The Art of Woodworking. Woodworking Machines

148 Pages·1992·24.96 MB·English

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THEA RTO FW OODWORKING
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ANATOMYO FA BOARD
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SAFETTYIP S
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. Weara ppropriates afetyg ear
wheno peratinga woodworking I
machine:s afetyg lasses,a face
shieldf or extrap rotectiona, nd
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hearingp rotectorso r earplugsl.f
therei s no dustc ollections ystem,
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weara dust mask.F ore xoticw oods,
sucha s ebony,u se a respirator;
the sawdustm ay causea n I
allergicr eaction.
5HO?.MADE?U?H 'TICK' I
. Makes uret hatw orkshopli ghting Tushe lickef or feedinge ilocki nlo eawb ladeso r jointer knivee
and ventilationa re adequatea nd arec ommercialalyv ailable,butyocua ne asilym akeyouor wn I
tahnadt s wtourrkd ys.urfacesa re large ueing3 /+-inchV lywooda nd a bande awo r sabere aw.N o ore
ohapei e ideal;d eeiqna Vuehs Lickt hat ie comforlableN ou ee I
. Ready ouro wner'sm anuatc are- and suiLablfeo r the machinea ndj ob at hand.A 4b" angle
fullyb eforeo peratinga ny machine. beLweetnh e handlea nd,t he baeei e beetfor mo6t cuLeo n a I
tablee aw,w hilea emallear nglew, i|ht he handlec losert o Nhe
. Tie backl ongh air,r ollu p long Nablei,e beNlerf or feedinqs lock acroeea radiala rm sawL able. I
sleevesa nd avoidl ooseJitting Thel onqb aeeo f a ohoe-ohapepdu ohe tick (bottom,l eft) allowo
octlhoethrj ienwgeR.l reymt hoavt cera inn gcasat cnhd in you Noa pplyh eavyd ownward? reooureo n a workpieceF.o r I
a familiarg rip,u eea favoriNeh andeawh and,laes a
movtngp ans. t
lemplatre( bottom, riqht). WhaileveNr hed eoiqn,
. Keepc hildreno, nlookersa nd makel he noNchin the baeel argee noughto
petsa wayf romt he worka rea. holdl he sLock,a ndy et ehallowe nouqh I
Noo uVporLit withoutt,o uchinqt he
. Unpluga machineb efore table of lhe machine. I
performings etupo r installation Keepp uehe licke close
operattons. at hand,r eadyt o feed I
Holef or
slock at lhe st arL
. Concentrateo n the job; do not or finieho f a cul. hanging t
rusho r take shortcutsN. everw ork
when you are tired,s tressedo r have
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beend rinkinga lcohool r using
medicationsth at induce
drowsiness. I
. Wheneverp ossiblec, lampd own t
the workpiecel,e avingb othh ands
freet o performa n operation. t
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. Finda comfortablest ance;a void
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over-reaching.
. Turnt he machineo ff if it produces I
an unfamiliavr ibrationo r noise;
havet he machines ervicedb efore I
resumingo perations.
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. Keepy ourw orka reac leana nd
tidy;c lutterc an leadt o accidents. I
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THE ART OF WOODWORKING
WOODWORKING
WHINES
TIME-LIFBEO OKS
ALEXANDRIVAI.R GINIA
ST.R EMYP RESS
MONTREALN. EWY ORK
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THE ART OF WOODWORKING was produced by THECONSUNANTS
ST. REMY MUITIMEDIA INC.
Mark Duginske,a cabinetmakerw ho lives
in WausauW, isconsin,i s a contributing
PR-ESIDENT PierreL €veil16
editor to Fine Wood working magazine
and the author ofseveralb ooks on woodwork-
SeriesE ditor PierreH ome-Douglas
ing power tools.
SeriesA rt Director FrancineL emieux
SeniorE ditors Marc Cassini( Text)
Leonard Leei s the presidento fVeritas Tools
HeatherM ills (Research)
and LeeV alleyT ools,m anufacturersa nd retail-
Art Directors Normand Boudreault,S olangeL aberge
erso f fine woodworkingh and tools. He is also
Designer Luc Germain
the publishera nd executivee ditoro f Woodcuts,
ResearcEh ditor Jim McRae amagazinet hat focuseso n the history and
PictureE ditor ChristopherJ ackson techniqueso f woodworking.
Co n tr ibu ti ng I llustra to r s RonaldD urepos,C hristianef ltalien,
RobertP aquet,S tudio La Perlubtein c.
Giles Miller-Mead hast aught advancedc abi-
Administrator NatalieW atanabe
netmakinga t Montreal technicals choolsf or
ProductionM anager MichelleT urbide more than ten years.A nativeo f New Zealand,
SystemC oordinator Jean-LucR oy he previouslyw orked asa restorero f antique
Photographer RobertC hartier
furniture.
)osephT ruini is SeniorE ditor of Home
MechanixmagazineA. former Shopa nd Tools
Editor of PopularM echanicsh, e hasw orked as
TIME a cabinetmakerh, ome improvementc ontractor
@ and carpenter.
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CONTENTS
6 INTRODUCTION rO4 DRItt PRESS
106 Anatomyo f a drill press
12 TABLESAW 108 Settingu p and safety
14 Anatomvo f a tables aw 110 Bitsa nd accessories
16 Settingr ip II2 Straighta nd angledh oles
18 Safetv I 18 Dowels,p lugsa nd tenons
20 Tables awb lades I 19 Mortising techniques
24 Ripping 122 The drill pressa ss ander
30 Crosscutting
35 Anglec uts r24 IOTNTER
36 Dado cuts 126 Anatomyo f a jointer
40 Moldings I28 Settingu p and safety
44 Thbles awj oinery 130 Jointerk nives
I32 |ointing
48 RADIALARM SAW 135 Salvagingw arpeds tock
50 Anatomy of a radial arm saw 136 Rabbetsc, hamfersa nd tapers
52 Settingu p 139 Planer
58 Radiala rm sawb lades
and accessories I4O GLOSSARY
60 Safew
62 Crosicutting I42 INDEX
63 Anglec uts
66 Ripping I44 ACKNO\,VLEDGMENTS
69 Dado cuts
75 Moldings
76 Radiala rm sawj oinery
78 BAND SAW
80 Anatomvo f a band saw
82 Settingd p
85 Safetv
86 Bands awb lades
89 Cutting curves
94 Straightc uts
98 Anglea nd taperc uts
100 Cutting duplicatep ieces
101 Bands awj oinery

