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Hyoud

lil(e

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sherea woodwol1py ~hine to

~

the

back

w a rd ( mi rr or im ag e)

c o m

\Vhen t ran s fe r ri n g the co pies to w oo d.

tape

d ow n

th e

photocopy

a lo n g o n e

edge 80

that th e p ro gTOS$onhe imag e C'an be period

ically checked. a n a re a i ID 'td ar k e no u gh ,

k ee p w o rk in g o ver it with the ho t pen un til

m ore to ner

is

released . It takes a little

p ract ic e IDde te rmine

the

c o rr ec t amoun t

of

heat an d t ime

to

keep the w o o db ur ni ng p en

f r om bu rn iog the wood .

Mo s t c ommon f in i sh es will w o rk o ver the

O b o o

bul

experiment

first.

I 've

had

success

\\ilh Deft C le ar W o o d F in is h a nd s he ll ac .

Guy

g r a i l

Da vil le.

Klmll(ky

Edit ,.'sNQlc: IVclri,:d lmll:;jb'ritlg a lO{}Qto

II

oy

( nu :k ( _ p h l) [oa oo e )/ ol /o u ill9 Ouy s

8 1I gg cs tio l 8 a ,u / ,t ( Ttl i lpressl d u ll th e

drtl l il. 1 1 :>.\izl d to 6t und,' ' th o AAW with

t.\lf..'rmotlI~.)

n ,

h lfht

of

th e

b'''''l

, .hown

here .. 2:l~wIth ....,t( I. This

put.; the worldlll

heij ht

ofbolh the

: : i e a T 1 < and Ddt saws at l 6v,.

(whiehi.th( 'lie -'the

Sear.

saw

Oil

a

s . _ a . . .

stand, but : : higher

than the normnl Delta

,,1.111'.)

C U T P IEC ES TO S IZE

Itarted work on the cabinet by cutlin the

. 1 . < main piect>, (ItIt, top bottom, ends, and

div id . .. . )lo ftnAl.ib>

m o m

a 1'' '1>'sheet

of ,.

bin:h plyw

ocd

(8in:h iI' a little moreexpen

s i ve than C O X fi r pI)'\\oOO.

but

the IinaI

appl at'IIK:C ..\\ orth

il..'

':\01

Th~,,'

III('C(

are wider

than th,'y a rv lo ng , IVIU':'L~. FilUllly.

cut the two

di\'id, '

(I) , ,,1 E) 10a length of

171J~ nd to a width of23~. see

Fill. 3. (Kot,; These dividers are

11 4 norrt .. Or than the o ther

pieec-,

10

allow

for

a

1 , baek.)

ItAlIans

AND DADOES

(Ino,,,, the

~x major

piee

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O nce the holes art d rilled . a sse mb ly can

r in, Th cheek that e\ .-,-thlng

Iits ail

it

should, I started

by

dry assembling the

entire cabinet with

screws

(counterboring

the s cr ew hol es . s ec Serew o.,tailin Fig.10,)

0 , I was sure the cabinet \V I.< square, I

took out the

screws

and then applied glue

before 6Cre mg it back together;

The procedure I used

fOI'

assembly was to

start by attaching the dividers (D and E) to

the top and bottom aligning thefi-ont edges,

see

Fig. 8. Next, fi t the separators (GI into

the grooves in the dividers and glue

an d

screw fromthe inside, Then attach the ends

(B and

to the top, bottom, and dividers.

And finally, glue and screw in the shelf

suppo rt c le a t. s

(H).

sec F ig. 9 .

N ow plug al l

the counterbored screw

holes, se c k 'ig . 1 0. ( No te : See ' l ' . ill

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T HE D R AW E RS

After the ca bine t is complete, the

eigh~

drawers can

be built to

fi~

h e o pe nin g,

There are two

drawer

heigh~.

bu t

they re

both eonsnucted the am way.

DRAWER FRONTS.

Begin

by

cULlingthe

fronts

K)

for the fo ur sm all d raw ers from

4,4 stock

10

a width

of \ :

and

th e fr onUt

L)

for

the

four

large

drawers

10

a width

of

5V see Fig. 16 . To determine

the length

of

al l

th e front s,

measure the cabinet open

ing

an d subtract

y,

to allow for

a y gap

o n each side,

O RA W ER S ID ES . N ex l,

cut eight ~m.,11

on.wor ide top edges. T he n meunt a pull on rhe

front Qfeachdrawer. see

Fig.

16 .

