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MAy/JE 1980, No. 22 $3.00

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Cathy Kach

ancy Schch

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Robert Bruschi

Irene Arfaras

Madeline Colby

Lois Beck

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Paul Roman

4 Letters

14 Methods of Work

Poduction Manager

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20 Questions

28 Books

Answers

35 Events

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32 Adventures in Woodworking

Steeling Away by John Galup

Consultant

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36 Kerf-Bent Boxes by Susan). Davidson

Woodworking techniques and carving tools of the Northwest Coast

46 Balinese Masks by David Sonnenschein

Carving cross-legged on the floor

48 Alpine Peasant Furniture by Chistoph Buchler

Carved designs embellish sturdy construction

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51 Two Easy Pi;ces by Simon Watts

A frame chair and a sofa

Accounting Manager

54 Cowhide for Chairs by jim Richey

One hide seats six or seven

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56 Altern�tive Wood-Drying Technologies

Solar energy and dehumidification; drying lumber in a vacuum

60 A Barn for Air-Drying Lumber by Sam Talanco

Pennsylvania Dutch tobacco sheds inspire design

62 Sharpening Saws byJules A. Paquin

Principles, procedures and gadgets

65 Furniture Conservation by Robert . Me Gfin

Historic objects can outlast us all

68 Shop Math by C. Edward Moore

With a little help from Pythagoras

73 Drawing the Ellipse

L. McClure

Backed material can be CUt with sharp knives

Woodworkers and Copyright by Eugene S. Stephens

Knowing the law is the best insurance

Editor's Notebook

On weekend conferences, shop fi res and summer courses

The Woodcraft Scene

Dan Dustin: Spoonmaker by RIchard Star

Totem Pole

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Kwakiutl Roy Hanuse recesses the fourth cor

ner of a steamed and kef bent box with a

s p ecialy designed hooked knfe. The kef

b endin g tools and traditional techniques of

the Indians of the Northwest Coast are de

sen'bed on pp. 36-43; how Hanuse made this

box, also shown on the cover, is deta/ed in a

photo-essay, pp. 44-45. Photo: Uli Steltzer.

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ARICLES

It's About Time by Rosanne Somerson

A show of hands in Worcester, Mass.

Marquetry with Flexible Veneers by Paul

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Letters

a reader wanted to

know how one builds a Swiss alphorn. Here is a description by

Ernst Balli, a Swiss cousin of mine who builds them in his

spare tIme:

First, ind a small ir or a spruce (apparently it makes no

diference) that grew on a slope, died and dried out com

pletely on the spot without, however, having started to rot

(the harsh winters and wind conditions in the Alps help the

process). A length of about

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bottom. This last step ensures tightness and stability. There

after, wrap the horn in tight layers of rattan, again starting at

the bottom. When gouging out the top, make sure that the

purchased mouthpiece its snugly. I think it's a piece like for

a trombone.

-Heny Ratz, Del Ma, Calif

ft ., yields a so-called C-horn.

Once you've brought it home, plane it down conically. After

planing, rip the length into two halves on the band saw. Hol

low the halves with a gouge. The remaining wall thickness

should be about

As a longtime user of satin polyurethane varnishes, I have fre

quently complained to my supplier about the short shelf-life

of half-illed cans. I have used several varieties and they all gel

quickly. No answers to the problems have surfaced except

using collapsible photochemical containers. My only solution

has been to buy the smallest size containers and consign the

remains to the rubbish barrel.

I kept thinking about how to remove air from the open

container, which is the cause of gelling. Finally the efort paid

of-I think. Why not lood the can with propane gas, dis

placing the air? Most of us have small propane cylinders in

our shop for soldering. The gas is inert and should have no

efect on the varnish.

Some months ago I gassed several partially illed cans of

varnish, and thus far this plan works beautiully. The proce

dure I use is to lood the can with gas and then restrict the

opening by sliding the cover halway into place before turn

ing the gas of. This should prevent any eddying, which

might draw air back into the can. The same system should

work for other oxygen-sensitive products such as tung oil and

paint.

116 in. Glue the two halves together again

with carpenter's glue, making sure that no glue seeps inward.

After it dries, cover the whole horn with glue and wrap it like

a mummy with strips of linen about

f4 in. wide. Start at the

Plane down to

desired size

About

12 ft.

Mark center

and rip with

band saw

. .

This morning I plugged in my version of the PEG soaking vat

as described by Bruce Hoadley in your Nov.

Holow out

- Wtli am A. Wo odcock, Huntington,

--- Wood rest

'79 issue. The

problem I ran into, and you may want to warn readers about

Although handscrews are among the most versatile clamps in a

cabinet shop, they haven't changed much in 200 years. The non·

marring jaws of these are of fine hard maple and the steel screws

are handled with reinforced

hardwood. The swivel nuts

in the jaws are the one

innovation your ancestors

didn't have and they add

significantly to versatility.

The jaws may be set parallel

or, if required, askew. Thus,

you can distribute pressure

narrowly or widely and you

can clamp angled workpieces.

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