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seen this issue addressed I nd it quite puzzling that any craftsman would want to leave such evidence of the pocess, and actualy coporate it into the piece as though it were somehow part of the form
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GRLY PS THE ANE N CABNET SAWS Grizzly s showcase product was the "Etreme Series 12in Tabe Saw with Riving Knife model G0606X ) While adding a true riving knife and keeping the price competitive at $2 ,000, Grizzy has outdone the competition in a number of ways The blade is 12 in. the power is 5 hp , singe phase ; and the trunnions move up and down in a straight ine instead of pivoting) , keeping the riving knife just beow the top of the bade . ther notable featur es are the q uick-release action on the riving knife , and a digital gauge for blade ange . A three-phase, 7hp mode is av ailable for the same price Grizzly products are sold direct www.grizzly.com) . BSCH VACM CLEANS TS WN FLTERS The Bosch Airsweep 3931A is a toolactuate d vac uum designed to work with a variable electrical oad to avoid tripped circuit breakers . A dial on the Airsweep lets you adjust its amperage to accommodate a high-draw tool. The 13-gal. wedry vacuum automatically senses when its two dropin fiters are dirty and shakes them clean . ts also very quiet : 69 db , or about the same as norma conversation The street price is $430. SELF-CLSNG HN GES AND SLDES Avaiab le in popu ar woodworking catalogs , two new prod ucts oin the growing number of self-closing hinges and slides , which bring drawers and doors softly and steadiy home whether they are nudged or sammed . Accuride 's accuride.com ) new Eclipse Easy -Close undermount drawer slides bai out cabinetmakers with in of adjustment in every direction after inst allationwhich e nsures perfect action Bum .
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PORTR-CABLE RENVNTS TH OMNIJIG Taking a un at the Leigh fo the title of most vesatile dovet ai l jig, Pote Cable is eengineeing its Omnijig fo a Januay 2007 elease Like the Leigh the new Omnijig uses a singe set of sliding finges fo both though- and half-blind dovetails all vaiaby spaced . But what sets the Omnijig apat is a seies of stops fo template position and bit depth designed to emove tiaande o fom the pocess. The slidingfinge template is standad on the 24-in . vesion ($550) A 16in. vesion ($400) comes with a template fo halfblind and siding dovetails , though a templates wil be availabe fo both jigs A vesatile motise-andtenon system wil be offeed fo $300 RIKON 14-IN . BANSAW HAS BG RSAW CAPACITY With 13 in . of esaw capacity two speeds, and hp , Rikon s new 14-in . bandsaw (model 10325) offes big-saw capacity in a small package . The saw has a numbe of othe usefu featues cast-ion
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Itrt rsarh tr p ompais that wo bi a braw timbr ram bt thy wr way too xpsivabot $45000 jst or matrias. hat's thr tims th ost o ovtioa sti ramig My bst optio sm to b a ompay that o ismat rpair a rassmb 6- epaded plysty ree fa
OLD TIMB ERS, MODERN SKIN n a typical tim fam stuctu vtical post s hozontal ams and afts a fastnd t ogth on th gound to mak an ass my known as a nt h nts a tln hoistd upght and tid tog th with hoizontal mms cald gits. H th contactos addd afts aft aising th nts. his ag-l d ti m fam sklton is shathd and insulatd wth modn matials.
OSB sheathig
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MODIFED JOI ERY ertsh had the rigial rtiseadte jits ret t add stregth Mrtses i the psts were elarged t add a hah, ad beas were t shrte r with a ew hahed te the eds
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ort stra boar a rg oam. Or th rough shathg o th tror I attah baboar wasot pals 4 t hgh A larg bam all a t g hs h sam btw h baboar a th wallboar that rus to th lg. Th shop ost m abou $35000 all about wha a omparabl ooal bulg woul os my ara.
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I t lt my rylg o th post a-bam s truur. Th 1 1 oubl-hug wows am rom a otrator targ ow a arby hous Wows th roo upola ar salag Frh oors tur sways. Th bh harwoo loor am rom a ompay auog outs a sos ol. I also tur to th Irt or th porla bar lamps that supply most o th lghtg. I stll ha to sh th so-sory lo a a wow trm a a w othr tas. But rom th outs th bulg loos ust l a 19th-tury bar. A my w says th spa s s alray r tha our hous.
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I ary May Bt a hs our-ma rw arr wth a lab tru haulg th ompots or th as ram. Rars roog lumbr a shathg ll aothr wo ts. Th m ras ah o th 1000-lb. postabam assmbls (ow as bts) by ha pullg t uprgh wth rops. Th baag thmsls o th .-w bams rapz asts thy attah th ratrs. That pa o th bar rasg too hm oly thr ays thy aothr moth to shath th walls a roo wh plywoo Lots ofstorage The shop has more than 20 ft. of draw ers and cabnets along one wall (aboe) wth more bult nto the work bench and tablesaw sland. Upstars a loft prodes ample storage for wood and assorted odds and ends (rght).
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a tha op to val aitioal spa o saws ad maig tools. h low aa s divd to ubbyhols o smoothg plas a oth spiay plas w sx small daws i th bottom hol small ools suh as blo plas ill bits ad out bits. h abit hags o upp a low pais o h lats Bh th abi t i th spa btw h ats is a pla o ho a apt's squa o o sid ad th pal saws hl suly by mas o th itio o h tth o
Drawrs for sma objcts The six dawes
Hingd pans add storag Tls hang
Storag bhind th cabint capene's
a he bm f he cabine hld small bjecs such as blck planes
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squae n ne side and hee panel saws n he he fi in sls in he back f he cabine
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The cabinet is made almost entirely fom bich pywood, which gives dimensiona stabiity at a budget price. The mai n cacase is -in-t hick plywoo d connected with finger jOints. p and b , 3 in deep by 32 in wide
Rabbe in deep by n wide
Side, 13 n deep by 8 in all
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the the. The bnet hld l thee tl wthn ey reh nd every bde nd tth ty hrp nd prteted.
Conrcion a wh a nle box blt my bnet t f Bltbrh ply wd t nly t mre enml thn d lmbe bt t elmnte prblem h tk drwer frm dmennl hnge ed by the hgh hmdty n the rthwet. The bdy f the bnet trt t ne lrge bx wth the de mde frm ¥n.-thk plywd. n the rner wth -n. nger r bx jnt (fr mre n th methd ee A Len n Bx nt 181 p 84 r Bx nt n the Tblew 48 pp 6063) t -n.-deep by nwde rbbet rnd the nde frnt nd bk edge t ept pnel f -n.-thk plywd The frnt f the bnet tthed wth gle nd nl bt the bk tthed wth rew nly t lw e drng lter ntrtn. Next t ff pprxmtely the frnt thrd f the bx t frm wht wll beme the mn dr. On the tblew ng the rp fene gde t thrgh bth end f the bx Atth thn pee f rp plywd t eh end by nlng t n bth de f the t Th t keep the tw prt f the bx tthed whle ttng thrgh the lng de n the tblew.
The entrl gllery wth t bbyhle ed t tre plne gve the bnet rgd ty. Ct the pper nd lwer rpee then t the dde fr the nthk helf prttn ether n the tblew r wth rter. e the me methd t rete
bttm mde f -n.-thk pywd t n rbbet rther thn grve bee the ltter wld rede the depth f thee lredy-hllw drwer. Aer nrewng the bk pnel f the bnet rt dd n eh de fr the pper helf nd then gle n the helf. Stk the drwer ng mnte thn rdbrd per nd mrk the tp f the tk fr the ltn f the bt tm dd f the glley Ly the gllery r the bnet nd mrk the ltn f the tp dd. Ct the pr f dde n eh de nd then ntll the glle nd the entrl drwer dvder. The tter
the dd n the ndede the gl e t reeve the enter drwer dvder Befre ntllng the gllery y need t mke the drwer bee ther heght nd png wll determne the ltn f the gllery. The x drwer re mde f -n. thk plywd wth n fnger jnt. The
rewed t the bttm f the bnet rm the tde nd nt dded nt t weken the bttm f the bnet I hng the drwer by tthng n thk by -n.wde trp f hrd mple t the de f the bnet nd the entrl d vder T get the drwer t hng perfetly
Whe t the w t the newy emved frnt etn f the bnet n hlf t frm the tw mn dr. When th dne t th pee f ¥-nthk plywd t frm the enter de f eh dr Dnt wrry bt the exped edge f the plywd de; thee wll be vered by bndng.
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Cut away the door sectionWit te front and rear panes instaed cut away te front quarter of te box to form te main doors. Cut te sort sides first and ten tack a batten across te cut to od te section in pace wie cutting te ong sides
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Next cut makes the two main doorsTack two strips of woodacross te cut ine as sown. Ten set te sawbade to just score te und erside of te strips. In ti s way te pane is cut in a f but won't bind on te sawbade
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Gal ery divder s n. thik
ayers o -in . thk plywoo d. he i er ayer has setons ut out t o ho ld pane saws and a arpeters sqare.
