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Chain-Saw Lumbeg

Fall 1977 , $2.50

Vol. 2, No.2

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The Fine Woodworking Biennial Design Book

makes a nice git anytime, to anyone...

ing magazine, and show the highly creative and in

credibly varied work being done today. From an

tique interpretations to ultramodern fantasies, these

striking photographs show the state of the art in all

of its fantastic diversity. This unique book is a source

of inspiration for today and a record for tomorrow.

176 pages, printed on paper the same quality and size as this maga

8000 sent to the editors of Fine Woodwork

600 photographs are the

pick of

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$8.00 postpaid.

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Biennial Design ook

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If you love fine woodworking, you'll treasure this

superb collection of the best designs in wood by

present-day craftsmen. The

zine, bound in soft cover.

Fall 1977, Volume 2, Number 2

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4 Letters

18 Methods of Work

24 Books

32 Questions & Answers

35 Comment by Stanley Niemiec : Medieval woodworking

Editor and Publisher

Paul Roman

Managing Editor

John Kelsey

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

Alastair A. Stair

Corespondents

David Landen (South)

Alan Marks (West)

Jim Richey (Texas)

Rosanne Somerson (New England)

Colin Tipping (England)

Stanley N. Wellborn (Washington, D. C.)

Editorial Assistants

Ruth Dobsevage

Vivian Dorman

Barbara Hannah

JoAnn Muir

Art Consultant

Roger Barnes

36 Addenda, Erata

38 Out West byJohn Kelsey : Diverse woodworking businesses

40 Steam Bending by William A. Keyser,]r.: Heat, moisture plasticize wood

46 Triangle Marking by Adrian C. van Draanen : A simple, reliable system

48 Painted Funiture by Stanley N. Wellborn : Decoration always popular

50 Chain-Saw Lumbering by Robert Sperber : Cut your wood where it falls

53 Rip Chain

55 Getting Lumber byJoyce & Edgar Anderson : Take log to mill, mill to log

56 Sawing by Hand by Tage Frid : Bowsaw is best ; keep it sharp

60 Ga.ing Tables by Alastair A. Stair: Multi-purpose antique furniture

63 Two Contemporary Tables

64 Wooden Clamps by Richard Showalter: Strong, handsome and cheap

70 Elegant Fakes by George Frank: 34 chairs fo r the palace at Alexandria

72 Aztec Drum by Ray Nitta: Resonating tongues produce sound

Advertising

Janice A. Roman, manager

Lois Beck

74 Gout Stool by H. G. Carter : Double ratchet adjusts height

77 Two Tools by Jim Richey : Small saw , marking gauge

Advertising Representative

Granville M. Fillmore

78 Measuring Moisture by R. Bruce Hoadley: Meters prevent guesswork, grief

80 The Flageolet by Kent Forrester : Woodwind is turning, drilling exercise

Subscrptions

Carole E. Ando, manager

Gloria Carson, Nancy Knapp

Viney Merrill

82 Young Americans: A prestigious show

83 Hardwood Sources (continued)

83 Sources of Supply (continued)

Business Manager

Irene Arfaras

84 Winners

Cover: Walnut crotch sawn into 6/4 boards

with 36-in. chain-saw mtll by Robert Sp er

ber where the tree was feled. Th e lame

pattened fig ure results from cutting both

branches through the center, a cut virtualy

unobtainable with conventional circular

sawmtlls. Sp erber discusses chain-saw lum

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____________________

I was delighted to read "Cooperative Woodshop"

(Summer '77) . I am a member of a similar shop, called

Heartwood, in Berkeley, Calif. We have 10 members in a

2,400-sq.-ft. space. We each pay a fixed amount, currently

$80, to cover rent, utilities, basic supplies such as glue and

sandpaper, maintenance and repair, and some major im

provements. Some tools are collectively owned, though most

are owned individually. All are shared freely. For the most

part we each do our own jobs and handle our finances sepa

rately. The exchange of skills and knowledge is crucial and

beneficial to all of us. I am a successful custom cabinetmaker,

and I feel the setup of this shop has been essential to my

being able to establish myself on limited finances and ex

perience. The more shops like this, the better.

-Liz Brown, Berkeley, CalIf

might be 10° negative. If properly sharpened, both tools

produce shavings of similar appearance : with scrapers, a little

thinner ; with cutters, thicker and more curled.

From a standpoint of sharpening, contrary to what the

author implies, scrapers need a higher degree of skill than do

gouges. In order for a scraper to cut eficiently, the top (broad

side of the cutting edge) must be polished to dissipate the

heat generated from the edge's contact with the wood at a

negative angle.

-Lyle Terel, New Oleans, a.

In reply to Blake Emerson's letter (Summer '77) about

articles on women woodworkers, I do not now feel , nor have I

ever felt, that woodworking has political implications. When

I enter my workshop, I leave the world behind and enter into

my own little world, where I design and build what I please

and how I please. And somehow in this act of pleasing my

self, I leave my woodshop enriched by the experience, and in

the process, make the world a better place not only fo r myself,

but fo r everyone who comes in contact with me. And the

work I create makes life a little more pleasant fo r all who see

and use the things I make.

When I read your magazine, I am interested in expanding

my knowledge of woodworking and finding solutions to

problems I have in my woodshop. It has never entered my

mind... to realize or determine whether the woodworkers

you write about are men or women ...

Peter Child's article (Summer ' 77) states that scraping tools

scrape, not cut. I suggest that scraping is a fo rm of cutting.

Other fo rms are shredding, shearing and slicing.

To suggest that scrapers do not cut is a falsehood that

should be corrected. The diference between shearing and

scraping is arbitrary, being no more than the angle at which

the edge of the tool is inserted into the wood while it is ro

tating to produce a " scraping" cut (negative rake angle) or a

shearing cut (positive rake angle) , regardless of the tool used.

The distinction should be based solely on the rake of the tool,

e.g., the angle that the upper face ofthe tool makes with the

work. This rake with regular skew chisels and spindle gouges

might be as high as 70° positive. But with faceplate scrapers it

I think most of us share the concerns and work for the

political and social rights of women ...If we suffer guilt from

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Here's A Better Way To Mill Difficult Lumber

Exotic wood stock comes in a variety of challenging shapes

and sizes. Milling this rough stock has always been a prob

lem. Now, Granberg Industries, manufacturer of chain

saw equipment, has an accessory that makes the job easier

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It's the Alaskan MK

14" to 56".

There are no holes to drill; the mill adjusts downward for

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111 is a rugged, precision tool that will help specialty

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PANTOGRAPH

The pantograph is used for enlarging, reducing and

reproducing. Woodcarvers ind it ideal for transferring

design pattens onto wood for relief carving. Adjust

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111, a versatile tool that clamps on the

bar of the chain saw and fits bar lengths from

Bob Stocksdale, widely known

saw through a log of extremely

wood craftsman, uses a MK 111 to

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