CH IP CA TCHER

The c hip

a n d

s aw du st th at f all

t hroU j t h

th e

opening in the top oCthe cab ine t are roughl

in

a

plastie

trW

bag.

lb

hold the bag and

make i\ easier to pull out for Cll1lltying), I

buill a

chip

catcher frame.

FRMu.:.Start by c ullin g th e frontlback

pieces (R) from 4'~ stock to a width of 2

and a length of

l W. .

se e

Fig.

19.T hen cut

two

s ide s (S )2 w ide and 181 long.

N ow

CUL

rabbets on the front and bac k

pieces, and screw th e frame together. see

Fig. 20.

KEEP ER GROOVE . T he trash bag is held

to the frame with large ru bbe r band or

b un gee t ie -down co rd

that fits

in a cov e

8

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1OMAJaubu1ldmg

the itlth I f

both stiles and a ,.' RUI)on both ,ide. ofth,

door,and adding an allowance for the Y.'long

stub tenon. on each end. (In my

ease, this

made the rail:;

lUll,,

lung.)

GROOVES AND TENONS. x ow cut \/.

wide groove.

(to

accept the

pegboard

panel, on the inside edge of each stile an,'

rail. Then cut ,tub tenons nn

the

ends of

(he rails tomatch th~ groove

PEGBOARD PANEL.

After

the

tenons

arc

cut. dry assemble the frame, And cut the

pegboard

panel (X) to size

to ,

fit

in

the

grooves see

Fig. 26. Then glue the frame

together with the panel inIhe groov...s.

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be J)< nnnnently at

t.Il:h lw tI... , tnot .....

parate unit

that

has t l ,o('\ ul al l,tilll< you tLt

a wall. Th d 'Il' I,,,,, ju't that. (And it

talt

IX buih

to

fi t

any ,'. with or

without lh

cabinet.)

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Table

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GLIDE RAILS

T o suppor t

the table,

1

added

giide

ralls

F)

to the IlrnlS

rA ). T o

detennine the width

o f

t h e : i e

gl ide

rails,

clamp

the table

between

th e arms so lhe top is R us h with the top edge

ofthe a rms . Th en measure the distance from

the bottom

oi

the frame side

e)

to the

bottom of the ann, see fig. 4. Now cut the

g~de

rails

to a length of

J 2

and mount them

to the

arms, see

Pig. 5.

GUARD NOTCH.

You ,will have

tocut out

a

notch inthe front of the table for thewety

guard. The notch has to be wide enough

0

the llIIard can tip to a ful1-15. For a Sear.

sa w

ill...

ea ns , a n o tc h a bo u t

2 Y 1 l

w i de a nd

3 1 . deep. see Fig. 2.

CIIAM.FR EDGES.

Arter the notch is cut.

rout a ' 1 . ' - chamfer around

al l

the outside

edges of the ta ble top and frame.

ASSEMBLY

T h e ta bk o is connec ted t o the ann. with la g

screws used as ph'ot

pins.

T o

locate

them.

clamp lhe table in place so the front edge

is

aligned with the nold

in

the right arm, see

fig. 6. Then drill through the front end of

the slot into th e f rdm e side in t w o s te ps,

First.

use. 1 / , .

brad point bitin the

8 1 0 1

to dr ill in just enough to make a < ntering

ho le. see S tep 1 in

Fig. 7. Then drill a

pi lot

ho le wirh a , , b it, se e S te p 2 . Finally, screw

in a

x 2 la g

SCI' with washer

b ut n ot

too tight). se e Step 3.

STOP PL I.T he last step is to prevent the

outfeed

table

fr om

sliding out

o f

position.

Cl amp the table

into

place with the lag

screw tight

.gainst

the front end of the

slot. Then d rill V'-dia. hole up f rom the

bottom throuJlh the glide rail and ....into

each of the frame .ide_, see Fig. S.

Then

lift

up the table and glue a '1,.long

dowel into the hole in the frame side, see

D etail In Fig. 8,

1\0\\

the table

is

ready to use. T o PULit

into lbe down position. lift. up slightly

(enough to liftthe pinout of the

hole) , slide

the table fo rwa rd , and pivot

it

down.

Now clamp these pieces under the ply

wood

top Rush with

lh e

edges. and drill

eounterborsd screw holes, see Fig. 3.

S T R E T CHE R S .

After

th e

top is screwed

down to the sides, measure the distance

between the sides. In my ea. , this was

3 8 0 / 1 . . . . Then cut two stretchers (D) to this

length.

