Picking Bandsaw Blades Continuous-Arm Settee Building a Panel Router A Chippendale Mirror ...

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Picking Bandsaw Blades
Continuous-Arm Settee
Building a Panel Router
A Chippendale Mirror
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DEPEARTMdENTiS tor's Notebook
4
WLhy FWeWusets patper emailrers;s Stu dley tool chest
6 &
TuMrnineg prto; lhead oinlady warsning s; otreafting casWt-iroon trableks
18
CaQbineut puells;s boatrd-sitraioghtenning sfixt ure; glue roller Answers
28
PeErfumve-daemagedn fintsish; streaks in purpleheart; box joints
104
A Blooko at oupcokming sprog rams of interest to woodworkers
To make routing sheet goods fast1e1r0 and easier, Ste­
ven Grever shows how to build andC oNuusnet rhoyi sA cpctaennetls e; Prasctica l Woodturner; CTennoesseme Fumrnituree nt
router on p. 48 (photo: Sandor Nagyszalanczy). and
Cover: Judith Ames clamps up h1er1 4 cherry night­
stand (article on p. 66). Cover pMhiontio : sJpiimn eBto;e setlu.r ned eggs; product reviews
ARTICLES
Ellitor Dick Burrows
M"n"ging Ellitor Jim Boesel
Art Diredor Kathleen Rushton 44 A Semi elliptical Table by Bill Clinton
Associ"te Ellitor Sandor agyszalanczy Veneering laminated aprons and inlaying ebony
Assist"nt Ellitors Charley Robinson,
Gary Weisenburger 48 A Shop-Built Panel Router by Steven Grever
AI
Copy Ellitor Carolyn Kovachik
Tearout-free dadoes in large sheet stock
Assist"nt Art Diredor Aaron Azevedo
Ellitori"' Assist"nt Alec Waters 52 Jigsaw Puzzles by Anne D. Williams
Ellitori"' Secret"ry Claire Warner
Pictures on plywood scroll sawn to pieces
Contributing Ellitors Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley,
Christian Becksvoort, Michael Dresdner,
53 Handling large-scale puzzles by Pergande
Mark Duginske
E.
Consulting Ellitors George Frank, Richard5 6 BuiPrleidsis,n g an Entertainment Center
Norman Vandal
Metholls of Work Jim Richey by Carl Jordan and Tim O'Brien
Inllexer Harriet Hodges A pivoting cabinet reveals hidden wine closet
Publisher John Lively
61 Making Salad Servers by Tage Frid
Assist"nt Publisher James P. Chiavelli
Circul"tion M"n"ger Brenda Hamilton Curved laminates for lifting the lettuce
Publisher's Assist"nt Thomas Baker
62 Bandsaw Blades by Mark Duginske
Associ"te Art Diredor Wendy Bowes
Prolludion Coorllin"tor Sherry Duhigg Making the right choices for top performance
Telem"rketinglCustomer Service Lori Moir
thryn
Allministr"tive Secret"ry Susan M. Clark 66 Curved-Leg Nightstand by Judith Ames
Allvert(ising S"'es8 M"n"ger D0(ick West 02Tabl)0esawn sp 3lines 2re)inforc8e mitere34d drawer-2 762-5324 34
N"tion"' Accounts M"n"ger Don Schroder
70 Adventures of a Wood Sleuth by Bruce Hoadley
AssocMte Accounts M"n"ger Barney Barrett
Senior S"'es Coorllin"tor Carole Weckesser Making a positive ID settles each case
ertisi nm urnian
Allv ng Coorlli or Ka Mo Simonds
73 Making a Fretsawn Mirror Frame by Ben Bacon
Allvertising Secret"ryF axBe.tsy Quintiliano
Tel. Reflections on a classic design
Fine Woodworking 77 Carving stylized leaves
is a reader-written magazine. We welcome
proposals, manuscripts, photographs and ideas from our read­
78 Custom Miter Gauge Fence by Randy Jenkins
ers, amateur or professional. We'll acknowledge all submissions
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granted publication rights to cr
83 Precise setups for inlaying turned forms
ood 0361-3453)
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Editor's Notebook
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y we mail in paper wrappers-sEhcoowl ogtioc aolp eann dt hciosn ­August at the National Museum of American
servational issues are emotionally chaHrigsetdo rcyo nocfe rtnhs,e Samnidt hosftoenni an Institution in Washington, D.C.