Drawer gides, hard maple, i thik by i. wide by 9' in. lo ng
Drawer divder
Grooves n. deep by ' i. wide by 9 i. long
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The tw inner dr nd their pt prllel I ed the me per when t re mde frm in.thik pywd Ct ting rbbet in the drwer ide nd when mthing reee n eh dr nd pt tthing the trip t the binet fr pir f hinge nd then rew eh On rter tbe rete gide hnnel pt t the ide f the binet between the me width the drwer ide m the tp f the trin bx nd the pper pring tw ter gide trip tw enter hef Hng the dr n thee pt trip f wd the width f the trght-t The eprte nit the bk f the b rter bt nd tw eql per t g inet i bit f tw le f in-thik bve nd belw the bit tht enter the plwd nd hld be deigne t dwer ide ver the rter bit. Clmp the ter trip t the tbe remve the per mmdte penter qre nd pnel w. Srew thi nit t the bk f the nd the enter trip, rie the bit t in binet beween the Frenh let nd t grve ntil t befre the fin The ter dr re hng ing pin ger int t the frnt f the drwer. hinge nd mgneti the bl the When l the grve hve been t e
With the m in binet ntrtin m plete mke nd tth tm hnger fr eh tl ing rp f plwd fnihed m binet with tw t f il-bed eler tht were nded with P320git ndpper Then wiped n pe f t f tng il The bbhle nd the bttm f the drwer were vered with indtril rbberbked flr vering vilble frm hme enter It me in mn lr nd give exellent prtetin t edge tl The finl tep w t tth pll t the drwer nd dr, nd tt hndle t the tide f the binet Thee re
the per trip frm the rter tble nd the lminte per ed erier when tking the drwer t etbih the tin fr eh mple drwer rnner Srew the rnner t the ide nd the entrl divider nd the drwer re hng
gret help when nd friend lift the binet nt the wl-mnted prt f the let Intll l f the tl nd then trt ptting them t e.
give pitive lth t the dr. After hnging the frnt dr nel the ex ped rbbet jint rnd the frnt pnel with }\inthik b inwide trip f lid mple rnded lightl ( ll ex ped rner hld be).
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Attach the inne doos Srechng from he op of he gallery o he boom of he upper shelf each nner door s hung from a pos screwed o he cabne.
Cu a dado on boh sdes of he cabne and Insta the uppe shef and gaey nsall he upper shelf. Ths gves he carcase exra rgdy Afer rounghe dadoes for he upper and lower shelves esf he gallery and hen glue n
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ost fritre maers wold welcome a few more chisels, plaes ad clamps ad prob ably a wider joiter t there is a critical mass o tools that allows yo to get fie woodworig doe i a efficiet waya poit whe the alace tips fom strggle to satisactio Its easy to chage past that pit e comig osessed with bildig o yig every ig ad havig the est of everythig the meatime yore probably ot pro dcig mch fitre Space is oe impotat facto i decid ig whe to stop yig ad start ildig hee is o poit i addig aother ma chie to save tie if yo o loger have the oom to move projects arod efficietly. d lie to mae a case o my essetial tools, with two goas i mid Fo oe Ill
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BANDSAW ABLSAW Get as powerfl and eaydut y a sa w as yo an aford wit at east 0 n o rippin g apaty or safety, se a splitter or riing kife and put an outfeed table o te bak
A i . or 5i bandsaw is eoug ad a riser blok aessory is a good way to doble te resaw apa ity to in is tool is indispensabe for rippng resawng and utting res
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fo $5,000 provd gnnrs wth a shoppng lst for ths lflong hobby. Also hop to ras sr mor xprncd woodworrs that hy may alrady hav what thy nd to ma batl procts To arrv a a bottom ln, Iv assmld
can' ll yor hos wh assnlss thy ar stffd or sngng Ill ta frntr cos, my own way of worng has nformd my lst of ssntal toos am not a profssonal woodworr Almost vry pc ma s dffrnt. And I do a far
wll g crvs jons and fnal sfacs v clos to prfct bfor hand tools and sandpapr ta ovr. Howvr f yo machns lac capac y, powr, or accracy yoll fnd ths prlmnary sags frstratng If th frst
a lst of spcfc brands and modls, mos of whch hav n wnnrs n rcn tool rvws n in Woodwoking won't cov r a fw catgors of tools that ar trly ncssary t vary too mch o pn down: marng and masrng tools sharpn ng gar and c lamps hy say vn God nds mor clamps. h strt prc for all-nw pmnt s abot $5000. By sd pmnt, and yo can ct tha n half consdr hs a rasonal nvstmnt for a lflong hoy Consdr h cost of a ass boa not o mnton th trc and tralr And yo
t of woodworng to baty my hom, sch as ltns and trm on or Knots dscsson at FnWoodworngcom toollst to shar yo opnons abot my tool chocs
srfac of a oard sn' at and stragh th oppost on won't b hr If dgs and nds arn't sar yoll chas thos nac cracs all th way throgh th projct. Whn coms to sttng p shop, a plan r and jontr on mar th momnt whn a woodworr gts s ros abot th hoby. Ths machns al low yo to mll stoc
Machines do he hea lin Hand-ool prsts mght arg t ma chns ar th bacbon of an ffcnt shop Wth a st of pans n hand and th rogh l mr chos n mo s woodworrs rn frst to machns to straghtn flattn sar p and c off prcs worpcs Wlltnd machns and powr tools also
PLANER Todays smal plan ers leaveminima a greatsnipe nishon with boards p to 3 in. wde. Ge t one with ndexed kves fo easy blade cha nges
DRLL PRESS Whether you get a benchtop or floor stand ing mo del, go or a in chuck and at east eig ht speeds 3 in. o spndle travel, and 7 in. between the spinde and the post .
MIER SAW Asde fom roughing stock quickly to length this machne can mae q ck mter cuts that are cean eough or many ses ike builtin cabinets ad trim on slid ing in. "chop saws off er the best vale.
DUS COLLECOR Get a hp single-stage colector at a mi ni mm . To collect th e finest dust, opt for a cartridge filter or a elt bag. A hp colector is better because it can be ocated ather fom a tablesaw or aner and still c an do its ob.
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Po wer tool s Lik hi ns, hs sp up h o i ous ooorking sks: r lng s nng sing , oling, orisng, n so oh oiny. TWOAN D-A-HALF ROUR Todays router kits offe r on e moto r that han ges q uik ly between a plunge base designed for handheld use and a base tha an stay mouned n a oue able Throw n a smale detal router and you have the equival ent of three tools .
CORDL DRIL /DRIVR A 4.4v model has enou gh power or big bits and enough ontrol or smal srews.
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can buy rough lumber Bottom line Youl need a jointer and planer wide eno uh to handle most workpieces Youl also need a heavyduty tablesaw that can make smooth cuts in thick hard woods a medium-size bandsaw that keeps is blade on track; a miter saw to roughcut lumber to length and to cut moldings; and a drill press to cut clea n and accurate hoes with arge and smal bits. Maces need dust coectio If only to keep machines running righ with less maintenance, youl need dust collection Tablesaws and planers work better when dust is beng sucked away hen theres the latest government data about ne wood dust causing nose and throat cancer t takes very ne itraton to capture the smaest,
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most nsdious suff its just more pleasan to work in aFnally, cean shop. keep a tight cluster of the worst of fenders (tablesaw, paner, bandsaw) per manently connected to my dust colector with a simple blastgate system and ex ible hoses I don't boher with the jointer 8
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Mortsers and lathes are optona-I
made a tough call on these tools. Whether holowchisel or horizontal, a mortiser makes the joinery process quicker and eas ier, but is essential for pros only A router, in tandem with shopmade jigs, will make great motises Choosing a athe is compicated. f most of your woodworking is turnng, my list of tools is not for you. But even if you dabble, and ever want to try big bowls and vessels, youll need a arge-capacity lathe with enough mass to control vibration, and speed that is variable on the fly So youl e out $1000 or more for a oo you'll use only once in a while. However, if all you turn is knobs and spindles for furniture, you getNewer by withmodels a benchtop (mini midican lathe are solid andor offer bed extensions
Powe toos ve speed and precson The next row n your arsenal i s the power tools: two-and-a-half routers (you'll see a
random-orbit sander, a cordless drdriv er a circular saw, and a biscuit oiner can't imagine woodworking without a handheld router and a router mounted n a table. he good news on routers is that there are multibase models that wil alow you to keep a xed base mounted in your router table and a punge base free for handheld routing, such as mortising. You'll have to switch the 2hp motor from one to the other, but that takes only seconds. As for a router table, it can be as simple as a piece of plywood clamped to the end of a workbench, with a shopmade fence that has a dust pot tacked on. I aso recommend a small fixed-base rouer the laminate trimmer type for detail work hey are easier to handle for inlay and light edge work, and there are tmes when s nice router loadeditand readytotohave go a second hough 'll make a case later for a smoothing plane, there are woods and situations for whch a sander is smpy the easiest way to go A random-orbt palm sander is aggressive enough to remove
Get a 5-in.-dia., palmstyle, random orbit sander wth variabe speed and hookandIoop disks A 3in by 1-n . belt sander off ers a great combinaton of sze an d maneverabilty
mahine marks an d tearut yet it i s pretty easy t ntrl If used ppery i wn't eave dips in the surfae and it wnt sand thrugh veneers r the rst at f finish rdess drildriver is a re in evey shp Wdwrkers dnt need as muh pwer and endurane as hmebuildig n tratrs, yet we inevitaby d jbs arund the huse 144v drill fers the rght m binatin f pwer and fine n·l The last ee pwer tls n my list are smetimes sneered at bet sander seems like a lng sht bu has a hst f uses in a wdshp t an surfae slabs that are t wide fr the planer r jinter It is als great when sribing and fitting the frames and mldings f built-ins t wals and eilings iruar saw is essentia anyime it is easier t bring the saw t the wrk rather than the wrk the tablesaw suh as when rughing ut t plywd pas Guided by a straightedge and armed wi a gd blade a heavyduty saw as wil make lean a urate uts n the end f a wide panel Thugh a bisuit int is nt as strng as traditinal jinery it is ightningfast inWoodokingco
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A 5amp, heavy-dty, in. saw wi l powe throgh ha rdwood . Look for ser-friendly adstments and a very flat sole
and penty strng fr many appli atins bisui iner is the ideal tl t build plywd abinety Bisuits als make quik and invisible splines fr aligning mating pars Team up you powe too with a hop vacu
ke mahnes many pwer tls run muh bet ter with a vauum attahed Palm sanders an be almst dustfee whih inreases their effiieny Ruter tabe predures are easier withut a lt f hips in the way Sme ruters are weldesigned fr dust lletin whih
Make sre this tool has good reference s rfaces base face and fence yoll se th em al
SHOP VA CUUM Look fo a or micron flter and a too-trggered power switch. Pg a too into the onboard otlet and the vacm will tn on wen te too does and rn a few seconds after the tool s trned off.
