0084.pdf

Boston Funiture Shows

DowelJoinery

Making a Display Case

Portable Planers

A Frame-and-Panel Bed

6" X 48"

MUSCLES OUT

HE COMPETITIO

15"

47"

COMBINATION

SANDER

MODEL G1014

ONLY

$1 9 5 00

PLANER

MODEL G1021

ONLY

F.O.S. ellingham, WA

or Williamsport, PA

$ 735 00

HEAVY

DUTY JOINTER

MODEL G1182

REG. $3750

SALE PRICE

$ 4 9 5 00

H.P. SHAPER

MODEL G1035

ONLY

F.O.B. ellingham, WA

or Williamspot, PA

$ 345 00

F.O.B. ellingham, WA or Williamsport, PA

WOOD SHAPER

MODEL G1024

ONLY

F.O.S. ellingham, WA

or Williamsport, PA

$2 75 00

6" X 30"

F.O.B. ellingham, WA

or Williamsport, PA

SLOW-SPEED

GRINDER

MODEL G1036

ONLY

EDGE

SANDER

MODEL G1531

ONLY

$ 3 9 5 00

$10 995

10"

F.O.B. ellingham, WA or Williamspor1. PA

---- - - -- -

HEAVY DUTY

TABLE SAW

with Cast Iron Wings!

MODEL G1022

REG. $3650

SALE PRICE

$ 355 00

= .�------ - �

16"

20" PLANER

MODEL G1033

ONLY

F.O.B. elingham. WA

or Williamsort, PA

$1, 2 9 5 00

$ 5 2 5 00

SUPER HEAVY DUTY

TABLE SAW

MODEL G1023

ONLY

$8 9 5 00

2069

(( �l )

2406

FOB elhngham, WA

or Williamsort, PA

98227

17701

FOB ellingham, WA or Williamsport, PA

206-647-0801

717-326-3806

��!�!»

�

West of the Mississippi contac �� , East of the Mississippi contact:

P.O. Box

�

Reach Road

H.P. DUST

COLLECTOR

MODEL G1029

1-800-541-5537 1-800-523-4777

(Orders Only)

Bellingham, WA

Williamspot, PA

$2 9 5 00

Customer Service:

90·106

F.O.B. ellingham, WA or i

DER SERICE NO. 3

ONLY

(Orders Only)

F.O.B.

BAN

MODEL G1538

ONLY

�Worg '

Fn e

DEPRTMENTS

______

Sc Pt c mb c r / Oct) b Cr 1990

Methods of Work

Milling large surfaces; bandsawing rough wood; lathe guard

Questions & Answers

Flattening waterstones; carpenter ants; homemade beeswax

Folow-up

Remembering akashima; cutting angled tenons; melaleuca rashes

RTICLES

Evens

110

Books

Notes ad Comment

International Contemporary Furniture Fair; turning exhibits

116

taistock to loate the center

of a fceplate-mounted burl slab that he's tuning

into a wall-hung scuptue (article on p. 76 ). Cor:

Funitu

122

r Frank ausz tells how he planned

and built hs own kitchen cabinets on p. 54.