in the search for remedies, we latch onTthoe ohwanlefr- baokfe dt hes olcuhteisotn,s Pete Hardwick, said he has loaned the
before we have fully ascertained the facchtess.t Ttaok et,h ef oSrm iitnhsstoannicaen,. tIhne addition to malting the chest avail­
marter of wrapping the magazines in plaabsltei ct.o Wteh eh agveen etroa l wpruabp lic, the Smithsonian has also turned up
them in something because our reader ssuormvee ysi ntsehroews ttihnagt imnofroer mation about the chest and its maker,
than 95% of you save your issues of Htehner ym aSgtauzdilneey,. aHnadr dtwhiactk said the researchers in Washington
means we have to deliver them in good hsahvaep e.f oYuentd otvheart aS tpuedrlieoyd, from Quincy, Mass., was listed in Civil
of several years, we got a lot of comWpalra irnotsst efrrso ma sr eaa dcearrsp ewnhtoe r and was a prisoner of war for several
objected strongly to the plastic wrappyeerasr.s iNno t a osnoluyt hdeirdn tchaemspe in Galveston, Tex.
wrappers consume petrochemicals in theiTrh e macnhuefsatc twuarse , albsuot pictured in the February 1991 issue of
also they added non-degradable mass toS mtihet hlsaonndifialnl,s . which is published by the institution. That article
So after much debate here, we switchedp otion tae d "boiuotd egtrhaadta btlhee" "intricately inlaid chest is described in
plastic wrapper. But that only triggere[dS tmuodrlee yo'bsj]e cotbiiotnusa,r yp raism a'ro­ne of the most remarkable things of his
ily from folks who claimed that "biodecrgeraatdiaobnl e". ..p laas tmiocs tw aisn gae nious contrivance containing multitudi­
hoax at worst, or just another pollutneoru sa tn umbbeesrt . ofM ostto olosf otfh easlel sizes and kinds.' "
readers urged us to go back to slipping Stthued lemya,g azai nMeass oinni cb rborwont her, also embellished the chest with
paper sleeves as we had done for more ntuhmaenr oau s deMcaasdoen.i c symbols, a fact that many readers notified us
Well, we reopened the whole issue. Waeb oduits csuhsosretdl yi ta,ft ewre tahre­ photo was published. The chest, which
gued about it, we cussed it. In the enmde,a swuer ecsa m3e9 Hbxa1c9k 1a/r2oWuxn9d 1t/o2 D, contains several hundred tools.
where we started: With brown paper wrapMpaenrys ,w eornel ym atnhuifsa cttiumree dw eb y Studley himself; others were pro­
had them made from recycled paper. Nowd uceevde rybbyo dcyo'msm erhcaipaply , toolmakers before 1900.
right? Not entirely. The paper wrappers Idno nt'hte pwreoetkesc ta fttheer mwaeg ap­ublished the chest, receptionists at the
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zines quite as well as plastic ones do, and offwiec eh avees tigmoattteedn tlheattte rasb out half the calls tl1ey received in­
from several subscribers who didn't likveo ltvheed fraecqtu etshtast ftohre imro ries siunefosr mation on the chest. Some retail
arrived scuffed and torn. Clearly, we'ds tloirkees ,t oa mfaiznedd ab y wtahye orfe sspeonnds­e the photo received from custom­
ing the magazines through the mail thate rsd,o esanl'sto ppoultl utthee amnadg atzhiante backward in display racks so people
doesn't dan1ageunkn copies. Unfortunately,c owuled csaene' t thhea vet ooilt cbhoetsht first. Hardwick himself was deluged
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ways. If your issue of arrives dwaimtahg esdo, mjaunsyt rseeqnude sutss tahned blank-check offers to buy the chest
torn wrapper, and we'll replace your ctohpayt ftrheee . rural post office near his home had to u-ansfer his ad­
-john Lidvreelsys to a larger station.
