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Editor

Paul Bertorelli

DEPARTMENTS

4 LeUers

Art Director

Roland Wolf

8 Methods of Work

Ersatz router plane; sharing motors; chisel protectors

14 Questions & Answers

Instant repairs; silencing carbide blades; drill press speeds

20 Soures of Supply-Bandsaws

AssociJle Editors

Jim Cummins

Dick Burrows

A bandsaw can be the

most versatile tool in the

shop. But, even the best

machines need to be

tuned up and properly

adjusted. For some use

ful tips, turn to p.

Assistlnt Editors

Sandor

N agyszalanczy

Roy Berendsohn

106 Events

110 Books

67.

Copy Editor

Nancy-Lou Knapp

114 Notes and Comment

Bandsawn bench; Two by Form challenge; Rhykenology

The Taunton Press

Paul Roman, publisher; Janice

Assistlnt Art

Director

Kathleen Creston

ARTICLES

36 Spindle rn g by Rude Osolnik

Fine pOints Jor the beginner

39 Wor n g with an old-time turner by Dick Burrows

A. Roman, si ate publisher;

Tom Luxeder, oerntions man

ager; Carol Marotti, ersonnel

Editorill Secretlry .

Mary Ann Colbert

a ger; Lois k, oflce-er

administrative assistant/ r e

tary; Linda aUerini, ecre y ;

Roy Sanderson, maintenance.

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

Michael S.

Podmaniczky

Graham Blackburn

42 The Custom-Fitted Chair by Tom Hurley

An exploration oj ergonomics

47 Shop-Built Disc Sander by Dwayne I ntveld

The dsc tlts, not the table

50 Holding the Notes by Lance Patterson

Bulding an adjustable music stand

55 The Mouseman of Kilburn by Donald Bird

Arts and CraJts woodworking in England's north country

58 Ma n g and Using a Northwest Coast Adze

by Gregg Blomberg

A Jast cutter that also Jinshes

60 Getting the hang of an ancient tool by Simon Watts

Accounting: Irene Arfaras,

manager; Mary Ames, Marie

eno, n e Yn. t: Roger

Barnes, design director; Ben

g ot Knorr. prduction assis

te t d t os;

tant; Vickie Joy S s erry, t

Consulting Editors

George Frank

Otto Heuer

Richard E. Preiss

Norman Vandal

assistant. oos: slie oa,

publisher; cott Landis, Chris

tine Timmons, sa te editos;

Nancy Stabile, copy/prduction

editor; Martha Higham, secre

y . Clation: n Cbeb,

circulation coordinator. Ful

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Methods of Work

Jim Richey

v ice/ l prcssing; Connie

rk, Gloria aron, orothy

Dreher, Anette m eski, Pame

a Kaswer, Pegy leBlanc, en

ise Pascal, Heather Riccardi.

Nancy chch, MarcbeUe Serl

ing; n Waner, l -ervics

Fi"e WoodworkiNg (ISSN 0361-

62 Home-Shop Bandsaws by Jim Cummins

Selecting and tuning a mid-size machine

66 Three-wheelers, two personalities by John Kelsey

clerk. Roert B i , distribu

tion suervisor; David Blasko,

Mary Ann Costagliola, Timothy

Harrington, Linnea Ingram,

Aaron Nathenson, Alice Sax

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DeFeo, coordinators; Rolland

70 Bandsawn Boxes from Burls by Jeffrey Seaton

Diamons Jrom the rough

73 Painted Carvings by John Heatwole

Translucent color Jrom linseed and ol paints

76 Oregon Show by Sandor agyszalanczy

Fall color brightens Northwest guld exhibit

78 Laminated Spin n g h eel by Albert Peetoom

Spokes without a lathe

83 Pneumatic Laminating by John Kriegshauser

leman, eo h ooer, h

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84 Tools for the Making by Irving Sloane

Recapturing yesterday's standars

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Leters

I read, with much interest, the article on spraying with lacquer

in FWW #62. I find lacquers very satisfying to use. I switched

from polyurethane to lacquer a couple of years ago. What used

to take several days to do with polyurethane can be done with

lacquer in a matter of an hour or two.

Once applied, polyurethane must sit in a dust-free environ

ment for six or eight hours, or dust wi ll cling to it like steel to

a magnet. Lacquer, on the other hand, can be handled and

moved in a matter of minutes. By the time I clean my spray

gun, I can move the piece and make room for something else.

I let the finish sit for a day or two before putting it to use.

One thing I disagree with is spraying inside pigeonholes

with the back enclosed. It's much easier to leave the back off

and spray inside the holes. The overspray goes right out the

back, instead of in your face . Spray the back wh ile it is off and

after both pieces are dry, fasten the back to the piece.

There is another advantage to using lacquer over polyure

thane. On dark wood there's not much difference. However,

on light-colored wood, such as maple, oak and pine, using

polyurethane tends to slightly yellow the true color of the

wood. When I switched to lacquer, there was a noticeably

nicer color to the finished piece.