Nowscrew one stretcher under the far

end ofthe table and another 10l't from the

near end. see t'ig. 2. Finally. drill and

screw through the side rrames into lh e

ends o r the stretchers and plug all the

screw hole>'.se e Fig.

:I.

SUPPORT BLOCKs. T o add a little more

strength to the pivot point

on

the

arms. I

gl ued a support blo ck E J to the front

(open)

end o r uach ann and

rounded

over

the bottom to a 'h radius. see Detail in

Fig. 2.

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C R O S S

SEalON

SIUCONCAtalOE

DI GS I NT O SOfT S1 fE~

d d d rop o r tw o o f w a ter an d sw irl th e

back

ofthe

plane

blade

overthis mixture

1 0

even it out on the steel plato. N ow you

have to w ork.

Plane th e back of the plane blade O a t o n

lh ~ s te el

plate

an d

press

down

directly

b eh in d th e b ev el w ith b oth h an ds ,

S{ (

Fig.

I . Pre . down har d lIntl s troke the blade

rrom

one

end o f t he plate

to th e o th er .

Reany b ea r d ow n. The idea is to c ur th e

ted. nul jUl't makegrating noises,

T in : S t:C RET .Bu tify ou 'r e I )o sh in g down

0

hard, why doe.n't the

>ilioon

liarbidc

just holl . . nut th e s Le el p l t,,?

T his sevm s like a log ical question be

CII >'('Ihl' plllle is

much

setter

than the

bl.do. BUIthe oftne., of the plat e is what

makes

th e

whole systern work.

\\'htlt h I IJl( 'ns i.h at th e .h llT ] >p oints o(

th e s ilic on c arb id e b ec om e im b e dd ed in th e

l'elath''']y :;oit surface or the plate. They

.tay in po.itionjuSl nke t he d iamond parti

c1 es im bedded in

the surface

on th e

diamont s tone, see F ig . 2 .

CRECK PROGRESS. As g rin din g p ro

greases.

a

shiny

suface will

begin

to grow

'0.... the back of th e b la de . SCe photo.

W hen this surface extends f''1)mone edge

ofth. blade to th e other, th e b ac k

i.

lat .

KILL CORNERS. Before m oving on to

smooth this surface, (here's one more little

step 1do at IlLs point. 1kill th e

comers

to

minimize the tiny

rid ges tha t a lw ay s

seem

t~ppear on Iipiece of

wood

where the

planin >l rniu ' s o\ 'er lap.

T. kJUth ~ oomel'>',hold the bL~de

3t

h ut. Ii;

angl~

to

t he sW 'f ac e,

and

drag

th e c mertWer tbosurface. see F ig . 3 . The

i,lea i. Iu

eliminate

th e s hllT ]>

point,

not

. . . . .ate I' re ally i,ib le c ha mfer. Ju~t a few

~tl,)k~ on each COlllcris enough.

POLISH THE BACK

After

th e

baek has been ground-

Oal .

the

.Japan_ < ,ntinue working the blade in the

:;iIieon carbide

pastC

until

tt ~

lmost < i t J

\\'hat happen.q i. lh.-u th e particle. break

down

smaUer.nd

,Ucr. Finally.lhe)' ,'(o so

sma l l t hey l eave thes lI r fnce mi r ro r -po li shed .

fIGURE.

I. Pul i It~1 are

U t U I l J y covered

w ith a sw irl of grinding m arks, see photo

above.

If

t he se J I' OOve sW o r e

to

remain,

th e

rielg es and v alley s w ou lt create a - ,'I\'

lOoth cutt ing

edjre.

S o, the firsl step is to

rem o ve all these marks an d

get

the bsek

tru ly sm o oth a nd O a t.

T o g et the back Ilat Rnd smooth , th e f irs t

step

is w ha t m ig ht b e c alle d

grinding-,

but

you don't use agrindinj

I\'heel.

Instead, thi.

i nvo l\ 'e .' Ii tu si ng a coar se ab ) a .~i\ c~urface

to

q uic kly fla tte n th e b ac k a nd sm o oth o fT a ll

t he r idges le ft b y th e fal101 'y grinding.

GRtNDING THE BACK

I 've iOllnd tw o m e th od s thaI work weU.

