51 Af'At'

1

the dovetail groove, see Figure 3.

-

30'

T. position the holes for tbese peg>

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6

Aftff lit, (OIlg' is (ul 011tht actual

p,ert, r/,t( k Ilfar fil I itillMgrom;e, If

,htlollgur .,oo

largc, repeat sups 4 and

1I,,'il il fil. t 9 11 ',

3

TI . lIrtlll,allh,' groo,-~is tI, emf,

k fll Iht

,lima

alld

bil sfttings

the

Ba I~ o)ld IIIf kc (JufltJrt r

POS-8.

rrtertti lg

Ii

K id i> (I f lit I,il (

IIlnl ufnrilfg Ii,cftlf ,

tOUt ....

0

5

Rrt-rnr Ihe .crap arid 'IlU allolher

1 , , rhrckllIg

il il1l

thcgroov. o ue

i{loo >IIuchhasbet I rmoved,Then repeal

~(rPII

1 alfd

(j llh Iheocilial pieu,

OU_

T O 1 ST

2

Kffpi>11/

tI..

IICI i Ih,

so

Ill po.~i

110 , ploft, llor~, slmighl

bit

,,:ill>I

I

dm ,lfJlI hll Tlttll odj1 l

IIt~w wei aeljl(sl1M

e ct

so Iltoi

Ih, billlinke.

II

I.-wI

r, a

QIIa srmp p,ece

of

th,.

In) lIi:f tilt

I),,.

a t , f l ' p ie ce.

00 NOTCHANG(liT m.om

_ _

0 _

1

no,, fir ,,,,

,illl n l

II Ulgittbilla

t ti, 1 nfl ' f)JII

if

Ihl tl (J~(fOw. Tltf~

d 7 lI,

r.' .. Sfl

glt(/y 1es8

Ilia}

0

dt ,tlt f lIlt dClt I t(J if gruut't'.

S'I.lGHT .

t ongue (nn the trial piece) ,th the dovetail

groo\'~,lfiti.n't to o small, repeal the same

procedure, ~,inf( the actual workpiece,

Now move the (fner a little closer to the

blad,', Thi. I. whc~' little patience pay.

off Each tim the f,'nce is at'ijusted, make

a trial cut on the ~rap piece and cheek il

wuh

the groove to be sure that you won't

be cutting orr too much of the tongue with

the new I-I'tllng, (Remember. each time

the fenee Is ' 0\ '1' hl'lpt'ulto apply

a

little

wax on

the

tOlll(Ueto help it .Iirl into tho

groove

of

the end C I t . . Even with the wax on the

IOnl(l1e,th. end Clip may need 10be lapped

on wilh IImallet

In mOllt eruw~ thl~ joint

i.

nol glued

Instead,

1 I ~ ,

duwel pin i.nserted front

either the top or from the &ideof the joint

to lockIt IIIpIaN',

(I,

.ure that the dowel is

long enough to (> mctratethroul1h both the

ton IU and the JmjOve,

ti n a.th. dovetail ),>TOO\eill be cut, The

ri~pth

o r

thl' cut should be just a little bit

1,>s lh,onIh~ flnbhed depth o ( th e dovetail

groove, ~l \t~ig,

I.

Now r('1'13' lh

V..

lmight bit \lith a

~ . d nveW \i I

bil,

and

I the depth ofcut (or

the . doveta il

grt)()\ P,

Th(' I .. ition

IIf

lh, groove can either be

e enu -n -d o r r r -c,' nl (' n'l ) o n the workpiece .

If th,' dun'u.il JmjO\'e

i.

off~nt.er, then

cut lh, A I t )\ e \11thonly one pa..: o'er the

bit, (If th, width of th~ cut isn't \\;de

cnoul1h.adjust the fcr . th(' dovetai bit set to the

same epth '(' ling and adju.t the fence so

thai Ih(' bit barely culll into the edge of.

lr ial piece (b e Rure lhal it'. exactly the

am~ thickn ,

of

the aclual

pieee),

Then

.land the piece on end, and make two

pa~S('.on the router table. one on each side

of

Ih(' board.

f ,.'ding

the

P'CC(I

from the

righl 10 Ih., 1.1\,

t i~,~

nd 5,

AI Ihi, pollli.

made

by

first

t U lt in {

th e

, 1(J \ 'c t . lu lPO O\ ' f ' ( th is

S OO\ 'C '

i J

cut in th~ .nd

rap

of the bread board, for

e'8ml'lI') '1111-nIh dovetail tongue i>cut

to

fi l

Ihl' 1 ( 1 1 . ,

IN.\ f:T\ll. (:I(()()\ ..;. Siuee the dovetail

w o o v , mu_t tw made wilh only one depth

:O-('ltlng(Il l'lt n t

btl matlp h)'

t'nif:.ing t h E

bit until th fj,,,,h d('pth

i.

eached. a,

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