ui ng Editor Jim Boesel

Art Director Kathleen Rushton

Assoct"te Editor Sandor Nagyszalanczy

Assist"nt Editors Charley Robinson,

Gary Weisenburger

Copy Editor Carolyn Kovachik

Assist"nt Art Director Aaron Azevedo

Editori"' Assst"nt Alec Waters

Editori"' Se",et"y Claire Warner

Contributing Editors Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley,

Christian Becksvoort, Michael Dresdner

Consulting Editors George Frank, Richard

42 Building a Display Cabinet byJerry Hall

Lap-jointed frames and beveled-glass panels

4 6 Portable Planer Survey by Sandor Nagyszalanczy

Low-cost lightweights heavy on performance

A Woodcarver's Journey by].L. Heatwole

A legay of folktales and fantasies

Preiss,

54 Designing and Building Kitchen Cabinets

by Frank Klausz

An overview from subfloor to sofit

Norman Vandal

Methods of Work Jim Richey

Indexer Harriet Hodges

59 . Building a Corian countertop

A Kentucky Quilt Rack by Kelly Mehler

Shaping and joinery with a router and jigs

Publsher John Lively

M"rketing Director James P. Chiavelli

Circul"tion Assist"nt Brenda Hamilton

CopylProduction Editor Christy McCormick

Public Rel"tions M"n"ger Donna Pierpont

Administr"tile Se",et"y Susan M. Clark

M"rketing Secret"y Sherry Duhigg

FineVoodworking

64 Dowel Joinery by Mac Campbell

Pressed grooves for improved gluing

68 Vacuum-Bag Veneering by Gordon Merrick

Us ing the atmosphere as a low-cost press

Fineoodworking,

FineWoodworking

(800) 243-7252

g Coordi Mo r Ka

Fineoodworking.

n Mo

(203) 426·3434

Simonds

71 Visual Tricks with Veneers by Tom Dufy

Ul tra-thin layer reveals hidden inlays

Adlertsing Secret"y Jennifer Dunbar

Tel.

d king (ISSN 0361-3453) s published bimomhly, January. March, May,

Fax.

74 Storage Box for 35mm Slides by George Levin

Simple, stackable, finger-jointed trays

s , manuscripts, photographs and idas from our read

ers, amateur or professional. We'll acknowledge all submissions

and retun

is a reader-written magazine. We welcome

pro

76 Wall Sculptures by Dennis Elliott

Tu ning big and burly

we can't publish. Send your conu'ibutions to

A 3,OOO-lb. portable lathe

80 Making a Frame-and-Panel Bed by John McAlevey

Subtle details enhance a basic beds

Box 5506, Newtown, COlU1. 06470-5506.

Title to the copyrights in the contributions appearing in

magazine remains in the authors, photog

raphers and artists, unless od1elwise indicated. They have

granted publication rights to

FineW

r 06470.

July, September and Novemer, by he Taunton Press, Inc., Newtown,

sss ions, 525 or one year, 545 for two years, 6 or re years; aa and other

countries, 530 or one year, S55 or two years, 50 for

ee yars (in U.s. dollars,

83 Carving a Ball-and-Claw Foot by Mack Headley, Jr.

Tr acing the techniques of a Williamsburg cabinetmaker

T 06470-5506.

d to Su i ption Dept., The Taunton ss ,

.5. and ss ;ons; UK, £2.95; other

r 6470-556. Ad ssll corr

m ent (Subription, Editorial, or Advertising), he Taunton Press, 63 outh

Main Street,

88 New .erican Fuiture by Jim Boesel

Boston museum show ofers an historical pepective

pleae). Smle cpy, 54.95. Smgle cop;" outs;de

O Box 556, Newtown, r 06470-5506. U.s. n

countris and sss

ions, S5.95.

OH 44870.

O ox 556, Newtown,

ence to the pppi·

ate d

tand distribution by

93 Other Boston area shows

Easten

Distributors, Inc., 1130 Cleveland Road, Sandus',

5506, ewtown,

Send address changes to The Taunton Press, Inc., PO Box

Letters

Denns Elliott uses

Editor Dick Burrows

Adllertising S"'es M"n"ger Dick West

N"tion"' Accounts M"n"ger Don Schroder

Assoct"te Accouns M"n"ger Barney Barrett

Senior S"'es Coordin"tor Carole Weckesser

Adll

Telephone (203) 426·8171. Second·class postage paid at Newtown, CT 06470, and

tion without permission of TIle Taunton Press, Inc. Fine Woodworking@ is a regiS·

tered trademark of The Taunton Press, Inc. Subription rates: United States and

Postmaster:

Leiters

g sfey-"Before I get started I'd like to take a

minute and talk about safety."

adjusunents which have to be made while leaning over the saw

table could cause injury if someone forgets to turn off the power

or fails to wait for the blade to stop spinning. The Ripstrate sits

compactly on tile fence, does its job and seldom needs to be

touched. It is also unique in that both wheels rise togetiler, so that

the operator does not encounter a second wheel partway into the

cut, which interrups tile feed and can cause a bun mark.