F irsl is using a diam ond stone. I 've been

u sin g d iam ond s to ne s 1 0Oa l le n tb e b ac ks o f

plane b la dO fo r a oo ut f ou r y ea r>

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Ih e

steel

that

determines fts a b il it y 10

ha

den with heat t.reatmenl. That hard ne

ve a n e clg . th e a bility to s tay s ha rp unde

mild abrasive pressure (wear). So. th

h ard er th e s te el, th e lo ng er il holds an edge

But. theres a tra d e-o[[ : Hock explained

'Really

h ar d s te el

L,

lIS

brittle

os

glass,

T

reduce this

brittleness,

the steel is ter

pered,

Unf is t oo t t hey require mQrecar

(Give

them a squirt of

\V D -4 0

fro m tim e

time.)

E en

if

t hey do looks l it tl e r us ty, the

lake an illCl'Edibly keen edg e th at

CUIS

li

nothing I'v e

used

before,

that cam e on m y R ecord O Sjack

plane.

It

transformed theplane f romagood t oo l i n to a

woodworking

wonder, se e Sou rc es , p ag e 24,

On a l aminat ed b l ade , t hetut ti nged lt ei sa

thin piece of bigh~n steel C ortte-w elded

to a b OO :;

nf.ott

steel,

This

high-CU 'bonsteel

edge will take and b old w hat I consider th e

ultimate edge,

I

was .0 bnpres..~ with

th e

laminated

hlade

that

I ,.,t out to r ep la ce th e factory

blades

inallmy p la ne s.

Unfor tunately. these

blades are available ill just 2 an d : w , .

\\idths.

' 'hat

tve rs mOSIbench p lan , Bul.

fo r specialty plane>;I w a s o ut o f l uc k.

SOLIDHIGR-CARBONBI.AJ)~. Recently,

my luck changed . ROIl Hock , a k nife ma ke r

in FO lt B ra gg .

California

o ff er s a comple te

line o i l id , b igh -< : ar bon steel b la de ~ to f il

alrno,;t every p lan e an d spokeshave 011 th e

market, a nd h e'll c usto m m ak e b la de s ror

antique.. lu .< ed on e o f H oc k', blades ror

th e w oo den p lan e sh ow n o n pag e I~ ,)

These blades are made entirely of th e

9 \e basic Sleel the edge on lhe

laminated

blnde. . so

they perfOI'fll \\ith th e

t. ., much

whaf~

in

the steel If.,hot's left out.

TIter ~

grinding process the

back

and

tQp

H O t = : f l

-D

: : : : : - - - ' _ 1 I A C l C

faces rarely come out panllIel-in 10, HI10N

J~ ~:::::{/

eross section, the two {l)J;eS are ~ ~ _lAaSiOEU 1. ~~

M g I t > < l J / - C : - - : : : .

If the honing jig works off the , ~ h I t . 1 etc I::J tr1 f ,

wp r_. the bevel wiUbe hanedai , ,~;c,_: ;.,.

Mngle to th e

back.

A li

l t ;j(J1L , . ._ ;.;; .~ e x

the l'skewed. ..

, : : : ; . : ; : : : ; : : : : ; ~ O f . .. ..

'The Sl>lutiQns to design the jig A~. '. '

HRO

so the clamping mecllani: mpress- B.. MltAUf

..sthebackofthechiseltlpag:Unsl. ~' IOS1ON

a surface parallel to tJ )e li ,'1I(' tested.

It has an

tance of this is diseu sssed in the Box below.) outboard .'Ollerthat rides on thc workbench

or this

Ilroup. the Eclipse jig is the clea

AlSO,therollerontheStanleyispo:;itioned surface about

8

behind the edge

o r

the

winner ,

If plane blade. and western ehisel

behind (instead of beneath) the .UI,pol l blade, rather than on the

stoue, ( C

Fig. .

w

all I ever sharpened, I can't imagin

seal. This design has two very positive

Ft:ATVRES.

Since the roller rides on the needing

II

dlll'erentjig.

elTeets, workbench rather than the stone. the en- BUI,1da appreciate having ajig that wi

First, the

rear-mounted

roller

forces tire

length of the Slone

can

be used while handle

. J apanese

chisel,

and

the

oecasiona

pressure down over the blade edge. This is sharpening. This lessens the tendency to job of sharpening IIspokeshave blade. Fo

critical when honing an edge (see Fig. 1, dish out the center of the Stone, these [obs the Stanley jil is the best choice

p ag e 1 7). S ee on d. the rear-mounted roller I..IMITATION$. But this, roller design be- Since neither of these tWl)jig>

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another pair ofstrips to set the blade

1.~,.

for a

3C1microbevel.)

