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FROM THE EXPERTS AT WOOD — THE *1 MAGAZINE FOR HOME WOODWORKERS
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Better Homes and Gardens,
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All of us at Meredith® Books are dedicated to giving you the
information and ideas you need to create beautiful and useful
woodworking projects. We guarantee your satisfaction with this
book for as long as you own it. We also welcome your comments
and suggestions. Please write us at Meredith® Books, LS-356WT,
1716 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50336.
©Copyright 1991 by Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
First Edition. First Printing. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-64105. ISBN: 0-696-01947-7.
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WOODWORKING TOOLS YOU CAN MAKE
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Contributing Project Editor: James A. Hufnagel
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Special thanks to Kathy Stevens
On the front cover: Benchtop Router Table, pages 38-40
On the back cover (clockwise from top left):
Handscrew Clamps, pages 5-7; Pocket-Size Try Square,
pages 8-10; Strip Sander, pages 11-13
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HAND TOOLS 4-25
HANDSCREW CLAMPS 5-7
POCKET-SIZE TRY SQUARE 8-10
STRIP SANDER 11-13
FINE-FINISH SCRAPER 14-15
DEPTH GAUGE 16-17
SANDING BLOCK 18-19
MARKING GAUGE 20-21
HARD MAPLE WOODWORKER’S MALLETS 22-23
WALNUT-MAPLE MITER BOX 24-25
POWER TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES 26-73
EASY-TO-ADJUST RIP FENCE 27-31
DOUBLE-DUTY TABLESAW EXTENSIONS 32-35
BLADE-HEIGHT GAUGE 36-37
BENCHTOP ROUTER TABLE 38-40
HEAVY-DUTY ROUTER TABLE 41-47
DELTA-WING PIN-ROUTING ATTACHMENT 48-50
ACCURATE BOX-JOINT JIG 51-53
BACK-TO-BASICS SHOP LATHE 54-63
DRUM-SANDING TABLE 64-66
THICKNESS SANDER 67-73
SHOP ORGANIZERS 74-95
ONE-WEEKEND WORKBENCH 75-80
PLANE RACK 81
MODULAR WORKBENCH GROUP 82-89
TRIPLE-CROWN SAWHORSE 90-91
STORAGE FOR SANDING 92-94
DRUM-SANDER HOLDER 95
HAND TOOLS
Clamping. . . squaring .. . sanding. . .
scraping. . .marking. . .pounding. . . mitering
—
everyday woodworking tasks become even more
satisfying when you accomplish them with hand tools
you’ve crafted yourself. Here are nine handsome projects
you’ll reach for again and again.
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HANDSCREW
CLAMPS
I
f you’re like most
woodworkers we know, you
could use a few more
handscrew clamps around your
shop. Now you can make your
own. Our instructions tell how
to huild 8" handscrew clamps
(pictured opposite). Be sure to
see the Buying Guide on page 7
for our source of the hardware
for this and the other sizes of
clamps available. And, don’t
forget to order the brass
“WOOD Collector’s Edition”
emblem we’ve had computer-
engraved for this project. It
really sets these clamps apart
from the rest.
Note: You’ll need ‘//'-thick
walnut and maple for the clamp
jaws. Father resaw or plane
thicker stock to size. ( We
positioned the tahlesaw fence V/'
from the hlade and resawed H"-
thick stock to ‘//' thick.)
Machine the jaw parts
1. Cut four pieces of ’/V'-thick
maple and two pieces of '/V'-thick
walnut to 1 Va" wide by 8" long.
2. Using double-faced tape,
stick together two pieces of
maple face-to-face, with the edges
and ends flush. Repeat with the
two remaining maple pieces and
then w ith the two walnut pieces.
3. Using carbon paper or
photocopies and spray adhesive,
transfer the full-sized patterns (A,
B, C, D) on page 6 to each
lamination. Cut the walnut pieces
(B, C, D) to shape. continued
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HAND TOOLS
HANDSCREW CLAMPS
continued
4. Later, remove the pivot nuts
Laminate the jaws
and scrape off the excess glue.
1. With a lVi6" bit chucked in a
Rout Vs" round-overs along the
drill press, bore two holes
edges of each jaw where shown
through each pair of maple pieces
on the Exploded View Drawing,
where located on the patterns.
page 5. Sand smooth.
(For smooth operation of the
5. Drill a 1 Va" hole Vs" deep
pivot nuts in the holes, we
where shown on the full-sized
recommend a brad-point bit.)
pattern for the engraved “WOOD
2. Taper the fronts of each
Collector's Edition” emblem. (We
maple lamination on a bandsaw.
used a Forstner bit, but a spade
Pry apart all the taped-together
bit also would work.) For better
pieces, remove the tape, and
adhesion, sand the back of the
clean off the sticky residue with
emblem, then epoxy it into the
lacquer thinner.
hole.
