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Issue
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May
1997
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PUBLISHER
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poking around the shop.
just in another stage of development.
Usually, that's long enough to get a
TAPERJIG.
A
good example of that is
pretty good feel for the overall layout
the adjustahle taper jig
in
this issue.
of the shop, which tools we use, and
It's the "end" result of a taper jig that
how we store lumber. But it's never has been modified
three
different
enough time for one thing
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checking times over the last few years. And
out all the jigs that hang on the wall. each change has improved it just a bit.
JIGS.
More than anything else in the
ORIGINAL.
The idea behind the orig-
shop, it's these jigs
inal jig came about
that draw out the
Mavbe a iio is never
when Ken Munkel
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henever people stop by for a
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if
a jig
visit, we always spend awhile is ever really complete at all. Or if it's
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for? How does it
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on the legs of a table
hold the workpiece?
Is there any way to make it adjustahle?
Now there's notking all that sur-
prising about this fascinationwith jigs.
After all, woodworkers are a practical
lot. And we're always looking for prac-
tical ways to solve problems.
But I've got a hunch that there's a
lot more going on here than just these
practzcal
considerations. In fact,
maybe the most interesting thing
about a jig really
isn't
the jig at all.
PROCESS.
It's the process involved in
coming up with the best possible solu-
tion to a problem. Figuring out a way
to make a cut easier, safer, or more
accurate. Then gathering up simple
materiale and hardware to build a jig
that does just that.
Sometimes this process goes quite
smoothly. But more often than not,
there will be some frustrating detours
along the way. In the end though, it's a
satisfying and rewarding experience.
Another intriguing thing about this
process
is
it doesn't necessarily end
when you complete the jig. How
many times have you built a jig only
to see that you could have done it dif-
ferently
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and better?
he was working on
Part of his solution was to clamp
the leg to a large platform that would
slide across the table saw. But what
was really unusual about this jig was
that unlike the store-bought tape
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he readjusted after cutting tapers on
the first two sides.
SECOND GENERATION.
Well, the jig
worked fie. But then Doug Hicks (our
Executive Editor) got anidea.By
making
some of the parts removable (and adding
adjustablehold-downs), he eould also use
it
to rip
a
straight edge on arough board.
And while he was changing things,
Doug added one more improvement
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a way to adjust the jig to cut different
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tapers.
EVOLUTION.
But the jig still had one
more evolution to go through. Ted
Edcek(our creativedirector)thought
it would be handy to make the jig
adjustable for legs of different
thiek-
nesses
as well. So he added a unique
adjustment bar that..
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pleted" jig is shown on page 6. But I bet
it won't stay that way for long.
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Readers' Tips
4
Our readers offer their own shop-tested tips to common
woodworking problems. Plus three quick tips.
shop 5olutions
30
A
collection of four great tips from the guys in our shop
that will come in handy for the projects in this issue.
Projects
Adjustable Taper
Jig
6
Threejigs in one. That's what you get when you build
this adjustable taperjig for your table saw. Use it to make
long, angled cuts on a workpiece,cut perfectly consistent
tapers, or rip a straight edge on rough-sawn lumber.
Folding
Table
page
10
Folding Table
10
The legs of this table fold up for storage. And the
plastic laminate top is durable and easy to clean.
Combine ail that with the warm look of cherry, and this
folding table is as good-looking as it is practical.
Plate Joiner Table
16
This shop-built table converts your hand-held plate
joiner into a benchtop tool. Adjusting
a
sliding table up
or down makes it easy to locate the slot for the biscuit.
And a unique, foot-operated plunge mechanism lets
you cut the slot without having to clamp the workpiece.
Departments
Plate
Joinw
Table
page
16
In
the
Shop
Tool Talk
14
Our mailbox is overflowing with questions about buying
and maintaining tools. We answer six of them here.
Selmting
Tools
Plate Joiners
26
ShopNotes tests five popular plate joiners and offers
practical suggestions on the best one to buy
New Produ~ts
31
look at three new products that we've
been using in our own shop
Plate Joi
7
page
26
No.
33
ShopNotes
Here's a qu~ck
Readers'
Tips
Retractable Outfeed Support
Like many woodworkers,
I
use
an outfeed support to "catch"
long boards when working on the
table saw, see photo. But this one
has an advantage over many out-
feed tables I've seen -it retracts
when I'm done using it, so it's
never in the way.
This outfeed support consists
of two parts: a pair of Ml-exten-
sion drawer slides and a wood
rail with ball bearing rollers
attached to the top, see drawing.
(Slides and rollers are available
through woodworldng catalogs.)
The drawer slides are simply
bolted to the sides of the saw
cabinet, see detail. Then with the
slides fully extended, the rail can off the saw table, position the rail
be cut to fit between. (I glued-up
so the rollers are
l18'
below the
two 2x4's to make the rail.)
cast iron top. Note: Tightening
After screwing the rollers in C-clamps on the drawer slides
place, it's just a matter of locks the outfeed support in place.
mounting the rail to the slides.
To
mekinson, Texas
Ed Nelson
Recutting Threads
When
I
need a short length of
threaded rod,
I
sometimes cut
the head off a bolt, see drawing.
But this can damage the threads.
So to "recut" the threads, I
simply back an ordinary hex nut
off the cut end of the bolt. Just
be sure to remove the burr first
by filing a slight chamfer on the
end of the bolt.
NUT ON
BOLT.
THEN
CUT
OFF HEAD
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Randy
Fix
Manclan, North Dakota
FILE CHAMFER
ON
END, THEN
BACKOFFNUT
ShopNotes
No.
33
support the workpiece as it comes
A To cut a piece of plastic
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rinding a nail to a sharp point AT0 "erase" pencil marks fror
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laminate to rough size,
Pat
and epoxying it in a hardwood the surface of a workpiece,
Bob
Wagnerof Westsacramento, CA scrap makes a handy scratch Gosnell of Everett, Washington
uses ordinary tin snips.
awl for
R.B.
Hirnes
of Vienna, OH. wipes them off with alcohol.
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The boot has a wood plate that
covers the sole of the plane. It's
held in place by two wood clips.
To provide a pocket for the
plane to slide into, the rear clip
fits between the sides of the
body.
A
rabbet lets you slide the
back end of the plane under-
neath the clip. And a curved
notch wraps around the handle.
The front clip is similar. But to
lock itin place, there's a slot for a
bolt that threads into an insert.
Adolph Pesehke
Des Moines, Iowa
Plane
"Boot"
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To
protect the blades in my
hand planes from getting nicked
when they're stored in my tool
box,
I
made a enstom-fit "boot"
for each one, see drawing.
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