-David Miller, Annville, Penn.

EOITOR"S NOTE: There's nothing wrong with your glasses. According

to Blizzard, the cross members should be flush with the main chassis

member. The drawing on p.

75 is incorrect. Unfortunately, the photo

didn't reproduce well enough

o fit the

7. in., but must be

space available and, as a result, left some details

the builder. The front axle cross bar is nominally

shaped and profiled to fit the front axle unit.

r have been using for

several years. They're similar to drywa ll screws, having a

straight shank, double thread and gimlet point. One thread has

a high (deep) profile, the other has a low profile. They have a

standard Phillips flat head, and are packaged by Elco Indus

tries Inc., 1103 Samuelson Rd ., Box 7009, Rockford, Ill. 61125.

- Harold

E. Smitb, Dabinda, l.

I read the article "Grinding Wheel Primer" (FWW #61), by Jer

ry Glaser, with great interest. The properly maintained bench

grinder has always been tbe tool for shaping a cutting edge.

As a wood tuner, a grinding wheel coarse enough to re

move metal quickly and coolly, and still leave the tool smooth

enough to hone easily would not be of use to me. Once a lathe

tool is initially ground, it will not require frequent reshaping.

Instead of fre quently grinding the edge, may I suggest only

polishing the edge.

The bond type "R" that Glaser told us to "forget" is perfect

for this edge work. This rubber-bonded abrasive wheel gives a

quick mirror- like fi nish on any cutting edge. This polished cut

ting edge allows the bevel to polish the tuning workpiece.

The only significant disadvantage I have fo und with rubber

bonded abrasive wheels is that the wheel must tun away

from the cutting edge . If you sharpen with the wheel turning

in the standard direction, you will slice the wheel as a lathe

tool slices rotating spindle work. These wheels are readily

available from Cratex Manufacturing Co., Inc., 518 Stone Rd.,

Benicia, Calif. 94510, (707) 746-1700 .

- Tbad B. We lcb, Marina, Ca lif

WW #6 1), telling how the NHLA (and by extension, its

members) had to back down in the face of the u.S. govern

ment's dislike for billing for kiln shrinkage. Let me assure

you that lumbermen, like any other businessmen, must re

ceive a certain return on their investment. The inability to

bill for shrinkage wi ll simply result in an increase in price in

the long ru n. The NHLA management was not attempting to

put something over on the public; they were simply defend

ing what had come to be normal business practice in the

wholesale lumber trade. It makes no difference whatsoever

to the lumberman as to the basis of measurement of the lum

ber they sell. If you really want to get upset, think for a mo

ment about the shellacking the buyer takes when he buys a

2x4 . Actually, the same theory applies. If the manufacturer

of 2x4s had to sell them as 1 zx3Yz, he would certainly re

quire a bit more money, say on the order of 50%. In view of

the miniscule net profit the hardwood industry "enjoys,"

loss of the 7% shrinkage would put most of them in the red,

so don't be surprised if prices increase as a result of the law.

- Donald Bradley, Pla infi eld,

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By accident, I once broke an old Buck Bros. chisel, and I

called the factory to moan about my bad luck. The superin

tendent wrote me a secret: On old Buck chisels, especially

the big ones, the limit of temper was marked with a miniature

buck's head, about the size of the white part of a match head.

He said if I could see that deer head, no retempering was

needed, just resharpen as necessary. Not all have it, but most

of the old and big ones do. Nice to know.

- Fo rd Green, San Antonio, Tex.

As a retired research chemist, I would like to correct a state

ment made by Ric Carpenter in his article on wooden combs

(FWW #62). He states that "wood, on the other hand, is or

ganic and similar to hair in its mo lecular structure." This is

not only erroneous, but technically misleading. Wood is cel

lulose, which is composed of glucose un ited to form long

chain molecules, while hair is a protein consisting of amino

acid units in long chains. They are both organic compounds,

but radically different in mo lecular structure.

On the other hand, the plastic materials used in making

combs are also long-chain organic mo lecules such as nylon,

polystyrene, polypropylene or ce llular acetone. The only true

statement that can be made differentiating plastiC and wood

WW #61.

First, I find no specs for the front axle cross bar in the

schematic on pp. 74-75. Second, on p. 74, if the main chassis

cross members are made as indicated, it appears to me that

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the tops of these two parts would be fl ush. However, the

schematic and the pictures seem to indicate that the cross

members are recessed below the top of the main member.

-CA. Brown, Wa terville, Vt.

o show the joint clearly. Because the

truck is so complex, we condensed the material quite a bit

o the discretion of

"Drywall screws: Who needs pilot holes ?" (FWW #60) re

minds me of the "Hi-Lo" wood screws

As a life -long hardwood lumberman, a National Hardwood

Lumber Association member and Fine Wo odworking reader,

I always get a chuckle from letters like Brad Newcomer's

(

Garening jouaist

Either my glasses need changing, my brain is in neutral or I

detect two glitches in Richard Blizzard's toy truck draWings

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