We are proud of the Ripstrate's long and successful track re

cord. It is being used every day in tens of tilousands of shops,

and we have received unsolicited "fan" letters telling us how

much the users like the product. Ripstrates are also being used

in the shops of hundreds of corporations, schools, tile military,

and government agencies, witil names like General Motors,

Boeing, AT&T, Andrews ir Force Base, Los Alamos National Lab

oratory, Smithsonian Institution and OSHA.

-Fred

a safety professional these

words are music to my ears; as a woodworker I applaud every

professional who starts out a presenation with this statement.

Recently I've heard some workers comment that reminding

people about wearing safety glasses or talking about safety in

every class or written article is overkill. Those individuals who

feel safety warnings are a waste of time, especially for profes

sionals, don't understand human nature, and are at risk of falling

victim to an accident looking for a place to happen.

Unsafe acts occur for a variety of reasons. A major one is a

poor safety attitude: the belief that getting the job done is more

important than doing it safely; thinking a "rush" job does not

have time for safety precautions. Put that together with the belief

tiut "it won't happen to me" and you have a walking time bomb.

TIle problem is especially serious in an area like woodworking,

where you have a wide variety of people of all ages watching "do

it-yourself" programs, buying insu'uctional tapes, or grabbing any

article tiley can ind in hopes of becoming better cratsmen.

Another major problem that develops from a poor safety attitude

is absenunindedness-workers just forget to put on safety glasses,

to replace a guard or to repair dalaged equipment. TIle most dan

gerous of all attitudes is to do tile job tile easiest, Simplest or quick

est way possible. Physical and menal fatigue can dull -a person's

reaction to danger and lead to a laxity in working safely on a job.

In many cases, not using proper safety precautions can make a job

a little easier or save a few minutes, but when a fmger or an eye is

lost, was it worth it? -Howard Bleeknan, South Wales, NY

Slavic, Fsher Hill Products Inc., Fitzwilliam, N.

In response to Joseph Cha

pline's plea for adopting the metric system (

#83), let me

make an observation or two.

First, a quarter of an inch is a quarter of an inch. How accurate

can it be?

accurate as you make it.

Wood products on the market today are smaller in size because

someone wans to get more pieces out of a tree, not because of

metrics. I don't care what the metric size is of anyd1ing. Inches,

feet, yards, miles, etc., have worked just fine for a long time. Don't

change the way of measuring something just because someone in

anomer country uses another memod. Let tilem change.

By me way, in most cases you can no longer calculate the total

mickness of several pieces of wood of tile same nominal size. You

better measure it. -Thomas

ss Valley, Cal.

Follow-up on Veritas gu i des- Regarding tile comment on

p. 98 of

#81), which you

correctly describe as tile most compact and easily adjustable of the

available hold-downs. Your assertion tilat the wheels do not hold

as tightly as some of the others needs some explanation.

The Ripstrate is not designed to work by brute force. The

spring we use allows the wheels to swing up easily and the

workpiece to feed freely, while providing more than enough

grip to do its job. It is true that you can force the board away

from tile fence by deliberately pushing it sideways with your hand,

but in real life ti1is does not occur, and tile Ripstrate exerts all the

force necessary to hold tile workpiece snugly against the fence.

Likewise, excessive friction is not required to prevent kick

backs, even though they can generate a lot of force if they are

allowed to get started. A kickback is caused when the blade en

counters a knot or jams in the kerf, whereupon it raises the

board off the table and hurls it back like a javelin. The Ripstrate

has all tile power necessary to hold the board down so that the

blade never has a chance to generate its throwing power by rais

ing it off the table. In addition, the wheels lock instantly, so that

tile operator is not even aware that a kickback has been averted.