GIUNDING THE B EVEL

AilA r the blade is lo ck ed a t th e COI'l'l'(1

IIngle.th. b ev el c an be f orm ed . O ne of

th e faslel't ways to '~'lind' this lingle

is

on a co arse o r extra-ccarse diamond

stone

( see Scurees.

page

24). Or

you

can use the steel p la te and ,ilicon

ca rb id e p ow der used to Oauen the

back

(see

pajtt 12).

There are a fe\\

tips

for using a

honing guide for grinding the

bevel.

ror m axim um

eenrrol. I

place

my

thumbs behind the jig and press my

filll(ertips down on the back of the

blade right over the edge, see Fig. 3.

(Don't pre. >down over the wheel.)

Wh n -grinding' on th e d iamond

stone

or the steel plate,

I upp l ,\ 'p ressure

on

the forward stroke only, releasing pressure

while backing up .

I

\l ) I imagine I'm

peeling a labeloffthestone to jtt t the ~tting

ac r io n that works best.

CHECK FOR SQUARE, As the bevel ;,.

l,'I'' tonefOl 'the initial

honrng.

And 3) a

tiOOO-gritwatenwhich is th e one

shown

in Ih e

IU't used

to i llU l;U '3 let ll k a rt ic le ). Bu t Lb . Stanley and

Lee Vtille,' jil\>' (shown on

pagI?

111

>Ill

bo

u.'Cdthe same wa)\

SET THE SHARPNES S ANGLE

The first SLePin forming Ihe bevel is to

deeidewhat the bevel ane

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Will r o t

billd,

IlfYi) rt'flll (lUlf tllt I /(J.d,..~ttltIJP'f

linl slop. Ju. , don't rilLsc tho -tcne In

tea,l.

,La .turn

f JW'Il1I I

ti'fjiq.

.\ 1 11 11 '. ,I& il ,,('( S f.'ls

~Jla'pcJlillg

aJlgle: a

'l'11)rlt'1',i, J t 1 ; . . 11 (,~f:.'el

2

I I t o I l flA l

-

>ICiU

11'

. . . . .

-

nurr(lr tiniM.

80 )'OU non t \ \

ant toltOdo n

to Ii~Nt'r tllOM at thi....point jlkt. to

....mo' the burr. R,fer to paj e 12

f'J fa , o f 1,la ' 1 x x f y .

Tile

pu.

; 1 (

refol

;01 0 blade,

s o , . c dg r 1 11 ;1 1

f

< b a ck i'liu

1/

111 ,1

fine tune the dt.-pth

r..

r nice thin sha\ln

'fhi.,beb~d '> I1< ' by trial and error.

Th n , a ,, 1\\ ,hff .....nt techniques I use

tA fi'.....u',.. tbe d~l>thofcut. Onsome planes

I

mal ,

a,ijll.tn,,nt~

b y

Utppingthe front and

back cnd ,,(tl 'I'I:II' body attentately to set

th,'

tm,nls untO the blad...j _ . , set to CUt10

the .. ptn)uu alit,

t , . It ARt;NSS. \\'hen

makin ,

Ih. ...,

fi

I)u I m ,'n t ' . ifth. blade needs a

lighl Inln\ good cnoull'h

t

1

P .ili,,/I

lit.

b(IId. by ,I.rillg

i l i ll lilt

/ lrli8r 1 ( ;/ 1 1 f li t

( (/gr

re8ti1~g Ott a

block o f S, (lII'W your workben~h

from getting

jtollg,.I,)

Stide the bLade

in

and pn .. tho 1 . ' 1 1 1 1 0in pl c,

TICllTt:N II

v.l>(lt~

Ancr the wedge i

po.itinnpd, drive it in tightly \\ith a ham

mer-twoo,' th ....~

g o o d 1 .. 1 1 '_

.ee Slep

2 .

SETTIH,IJI.AOt:.Allhi, poinl the wedg~

II~IIprobab ly huv pu,hed the blade so it

projet't~ too far oijl th,' bollom, To reset

WDGf

. . . .

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sw irl ing fash ion -likea h el ic op te r c om ing

in fo r a land ing. S low ly w ork dow nw ard

cleaning orr th e top of the plug until the

r ou te r b as e r es ts Oa t on the surface of

the

wood.

Note: This is even easier to do with a

p lu ng e r ou te r s in ce the base of the router

can be kept on the surface the w hole tim e

.

. . . .