We are still receiving requests about the chest, especially
urni
F ture from own exotics-Queasbtoiuotn s hodwe amluicnhg iwti'tsh worth. Hardwick said tl1at the value of the
the survival of tropical forests and thpeie cpee opisl e swtihlol innohta biets tatbhloisseh ed, because researchers are still discov­
regions are being hotly debated by woodewroirnkge rnse wi ni nmfaonrym atcioounn.­ For example, he said, two of the planes
tries. It's a complex issue and the dwiesrceu smsaidoen sb yr aSntgaen lferyo,m bduet­ mey apparently are me only examples
mands for a boycott of all tropical roafi nm-efsoer epslta nteism beevresr tpor otduhcee d by tl1e company. If you add up
further expansion of sustained-yield hatrhvee svtailnuge polfa nisn dainvdid uoatlh etro ols, you might get a figure like $20,000,
developmental programs. In reading abobuutt s"oimte' s codnifffeirceunlcte st o place value on something that's one of a
and debates on the issue, I was intrigkuiendd ,b yv eprryo pboesaaultsi fueln caonudr ­complete. It seems to be the only wall­
aging woodworkers to experiment with hluintgt lteo-okln obwonx sopfe ciitess kind from that early era," Hardwick said.
of exotiCS, which are now mainly wasted. We presented photos
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of some typical "waste" woods from PerFuo linl ow-up #8o2n, Vaengda wdeu plicator-Jon Snoeyenbos, president of
want to know more. If you've been expeVreigmae ntEinntge rpwriitshe ss,o mhea so fp ointed out an error in our article "Lathe
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these neglected woods and have built fuDrunpiltiucraet ofrrso" m itnh emm,e wJea'ndu ary/February issue ( #86). "The
like to see some photos and hear aboutm axyiomuurm -wdoirakm.e tSeern ds pyionudrl e-turning capaCity of the Vega duplica­
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material to Dick Burrows, editor, ,t oPrO iBso x 2515/026 ,i nN.e wlteoswsn ,t han the swing of the lathe, not 2 Y2 in., as
Conn. 06470-5506. shown in the comparison chart on pp. 70-71. Our duplicator is
routinely used on 12-in.- and larger-diameter turnings." We
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StudUNTOley tool chest at Smithso -Readaeproscanl owghi oz e hafvoer tbheee n error. -Dick Burrows
fascinated by the magnificent tool chest shown on the back cover
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of #71 and later issued as a postejro hnAnlP Livesleye tish ep Pascalcuhbels,isth iet rs eolff at a Dick Burrows is editor.