meanswhen yull mrtising never have t stp t lear hips
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Hand tools Fo fial fttig ad fial uface whe eciio ctical tu to high-qualty had tool. he folowg ae eetia l.
surfaces Evey wdwrker shud lear t use a smthig plae It is simpy the fastest way t pep a bard fr fiishig aer it leaves the pae. Hadplaes are als the best tl fr levelig e surface t ather withut creatig dips r hl lws. ut i a thick aermarket blade t dampe vibrati, ad shape it t ,000 grit Fr mst wds this is al yu will eed t create a a lmstfial surface, fl lwed by a uick pass with fie sadpaper a sadig blck. r figured wds ad ther tugh plaig situatis I use a cabiet scraper t create a smth surface with tea rut (Whe all else fai ls, tur t my pwer sades) Tw ther essetial plaes are a shulder plae ad a blck plae The blck plae is the hadplae I use mst ftefr chamfers, rudvers, trimmig cuts, ar rw edges, r just fr breakig sharp crers I prefer he versatil ity f a lwagle versi, thugh a stadardagle plae wuld be fie, t The rmer des better straight grai ad ed grai; the latter grai ha wats t tear ut he shuler plae is igred by sme wdwrkers, but is ueuaed at trim mig tes ad rabbets t fit. t is grea
TR HANDPLAN S Yol eed a bock pae rght for deal work, a No. 4 smoo thi g pae above) for removig machie marks ad peppig fia face s ad edges a d a sh older plae below) for trimmig joiey Al shod have thick blades o edce chate.
SCRAPR For dffct woods a sharp cabiet scrape wil prep fal s faces w ith o tea rot . A wide base is h elpfl Add a ca rd scraper fo r a few dollars
DOVETAI L SAW
Christiaa prefers a apaese-style hadsaw caled a dozki), which has ver y fie t eeth ad a thi blade, ad cts o the pl sroke. However, ma y woodworkers pef er a Weste style dovetail saw.
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Asa Christiana is the editor and a hobbyist fuiture maker.
CHISLS May beveledge hisels are good for both parg ad light pod g. These iv e ses are essetial, thogh others a be helpl: , % 1 i
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And the a ctua l retai l price is ... n ode to aiv e at a bottomine ste et pice fo new eqipment h ad to choose acta podcts To be fai to manfactes checked o ecent too ev iews an d sed athos pic ks fo est V ae When eviews wee somewhat otdated chose too s that got favoab e eviews in o Toos Mateias comn When that didn't wok went with feates deem essentia Anyway the point is the cass and type of each too not the e xact band a nd mo de
Caftsman Pofessona 0n Tabesaw (OR35504)
$000
eta 22580 3n TwSpeed Finishing Pane
$ 380
Giy G0586 8n ointe
$ 655
Rdgid S400 4n bandsaw (ise bock avaiabe)
$ 350
osch 392 2n Compond Mite Saw
$ 30
Rdgd P550 5n i Pess
$ 270
eta 50760 1 hp dst coecto with mcon bag
$ 300
PoteCabe 782 Ga TooTiggeed Vac m
$ 260
PoteCabe 895PK Rote (with two bases)
$ 270
osch PR0E Cot PamGip Rote
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osch 295VS 5n RandomObt Sande
$
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Miwa kee 06222 44v %n dive/di
$ 60
Ryobi VaiabeSpeed et Sande E32VS
$ 00
Miwakee 63902 71n Cica Saw
$ 40
PoteCabe 557K exe Pate (biscit) oine
$ 80
Veitas LowAnge ock Pane
$ 20
ai eyStaney No 4 (Woodcaft) Smooth Pan e ($62) ps epacement bade and chipbeake (ieNiesen: $55)
$ 7
Vetas Medim Shode Pane
$ 60
Vetas Cabinet Scape (and cad scape)
$
50
ok dovetai saw (apan Woodwoke) 81 in
$
35
Two Cheies eveEdge Chises set of 6
$ 40
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so p c s t e ou g Choe n dut olleton ange fom lghtdut hop va to poweful lone tle dut olleto. A hop va mght be ou ft dut olleto but t houldn't be ou lat hop va an handle the dut fom mall tool but ae undemathed fo the amount of wat e th at a tatona mahne an thow. n hoong the olleto onde how fequentl ou ue mah ne that podue lage volume of du t an d hp. You alo houl d wegh whethe ou need a olleto that an uppot long egment of du twok .
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ollet dut effetve l fom a tableaw o othe lage woodwok ng mahne though eveal feet of dut o hoe Unt ated at h p an del ve top pefomane onl though a ho t length of hoe he -hp unt houldnt be eled on to lea all the deb fom la ge ma h ne. Pe ange fom $0 fo a hp olleto to $00 fo a 3-hp unt
ame hoepowe a the ngletage ountepat offeng a muh apat a mot home hop ae l kel to need. f ou want omplete fe edom on hop laout and dutwok th o u bet bet. Pe tat aound $70.
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to cosider about ay dust collector is how much ductwork it ca support We tested a sampig o dieretsize colectors ragig rom a hp sigle-stage uit to 3 hp cycloe he testig proto col was similar to that used or our revew o 1 hp collectors F # 83 pp 3843). We used the results to estimate how much ducwork each machie might sup port while deliverig the baseie perorm ace o 800 cm ad 4,000 pm Which euipmet is ight or you? his survey shoud help clariy you hoices
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A snlsta dust colcto cas al l of t ds past ts mpl and tn spaats t nto havy cps and ltwt dust. t s t mo affodal opton
A twosta cyclon alows la ds to fal out of t a stam fo t achs t ow Ths lts t fan spn mo fly wl n mo ffcntly soudd ncasn a flow. T flt ss fa lss dust and so dosnt nd muc mantnanc
A snlesae porable works o shops and bdes Forsaller a woodworker with a garage shop that icudes a tabesaw oiter plaer ad adsaw, ad with 600 or less to sped o dust colectio, the most practi ca choice is a sigle-stage dust collector A p collector is the least expesive, but you're likely to be disappoited with its perormaceaout 40 cm at best less your larger machies have perectly eiciet dust-colectio hoods or ports (extremey rare) that's ot eough he 1 hp colectors are the most power l uits that ru o stadard 0v curret
WE TESTE THE CAPACT OF EACH SSTEM Blow s t amount of ductwo k tat ac typ of colcto suppot d w l
4 ft. of exi ble hose
mantann 800 cfm and 000 lna fpm of aflow nouh to andl t cps and dust fom any macn. W addd fx os and a fw typcal connct os to smulat al-wold condtons Us ts udlns wn coosn a colcto and lay n out you sys tm.