The self-adjusting feature of the ipstrate is more than a time

saving convenience; it is a significant safety factor. A device

which requires frequent adjustment often doesn't get used. Also,

Thompson, G

#83 on the Veritas honing guides, tilere is never a

need to dismantle a Veritas guide for cleaning. Any buildup of

sludge from sharpening can be rinsed off. The roller shaft

should have a drop of oil occasionally.

In the very first production run of the guides some five years

ago, a manufacturing error resulted in defective rollers on some

guides. These were replaced free of charge. Anyone experienc

ing a problem with a Veritas roller, should send the entire roller

assembly to Veritas Tools, 12 E. River St., Ogdensburg, N.Y.

13669, and it will be replaced free of charge.

-Leonard Lee, Lee Valley Tools Lt., Ottawa, Ont, Canada.

F ilm enthusiasts used to say

that black-and-white movies represent pure Cinema, while color

movies are crass and commercial. Then a stranger from tile east

came along and threw a monkey wrench into tilis simplistic cate

gorization from the universe. "Suppose color films were invent

ed before black and white," he pondered. "Would color tilen be

the purer medium?"

In like fashion, let us toss this reductionist nonsense into the

y superior tools

PUBiTIONS

TheTauntonPres:

P roduction: Robert Olah, manager; Steven

Hunter, art director; Henry Roth, associate art director; Cathy

d ,

Facilities: William Schappert, manager; LOis Beck, o/fice-services su

pervisor; John Zor, mail services; Chuck Hollis, maintenance /ore

man; Mark Cole, assistant; Cluistopher Myers, buyer/ Jetlitr;

Kathleen Costello, Norma-Jean Taylor, cafeteria assistants; Subscrip

tion: Carole Ando, managr; Patricia Aziere, Connie Bar

m , Mry nn a

ia l er, pro

ductioll assista.t; Copy/Production: Ruth Dobsevage, ma

retary; Videos: Craig Umanof, assOciate

ucr, lllOmas Me

, Peter

Fred

Monnes, Alice Saxton, Astor Taylor, Robert Weinstein; Purchasing

i o

assistant

ucer,

rr one,

n r customer S/ce rep; Jane

lld, senior copy

o n, marketing assistants; Fr'1

�

ction editos; Marketing: Jon

Miller, diec, Andrea Onda, manger, Philip

Doma

Baxter, Patricia Beardsley, aum Bishop, Marie '.uo, Andr'd Shorrock.

Mnuacturing: Kathleen Davis, diector, Austin E. Starbird, prepress

manger; Robert Marsala, graphic arts supervisor, Susan hn , staf

photographer; '11Omas Greco, production manager/books; Philip

iter, Barbara Buckalew, Eileen H

i rk, poduction managr/magazines; Diane Hanagan, In·,,t buy·

er, Mary Beth Cleary, print production assistant; Rosemary Pagel, as

sistQnt productio. coordinator; Sherrill Kolakowski, secretm Yi

Nancy Atkinson, Chansam Th

C pogrammr; Ellen Wolf, PC coordinator. ll ment & Op

erations: Tom Luxeder, diector; Jane Torrence, secretary; Circula

tion: Karen Oleh, cordinator, Mary

nn Colbert, Roxanne F mm et,

Drew Salisbury, manager, Brendan Bowe, Roger Selia, senior o

gramms/analysts; Susan Morehouse, programmr; Robert Nielsen,

a ble su v i

s entatives; Customer ervice

(Subscriber): Patricia Malouf, ma ,

Joyce McWilliam, mail pro

Paul Roman, presiderlf; Janice A. Roman, vice

president; Carolyn Kovaleski, administrative secretay; Roger

Barnes, tlesign director. Accounting: Wayne Reynolds, conroller,

PaLrick Lamontane, manager; Jerey Sherman, /inancial analyst;

Mary Sullivan, accountant; Carol Diehm, a

v isor, Lydia Krikorian,

Diana D'Onorio, Dorothy Dreher, Carolyn Stiles, Elaine Yamin.

