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DEPARTMENTS

Letters

Methods of Work

Chisel-nose plane; disposable doweling jig; lathe layout tool

Answers

Pigment bleeding; wood movement; dissolving glue

108

110

Folow-up

Brass shoulder plane; sawing black locust; Rietveld refeit

112

Events

Books

New-generation, lightweight, streamlined belt

sanders are paying their way in many cabinet

shops. To fi nd out the advantages of these new

workhorses, turn to p. 70. Cover: The shaper has

long proved itself one of the most versatile wood

working machines. For the stoy, turn to p. 48.

Notes and Comment

Guild show; ultra-light canoes; Edward Barnsley

40 Building a Stool by Gary Rogowski

Compound angled joints on drll press and tablesaw

ARTICLES

43 Fitting rungs byJeremy Singley

M.n.ing Editor

Dick Burrows

ArlDiredor

Roland Wolf

Senior Editor

Paul Bertorelli

Assod.'e Editors

Jim Cummins, John Decker

Assisl.nl Editors

Sandor Nagyszalanczy, Roy Berendsohn

Copy Edilor

Cathy McFann

Assisl.nl Arl Direclor

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Editori.' Secrel.ry

Mary Ann Colbert

Conlribuling Editors

Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley,

Michael S. Podmaniczky, Graham Blackburn

Consu"ing Editors

George Frank, Otto Heuer, Richard

45 n g chair and stool spindles by Mac Campbell

48 The Spindle Shaper by David Decristoforo

54 Walnut Lap Desk by Kelly Mehler

Basic techniques for a shop workhorse

58 Guitar Body Construction by William "Grit" Laskin

Cutting corners with finger joints

61 Bending with an electric blanket

Bending and purling the frame

64 urned Pens and Pencils

by Wade Hampton Miller

E. Preiss,

67 Shop Insurance by Gary B. Savelli

Taking the splinters out of buying the right coverage

A retractable allpoint by Richard Elderton

A mechanical pencl by Earl C. Kimball and Cynthia A. Kimball

Norman Vandal

Methods of Work

Jim Richey

69 Limiting your liability by Peter A. Lee

70 Belt Sanders Survey by Hugh Foster

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76 Patten Veneering by Christopher Faulkner

New moels and features kick up some dust

80 Hydrocote: A Water-Base Lacquer

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Leters

( WW #67)

n g controversy - I can't wait to see the fallout from Rich

ard Raffan's "Current Work in Turning" article

( WW #67)-he

Go home, 32mm-I make my living doing trim work in cus

tom homes and, in my opinion, the 32mm cabinets

belong back in Eur ope where they seem to have come from.

They do not lend the mselves into our American ways, nor do

they fit our materials. They also take away from our own very

capable craftsmen who turn out a quality wood (not particle

board and plastic) cabinet at a lower price. Problems, such as

not enough room for the sink, to not enough room for the

electrical outlets (sometimes requested by customers), make

the need to jury-rig all too common. The flood of import tools

from Japan is bad enough, but at least our craftsmen use them

to earn a living. Keep the pseudo-woodwork in Europe.

- Wi llia m Hopkins, Edgewater, Md.

certainly made some gouging remarks. If you're tallying "Yeas!"

and "Who does he think he is?" responses, count me as a "Yea!"

(I would, however, like to be able to turn my stunning, visually

balanced, perfectly finished lidded bowls in under an hour. How

does he do it?)

-Betty J Scarpino, Indianapolis, Ind.

d worker - While sitting in my booth at a

recent craft fair, listening to the hundredth person tell me how

satisfying it must be to work wood, my thoughts wandered to

all the frustrations of being a furnituremaker. Along the way,

I came up with this list of the 10 greatest self-deceptions

of woodworking.

1. It doesn't matter if I don't sell anything at this craft fair; it's

good exposure.

2. I'll figure out how to make the piece if I get a commission

for it.

3. If I can sell this piece for $500, I'm doing fine, because I

can make it in a week. (That means working 12 hours a day for

six days, not counting design time, time spent with the client,

finishing time, the cost of the wood and shop overhead.)