TOl 'V lEW

f

AUGHSl'RAIGtfT(DGI

WlTMot.m:lOf

lOGE

OFEACMPUlUY)

r

and the router plunged dow n onto the to

f

t he p lu g .

A f te r r ou ti ng, t he re 's s ti ll a l itt le b it m o r

to shave o tT with a sharp chisel since th

r ou te r b it w a s s et a h air a bo ve th e s ur fa ce

T od o th is p ut th e Oa t b ac k o f t he

chisel

dow

tight on the surface of the w ork an d s li ce

r r smooth .

AUGNING TABLES A W P UL LE YS

After

J

f in is he d b ui ld in g t he ta bl e s aw cab

n et, 1 dec id ed to lak e a few m in utes

to tun

u p' m y saw . T his lIb 'u ally in vo lv es g ettin g

the saw blade lined up parallel w ith th

m iter g au ge g ro ov es Md a dju stin g th e ri

f en ce a nd m it er g au ge .

Bu t the re' s ano ther s te p th at's o ft en o ve

look ed on

belt-driven saws:

al igning th

mo tor pu ll ey an d the puU ey on the sawblad

arbo r. If the pu lle ys ar en 't p erf ectly in lin

w ith one a no th er or tig hto n thei r arb or s, th

b elt w on't ru n true and t he sa w will vibrate

& rJSalignmen~ca n also ca use ex tr a w ea r O

the V belt and the side pressure on th

p ull ey . m ig ht a ctu al ly lo osen them on

the

arbors,

lb detennine if th e p ulle ys a re

aligned

fu'St rem ov e th e c ov er th at's over the m oto

p ul le y a nd be it . T h en h o ld a s tr ai gh te dg e

(b

sure it's Ji e ct ly st ra ig ht) a lo ng si de th

pulleys. I f the p ulleys are in perfect alig

m ent, the straightedge should touch th

outs edge o f e ach pu ll e) :

If the p ulleys aren 't lined up, loosen

th

motor on the mo un t ( it's us ual ly fas te ne

with b ol ls in a s lo t) a nd s hi ft it u nt il i t's c lo

to

t he c or re et p os it io n. T h en , fo r finaladjus

menlo loosen the set screw in the moto

p ul le y a nd

tap it slightly

in o r OUt u n ti l b o

pulleys ar e p er fe ct ly aligned and r et ig ht e

th e se t sc rew .

o < . a

1 1 1 . 1

fini '. i1 iff r nUy

than

th e >'UI

' ) tJIMtin~y:ooo. (~ limes youwantthis

1'1 ~ranoe .,. a design eomrast. bu t that's

tu .nl}Kr

:-.tQl ) .)

Th~ o th er p ro ble m w ith u sin g a dow el is

'ha\,;ng it Ilush \\~ th th e surfaee aJ\er it's

been cut off

clo se. E nd grain

just

won't

shave off as sm oothly as side grain. A M if

yo u try

to

sand a d ow e l d own lI us h \\~ th the

sur face, the end w ain of the dowel \\'on\

sand a s e ao ;i Jya s th e s ur ro un din g a re a. Y ou

en d up with a

dished-out

area around

II

ra ised dowel.

Tha t gets us right back to where we

s ta rt ed : How do you c ut ot l'p ]u gs(ordowels)

Bu sh w i th t he snce?

On e w ay

is

with II h an d s aw , lOU can cut a

p lug abou t

I, .

a bo ve th e s ur fa ce w ith a b ac k

s aw o r d ov eta il sa w. a nd th en sh av e th e rest

of ftlu sh \\ ~th a s ha rp c his el .

N ote: U you try to cut o ff th e p lu g p erf ect

Iy f lu sh , th e se to n m ost saw te eth is l ike ly to

s cr at ch t he s ur ro un d in g s ur fa ce .

A nother w ay is

to

u se a r ou ter .

sed

rooter to cu t (rout) o ff t he p lu gs o n th e t ab le

saw cabinet and

ouifeed

table. It works

m uch m ore q uick ly a nd e asily th an cu ttin g

them off w ith a saw A nd there is less

chance

o f ch ip ou t w ith a r ou te > :

To rout off plugs. m oun t a straight bit in

th e ro ute r. I

used

a % 'straighlbitforthe

y

plugs. Then set the router on a

tlal

surface

an d a dju stt he de plh o f cu t s o th e b it is ju st .a

hail ab ov e th e su rface . see th e D etail in th e

d raw in g b el o ,

Once

th e

routeclepth

is

set. tift th e router

u p ab ov e th e p lu g to b e c ut o ff . T he n slowly

b rin g itd ow n g en tly o ver th e plu g i n s ort o f a

ROUTING PLUGS FLUSH

While was b ui ld in g t he ta ble s aw c ab in et

an d theoutfee< table forthis issue, I realized

th at there are a couple w ays to cut off p lu gs

flus h w ith th e surface,

But that's getting ahead of the story.