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2 HP 68 . of rigd duct, one elbow, one V-connector nd 6 ft. o lexibe hose
5 ft. of rigd duct, one elbow oe Vconnector, nd 6 t of flexible hose
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hy wo wl givn minimm o x hos n qn ning o ils. yov go 220v pow hogh, on si sppng p on ng in lss (nd pi). h 2hp singsg olo h w sd hnd h qivln o 18 o lx hos o dopping ow 800 m nd 4,000 ln pm Bs h olo is mo yo n wh i om mhin o mhin, on nng i o h vi sho ngh o hos This nss opmm pomn h mhn siis onvnin An lniv is o p h ollo n nl loion n s Y-onnos
Fid wih shor lngh of hos, 1/hp or -hp collcor cn b whld round h shop nd conncd o ch mchin s ndd
s gs nd opl o hos ns o onn i o yo mos qn onds his ppoh ls yo op viy o woowoing mhns who noing n oin dsoo onnions mhins h gn lss ds hs nd o h hos. s shop v o hndl h ighs-y mhins s woh psing his poin o sy w wods o ils s sml n 10 mionso hl h hnss o his pgn inhld mo sily hn xplld on o in h lngs i n s hos o hh polms Mny snlsg ollos om wih wovn i gs h, whn nw p pis s sml s 30 mions hi pomn impovs wih s s ly o inhs swos ls p iy on h il s s ny o hos ds sps whil h o ing ms n h oing wil o n ls sdn ps o lin ds hoh h i n ino h shop Yo will h si wih -mion s hy sil qi ily qn ning n ons h oion pls o idg is llow mh mo il in sm sp insing invls wn nings y h o 0 ims A wning: Cidg ils n mo dli hn loh gs A poiv sn h ils in is good id As s wod on singl-sg ollos h mo powl nis vill A 3hp ingl-sg oo n in on n onnd o sgnin mon o pip. Th on w sd wll pov siin low n vloiy h nd o 6 o dwo pls n l ow Yonno, nd 6 . o hos. On h ownsi, h ollo wil p o 0 sq o shop sp nd yol www.FnWoodwokngco
Mor horspow r ls you prk your collcor A -hp mchin is srong nough o suppor bou 18 f of xibl hos which lso llows for smi prmnn con ncion o sv rl mchins onc
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have for filter bags to lean not st wo In addton a olletor in this 3-hp ass osts abot $ 00 Upgrading the filter bags whih often is neessa might ost an other $400 hats before dtwor One yove reahed that evel of e pense, it's worth oniderng a yone
A cclone s bes o ixe cwok he ylones we tested range in pre from $70 to $100 and ome with good ar tridge filtration Any of them an qily move high vomes of air throgh enogh dtwor to span the ength and width of a two-ar garage Assmng yo plan to spend $000 or so the prhase pre leaves plenty o ash for adding that dt wor. Yor hoie shold be gided by yor own shop layot How spread ot are yor mahnes he hp nit we tested for instane an spport roghly 68 ft. of dtwor one 90 elbow one Y-onnetor and 6 ft of e hose As yo might epe the 3hp mahine wll handle larger oads ests show tha it wl deliver simar perform ane wth p to 11 t of straght dt wor and the same elbow Yonnetor and length of e hose here are arger yones on the maret bt they provide more apaty than a home shop is ever iely to need
Michael Stadish povided eseach ad testig fo this aticle
THREE POS SLE UCTWORK CONFGURATONS
Joiter
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Cyclon colctos a powful noug to suppot pmannt nstallatons of fxd ductwok Run ductw ok aong on wall (aov) and us ancs of duct o fxl os to ac macns A dagona duct un (na gt) mountd ovad woks wll fo tools n t mddl of t oom. A duct un aoun d t sops pmt (fa gt) can mountd ovad o on t walls and woks st fo tools postond along t walls.
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FTR Replace 30micron filter bags A micron bag is necessary to keep the fin est dst from escaping back into the shop. Cartridge filters are st as effective bt easier t o keep clean .
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RDCR or the bes t ai rflo w se ho se and dctwo rk the same dia meter as the collectors inet se a redcng adapter to connect wth woodworking machines that hav e smale otet s In sta l this fitting at or nea the machi ne.
CNNCTR ecase sharp trns redce arfow ts best to se 45° Y con nectors to mege tw o branches of dctwork rather than 90° T fittings
TRN Keep el bows and Vconnectors to a min im m For the best airflow se the wi destradis elbows that yo can
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Smoothwaled metal dct carries air more efficienty than hose bt its also more epensive and less fleible. In any case se dctwork that matches the nlet dameter on yor colector; airflow friction inc reases eponentially as d ct se decreases
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t the heat o any woodwoking hop i a olid wokbench, but thee ha long been a debate ove whethe it' bette to build you bench o buy it. Then thee i the conundum that you need a bench in ode to build a bench. And i you think you can make a bench o a action o the cot o buying one, you may want to eun the numbe Rememb e that you cant buy 1 /4 maple in bulk like a manuactue can and even i you hand pick you boad, youl have to cut away ome not wiy gain, o checking. Add in the cot o ome highuality hadwae and youll ind the aving meting away at. oweve, buying a wokbench i athe like hop ping o hoe A ingle band can have numeou model; the po and con o dieent eatue ae not obviou without ying them out and one ize deinitely doen't it all.
To help impli the poce o buying a bench, Fine Woodwoing decided to tet ome model headto head. Becaue peonal peeence play uch a age ole when electing a wokbench athe than ue a ingle autho, we decided to let all the edito have thei ay. ue enough, opinion vaied widely on ome benche but oveal thee wa a conenu on the winne. I you ae in the maket o a wokbench, thi uey hould help you pick one that uit you.
How he benche s wee selece an ese We choe benche appoximately 6 t. ong by t. wide, with both a ont and a tai vie that wee obut enough to tand up to the igo o planing chopping and awing by hand. Eight manuactue o etaile upplied benche that met thee citeia. ealy all o them make o el benche o deent ize and wth othe eatue than the one we teted, o i you like the band but not the bench check thei Web ite o altenative. Fo the moe ubjective pat o the tet the edito ecoded how table the bench elt, how well the vie woked and how eay the dog wee to ue They alo noted the geneal a ppeaance o each bench the ual ity o the inih and the uti lity o any toag e helve cabinet, o too tay. When we wee done ohn White ou hop man age, moved in with hi taightedge, eele gauge combination uae, and ca le to objectively meaue each bench. Wokbenche vay enomouly. You eally do have a wide choice when it come to pice, uality and con iguation. Moe than anylat othe in you good wokbench hould you tool a lietime o hop chooea wiely.
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he smaest, li ghtest, an d cheap est of the benches we ooked at, Length: n Hoffman Hammers medium bench Wdth : 22 n could have been overshadowed by the heavyweght competiton, but Heght : 4 n t stood its ground and earned the Weight 62 . bestvalue award The front vse n Wood: u opn c particuar ha d very ie rackng The man crticism was the ightness of the bench, particuarly the base, which made the bench unstabe when pushed from front to back (endtoend planing pressure was no problem) A soution would be to nstal a tool cabnet n the base, although the eevated stretch ers dont eave much room The dog s and vses were smal but worked smoothy, athoug h the ta vise graduay ncrease d in height as t was extended hs would be an deal choce for someone lookng for an economica, welmade workbench but wthout the physical mass Prce: 800
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One nice vise The tail vises stiffness can be adjusted using a pair of bolts The vise handles with their black rubber Orings to protect the tued cherry knobs from hit ting the metal, eaed unani mous praise
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after being une n a n anv an then fle they wrke fine Examles f r esign ncue the rtrusin f the flnger Jnte en nt the frnt vise area Because the g hles were sace wier than the en vise's trave there was a n ea zne when clam ing certan ength wrkl eces (the Lagu na bench as ha ths rbem; see 62) In ther resects this was a great wrkbench with stut legs an a thck t gvng a very sl fee The vses were as asscate art rectr Kelly Duntn ut t "ncely massive an the anti-rackng wheel s n bth vses were a stanut feature
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he agest o the benches we tested the Laguna aso was the shotest The ovea aeaance was easng and the bench had good stabty, but on cose insection the constuction and the vises et somethn g to be desied The to was Wood: uopen eeh vsby wavy and dshed 0030 n n sevea aces inc ud ng the citca ightont cone nea the ta v se, suggesting the to had been ooy w debet sanded Aso, the to o the teste base otudes beyond the ont o the to, inteeing when edg eaning a ong boad The dogs and dog hoes got mixed evews Some editos descbed the t as ust ght, whie othes ound the dogs at
combined wth the act that the dogs eaned backwad unde essue n the ovesze hoes, the eect was to ais e the wokece into the ai The othe toube sot is the massve dawe n the base Heavy even when emty, it is diicut to oen when stoing anything but buky, ght obects
sot too sma to ocate without a second gance. With some modest edesgn and bette quaity conto, ths coud become a much bette bench
Unsteady wokpiecesA combnaton of sop n the ta vse and dogs that ange backward under pressure causes the workpece to rse of the bench when camped
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pios differed sharpy o hs bech, wih eary half he ed ors pckig i as bes value whle ohers cosdered i overprced The mos debaed feaure was he w screw ai vsea Verlas exclusive Propoes c ed s a ck of rackg Wood: Me ad ab ly o clam p a 1lwlde board bewee he guides, ad procaimed i he bes ed vise o ay bech Skepcs caed weird, siff, ad erky The vise arrived uable o ur usg oe hade Shop maager oh Whe spe a few hours ryig o ue up ad eveually reached a compromise bewee operaig ad o beig oo sack The roubeshoog de as he maua sugges ha our experece s o uique
which, combied wh he hoes ru g he legh of he fro ad back sides, gives grea campi g flexibiy he dogs were roud wih a la rge, fla ca mp g spo, bu a ie sff ad hard o remove whe ow he hole he oly oher compa was he slghy rough ad owluser oifiished surface, a mor blem ish o a oherw se excee bech
he ceer oo ray impresse d som e ediors, bu he desg may be resposbe for he bech beig dished by 6 aroud he ceer The dogs come wh slpo plasc oo proecors, bu hese preveed he dogs from beg lowered ess ha a ich above he bech ad mus be removed whe plag her sock Fialy, he shi y wpeclea fi sh a raced some ediors, bu ohers wodered how i would look afer a few years of use wih o easy way o reew More ha ay oher bech, hs is probaby oe o ry before you buy; youll ove or leave
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towel betwee each grit. The water swells ad wipig vaish forulated for gustocks looses the wood fibers i the scratches, so less (Tru-Oil or Li-Speed) rubbed out with paste wax ad #0000 steel wool after curig. work is reuired to sad the of.
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An agd iing tick After securig the blade i a vise isert the teo firly ad twist it a full revolutio. A dirty socket will leave dark patches o the high spots; le these away usig a fie rasp Repeat util you have full wood-t-etal cotact for a perfect fit
Fixing a tenon that's too smal A tenon that's too skinny wont it secueySiply cut a piece of cloth to fit the teos legth ad circuferece wrap it aroud the teo ad glue it i place as a shi Oce the glue dries drive the hadle ito the socket.
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in no tme Howeer all hae enough power to sand 84 red oak without
de sandersthe ability to change the dum and the sleee that fts oer t to
slowing or stalling I was able to stall the two with he least horsepower the Deta and the Grizzly G038 but ony when they were bolted down and it ted wth a 3in drum and I pushed hard on the stock But that kind of ag gresse sanding isn't right for these machines. Motor speed oscillatons per mn ute and spindle stroke ay but those dferences don't matter I had no trouble sanding to a line or following a cure with any machine. What does matter are seemingly smal thngsa place to store sanding sleees and tools or a dust port that fits a shop ac without an adapter
suit any cure. Drums smaller than in slide onto metal spindes and are secured by a washer on the top or a camp on the bottom. Those arger than n slide onto rubber drums that either ft the in spinde or hae a spinde of their own To hold the sandng sleees n place you tghten a nut at the end of the spinde compressing the rubber drum aganst the sleee Thats easiest on the Ridgid which doesn't reuire toos It's outftted wth knobs for drum changes tabe tilting and conersion fom belt to spndesan ding mode Few hings aggraate me more han hunting for the wrenches or parts I need to change spindles or sanding
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t's had to tun an iegula i ne into a ai cuve ; umps and bumps tend to get magniied When oughing out a cuve on the b andsaw, ty to leave a smal, constant magin that can be sanded away quickly and consistentl y
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4 KEEP SANDING SLEEVES FRESH Send $5 to $0 fo a sandingbelt ceanng stc k an d se it often t will geaty extend the ife of sanding sleeves, ncease the efficency of the abasive, and edce the chance of scoching the wood
5 TI LT FOR B EVE LS A tlting table, fond on fo of the seven sandes tested, becomes a handy feate fo bevels and ondoves aong a cve
6 D ON 'T SAN D STRAIGHT EDGES FREEHAND f yo want yo snde sande to foow a staght ne , tn it nto an edge sande with this simle Jig: Take a boa d at least 1 n thck an d boe a hole slghtly lag e than the sandng dm nea the boad's edge R the ed ge off the boad, emovng a bit of the hole to eave a gap n the sde of the boad Clam the fence to the sande table so that the dm peeks thogh the ga.
loog drtl dow at th l. So th wor ds o b about bow-hgh. For m, a 5 . 9 h sadr tabl should b o mo tha 5 off th floor Th Brdgwood Grzzl G9922 ad Jt ar about 8 . tall muh allr ha th ohrs Th Brdgwood ad Grz
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letr, an air filtratin sstem, an lghts. n this ase 60 amps at 240/120v likel will prvie enugh pwer. If theres heat ing r air nitning unning as wel a 00-amp supanel pral wll e a euate. suggest a panel wth rm fr 16 r 20 iruit reakers. These are startng pnts. Beause eah shp s fferent u shul alulate the numer f ruits an pwer nees f ur wn
There are tw nterepenent aspets t wrng a shp. One is iruit esignhw the varus things that use pwer (ale as") are arrange an grupe, an hw the are nnete t ther eetrt sure thrugh wrng an ruit reakers. The ther s the hie an latn f ight xtures, reeptaes, an swthes.
e hee be lh (o n s own cci) Depenng n the sze f the shp, u shu have ne r mre 20v -amp iruits eate t ighting. That wa f u are ripping a ar an ur taesaw trips a reaker u wnt e plunge int
Conside a sepaate cicuit fo the compessoBy rug your ar om pressor o ts ow rut, you avod the possbty that t w trp a rut breaker whe aother too s used.
les he oe he bee ts a fat that a shp an never have t man lamps an it's euall true that it
arkness an nt a angerus stuatn T mpute hw man lightng ruits u wil nee, a up the ttal wattage f the lights an prv ie ne amp lghtng rut fr eve ,00 watts This s ase n aing eah rut t aut 0% f ts apait Ths ushin thugh nt re ure n nnmmerial appiatins is still a g ea Fr example t prve ghting fr a single-ar garage-size shp (240 s ) wth 96n hgh-utput (HO) uresent lghts u wul nee fur separate 2amp x tures Eah amp re ures 1 0 watts s u wul nee a tta f 0 watts t lght this shp Cnsier instaling sme task lighting (sa a trak xture with three 6wa lamps r euivalent ures
ant have t man reeptaes Reepta es shu g n 20amp ruits Theres n limit set the Natinal Eletrial Ce (NEC) fr the numer f utlets that an g n a iruit n a resential app iatn Fr a shp, t makes sense t ient the as u expet t perate at the same tme an grup the reeptales nt r uits s that eah rut an mral supprt the expete eman A 120v 20amp rut an prvie 2400 watts al thugh ts a g iea t keep the la t 0% r less r aut 1 ,900 watts. T g ure ut hw man iruts are neee k at the pwer neee as shwn n the tl nameplate (sme nameplates wil speif watts, an sme amps). If the tl spes give amps n nvert frm amps t
ent s) as well. put this lghtng n ne amp ruit
watts fr a 20v tl multipling amps tmes 20 Fr nst ane if u have a small ar mpressr that raws 13 amps (,60 watts) put n a reeptale suppe ts wn 20-amp irut alle a eate" ruit. Fr utlets that wn't e suppl ing a spe t, a s in an area l ke an asseml enh where u wll e using varus smal pwer tls I suggest three r fur utlets n a 20-amp ruit. The EC reuires grun fault ruit nterrupter (GFCI) prtetin fr an amp r 20-amp ranh ruts supp ing a garage r ther wrk area at grae level Yu an meet ths reuirement using a GFCI ruit reaker r having a GFC reeptae frst in lne an wire t prtet the wnstream reeptaes
Cabinet saws have specia needsCreate a separate 220v rut ad ru t to a foor outet the eter o f the shop.
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Cnser setting up the ighting s that the general lighting fxtures are wire t tw r mre separate swthes with the task lights swthe separatel frm the general ightng. This wa f ur ma hine an enh areas are separate u an save energ luminating nl the area n whih ure wrking (Fr mre infrmatin n hw t selet an nstall shp lights see Lghting fr the Wrk shp F #14, pp 6-6)
Fr fr generaluse utlets like the use ruters, han saners, an nes re rlls t s a g ea t set up iruts ase n the area serve Fr example u mght set up a separate ruit fr eah wall. Or u ma want a uple f 20-amp iruts t see ur wrkenh where OOS & SHOS 7
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CELNG ne way to avod havng power ords strewn about your shop foor s to use a elngmounted drop ord. Ths brngspower to the mddle of your shop n a onvenent and safe way Just rol out the tool of hoe and plug away.
Wokbenh powe.A Plugmold power strp gves you a onvenent plae to plug n power tools that are used often at your workbenh
you migh have hree or four oules on eah irui A nea rik is o run wo ir uis along he wall and feed alernaing reepales from he wo differen iruis Don use a shared neural irui for hs you have o GFCI-proe he oules and
off a he breakers for saf ey when youre no in he shop
keeping he wo iruis ompleey sepa rae makes his easier A produ aled ugmod wire mold.om is useul for roviding work benh power is a seel hanne wih ou es spaed a inevals lugmold sands abou in. wide and above he surfae and is available in various reepale spa ings 2 in is bes for sho use ugmod is muh surdier han a ypia ord onneed power srip and is he righ way o ak a o of oules aong a wall. s a good idea o plae wall oules 50 in above he floor (o he boom of he box). h a way if you lean shee goods agains he wal hey won over he oules And he oules will be wel above any be nh o or oh er wor ksurfae .
power ha hey eah reuire heir own iru i Wihou i running wo simulane ousy wil rip a breaker. If he moor an be se u o un on 240v have an eeri ian do i I wil probaby reuire aking he moor ou of he mahine. heres no ower effiieny advanage o running a mahine a 240v vs 20v in a singe- hase sysem, bu he higher voage means ow er amperage and as a resul you an use smalergauge powersuply wiring ha ranslaes ino less exense o run he wire and o hook i up o figure ou wha size iruis you will need hek he amp raing on eah ools daa pae or in is produ manua Kee in mind ha he irui breaker a he sub panel is designed o roe he buildings
Anoher seup is o se asideand a shef area for nie ordlessool hargers pu a 3-lus-f. srip of lugmold wih 6in reepae spaing on he wal behind he shelf u his on a separae 20am irui so you an leave i owered up while urning he oher reepale iruis
wiring from an overurren does no however ensure ondiioni ha he ma hines moor won overload I f he moor does no have an inernal irui breaker for overoad proeion he ool manua will indiae his) a used disonne may be reuired. Ask he eleriian o insal i.
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Another way to brng power to the mddle of your shop s to use a monum entstyle reep tale. Ths ype avods the problems of a lush mounted reeptale, whh nlude dust log gng and possble shorts from metal objets.
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istal a heatdetectig e alam that ca actvate the smoke alams the house. Fex icca.ivesyscomfiex) has a complete lie of smoke alams that cludes compatible heatdetecto uits. Its ce to have a phoe the shop but how do you hea it ig whe plag boads ad weag heaig potectos ou ca add a ashg visual alet. Aothe coveiece is to have you dust collecto sta automatcaly whe you switch o a machie it seves ts pos sble to build a cuet seso/eay setup fo moe iomato see F # 43 pp. 6669) but thee ae commecialy ava able oes Ecogate .ecogate.com) ses a system that ot oy tus o the dust collecto whe it seses that a too
tacto to we you shop Look fo oe who does both esidetial ad commecia wok a stictly esidetal electicia mght ot be famla with some of the poducts ad desig elemets suggested hee. Whe wokig with a electica ts moe poductve to explai the objective o goal tha to ty to dictate a pecise method o appoach. St dow with the electicia befoe wok begis ad la y out you euemets clealy If you pla ad goals ae ot clea at the outset be pepaed to pay fo chages Fay do't expect to fid a eectica who will just do the hookups afte youve pulled the wes etc. Few icesed electicias wil take the isk o puttg the
has adjacet stated blast but also ad closes the gate. opes Alteatively you could istal a elay ad eceive o the dust collectos cod that switches o ad off wth a emote-coto tasmitte that ca sit i a coveiet spot o hag o you key g lke a cadoo emote)
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Impact
Drivers s there a place for them in fur niture -mak ng shops ? B Y
OLAND OHNSON
t uic glce you ght iste cordess ipct drier or coo cordess drill Both c dre screws d drill hoes A closer loo shows criticl diereces howeer Curious to id out i those diereces he y sigcce whe ig riture, I ge seer ipct drersrg ig size ro 96 to 8 worout i y shop
pac drv ers crank o ore orqe Torue s esure o twistg orce Copred to cordless drl with the sesize be, ipct drier poduces bout our tes the torue der or screwdrig torue, ipct drier opertes exctly le typicl cordless dril But whe the driig gets tough, sprigloded c d ger echis ics i Oe, the drier wors ie drill s you begi to drie screw As the screw goes rher ito the wood, the drier switches to ipct ode A ew good thigs hppe whe the ipct uc tio is i cto You do't eed to pply s uch dowwrd pressure o the screw hed to eep the bit i plce You do't eed hold-o-or-der-lie grip Ad becuse the screw rottes slowly whe i pct ode you he gret cotrol oer the dept o the screw. o eed to ret bout the screw spiig out o cotrol to poit wel below the surceyou spi the screw hed slowly util it's perectly lush Be wre though tht ipct driers do't he djustble clutches lie cordless drills he Whe diig screw thts too tight, the plied torue c twst the upper portio o the screw d sp it o Grted, cordless drills he bee ow to sp screws, but it's ore liey wth ipct driers Also, becuse ipct driers re cutchless you c drie screw too r Thts ost liely to occur wth
ong screws can be a challenge for cord less drlls bt mpact drverssend them home wth lttle fss
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Cordless drlls sometmes stall when drllng bg holes mpact drvers keep on trnng
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a small srew Beause t takes lttle torue to drive a small srew all the way the mpat mode doesnt kik n and the drive behaves lke a regular drill One moe point mpat dives have a uk hange huk so it takes seonds to add or remove a drlldriver o bit But the huks aept only he shank bts whih don't slp but are harde to find and are moe epensive than bits wth round shanks
Power o s ever need
How a impact driver gets its drive Mch ike a hamm e smackig agaist a avil two c ompoets o the impact driver meetat p to 3,000 times pe mitewith co sideable orce The plsig actio ceated by the cotact creates a good measre o exta toqe oe o the mai advatages o a impact diver ts oisy thogh so ea potectio is a good idea
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Codless impat dvers ome n a range of bat tery sizes; typally 96v v 144v and 8v Su prsngly the size and weght of the tool don't
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hange muh as the battery sze inreases After using eah tool in my shop for seveal weeks onluded that tey all have more power than most frnitue makes need hat said f had to pik a size d want an 8v driver ts relatively light yet drives 3inlong sews with little uss
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TOOL TES T
Dovetail Thes e fast-cut tin g saws ae affordable and raz o- sha r p out of th e box B Y
CHARLES DUR
FEE
y firs wdwrking years were spent iding tradiinal wd en ats with a smal grp f similary wideeyed enhsiasts We wld gather arnd the wdstve warm r fingers and invarialy wld alk abt tls Or handsaws were he ypia ar peners variety rsst and rip wih an asina l aksaw Sharpened as es we ld they pine and edar adeqately srggled in ak and mahgany and in general made sawing y hand an nwel me hre hen ne day a shp-mae ame in hld ing a arelly wrapped slender pakage He pled a srangeking saw with a hin blade and a ng sraigh hande. He explained hat the blade was s thin bease his ype f saw s n the pll strke an atin tha keeps the thin blade frm kling The narrw ade narally reaes a thin kerf r whih means i reqires less effrt t remve less wd and i s faser We ried he saw t was like thing he pedal f a Jagar aer driving a Frd all yr life The saw raed hrgh the sraigh dwn the line was my firs expsre t Japanese handsaws and ve been a fan ever sine Althgh ve nw sed Japanese saws fr 30 years ve never really stdied them her than t read aalg desriptins r he artie When tl needed a newasina ne lked thrgh atalgs and tried figre the differenes amng he many ffered Other han prie they seemed ver similar in appearane and desriptin s the hane tes and evalate a range f these saws was a fine pprnity t learn mre
Pusaws h av e d f fe ren t tooth st y es A cose ook The teeth on apanese saws are small yet they have a number of differences in design and performance.
CH OOSE WIS E Y ee ae o es o oo ae o e sas a ooe a o cossc a o aaos e oea cs ae g cs o g a a sa a aso cosscs cea
CROSSCUT This ptt e is typil o d kis The tee th e lo g d ow , sh peed t gle to the bld e. These mke vey g ood ossuts d ip ts, thogh they ip moe sowy th sws wth tue ip ptte.
KDA CROSSCUT the Iked tooth ptte set o om l osst teet h is ollowed by two ke teeth whih hve less set d e slightly lowe height. The gol is to le ot the hips moe eiietly bt the oes I tested hd oughe to th the ove tiol ossut p tte. RP ipsws hve tee th sh ped vey sim l to Westestye sws lthogh with th bldes d the pull stoke to o ouse. These sws mke the stest dovetl uts but I wodt sk them to d o y ossut tig.
MODFD RP Modiied ip teeth loo k sim il to oss ut teet h i po ile with the seody bevel. Howeve they e shpeed s ip teeth tht is to sy stight oss the blde. They ip vey deetly d osst i ph lthogh with the ough tio.
Qi ck o o a Ja panese saw Like their Wesern nerparts Japanese saws me in a range f styes depending n the type f t be made and whether speed r smthness is mre imprant he type f saw ested is knwn as a dki whih means enn shder in Japanese The sandard dki is a rss saw rip dkis are fnding their way in the market and examples are in ded in his review A dki has a very thin bladegener ally 1 t 1 2 thsandths f an inh r half the thikness f a Wesern sawbladesp prted y a ak f fldedver stee r
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each sa w could rip Durfee cut dove tails in inthick cherry and in soft and hard maple (left The number of strokes it took to make each cut was recorded and th en averaged to give ea ch saw s score (above
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have bades that can be resharpened, but that costs abou $0 and he saw mus be reurned to apan, so you'd be without i for three o four months
The saws wee esed o ease o se, speed, and soohness For this es, I chose 5 saws. I selected crosscu dozukis with 8 o 0 pi, ntend ed for vey fine cus. I aso chose some rip dozuks, whch, ike Western saws have fewer eeh per nch. Two of he ripsaws had ooth patterns smiar o hose of West ern saws, while a couple of others had a
THINNER BLADES CUT FASTER WI TH LESS E FFO RT The number o srokes o make each cu as recorded and he ker idh cu by each sa as measured ih eeler gauges (above). The hickness o he sakers ranged rom 20 o 10 housandhs o an inch (righ)
brass The sraight oval handle is wrapped with rattan The number of teeh per inch tp) on he fner dozukis s usuay n the 24 to 2 tp range compared to 5 o 20 tpi on the average Western dovetail saw. The dozuki crosscut teeth are ong and thin, wih a distincve secondary bevel a he tp. The bade length s usualy 9 in to 0 in. but a coupe of he saws I looked a have 7-in. blades The final difference relates to sharpening and resharpenng. Basically, a Wesern-stye saw dus a bt more quicky, but can be re sharpened wih specialized toos and some experience. On the other hand, mos Japa nese saws arrive wth razorsharp hard ened teeh ha stay sharp longer, and he blade smpy is replaced when it dus, usu ally at a cos of $20 to $0 y saws usuay ast as ong as 0 years under frequen use in a professona shop igher-end saws 82
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modified sharpened a 90 o he bade but wih rip secondary bevels see Choose wisely" p. ). nlke many Western-syle saws every dozuki arrived very sharp and ready o cu. I used each saw to cu a serie s of dovetas in -n.hi ck chery so mape and hard brds-eye maple to a deph of in. To measure he speed of each saw, I counted he number of strokes needed to get to the fnal depth I also noted how well the saw se in when starting the cut, especialy when making the angled, ail cuts. The smoothness of the stroke the ability to correct the cut and the smoothness of he side wals were also observed As a group, t he saws set in we l, an d their sharpness was ve helpful when geting
REPLACEABLE BLADES ELIMINATE SHARPENING Mos o he sas esed come ih hardened eeh ha canno be sharpened. When hey evenually become blun or i he blade is dam aged he blade is removed rom he back and handle and replaced
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e p u nt s o r us ng a Qu saw T TAKES TM E TO BECOM E COM FORTABLE wth the pul l·stroke acto n, but any new tool takes some gettng used to Because of the thnness of the saw, use a lght touch n general but especally on the forward stro ke, to avod buckln g the blade When grppng the saw, prefer to hold the han dle near the end wth al l four fngers wrapped around t Altern atvely, you can grp the front of the ha ndle, wth or wthout th e ndex fnger pontng along the top Start a cut on the rear corner of the workpece usng the heel of the blade Angle the blade very slghtly and pull back gently,
do a ll the work Once the cut s on track n the back, come across the top to establ sh the kerf before workng down the front lne n ths way you wont have to deal wth followng two lnes at once Because the teeth have so lle set (a sdeways bend to the tooth, to avod the blade bnd ng n the cut , t s dffcult to cor rect a cut that 's not straght from the start ts best to back out and restart the cut nstead of tryng to twst the blade n the kerf f youve been used to a Westernstyle saw, you wll notce the fne dust, the thn kerf, the speed , and (wth a few exceptons the very
applyng very lght pressure; the sharp teeth are desgned to
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SARTING A CUT
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Gude the cut wth your thumb. Ange the saw ery sghty and start cuttng at the back coer Use ony ery ght cuts and et the teeth do the work.
Duree prers to hod the saw near the end o the hande or a ght touch.
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CHOOSI NG A D OVET AI L SAW If you only want to cut dovetails then buy a isaw such as the yokucho n. o the Deluxe i dozuki o bot h in g and cosscuttin g the Dozuk cosscut saw is the best buy.
arrett ade (4970) Lee Valle (60 T 035)
$5 0 $50
Tool for orkng ood (MSS320)
$90
Tool for okng ood (MSS445) apan ood work er ( 9200)
$40 $43
arret t ade (495 0)
$50
gand oodworkng (056406)
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$42
$50
Tool f or orkng ood (MSS420)
$270
gland oo dworkng (056423)
$50
Lee Val le (60 T 030)
$45
Too for ork ng ood (MSS340)
$90
apan oodworker (05424)
$47
apan oodworker (930)
$39
Tool fo r orkng ood (MSS3400)
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$51
Roker (65607) oodra ft Sppl (2 27)
$48
a ct stated. ct staight down a line with minimal gidance, which indicates a good o of shapening and setting A ey component of pefomance is speed Yo may e wiling to tae the time fo hand dovetailing, t yo dont want to spend all weeend at it. t was in this categoy that the ipsaws sepaated them selves fom the pac. was statled, to say the least, y how fast the two te ipsaws flew thogh the cts Thiteen stoes
ntao itsawa is an exceptionally smooth ctte, althogh poaly to a degee that wold inteest ony the te connoisse o most ses, a saw that costs onefih as mch will do nicely. On the othe hand I fond the eda tooth patten saws to have a geneally oghe action than the standad cossct saws I also examined the ality of the ct A the saws left smooth side walls that wold e fine as is fo joine. The stand
to emaale, get thogh especia *-in y lly *-in. che is pet ty when compaed to the 30 to 40 stoes it too some of the cossct saws Al the saws tested had a ovey, smooth action, with only ste diffeences e tween them. he expensive, handmade
ot was theleft fine-toothed 8-in. dovetail saw, which a emaale, glass-smooth sface. As a gop, these saws ewad accate stats and dont appeciate eing sed to ty and coect a misaligned ct (see Hep hints fo sing a pllsaw," p. 83
Crosscut
30
0.008
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Replace
21
35
64
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Short blade
Ikeda crosscut
24
002
0.016
Replace
26
42
48
C
Brass back
Crosscut
26
0011
0014
Sharpen
26
46
60
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Very litte set, so not a begn ner's saw.
Crosscut
26
0011
Replace
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55
70
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Decent basc dozuk
Crosscut
25
0012
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Repace
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31
55
A
Crosscut
25
001
0015
Repace
32
44
75
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Unusualy wde 3-n bade; n cely fnshed
keda crosscut
18
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0020
Replace
29
40
68
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Same maker as Dozuk saw but wth fewer tp
Crosscut
26
0012
0015
Sharpen
18
34
70
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Long est blade and handl e of saws tested
Crosscut
23
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006
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40
46
60
B
Rough stroke; sow due to short bade cloth blade cover
Cros scut
8
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0017
Replace
43
74
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Fewer tp than most crosscut saws
Crosscut
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003
Repace
33
60
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Enameled back and lo ng bade
Same maker as Deluxe dozuk crosscut saw
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The best of the basc dozuks
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13
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Rp
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Modfed rp
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Modfed rp
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When usng saws wth a mnmal set of about 2 to 3 thousandths of an nch (gen eraly the hgherend saws) the only way to correct a cut s to brng the blade bac to the top of the erf and rewor t hose saws wth a set of at least thousandths of an nch afford some ablty to cor rect a cut n progress but less than most Westernstyle saws
Sharpen Sharpen
13 3
16
13
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6
3
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More tp toward the
Replace
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23
22
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Repace
16
23
22
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Short 7 n bade; coth cove r
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to dovetals cals for a rp-tooth pattern, but whie rpsaws cut dovetals well they are qute rough when used for crosscuts. A crosscut saw on the other hand, cross cuts beautfuly and also rps smoothly al though more slowly hus a good-qualty saw wth a crosscut or a modifed rptooth pattern may be your best choce f you are buyng just one pullsaw Wthn the dovetal-only group, the rp dous clearly have the performance
For best value chose the apan Wood worer Gyoucho 9n dovetal saw. t does qute wel mang the doveta cuts wth ts modfed rptooth grnd, t has a replaceable blade and ts very modestly prced. f you are oong for an allpurpose dozu, recommend as best overall the saw offered by both Rocer and Woodcraft Suppy Beng a crosscut saw t does that very ncely but t also can
basedchoce on heof cs olshould akedepend on Your dou what you want to use t for your sll lev el and your lngness to nvest Sawng dovetals conssts of a rp cut Even cuttng the tals (whle on a slght bas) prmarly s rppng wth the gran A saw dedcated
edge oolssaw for Worng Deluxe rp dou and JapanWoods Woodwor er's dou rpsaw aemon both per formed superby However because t s substantally less expensve the ools for Worng Wood saw s my choce as the best overal.
rp adequately Despte the superor formance, the prce s about the sameper as many others tested so the dou s my choce for best vaue as well
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1981, Tom ieielse had a edglig usess makg a sgle model of a oze edge-plae doig the assemly wok o his ktche tale. This yea the compays 5th Lieielse Too lwoks makes moe tha 1 models of highed had tools. ecetly toued the fact o ad talked to Le-Nelse aout the eoluto of his c om pay ad of had-tool use oe the last few decades y fathe had a wood eoat-uildig shop i aie
wo panes that made a pane make The ronze egepane (ef) an he ronze skew pane (righ) enae LieNiesen o gain a oeho in he in usry
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whee we had a small machie shop ad made all the hadwae fo the oaustom had wae mostly out of ass ad oze" he said t was i that shop while still i gade school that ie Nielse deeloped a appecatio fo had tools 1977, ot log out of college he got his st jo At GaettWade a ewly ceated woodwokig etaile i New Yok City he hadled puchasig impoig custome seice ad showoom/telephoe sales t was thee that he ecogized a eed fo topqualiy Ameicamade hadplaes Powe tools wee doig much of he wok oce doe y had The majo plae maufactues wee shikig thei poduct lies espose to a smalle maket Ee yea i was oious whee (ig maufactu es wee headed ad it wast towad the hadtool RKN
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maket Lie-else said addg that customes who wated a discotued plae had oe optio Fid a atique ad x t" A few cottageidusty maufactues wee stll mak ig specialt plaes fo GaettWade may of wode ful qualy ut these small makes couldt delie o time Customes wated the tools Le- else sad ut GaettWade had ackodes all the time. couldt udestad why you couldt make tools a seious way ad hae them aailale fo people to uy"
1981 : The rs plane Oe supple made a hadsome ad uctioal oze edge-plae (ased o the eale Staley o 5 most commoly used to squae the edge of a oad to its face the supplie lost felt iteest i makig thee plaeWhe the youg Le-Nielse the tme just might ight fo a ew plae-make aleit oe wth a sgle poduct. He aaged to uy the oze edge-plae usiess icludig a ll the ecessa tooli g pattes ad some utoig sessios. Hed hae GaettWade as a lkely custome. Ad the coectios he had made while thee would e aothe plus. He soo moed to West Rockpot aie uyig popety that icluded a ey decepit old fam house" 5 aces of lueey ushes ad a old woodshed that ecame the shop. A eay atisa with a small oze foudy poduced the ody cast igs. The lades wee puchase d the pats famed out to a few local machists. was mostly doig the polishig ad assemly the kitche tale" ieNielse sad Despite the low tech poductio facilities the fist ode of 2 plaes was deleed successully to GaettWade i the fall of 1981 That fst ode poed to eNelse that he could make a plae ut it emaed to e see if he could make oe pofitaly. Outsoucig the machiig was expesie so oe of his fist g iestmets was a millig machie. With the help of a expeeced os c wr , Klly Dut rc st ssa Kasal
wa gwing the ine,
with n atila gal in min the than t mae inteeting tl an it at a ve high qalit level
macnst ove a eiod of sevea monts LeNesen leaned ow to oeate t e was now dong eveyng but te castng, and te oft ctue began to look bette t was tme to make a second lane
1983 : Plane No. 2
Seious business About the time LieNiesen began avetising he ae a owange bonze bock to his ine anpane the business began to gow. Soon he ha eft the fam behin an hie an empoyee.
LeNelsens second ane was a bonze skew block lane, modeled ae te od Staney o 1 40 Lke te bonze edgelane t ad long been out of oducton by Stanley Te tool not only functoned well as a bock lane, t conveted easy to a abbet ane by emovng a sde late LeNesen now ad a lne of wo anes, but e stl was a long way fom beng a ul-tme lanemake oney emaned tgt He and s wfe gew most of te own food Ducks, geese see, and a mk cow wee a of te fam Te summes wee devoted many to famng coes and to asng bluebees We sent ute a bt of tme dong te back-to-te and tng" Leelsen sad Planemakng was set asde fo te ong ane wntes But wt te fam ovdng te famlys basc needs e was abe to deveo te ane busness at a comfotabe ace e ddn't ave to bng a lane to maket unt eveyng was just gt
ltte anemakng busness stated to gow As t dd e nceased s advetsng an te smalest black-andwte ad could, and 've gadualy done moe and moe was fo tunate to ave Fine Woodwoking ave te way ed ucatng and exctng woodwokes about tools and tecnues tat ad been fogotten by te owetool ungy 50s and 60s"
1986: To Warren, a nd goh n 986 Le esen s old te fam and moved oea tons to an abandoned ceouse n Waen ane Te adde d sace soon flled wt moe metalwokng eumenta bandsaw a late a gnde and an ndustalstengt mllng macne One aea became te olsng so He ed s fst, at-tne, emoyee Stl, Le Nelsen emaned te cef macnst olse assembe, ma-oene and teeone answee By 990 s comany ad fve so emoyees e
1985 Low-angle block plane A ow-angle bonze block lane came next At about te same tme n 1985 e elsen began nng a smal classfed ad n Fine Woodwoking s
Bui d i ng a pa ne ae s e ha 00 seps bui a ypial LieNiese beh pae Mahies have a ipa le bu a g eal he w is e by ha
ie and iceTo impove ha ness the stee pane baes ae heate in an oven unti e hot (top. Late to impove weaesistance the baes ae subjecte to a Puto-ike tem peatue of minus 320°F (bottom.
Side gindingA pai of bench panes campe en to en have thei sies goun fat an squae to the soes.
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wa tatg a le of cato bech plae baed o he old Staley Bedock model a decio that boght a ew et of challege The ealy boe plae that wee the fodatio of hi compay weet beig made by ayoe ele o competito wat a i e Bt mot of thee cato bech plae wee availabe fom evea othe etablhed plaemake ie- ele paed t o elevate the ality to a ew level bt with highe ality came a coideably highe pice Wold woodwoke be willig to pay? The too he had to ea the ace of machiig catioa mateial he had ot ed efoead all the othe detail of makg th ype of plae We had to lea how to make hade (ad kob) all the mecham The whole bt." A glace thogh the cet catalog how that the bech plae wee a hge cce They helped the bie moe tha tple e dg the 990.
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his lowage blok p lae s Soule's seod mproved versio of the tool. e made this plae i wde by 5 i log by 2 i tal l) a b t arrower tha the first versio so that it would fit easiy ito oe had ad he improved the shape of the rear hadle. he plae a lows for fe b lade adjustmets ad features brass sides dove tail ed to a steel sole with oobolo ifil he fiish is shela.
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Weaver a retred furiture maker i s a admited tool juk ie havig spe t years olle tig tool s ad atedig too autios. Now Weaver has foud great joy makig hs ow tools raftg elegat woode leves ad sellg them at the same too au tos he used to browse his mod el . wide by . og by i ta l ) based o a desg ma de by Strato Brothers of Greefield Mass. is ma de of eboy ad brass with ivory plugs he fsh s hgh-gloss polyurethae.
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Krvoshens wooden jonter plane ( 3/ n w de 24 n l ong n. tall has a hckor od wth accents made from moose antlers An tem n no short supp n the Canad an Rockes the matera takes a polsh well an d adds a ocal flavor to the plan e he fnsh s a mx oftupentne an d ole d lnseed ol.
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Havng owned an d roken two stoeought travsh ersa tool wth long thn handl es used to shape Wndsor char seat s Mursell decded to make hs own verson thats eefer and fts hs hands eer. h e pu rchased ade s m croadjustale from the front of the tool va two gru sc ews a nd the dee p nose n front of the lade povdes super control he t avsher s 2 n w de 8 n long 36 n tall and s fnshed wth an ovarnsh m xture.
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On e of Cra ers passo ns s makng and usng wood en handpanes or ths pane he used hg hl fgued unga left over fom anothe pece he h ad made comnng t wth eon n what he hoped would e a funct onal et eautful tool. Caers exotc plane wth a shap e and stpes remn scent of an old race car s n . wde 3 n long 2 n. tall and ha s a n.wde Hoc k pa ne ron . he fnsh s polure thane
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Whle makng the pats for hs hand plan e, George notced that t was egnn ng to esemle a sna So he went wth the flow and shaped the handle and kno to look ke a sn als od and head respectvel he plane s / n. wde 7 n . long 3 n tal he wood s curl jarrah and redheart the sole s st eel and the od s rass. he fnsh s lacqu e .FineWrking.m
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Whe n Wngert, a c olector of ant iqu e Stanley tools got his hands on this old transt iona pane (3 n. wide by 5 in long by ntall) all of the wood pa rts wee shot Fortunately the metal pats were savageable so he made a new wood base and pai nted and polished the metal body he finis h is Danish oi
MATT MORlAN Jsper, exs Morian says the shape ofthe handle and the heavy weight of these scapers make fo greatpefoming tools he body of each scraper is walnut crotch and inc orporates three brass threaded insets he blades are made fom an old planer blade the locknuts are pink ivory and the handles are made fom a de nse backjack oak sapli ng Each scraper has a 1in.long handle with a head that measures in wide by in . tall. he finish is lacqu e
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Wolowsk used an eay version of this panel gauge whch s basically an oversize making gauge while b uld ing a blan ket chest. But he had dfficulty contr o lin g the scoing knfe on that vesion so he modifed the design to include a hande that allows him to put pessue diectly ove the bl ade providng mo re contol with less wobbe Wollowski's panel gaug e ( 0 in wide by 30 n . long by in tall ) is ma de of beec h and is finished wt h l inseed ol an d wax.
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s wimsial am fer plae was made for a tool olet ors wife wos ito spo rts as ad fe ewelry. So Flaety ioporated ade (weel rms) moostoe (eadligts ad steerg we el eter) brass (exaust pipe) ad stelig silver (radio ate a a d ood or amet) i to te desig. e ar body is about 8 . log, i s made of o obolo ad feat ures a eboy steeg weel ad tire s (tee is a spare i te tr uk). e diver ats as te pla es wedge ad is arved from a ppl ewood
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Barrett mad e tis oobolo offi smooter to be awarded as first pie i te Otario Provii al Carpetry Appretiesip Cotest wi reogies te top arpeters appretie i te p ovie. e 1/itik adlemodeled after te adle o s greatgradfaters Matieso ak pl ae is mortised ito te body e plae is 2/ i . wide by 10% i log by 2% i. tall e fiis is boiled liseed oil ad wax
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Laroix built tis reprodutio "Yakee plow pla e after seeig a 18tetury versio made by omas Nixo of Fr ami gam Mass (e srcial is owed by te rami gam Historial ad Natual History Soiety.) Lar oixs p lae (7% i . wide by 10 / i log by % i tall ) is m ade of yellow bi r wt riveted feeliseed alog wit tumbsrews eskate isad is boiled oil. woode
DARY L S LLIVAN Cedar Fas Iowa
We desigig is workbe Suiva foud is piratio i Te oe by Lo Sei ig (e auto Press 2004 ). S ulliva ulled various details from bees i tat book ad built a beefy be (27 deep by 7 2 i log by i. tall ) wit
stoage adte utity e is made erry ad 2¥igaoe ti k topbase s ard m aplof e wit 4 itik apros e tail vi se is walu t wit teak slides. Sulliva fiised te be wt Dais o ad wax
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