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ts for a successful business-After rewaedliln gI lceotutledr s giune ss how long it would take me to design and
#86 about making woodworking one'bsu ifludl ls-otmiemdel ioncgc uIp'avtei onne,v eIr built before. In this regard, there's
feel that my two cents might helnpo. tFeoarc hmeer, lwiokoed weoxrpkeirnige nicse !a But despite the finatlCial uncertain­
hobby and I am a novice. But in 1t9i8e3 sI, stthaerrtee da rmey foewwn fbeuesliinnegsss as nice as when a client thanks you
designing electronic products. Alftohro uag hj otbh ew etlelc hdnoonleo goyn oaf omnye -of-a-kind piece that you've just put
craft is different, the problems andy oucrh alhleeanrgte si notfo .b eing an entre­
preneur are very similar to those Sohfo ualnd iinnddeipveinddueanlts wwoiosdhw otrok ­dive into the deep end and become
er; therefore, I would like to sshealrfe- esmopmleo yoefd twhoeo dtwhoirnkgesr s,I thhaevye should be aware of the busi­
learned over the years. ness end of their venture. There's much more to know thatl just
First, try to convince yourself ttihmaet awnodo dwmoartkeirinagl !a s Whae nb uysoiun esgso pro, you're spodighted by the
is not much different from any omtahneyr obrudsiinnaetlsCse sa ntdh atth arte geuvleartye­ the industry. Here in Sparks, Nev.,
thing applicable to business in gae ncearbailn e(tm asrhkoept iinsg ,r ecqausihr efdl otwo, obtain a permit to store or use
taxes, laws, etc.) is applicable fltaon uwlloaobdlweo rfkiinnigs.h eOsft;e na tbhoeorteh atroe spray in; a permit to produce saw­
short courses at colleges or univdeurssti;t iae sl iocne ntshee faobro veea cht opciictsy ; ansdo county you deliver to and install in;
try to take them before you make aan yc ocnotmrmaicttmoern'ts. lTihcee nisnef otrom ai­nstall your product; insurance of nu­
tion may not seem to apply to youme raotu sf iqrusatn,t ibtuite si;t awnidl lt hael ll imsatk eg oes on and on ... and dlis is all
sense after you have been in businbeesfso rfeo ry oau wChaitlle . start your saw' Until you know what is really
Ask yourself these questions. Whiyn voslhvoeudl di na nsytat"tionnge ah isrheo pm,e ?k eep your talents a low-profile hobby. I
Who are my competitors? How do I woauslsdu rhea tae ctoon ssteaen ta fltoawl eonft ed individual become a starving at"tist.
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business' What will my monthly overhead be (taxes, i-nKseunrnaentcbe , Goff, owner
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rent, utilities, telephone, loan payments, saUlnaiqruye, Dweosoidg,n sCuapbpilnieets ,C o., Spad�,
vs.
etc.)? What happens if I get sick? What if I become injured on
the job and CatUlot work for a loMnogr ep eroino dm eotfr itci me? How wiElln gtlihseh -As a pathologist, I have worked in
long hours affect my family? will mmeyd iscpaolu slea bsourpaptoorrti emse fionr m2y0 years. I am also addicted to wood­
venture' If your atlSwers to somew oorfk itnhge.s eI quuesset iSoIn su nsiotusn d (laink ei,n ternational metric system), the
"Because I'm cheaper than my compmeotriet orra,t"i o"nIa ld oant'ltd hsaivmep lmeartl Yc gs (centimeter-gram-second) system,
competitors," "My reputation willa nsdp rtehaed abnyc iewnotr d Groefe km-oLuatthi,n"- French-English systems that became
then your success is in question ffereotm atnhde isntcahrets., pints and pounds. I can interconvert atld mix
The old adage about a starving atrhtei ssty sitse msv erwyi tht ruseo mteo deaays.e . Most
people do not like to pay much for Wahritc h bescyasutseem twhee yu sdeo, nwohte tsheeer ifto r a garage workshop or a
as a neceSSity. Custom work is uscuoamlmleyr ctioaol ifnucronnistiusrteemnatk itnog kbeuespi nae ss, cannot be decided by any
steady cash flow; therefore, develmoapt hyeomuart iocwanl ptreosdtu.c tN etiot hekre eips more accurate than the odler. Accu­
you afloat during the leatl times.r aIc yc oiusl d sigmop loyn aa ndm eamsaukree thoifs hao w close you come to the true
very long letter, but let me just vsaalyu et,h aatn di tt hmaaty dteapkeen dgsu tosn otrh en ecravrees with which your measuring
to start a business, but it takest ooblrsa inasr e tomA adset aya ndi nu sbeuds,i naensds .n oIt haimn g more.