8oo

N ideos: John Kelsey, publisber; Marcie Seigel, adminisra

tive secretary; Debonth Cannarella, editor; Deborall Fillion, book de

sign.er; Christine Timmons, senior etlitol� Jerey Beneke, associate

book editor; Andrew Schultz, assistant editor;

ra lowe, Marylou Thompon; Custom

er ervice (Trade): Gloria

avongsa, procluction assistants;

Richard Booth, Deborall Cooper, Mark Coleman, scanner operators;

\Villiam Godrey, Laurene Jakab, color proo/ing operators; Dinah

George, composition systems manager; Margot Knorr, applicltioll

publications

o, su

C applications specialist; Lisa

Carlson, Valerie tuners, ystems oprato. Personnel: Carol Maroni,

manager; linda Ballerini, Chris Lincoln,

nts

Patricia Williamson, client svices

d inator; Pegy LeBlanc, Denise c

sor; Susan Burke; lawrence Stiles, credit

cessing supervisor; Nancy Schoch,

s onnel lssistallts.

Bojnowski, Diane Hurvul,

list; Nancy Knapp, compoSition pmduction coor

dinator; Monica Bulson. assistant

sor, Christine Csacchi,

ata enty; Distribution:

Paul Seipold, manager; Grace Aumuller, David Blasko, Michael

arbara Hudson, sec-

4 Fine Woodworking

Keep on

Accuracy is what you mke it

Manuacturer responds on he Ripstrate-We would like to

comment on your review of our Ripsu'ate (

Find he mo

ss idy, Jodie Delohery, assistant

Capalbo, James Chappuis, Linnea In

directos;

Chapman, Pamela

Arminio, secretay. Co

rate Marketing: Dale Brown, coporate

sales director; Diane Patterson, -ecutie secre . Data Processing:

Fine Crdftsmanship

A �

in od

Advance

CARBIDE TIPPED HOLESAWS :��:�tr�;: ceQuality

CUTS THESE

MATERIALS

•

Announcement

�

.. Ij ll\�

(1 V.")

I FAX:

WOOD PLYWOOD

'11\ ",1)111\

(1 Vz")

HARDWOOD

(13/. ")

FIBREGLASS

Reseve our Copy of

S0FT SRICK

T ING DE T H

2Smm

CERAMIC TILE

(1") I

Carbide

MASONRY

A LS

38mm DIA

ALUMINUM BRASS

NT RECOMMENDED

FOR CONCRETE OR

FERRCUS M

Pilot Drill

4mm DIA

C H IAVO SU PP [ V C O ��L :;; �� 9 :; �3 5 9 " 1 7 51

"Fine Craftsmanship

57mm OIA (2V . ")

I I

1'..

in Wood "

II ,I

(404) 320"6143

READER SERICE NO. 8

CHIPPENDALE

Unfinished, raw MAHOGANY, all classical Period

furniture. More than

450 pieces of work in color

and black and white. It is a unique opportunity to view the state

of the craft in Great Britain, long considered to produce some of

the finest woodwork in the world.

Nearlv

major new book illustrated with over

. 200 pages,

200 of the country's finest designer

81/z x 11. Hardcover.

$22.95

makers are represented.

I-land built funiture, tunery, toys, sculpture, musical instruments,

marquetrv and much more is here presented in an assortment of

striking photographs together with biographical information on the

craftsmen.

$19.95

$16.95

200 items, chais, tables, desks,

breakfronts, etc. Make heirloom quality funiture by

assembling and finishing these beautiful pieces.

Send for free catalog and price list.

P.T. INTACO, INC.

93711

• 352 .

#105 • Fresno, CA

$29.95. $39.95 after October 1, 1990

AVAILABLE SEP7EMBh.R 30th, 1990.