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INTRODUCTION
GilesM iller-Meadt alksa bout
TABLES AMS
hef irstt ables awI evere ncounterebde longetdo myf riend'sd ad,a Danishb oat
builderH. e'db uilt it himselof ut of ana ssortmenotf partso f indeterminataeg e
ando rigina ndi t proudlyo ccupiead c ornero f hisw orlshopI.t alwayasm azemd e
howS venc ouldt urn out anyn umbero f identicalp, reciselcyu tp ieceas ndt hen,a fter
changinhgi ss et-upm, akele ngthso fbeautifucl ustomm oldingsA. ll theseo perations
wered onew ith seemingleyf fortlesesf ficiency.
I wasa lwayps esterinhgi m to let met ry usingit and,w henh ef inallyd id, thef irst
projecwt em adeto gethewr asa seto f floorboardfso r myv intagec at a 1938R over
SportsS edanE. venn ow,n early2 5y earsla ter,I still lookb acka t Svena ndt hef loor-
boardp rojecat st hef irsts tirringso f myd esireto makea l ivingf romw oodworking.
My presentta bles awb, oughst econd-hanmdo ret han1 0y earsa goi,s a l2-inch
commerciaml odewl ith a 3-horsepowmero tor.I couldrlti maginem yw oodworking
shopw ithouti t. I relyo n myt ables awa tm anys tagetsh roughoumt yp rojectsw, hether
cuttingw orkpiecetso sizem, akingd ifferenjto ints,b uildingd rawersa ndd oors,o r
creatinga v arietyo f moldingp atternsI .a lsom akea lot of chairsin myworlahopa nd
I find myt ables awp articularlyu sefirflo r cuttingt hea ngledte nonso n thes eart ails.
WhenI builtm yh ouseI, s tartedb yb uildingth ew orlshopo; nceth atw asu p,t het able
sawc ameth roughfo r meo ncea gainc, uttings heetosf plywoodto sizea ndm aking
allt het rim for thee ntireh ousea, sw ella sc uttingo thera ssortepdi eces.
I think I liket het ables aws om uchf or twom ainr easonFs.i rsto f all,i t'ss ucha v er-
satilem achines;e conds,i ncem osto f them otora ndb ladea reb eneathth et abley, ou
cans eea t a glancew hat'sg oingo n.T here'ns othingt o obscuryeo urv iewo f thew ork
surfaceS.t ill,I havea greadt eaol f respecfot r itsa bilityt o causbeo dilyi njury-a leson
that'sb eend rummedin to meo n a coupleo f occasionBs.u tI consideirt a safe
machinea,s l onga st hep ropepr recautionasre o bserveadn dt heo peratoirs nt overtired
or in too mucho f a hurry.A ll in all, the tables awi s a magnificenmt achinea ndI
couldntd ow ithouti t.
A nativeo f NewZ ealnnd,G ilesM iller-Mead is seen
herei nhis workshop/witho neo f hisp rizedt ools-a
vintaget ables awa cquiredin thee arly 1980s.
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INTRODUCTION
FrankK lauszd iscusses
RADIALARM SAMS
ntil hew asa bout1 4y earso ld,m y
sonw asc ontentt o spendh is sum-
mersi n my shopd oings andingjo bs.
Thenh e decidedto makes omething
himselfI. suggestehded esigna j ewelry
box,w hichI helpedh im construcTt.h e
nexts ummehr,e w antedto builds ome-
thingw ithoutm y help-which meant
workingo n mybigm achines.
Beings afety-conscioI ugso,t a b it ner-
vousS. till,I tookh im to ther adiaal rm
sawa nde xplainetdh eb asicsT. henI
paintedtw o redl ineso n thes awt able,
eacha fewi nchesa wayfr omt heb lade,
"Safety
andf illedi n thes pacien between.
with thism achineis simple,I" told him.
"Keep
yourh andsa wayfr om ther ed
zone.I"n no timea ta ll,h ew asw orking
at thes aww ithouts upervisionH.e c ut
/rinch rabbetisn to thee dgeosf hisj ew-
elryb oxt op anda ddeda blacke bony
inlayI. wouldh aveu seda routerb, uth e
did finew ith thes aw.
Becausyeo up ullt heb ladein toa sta-
tionaryworkpiecthee, r adiaal rms awis
av erys afem achin*providedy ous etu p
properlyu, seo nlys harpb ladesf,o llow
them anufacturers'sa fetyin structions
and,i fyou wish,a ddy ouro wnr edz one.
I uset her adiaal rms awfo r a variety
of tasksc: rosscuttinrgo ughl umber,
cuttingm itersa ndd adoesa,n dr ipping.
If you rip, remembetro feede venly
andf romt hec orrecst ideo f thet ableto
avoidk ickback.
FrankK auszo wnsa worleshoinp
PluckeminN,e wJ ersetyh, ats pecializes
in makinga ndr estorinfign ef urniture.