sure you know the expression "MeasIunr e wtowoidcweo,r kicnugt, ontchee. "e aIsti layp ­done decimal calculations, for
plies to starting a business as wwehlilc.h Ptuhte amse tmruicch sqyusatleimt yi s atnodu tdeed­, are almost never necessary. In
sign time into your business planf aacst ,y oaus woonuel dr eaa dmearj orre cpernotjleyc tp.o inted out, one of the graces of the
Let me make one addition to theE nagbloivseh esxypsrteesms iiosn :t he" Tahbinikl ity to layout and divide lines by repeat­
thrice, measure twice, cut once."e d -Rdoivbiesrito n by two, freqBuoennedtyt iw,i tphr essuicdhe neta se by approximation
Tm-Data Systems, Sterltihnagt Hreuilgehrtss ,a rMeinc'bt. necessary after the first measurement.
either spockystem is by itself technologically more advatlCed in
turnin
Tips for g pro-After years of amatiesuorl asttiaotnu,s ,a lIt htoouogkh tmheet ric forms are easier to use for the tight
plunge and turned pro by joining rsapnekcsi fiwciatthi oan s worrelqdu-icrleads,s fpoirp ei­nstance, in making metal or ceranlic
orgatl builder here in Utah. I've toloelasr neodr mfuicnhe ipna rtmsy . fBewu t mwoen'thrse talking here about woodworking. I
in the shop, but three things are aslos op rsoofmoeutnidm etsh ahte aIr mtuhsatt ptashse tmheetmr ic system is more "scientific"
on. First, a good shop apron witht hlaont st hoef English. etHso gwiass hm.y gh Sbceisetn cteo oils. a method of investigation,
Now the necessities of pencils, riunlderesp,e ndternyt soqfu atrhe,e s(eytsct.e, m aorfe maelawsauyrse . The metric system simply
within reach. Second, a drill witlhe nad sc oirtds eilsf amno rien treeraedsitliyn g toa rtmiefaascutr ement of some of the things
of the past. I have a couple at hmoomdee,r na nsdc iIe njcues tp rhoabtees .t h-eWmi.l lTihaimr d,A R-ouse, MD., Rockford, Ill.
the metric system of measurement is absolutely wonderful. Using
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the metric system wasn't my idea.D oB uptr owpheernt yI ogwnoetr st oh atvhee roirgan ts Dan Ray's letter about de­
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shop, all the drawings were scaleds tirno yimnigll iam ehtaebrist;a ts o I adapted. #85) raises a number of interesting top­
What have I learned? It's true itchsa,t iynocul uCdaitnlg' tt hbeu imlodd earnn otrrgeannd of supposing we may infringe
more accurately with the metric suypsotne mt hteh arni ghwti tho f tpher opEenrgtlyi sohw ners to dispose of their property
version, but I don't make mistakeass wtihtehy tsheee mfeittr ic( prseyssutmeimn.g Thtahte lack of a workable covenant or
means the shop is more productivel.o cFaolr moerrdliyn,a nsciem pwlhei chs upbrtorhaicb­its a specific action). One could be
tion involved mental gynmastics. mFoorre isnysmtpaattlhCeet,i c quwiictkh- stuhbet rpaectti tioners if they had made an at­
l1U1l
9/16 fromnul 41lk I'll admit dlat's thtee mkpitn do voefr mtahteh ytehaarts htaos fporsotdeurc esdi milar growth in their own yards.
a bad cut or two for me in the paTshte.n , otwh,e qaucitc ko-fs ubcturtatcitn g 10the trees would make the yard in ques­
from 105 . That'S the kind otfi omna tsht atnhda to uIt daofnt'etr etrhre wdietehd. was done.