First, th e ho les have to b e tille d w ith p lu gs. [

like

to

use plugs (cut w ith a plug cutter)

ra ther than dowel s to t il l c oun te rbored

sc rew h oles. One re aso n is

that

p lu gs c an b e

cut from the same

wood

(even the sam e

board), an d

1 ca n get an a lmos t

perfect

color

m a tc h tot h e SW' rOund ingwood.

Also th e grain of a p lu g c an b e o rien ted to

ru n th e same direction as the slln'OUllding

wo od. W h en y ou u se a d ow el. th e grain runs

th e length of t he d owe l,

an d

so

the

grain will

be p er pe nd ic ul ar t o t he s ur ro un d in g s ur fa ce ,

Wha t y ou see o n th e dowel is end grain - il

1 1)s el ve t he p ro bl em . I 'v e started using

l(I 0II1 tr owel as a hold-downl push-stick

r

th..'S(' lituations.

Grout tr ow els a re

made

r

p ur ti ng t he g ro ut between ceramic t il es and

al\ r e a d i l . \ availab le at b uild in g ce nte rs or

lu mbe r yards fo r a bo ut $2 to

$5.

The one I

found

measures aboul4 ' x 9 and has a nice

h ig handle to grip. It also has a s of t, s ponge

ru bb er b o tt om th at grabs the work p ie ce a nd

hold. it securely as it . pushed over the

cutter.

' The

lo ng. Oa t su rf ace of the grout trow el

puLS

uniform

pressu re d own on the work

p ie ce w ithou t increasing the pressure on m y

nerv es .

GitOUT TROWEL PU5H[R

Sometimes

I ge l

n

litlJo.

n '

Ik'

I'm

cutting a \ e_tj

t il tl n J l \ \

u fnf t ll

ItI

th f

l A h I . , \

sa ' or rotMr tahlt ,

, '. Jr t .' u lr t}i lC '

hi> I

wag

routinl

lh .,

'i,ling lhrt t 1'~'lr C.r Ih

\\~nplant,JW , g o 1 nl 'Ir , 1 4

I a b >

d n\

U k.

Ilk

i.I ' 1I ,r my 5111 ( \'' '' '

prt~ng down

.'11llPllol

a IlIOanJwb.... it's

J1IL,..nMu\' t' r al.l tl,I.- ~I 1,luell'. rouler bit, or

Jointer knl\t wbcn c\illln~ rabbet.... or

I W . Io < . . . . 'n ..

I

I U , .

.1 110.,\,;brnlion

right

untll t

m)

~ 1 I L . .

A N O PE N FO R U M FO R CO M M E N T S A N D Q U E S T I O N S

_. gSho~ _

a

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p la ce m en t b la de s (III' R('(:Ordan d Stanley

planes f rom:

'\\'OODI,.~ Till> JAPAN WOODWORKER

( se c a dd re ss a bo ve ).

H , , i l 1 .

Bludc. Or

der

No . 5 3.17 5 . $ 1 5. 95 .

_ '.IV'ufc

BIIUk.

Or-

der Ko. 53.200, S16.95.

l Y;Widr Blade

Order No . 5 3 .238, $19.50. ;'- II 'ide

fJ / lJdc.

Order N o , 53 .262 , $21.50 . (Other sizes avail-

able

for

b lo c k p l an e s a n d s pok es h av es .

\Vrite

for

free R ier.)

You can order lam inated blades with n

h i l- c3 rb on stee l e d g < > f r om:

I ' INETOOL IM PORTS,P.O. Bo< 3271, 430

'est 7 th SL. Chico CA 959'27; 9 1 6- 8 91

1& .

You c an o rd er the

teak

o il w e u sed o n

the

wooden

plane

f r om:

THE WOODWORKt:ttS' STORE.

(Sec

address

above) .

\lUi, , ,

r....

Oil.

Order N o .

PI6.'IO. Si .75 per quart.

