NOTES FROM THE SHOP $2.50 codsmith BENCH-TOP ROUTER TABLE DOVETAIL TONGUE & GROOVE SHARPENING STEP BY STEP TO THE PERFECT EDGESawdust WooDsMIMH (Sst 0164-4114) is publishes When we started to put together t issue, I fully intended to have a step- step article on cutting half-blind dovetails {asa follow-up to the last issue's article on throagh dovetails.) But things didn't work fout the way we planned. 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Th pig erp em pre Ah nl futer abe worked hat 1 theogh couple af pects st rovter table ould be ie for this fc. ‘So, we built the Wall Shelf (page 20) and the Bread Board (page 24). ics We were woking wth ihe reser soruch, we Camgtealeger dee gh felnorier, Ta when we sare werk te the Bute able page Til The halt ak veme ea aie eeee ie {Tamme pun sachet “A Ue pine bal these was led and ail 2 fond deta Then f ard thinking inorder it ball Haas orca vee Lave © hare ane Bek Domus ald pcade sees ‘hike ethos retest theres nl Gees grain awk cavied avage thought We cod show how to hurr doch inte pages we wound pt Aimert seven pegee And that Before Sloe cae ih elisa te Norton Coto cask a few simple questions (which turned Ino treepuge Interview “Aina Ton bap wi the way things tured at even thgugh we never id pet to haif-blind dovetails. SHARPENING, As if seven pages ien't ‘enough on sharpening, Ihave afew other | ‘comments I'd like tomake. First, concern ing the wheel used to grind the bevel on 3 hisel. I'youbaveit in your budget, [think the Norton grinding whecls diseusced in ‘thin insue are well worth the investment. ‘You won't believe how much difference theres beticen a proper Norton) wheel ‘and one of those all-purpose whoole that ‘are standard on most grinders. Since no catalogs (that we know of) carry Norton ‘wheels, youll have to locate a Norton dis tribator in your area. In addition to the grinding wheels, hell probably also have the factory oil-filled stones these are a good deal to) i Tn the articles on sharpening in this iseue, we talked only about chisels. Why ‘ot include plane irons? They're sharpened the same way aren't they? Plane irons (cutter blades) are indeed sharpened exactythesame way as chisels (use a25° grinding angle and then hone 3 ‘miero-bevel on tho cutting edge at slightly steeper angle.) {t's ready touse, a8 A plane iron, on th ther hand, mst be motnted in plan ‘There are a lot of other prot sociated with planesin onder to make them ‘work properly. We'll be runnit ae ee cane oye Tarenort, Te never fils. Just when ve ‘were wrapping up this insue we received 3 Frog Tool Catalog. In i they Uist almost all the equipment we use: fnecoarse Tulle. ‘combination stones, a leather stropping, ‘pad, the damond siones, small sticks Duthig compound (chung rouge), and a combination Indiasoft Arkansas. Ifyou | Want to get this catalog, send $2 to Frog. Tool Co. Ltd., Dept. W. 700 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60606. NEW FACES. Once again we've added a ‘new face to the gang at Wooden J Shyderhas joined us as our new Art tor. Jon has exceptional talents wi graphics, design, and photography” (he Shot all the photos for this insae). We Should be on the road to.a better Wout ‘mith with Jon's hep. i ‘Ted Kralicek (the old Art Director) is row the nev oficial Design Director. He's in charge ofall the design work, end mua ‘of the actual building that goes into the projects in Woodamith. Every once ina while, Ted lets me in the shop to build Tomething of sweep up. But moat of the work you seein Woodemih's the real of ‘Ted's talent and craftsmanship. NENT MAILING: May, 1082 WoopsmiTHTips & Techniques ‘TABLE SAW SETUP. To eliminate this problem, I dye the ‘canvas black. Then after itis dry, I smooth it out using an iron. Next I apply the glue to the back of the stained tambour slats ‘and attach them to the canvas in the ‘orm fashion, “Evens the canvas stretches, I'meureit won't be noticeable between the slats. Charles L. Robers Waukesha, Wisconsin RADIAL ARM SAW TABLES Trvo had 2 problem with the saw kerf in ‘the surface of my’ radial arm saw table. The saw kerfs aceamulate to the point that ‘there's quite a large gap in the tal "To avoid replacing the surface of the table every timeit gots bad, I rout a slot in the table, slightly off-center with the blade, to accept an insert of 4" plywood. ‘The inserts are about 2 wide, and 23 long. ‘as the table is deop. They fit in the table slightly off-conter with the blade. ‘When the insert gets chevwed up, just turn it end for end. Because the insert is slightly off center with theblade, you'l get Beach Road, Oceanside, N.Y. 11572. adapters available for various sizes router motors and radial arm saws. Donald C. Druce Longueuil, Quebec EASY JIG FOR RAISED PANELS Here's @ method of cutting raised panels that i similar tothe method you use, but thinkit'e abit quickor, 2 bitmore accurate, and a whole let safer! "The frst step is to attach an auxiliary fenee to the rip fence on tho table saw. ‘Thenthejigis made out ofserap wood with Ifthe table and the blade are not square with each other, one of two things will happen. The board will either pull away from the straight-ege, or it will bind into the straighcedge. If it binds, follow the repeat this procedure unt the board i no Jonger pulling away from the straight- cele. Then repeat the sine test starting fram the opposite end iEroeh even the slghteee opening bo re toreen the alate, expocialy i they're Said the insert over, you've got two more new surfaces, ot a total of four per insert. to aclean saw kerf E LAD. Cotvin Satellite Beach, Florida [ROUTER JIG FOR THE RADIAL ARM SAW or outng operations Boca th highest spod on my dr prea is ony 4TH RPM, I dent feel es ry ideal fr roting panel tobe cutto pve A and slide the jig along the auxiliary fence. iow ao pooibe onthe panel, bat one place the elamp below pie A or the Sig wil Bind on the fence. 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