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No teacher like experience -It seemasg ea sn utmhboeurg ho fI 'yveea rnso.t iWcheidl e this age will vary with climate and
atl increasing number of letters gferoogmr appehrisco nasr eha,o piintg itso pmraekdei ctable (exceptions are easily verified
woodworking their vocation. I persboyn aal ltyr aeinnjeody efdo rweosotdewro)r kainndg may be likened to the number of days
more when my family's next meal wiats nt'atk edse pae nfdieenltd uopfo nw hheoawt to ripen or a head of beef to reach mar-
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ket weight. Waiting until after tlheea vter etehse atr%ree emsa taulro en et ou nctuitl tthheemy have to be harvested and instead
for the sawmill reduces tile yieldc oonfc eunsterafutle luomnb esra lbveacgaiunsge wsooomde. There is already enough cut
of it will be lost to decay. Fromw otohde adreosucnrdi;p tiyoonu ojfu stth eh anveei gthob olro'osk for it.
yard, the u-ees are probably beyonId htahveei r tcoormnm edrocwina lb upirlidmien.g sI ft hat produced I4-in. by 20-in.
that is the case, tiley should bew hhiatrev epsitneed bwoiatrhdosu,t 2d-eilna.y , bbye f8o-rien . chesU1ut, 2-in. by I8-in. oak
the lumber value decreases anymorpel aannkds tahnedy weaken enoughp oplar floorboards. Walnut, cherry and whitewood
to be knocked down in a windstormh.a ve all been turned into gun cabinets, buffets, tables, cradles,
Besides the monetary value of a cotrrneeer, ctahbeirnee tiss, tehtec .e cTohliosg iIc acla ll "giving new life to old wood!"
value. The amount of carbon dioxidIet twhoeu ltdr ebees rneimcoev et of rhoema rt hfer om others who make things from
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fall at once to a chainsaw or ovmeert aal liscp alne aodf iyse anrost tnoe anraltyu raasl toxic as lead salts or molten lead,
causes, the larger question here siosm e hopwr etchaeuyt iownisl l abree rienp loarcdeedr.. First, it is advisable to wear
Waiting until a large u-ee dies golr oviess cwuhte nb ewfoorrkei npgl awnittihn gl eiatds, orre,­ that being too clumsy, wash
placement is an unsatisfactory anwsewlelr . immediately afterward. Second, be especially careful when
Trees will try to replace themseslhvaepsi negv etnh ei nm adteevreilaolp-ede dgaer eatso,o ls are preferred because they
but homeowners usually regard seeddolni'ntg sc raesa tew eaeidrsb oarnnde pduulslt . If sanding can't be aVOided, a good
them from lawns and flower gardensd uasst smoaosnk aiss tvhietya l:e meIrnghea.l ing lead dust is just as bad as inhaling
For people who have only crabgraslse alde ftf,u mtehse. aAnlslw eirn iasl lt,o ipfl annotn -lead pewter can be used, it would
trees where nature is not able. Dbeec adtehse opfr epfoeorrr esdt emwaatredrsihailp. wIitl l doesn't have to be shellacked to
not be balanced by forcing one makne etpo ictosm pslhyi nwei tehi tah epre.t iOtnieo nl ast aside-asking a jeweler to run
tilat prevents him from cutting tlheea dr etmharionuignhg ,m ea lsbaemiet raogleldi,n ge xmaiml­l that is used f(or silver may not
ple of what all could have had. gIof otvheer twreelels. aArte brcauzti nagn dt eam pfeerwa tures, any lead that has contami­
dedicated arborists are initiatedn aatse da mree ssuilltv ero fw itlhle aclolnotyr owvietrhs yi,t and cause severe pitting in the
some good will have been done. silver surface. -jeif Shay, Pasadena, Cal.
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Letters (continued)
effey
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caution about toxicity of lead and aMnotriemo ny:ts fTohery waormee nc lwasosoidcw orkers-Small women having to
heavy metal poisons. They must be haunsdel etdo owlist hd ecsairgen eidn ftorh e an average-size man do run into prob­
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shop, particularly during any filing olre mssa.n dingt hoep edriarteicotnosr. oWfo otdh­e now-defunct]amestown Artisan Cen­
work containing lead inlays might alstoe rb ef ohra zWaoroddowuosr ktion gt,h eI etnadu ght woodworking to more than 700
user if not handled properly. -Roberpte opDle. The variety oef s,s tuAdrelnitns gwtaosn ,v asTtex,. but we were able to
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adapt in most cases. Here are some things Cheryl Yee ( #85),
hazards air
Fire of plastic lines-I dono'rt aknnyoown e whsemtahlelre ry otuh an an average-size man, might try.