4. This scratch will come out when I switch to the next finer

sanding grit. (Or, the finish will fill this dent.)

5. Passing a sheet of plywood on edge over my jointer won't

hurt the knives. (Or, flake board won't hurt my best sawblade.)

6. I don't need to laminate; 8/4 stock should mill out about 2

in. thick.

7. Buying the most expensive machinery will pay off.

8. Buying the cheapest machinery will pay off.

9. There isn't enough sawdust in the air to cause any long-term

damage to my lungs. (Or, noise from this machine won't hurt

my hearing.)

10. I've only got one cut to make, so I don't have to bother

with a push stick or goggles. -Josh Ma rkel, Phila dephia, Pa.

I can't believe you would print an article as naive as Raffan's

piece on turning. I would say the chip on Raffan's shoulder

weighs more than David Ellsworth's extra-large walnut burl

vessel. If Ellsworth had wanted to put salad in it, he would

have plugged the hole. If all the woodturnings in the two ex

hibits Raffan saw were overpriced, why did most of them sell?

Maybe the customers at a gallery exhibition are looking for art,

not salad bowls.

elusions of a w

-Robyn Horn, Little Rock, Ark.

Thanks for Raffan's article. His incisively admonishing apprais

al was long overdue; his focus on the importance of shape

(form) seems eminently correct. However, his last paragraph

prompted me to quibble a little. Low-cost, rapid production on

a lathe is one thing; the making of a one-of-a-kind object is

another. The latter process is, usually, neither rapid nor low

cost. Many of the pieces discussed and/or photographed for the

article represent makers primarily concerned with making an

object, while the lathe is merely a tool to produce the object. As

Raffan himself says, this is " ...as it should be: appreciation of

the object first, then the skHls that executed it." And in describ

ing Giles Gilson's and Robert Sterba's pieces as "a technical

achievement of both turning and finishing," surely the emphasis

should be on finishing. As to whether any of these objects is art,

especially "fine art," is extremely argumentative in any circle,

but I would prefer having Gilson's Sunset Place or Ellsworth's

spalted Norwegian burl bowl to hanging a Hockney or Warhol

on my wall.

( WW #67). After drilling out an old dowel with an un

-Hilliard Booth, Annapolis, Md.

Cle

dersized bit, he peeled off the last shell of the dowel with a

Ys-in.-wide chisel. I prefer to use a steel rod with its end

ground at a 35° to 45° angle. I use a l;6-in. rod; most of the

dowels I find are % in. The drill rod makes a sharp-edge tool

with a round back that damages the hole less than a chisel. Old

glue also can be hard enough to damage a good chisel. The

steel rod can be quickly reground if it's damaged.

- Th omas

( WW #67) with interest. I love shopmade gadgets,

Safety concens-I read your article on shop made sanding

drums

The fo rester's son � A friend who is a land agent and county

surveyor in Norfolk, England, told me a little story I thought

other woodworkers would enjoy. In the days when the forests

of Norfolk were part of large estates, there was an unwritten

law that the resident foresters who managed the lands were

entitled to go out into the woods and fell a mature oak tree

whenever their wives gave birth to a son. When the child was

10 years old, the tree was cut up and the lumber stickered to

dry. When the child was 21, he was entitled to select a house site

. Kestel, Hicksville,

but a person can't make a new eye or hand. I ducked when I

saw the drawing that shows a short blank pushed into a table

saw blade. An experienced woodworker would never saw

such a short piece, especially with the blade set at a 45°

angle. I tell people who visit my shop, "If you aren't afraid of

these tools, you're a fool." My hands don't shake, but I re

main constantly aware of what these tools are capable of do

ing. The proper procedure for ripping a square to an octagon

is to start with a blank at least 2 ft. long and cut it to length

afterwards. That way you have more control over the wood

and will have stock for making plenty of drums.

-Dana

. Hart, Mia mi, Fla.

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