3. Using the pivot nuts for
alignment and the walnut pieces
Add our customized handles,
spaced apart where shown on the
if desired
Full-Sized Clamp Body Pattern,
Note: The kit comes with
right, glue and clamp together
turned handles. However, our
each clamp jaw as shown in
handles give you a firmer grip
photo A, opposite, left. (For even
and look better than the turned
clamping pressure, and to prevent
ones.
denting the maple, we used
1. Start with a piece of walnut
plywood scraps as clamp blocks.
11/4X11/4X12" long. (We
We adhered the plywood to the
maple pieces with double-faced laminated ¥4" stock, then jointed
both faces to keep the joint line
tape.) To keep the walnut pieces
centered.) Crosscut two pieces
from sliding around, let the glue
get a bit tacky before clamping. 3¥4" long from the 12" length.
2. Mark diagonals on one end
Check for slippage after clamping.
of each 33/4"-Iong handle blank
Remove any excess glue from the
(E) to find the center. Drill a ¥%"
openings with a chisel.
hole 1" deep centered in the end
of each.
FULL-SIZED
HANDLE PATTERN
13/4"
FULL-SIZED
CLAMP BODY
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Use a temporary dowel handle for
stability when bandsawing the
walnut handle to shape.
Brush glue onto the mating surfaces, and clamp the jaw parts together
with the edges and ends flush.
3. Stick a 12" length of Vs" Apply the finish, and install the Buying Guide
dowel into each of the walnut clamp hardware kit • Handscrew clamp kits. Each kit
handles to act as a temporary' 1. Remove the dowel handles. contains two threaded rods, four
grip. Apply an oil finish to each part pivot nuts, and two turned
4. Transfer the Full-Sized (we used Watco Natural Oil). handles. Catalog no. PI 10.
Handle Pattern, opposite, to one 2. Thread the rods through the Contact Leichtung Workshops,
face of each handle blank, and pivot nuts as described in steps 7, 4944 Commerce Parkway,
bandsaw along the marked 8, and 9 of the instructions Cleveland, OH 44128, or call 800-
handle lines, as shown in photo supplied with the clamp 321-6840 or 216/831-6191, for
B, above right. Using double- hardware. Close the clamps until kit prices and shipping charges.
faced tape, stick the waste pieces the jaws are flush against each We’ve provided Leichtung with
back on the edges from which other. Grind or file the handle full-sized patterns for building 6",
they were cut. Now transfer the end of each threaded rod to the 10", 12", and 14" handscrew
handle outline to an adjacent shape shown on the Taper Detail, clamps. The patterns will be
surface and cut it to shape. page 5. included with each clamp
5. Still using the dowel handles 3. Epoxy the handles onto the hardware kit.
as grips, use a stationary belt tapered end of each threaded rod • Computer-engraved brass
sander to remove the saw marks where shown on the Exploded emblems. To order, send $ 1.04
from the handles. With a palm View Drawing, page 5. (U.S.) per emblem along with a
sander, sand Va" round-overs Immediately wipe off any excess self-addressed stamped envelope
along the edges, then sand the epoxy on the rods. to Custom Awards, 1427 NW.
handles smooth. 4. If the handles turn a bit 81st St., Des Moines, IA 50311.
rough, put a drop or two of • 9/i6" brad-point bit. Carbon
lubricant (we used WD-40) on steel with Vi" shank. Catalog no.
each threaded rod. Then, open 200-Vi. For current price, contact
and close each clamp a few times. Puckett Electric Tools, 841
Eleventh St., Des Moines, IA
Supplies: double-faced tape, 50309, or call 800-544-4189 or
epoxy, spray adhesive or carbon 515/244-4189.
paper, finish.
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HAND TOOLS
POCKET-SIZE TRY SQUARE
T
here are few tools more measured to within .008" of 2. Chuck a Vs" core-box bit into
indispensable in a perfect square—well within the a table-mounted router. Raise the
workshop than an accurate requirements of home bit V32" above the table surface
square. That’s why we’re so woodworkers. where shown on the End Section
pleased to be able to share this Detail, opposite. Position the
tried-and-true project design Begin with the walnut body fence exactly Vs" from the center
with you. Are the squares 1. Cut a piece of Va" walnut to of the bit
accurate? You bet they are. Va" wide by 7Va" long. ( We 3. Clamp two stops to your
Several of us on the WOOD ,, searched through our walnut router table fence where shown
magazine staff spent a few stock until we found a piece with in the Cove Routing Setup
hours in the shop constructing highly figured grain. Also, we cut Drawing, opposite. With one end
seven squares using the the piece extra long for safety of the walnut against Stop 1,
drawings and instructions when routing the coves in the lower the face-grain edge onto
shown here. Then we sent our next step.) If you rout coves on the bit and push the walnut to
squares to the College of both ends before crosscutting, Stop 2 to rout the groove. Repeat
Technology at Bowling Green you’ll have enough stock for two the procedure on the opposite
State University in Ohio for handles. surface of the walnut.
testing. All of the squares 4. Crosscut the routed end of
the walnut to 3V4" long.
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