Pre-publication price

Also available: Ellis: Modern Practical Swirbuilding.

paper.

609 Carlisle Drive

Herndon, VA

Foad: Purpose Made Joinerv.

1-800-345-4447

paper.

22070

Kilb\": The Cooper and His 'Irade.

paper.

Ph.: (703) 435·4806 FX: (703) 481-1910

ORDER TODAY. For charge card orders:

ADERSERICE NO. 74

DER SERICE NO. 62

Dus-ree

Linden Publishing

Bedford

Random Orbit Sang

Sand without dust with the new Electric Random Orbit

Sander from FEIN.

P -20lI-l 20" 3HP. 2 Speeds. SHP. 3PH

JET SPINDLE S

" X 4S" W /9" Ik. 3/4 HP 295

0".

Ik. 1/2 HP '139

Ik.

How it works

Dust created by the sander is sucked up through holes

located in the bottom of the sanding pad AND around the

outside of the pad, providg you with the very best sand

ing System available"

I" X

1/6 HP

-208-1 20" 3HP. 2 Speeds. 5HP. 3PH

I"X42"W/S"

SS -3-1 1/2".3/4"

I 1/2 HP '45

6" X S9". I 1/2HP. Hrt/Vet '545

10 ptdles. IHP -1 45

108 - 1 6" X 108" I 1/2HP elt Sader '1345

25" X 0" lde elt Snr

X48" W/12"

600

ERS

EOX

·18 1/2" IHP. IPH

I" 3HP. IPH

® Qick Paper Chag

·J4-1 3/4".

I". 2HP

OR·1012 1/2" ench. 1/3HP. SSP

OR·1412 1/2" ench. 1/2HP. ISSP

OR·14S8 S/S" ench. 1/2HP. ISP

OR·17S8 S/S" ench. 1/2HP. ISSP

OR · 1412F 1/2" Floor. 1/2HP. SSP

OR · 14S8F S/S" Floor. 3/4HP. ISSP

OR·1758F 5/S" Floor. 3/4HP. ISSP

JET JONTERS

.J - 6

.J·S

'lS9

'225

'255

275

'279

' 319

'335

3/4HP. IPH

".2HP.IPH

SCRO

AWS

r ·

5[·14-3 14" -oUMate

SS - 21 21"

UMate

'3G

' 549

JET TABLE SAWS

10 10".1 1/2HP. IPH

' 44

ERS

TS.IOV 10". 3HP. lor 3H w/40" Ve g a '1395

5" X 22" V·PW. Feed. 1l/2HP '145

TS·IO·I 10".3HP. RgFm ce

'1295 UPE R·

PRO

S"X22"V·PwerFed.S HP '215

& easily changed. It

has no sticky back to load up with dust, just shake it off and

your back in business.

0 " ip Capactty o ght

DSAWS

JS·14 14". 3/4HP. IPH

J S - l tMW 14", HIP. Mcal Wod

JS-IB 12Mxl71/2M. 2HP. IPH

VEGA SAW FENCES

'359 MODEL 40 40" ip Capaciy Lo ght

'85 MODFL

Velcro backed sand paper is quickly

290 BEAY DRIVE 1·800·&&2·0947

a tion on or omplete e of aes"

'232

'2 42

FREE FREIGHT BELMONT. N.C. 28012 FREE FREIGHT

'795

hest ate ofMaterial emoval

With

5" or 6" pad, the FEIN Sander is versatile & aggressive.

7,500 RPM and 5/16" stroke, as well as your choice of

WOODWORKING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES

_ moe info

Cal 1-80441-9878 now to receive

1·748273190

�j

Fein Power Tols Inc. Pittsburgh, PA

DER SERICE NO. 15

DER SERICE NO. 23

September/October 1990 5

•

CUTS THESE StZES

29mm DtA

P -1511 15M 311P. 2 Spees

JET WOOD P

JET DRILL P

JET B

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: