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Questions & Answers

Ro ut ing da do jo ints; woo den la the chuck; lex ible ho ld- in

Folow-up

He adbo ar d woo d mo veme nt; stra ig hte ning a tw iste d top; myster y woo d

Events

Ba ndsaws and bimeta l bla de s; Ro ckwe ll sca le ; mo is ture -co nte nt math

Books

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Notes and Comment

128

shows how it's done on p. 84. Cover: The adial-arm

saw, its uses and adjustments, as well as a product

Shaping cabriole legs is not as dficult as their com

plex shape might at first suggest. Eugene Landon

130

review Of six popular models, is covered on pp. 60-67.

RTICLES

42 Furniture-Making in Toronto by Tom Hurley

Style and success in Canada's largest art market

Stu dent shows ; woo dbutcher re flect io ns ; pro duct re view

Managing Editor Dick Burrows

Art Director Roland Wolf

Assistant Editors Sandor Nagyszalanczy,

Jim Boesel, Alan Platt

Coy Editor Cathy McFann

Assistant Art Director Kathleen Creston

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Contributing Editors Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley,

Michael S. Podmaniczky, Graham Blackburn, Christian

Becksvoort, Michael Dresdner

48 Multiple-Drawer Construction by Alan Peters

Pretrimming the parts makes for a piston-like fit

52 Learning from the Chinese by Allan Sm ith

Decorative elements adapted to contempoary furniture

Consulting Editors George Frank, Richard E. Preiss,

Norman Vandal

Methods of Work Jim ichey

Indexer Harriet Hodges

56 Opaque Lacquers by Gr egory D. Jo hnso n

A ainbow of colors from your spray gun

60 Radial-Arm Saws by Sa ndor Na gys za la nc zy

Sizing up six popular models

Associate Publisher John Lively

Administr;tive Secretay Lynn Mefert

66 Adjusting the radial-arm saw by Ma rk Du ginske

68 Christmas Ornaments

Constructing a blizzard by Ste venJ. Gr ay

Turning inlaid balls by Da ve Har dy

Advertising Sales Manager James P. Chiavelli

National Accouns Managers Don Schroder

Dick West

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71 A New Light on Turning by Michae l D. Mo de

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72 Post-Ofice Desk by Car lyle Lynch

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80 Wooden Pulls for Drawers and Doors by Pau l Le vine

Getting a handle on homemade alternatives

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84 Shaping a Cabriole Leg by Eu gene E. La ndo n

An easy job with files and asps

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Home-cooked spline weights-In ww #72, p. 18, you de

scr ibed how to melt lead on a gas gr ill to make spline weight s,

bu t you sh ou ld have st ressed th e hazards of melt ing lead a bit

more th oroughly. Th e health considerations involved with

melt ing and cast ing lead ar e so gr ave th at ou r com pany discon

tinu ed all lead oper at ions sever al years ago. One of th e easiest

ways of contract ing heavy metal poisoning is th e inh alation of

lead um es. Lead melt s at approxim at ely 62 0° F and doesn't boil

until 3, 16 4° F; however, it does fum e at remark ably low tem

per at ur es, depending on a variet y of circum stances. A per son

work ing with lead over a back yard barbecu e will be exposed to

lead fum es about th e sam e way a per son sitt ing ar ou nd a camp

ir e will be exposed to wood sm ok e. Th ere ar e also addit ional

hazards involved in th e pour ing of th e molt en material.

Lead is an industr ial metal th at is alloyed with a gr eat many

ot her metals, and each alloy has . it s own ch ar act er ist ics as to

melt ing temper at ures, boiling temper at ures and toxicity, so us

ing scr ap material can really be opening up th e possibility for a

nu mber of addit ional danger s.

It is possible to do th is type of lead cast ing safely, bu t it takes

a great deal of care and trouble, wh ich is a big part of th e reason

wh y th e cast weight s ar e so expensive to bu y. I th ink a per son

might be bett er of pu rchasing these weight s and devot ing his

time and money- saving efort s to any one of th e ot her excellent

ar ticles your magazine ofer s. -Thomas J Walz

Rearden Metallurgical Labs, Tacoma, Wash.

tr icky tur nings you 'd like to tr y. We have wonder ed many

times if Delt a wou ld ever reintr oduce th e magaZ ine. Schutz

pr obably answer ed th at qu est ion by noting th e ever -incr easing

com pet it ion it wou ld have today th at it didn't have th en.

Ma i icent tool chest- Th e back cover of ww #71 pr e

se nt ed a magnificent collect ion of woodwork ing tools assembled

by H.O. Studley. He was ident iied as a carpent er and st onem ason.

Ater careful scrut iny, I was unable to locate any tools th at ar e

used in th e sto nem ason' s tr ade. I did, however, noti ce th at to

th e imm ediate left of th e second hinge fr om th e bott om ar e th e

param ount tools of th e specu lative mason: th e squ ar e, compasses

and th e level. Br ot h er Stu dley was a ree and accept ed mason

of a lodge of mast er masons. Th e mistake was easily over look ed

by a per son not associated with th e cr af t. To th e let and right

of th e squ ar e and the com passes ar e th e repr esentat ions of th e

two pillars on th e inner por ch of King Solomon's Temple.

-Neal D. COOPe� Anchorage, Alaska

he me n g of IPS -In th e ar t icle on wooden lam ps, c ww

#71), I near ly fe ll ou t of my ch air laughing wh en I read th e

explanat ion pert aining to th e condu it used in lamps. For your

enlight enment, th e corr ect designation for su ch is lis -in. IPS,

wh ich means "iron pipe siz e" and not, as st at ed, s-in. IP, mean

ing "inside per im et er ." Inside per im et er , indeed!

v es-Iel ww #71, p. 45, you

descr ibe an expensive and som ewh at cum ber som e spline de

vice for mark ing large cur ves. As an industr ial and ar ch it ectur al

patt er nmaker, I do a lot of cu rved work ; th e last cur ved piece I

made was more th an 22 t. long.

Th e device I use for laying ou t large and not -so-large cu rves

can be made fr om a piece of nylon st r ing and scr ap pieces of

Plex iglas, Masonit e or any ot her lexible material th at' s about

-. Kretchm, Elmira, . .

Another way to lay out c

a nce-Wat ch ing my insur

ance rates climb to astronomical height s over th e years has

really been hard to take. Ever y year at renewal time was th is

fr ant ic sear ch for a new com pany or som eone to inance th ese

hu ge am ou nt s into som eth ing reasonable on a mont hly basis.

Th is year, I insur ed myself in th e for m of a fir epr oof tool

room . Wh at used to be an oice is now clad with two layers of

%-in.-th ick Sh eetr ock, and th e door is 2-in.-th ick solid ir . I

give it at least an hour -th e fir e departm ent isn't far away. All

hand tools, power tools, clam ps, bit s, bolts, et c., ar e ch eck ed in

at night . Insur ance on th e basic bu ilding is ver y inexpensive,

and it seems th is idea of being responsible for your own tools

can apply to ot her sh ops: Used sh ipping containers might be

good fr am es for a ir epr oof vau lt . I am cu rr ent ly look ing for

heat -r elect ive, waterproof, insulat ive and ver y tough fabr ic to

cover som e st at ionary tools well enou gh to pr event total loss.

I realizeth is syst em is not 100% fo olpr oof, bu t I sleep bett er

knowing I won't lose everyth ing. By paying insur ance, you ar e

gam bling with your tools. I pr efer to take a more act ive role in

pr ot ect ing my investment . -Gary Boudreau, Nevaa City, Calf .

Fireproof room lowers ins

/ 16 in. th ick by % in. wide. Simply cut a narr ow kerf or dr ill

a sm all hole in each end of th e scr ap piece; thr ead th e st ring

thr ough both kerfs or holes; pu ll th e st r ing until th e desir ed

cur ve appears; th en wr ap th e excess st ring a couple of tur ns

and pu ll it back thr ough th e kerf or hole. In essence, you have

ju st made a large bow. -Michael Plesh, Sunlan, Cali.

ave reviews for h e Delta a m"-I thoroughly enjoyed

Walt er Schutz' s ar t icle "Th e Delt agr am " in ww #72, p. 120. It

spark ed a lot of pleasant memories for myself and a fe llow

woodwork er I sh ar e an oi ce with .

We both well remember ed th at th e majority of pr ojects in

hi gh-sch ool woodsh op came fr om The Deltagam. We also re

called, with sm iles and chu ck les, th e bu ilt-up turning pr ojects,

th e ar t -deco fur nitur e and lam ps, th e Wor ld War II-inspir ed

ar my toys for th e kids, and th e pr et ty models with 1940s hair

st yles. Also, du r ing th e Wor ld War II issues, Delt a wou ld lavor

th eir ads with a patr iotic "Bu y war bonds now, so you can bu y

Delta tools lat er ."

We both st ill have a few dog-eared copies of The Deltagram,

and it 's un to look through th em and st ill ind one of th ose

fr om ww is th e at tent ion to detail as well as th e at tent ion to

safet y. Wh y, however, pu blish th e art icle on eye safet y on p. 70

of issu e #72 and pu blish a fe atur e ar t icle with a gu y having his

head alm ost in th e cent er of a spinning tr ee tru nk on p. 87

with out any eye pr otect ion or fa ce sh ield?

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