TURt\Uf::D INSF.RT You ill need one

threaded

insert somerimes

called

a

oRe)-

sa n In se rt )

fo r th e

wooden plane. \> ;e

learned (the hanl

way)

thaI the

oll[8ilk

d i IJmc te r

of th..C l I d e d i n . ' < , ' l :> ean va ry from

manu f ac tu r e r t o n l anu f ac tU t 't 'l ' e,'e n I.h ou l

th e i ns id e d iame te r ( bo lt , , ; ; r , e ) L.thesam e.

In II'o o d8 , il l, 1 \0 . 3S we specified a 0 / . -

#18 t h re aded in '; { I '1 .ro m The \\ 'oodworkers '

Store for a bu nk b c < I project. \' i'e cxplain(.'I

that y ou < h ou ld < t r i l l all'..' hole to ac< ,ep t the

inser t (Ihe ...... re fe rs to th e bolt I ize). A ~

hole

i..

the oorrect

si7 e

to drill for a

threadl '< l i l t. - er to btained from moot sou r ces ,

b ut no t

t ha t . cc i6 c

insert f rom T he

\\ 'ood

wo rke ,'> ' Store. It required a ' \, ,, ,' hole (a s

m a ny r en de rs to ld u sl.

'l'he

moralof

th e lory i:.

thll;:

B uy you r

hard\\ 'l\re j iY'fJt. Then dlill th e hol e

to

match

tb e h ard ware y ou purchased.

Y o u c an order a I.hreadd insert (o r th e

wooden p lane fr om :

THE WOODWORKERS' STORE. (See

address

above.

Note:

M inimum C8$ho rd e r

$7.501. Throaded HlTUs r e r l , 1',-20.

Or

The waterstones

we USC

in the \\'oodsmith

shop are King brand stones, Youcan pur

c ha se t he se s to ne s f ro m :

W()()DCRAFTSUPPU'

CORP. ( .... a dd re ss

above).

King JOIJO.gril

IIWenj;.

There

O 1f'

>ul'piJt.r

t hA t

guarantees Ha t diamond s tones:

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above).

tf' Coorsf'''9~-itDin)',4>udS(Q ,..

()r-

de l' No . 09(' .13 . $3 '1 .50 ppd. lt XCoonre-grit

DiamOl,d StOlle, Order N o . O 'Z P1 5,$37.50

ppd . li COOtSl 'fJn'tDWmu d SI ,u. Order

N o. 17 X2 2. $ &1.0 0 J l P < 1 .

.r' X

.( o o' 'IIldletl),

9 needed, .c Ud c ak , bore

3 11 ., ~ . dia . . O rd er No . 0 5 620 , S l.9 5 e ac h.

$17.60

fo r

10 .

B U H i> lg es

(1IXUr),

brass . 2

long, I' op en w t h, Order No. DI >') .$2.1()

per

pair. .Ifag,, , , t i r

COlf l r ,

Order N o . 0 2 10 7,

.9 5.

Pi Slyi. S/td/

SUPJlor l .

(8), br;>.s,

Order N o . 0 91 56 . $ .1 5 e ac h.

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Ave., D ep t. 116 . P.O. B ox -1000, Wobu n

MA

01888 :

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(Catalog: Free),

Su . . . l -B r o k Ca . te rs

(2 pair).;r

-dia,

x I

VI'

w id e ru bb er w he els.

weigh t

ca Jl c lt y r a ted

at 21 0

pound,

each , m ou nting screw s nO I

in cluded . $17.50 ppd . per pair.

ROUTER

BIT$.W.

u sed three

router

bits

th at m ay not be available from al l

1 0 < 8 1

re ta ile rs to b u ild th e

table

s aw cab in e t.

The V; core boz bil is a va ila ble in the

Sears

1986187

Power an d Hand Tho l C ta lO ll

as

Order

N o.9 G T 25 5.1 6.

;$12.99.

The jll l 1 I t ri ll l / ii t u se d to cle an u p th e tr band

fr om an o ff ic e s u pp ly s tore. Y ou c ou ld also

use an

elastic ho ld -d ow ll or

-bungce' co rd

sold

at

mos t

b ic yc le a nd c am p in g ~ to re .

W OOO8U RN IN G PEN

Vouc a n order. w o od bu rn in g pe n formakillg

the h t deeah; dcscr ib t .. cJou page 3 n Il :

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R oad, B ronx, NY 10461.22 17; 800 -2 :2. 1

8 0 8 7 (C at al og : S I.OO).

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Order No . 5 7 \VB3 , S I6 .9 5 .

B E VE LH ON IN G G U ID ES

You ca ll order

the

Eclipse and

Lee

Val ley