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can stand any more feedback on the useD eonfi sePV CG rophisp'e sfuoggre sctoimo­n of a wasmova ble platform is great (
pressed air, but I would like to brin#g8 7u)p. aInn aosupre csth oopf, twhei sh audn saa f2e- ft. by 4-ft. platform made from lami­
practice that none of your correspondneanttesd hapsl ywmooedn tisohneeedts. , and it used frequently by anyone
I work in a plywood plant in which PsVhCo rwtaers utsheadn e5x tfte.n si6v eilny. People with small hands might consider
for compressed-air piping. Many timesr ouotveerrs twhiet hy e"aDr-sh,a nId lehsa"v;e the trigger-like switch is right at your
seen the stuff blow out with a deafenifinngg errtoiapr. dYuoeu tmoa yv ibeb raabtlieo nt­o get a "D-handle" for the router you
induced fatigue, but the scariest ococwunr.r eAnlcseo wtarsy wuhseinn gs psamraklsl er, but powerful, electric hand tools, like
can
Maki
from a fire in a veneer dryer (a not tuhnec ommtoan 6Yo2c-ciunr.r ecnicrec)u liagr­ saw. This and other smaller electric tools
nited a smoldering fire in a sawdust depositd o attohpe wao rrka ftoefr oandejsa ­harder to handle. Check the horsepower.
cent to a PVC compressed-air pipe. The Bhueialtd wteaabkleen eedx ttehnes ipoinpse ,b eyond the cutting area of your station­
ary
causing it to blow out. The resulting blpaoswte r oft ooali r sop rotdhuecreed' s a no need to reach over the blade to
blowtorch-like jet of flame some 20 ftk.e epl onbgo,a rdwsh icfhr omi gnfaitleldi ngt heo n the floor. Place non-skid mats or
nearby roof structures and spread flamteasp ef aorn atnhde wfliodoer. tFoo ratsus­ure your footing if you have to stretch.
nately, the overhead sprinklers and sDoomne' tf ruasnet ilco nhgo speu swho rskt ibcyk s to extend your arm length; it's better
the crew kept the whole place from gotion gb uuipl.d safe jigs to securely hold work and guard against kick­
There are few fire accelerants as ebffaecckt.i vTeu naes uap byloausrt baonfd saaiwr .a nd, whenever possible, use wider
Think what a bellows does to a forgeb,l aodre sa fogru str ipopfi nwgi ncdu ttso; ai t is much safer than using the tablesaw.
forest fire. The use of plastic air-suTprpyl yu sliinnge]sa piann eas ew ohoadnwdo rtkoionlgs . In general, the saws have small­
shop could turn a small, easily manageerd hfainrdel ei ndtioa mae temrasj otrh ahno lWoe­stern saws. Keep all your tools very
caust. Similarly, rubber or plastic bslhoawr-pd:o wNno th oosnelsy shwoiullld tnhoety be safer, but they take much less
be kept charged to the nozzle, but sshturte nogftfh atto tuhsee -.mE eltiazla bseuptpbl yB mdbury, Allentown, Pa.
pipe between uses. People tend to treat compressed air pretty
casually, but in my experience, it iAs wao opdowweorrfkuel r'fosr cder etahm.at wdoeo­d-If woodworkers were to de­
serves considerable respect. -L.Es.i gKni nag ,n ewW oslfp ecCireese ko,f tGrreeeg,. what would it be like? It would have
SLICKPLANE
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This finely made plane works as good as its name for REsREADo ftSEeRVInC­E NO. 23
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