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Table of Contents

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Tips & Techniques

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Why You Need a Palm Router

For some routing tasks, smaller is better. An

easy-to-control palm router can be the answer.

all about

10 Specialty Hinges

finishing room

Using Water-Based Finishes

Here's an up-close look at some of the

special-purpose hinges we use in our shop.

This new class of finishes offers some great

benefits. We'll tell you how to put them to work.

tools of the trade

Options for Hearing Protection .. .12

There are lots of great ways to shield your ears

from noise. Take a look at some of the choices.

details of craftsmanship

Ogee Profiles

Learn how to use this simple profile to add a

classic look to your projects.

jigs and fixtures

Drawer Slide Jigs 14

These inexpensive and easy-to-use jigs can take

the hassle out of installing metal drawer slides.

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Q&A

techniques from our shop

Installing Woodscrews 16

When you understand all the basics, you'll make

better use of this essential fastener.

hardware and supplies

Sources

tIpS from our shop

Shop Notebook

woodworking technique

Mitering Small Moldings

Kitchen Pot Rack page 20

Woodsmith

No. 177

These table saw techniques will guarantee

perfect-fitting moldings on your projects.

editor's note

Sawdust

projects

ply. It seems that the amount of "stuff" continually expands to

more than fill up the available <imount of storage. So for this issue

of Woodsmith, we've come up with three storage projects.

The first is a kitchen rack for pots and pans. At first glance, it looks

like nothing more than a shelf with a rod mounted at the front edge

for hanging pots and pans. But it has a unique feature that provides

a couple of added benefits. The center panel of the shelf is made

up of a grid of interlocking strips of wood. This allows you to hang

utensils from the openings in the grid. And the open design also

allows plenty of light to pass through.

The kitchen rack serves a specific storage purpose. But what

I seem to have more of a problem containing is all the miscella-

neous stuff that collects around the house and doesn't have any real

"place." And that's where the other two projects in this issue come

in handy. One is a display tower. It looks like a ladder. But on each

"rung," there's an open shelf that holds and displays books, CDs,

or any other small items.

The third project is a coffee table. Now, ordinarily I wouldn't

consider a coffee table to be a storage project. But this one is a bit

different. It's patterned after old chests of drawers that were used to

store maps. Like those early chests, this coffee table has three wide,

shallow drawers built into the base. They're the perfect place for

storing magazines, papers, or books. The best part is that it doesn't

take up any more floor space than an ordinary coffee table.

Whether you choose one or all three of these projects, I think

you'll find them useful for getting a handle on some of the clutter

around your home. But of course, the real reward comes from the

actual building of the project.

weekend project

Kitchen Pot Rack

This stylish and practical project is sure to keep

the cook happy. And if you have a weekend to

spare, you'll discover that it's also easy to build.

...

This project is hard to pass up. Build it for its

unique look or its handy storage. Either way, your

time in the shop is well spent.

heirloom project

Three-Drawer Coffee Table 30

A coffee table that doubles as a chest of drawers

- why not? Toss in awonderfully detailed, classic

look, and you can't go wrong.

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This symbol lets you know there's more information online

at www.Woodsmith.com. There you'll find step-by-step

videos, technique and project animation, bonus cutting dia-

grarns, and a lot more.

Three-Drawer Coffee Table page 30

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A round my house, storage space always seems to be in short sup-

designer series project

Five-Tier Display Tower

from our readers

Techniques

Creating Shadow Text Designs with a Scroll Saw

To add a nice, personal

touch to a project, use

your scroll saw to "en-

grave" a name, like you

see in the photo below.

The trick is to use a

graphics or word pro-

cessing program on

your computer. You just

create a shadow of the

text you would like to

create and print it out.

(See your software's

instructions for how to

create this effect.)

To cut out the shad-

owed letters, first glue

the pattern to your work

with a light coat of adhe-

sive spray. Then drill a

small hole inside all of

the dark areas. This gives

you a starting point for

the blade of the scroll

saw. Finally, cut out all

of the shaded areas to

create the raised letter

effect on the wood (see

the main photo above).

The end result is great-

looking piece with a

three-dimensional effect

that adds a lot of pizzau

to your project.

Stephen Matherne

Luling, Louisiana

Layout your text on a computer

and cut out the shadowed areas

using a scroll saw. What you're

left with is an eye-catching

design for your project.

Woodsmith

No. 177

Tips&

Chuck Key Keeper

An inexpensive cable clamp from the

hardware store, like the ones you see

below, provides a quick, secure way to

store your drill chuck key. Its molded

plastic shape lets the chuck key "snap"

into place and then holds it snugly.

On my drill press, I just found a conve-

niently located screw and mounted the

cable clamp with it. A gentle tug is all

that's needed to remove the key.

Lee Taylor

Revelstoke, British Columbia

No. 177

June/July 2008

PUBLISHER Donald B. Peschke

EDITOR Terry J. Strohman

MANAGING EDITOR Vincent Ancona

SENIOR EDITOR Ted Raife

ASSISTANT EDITORS Randall A. Maxey,

Dennis Perkins. Carol Beronich

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bryan Nelson. Phil Huber

EDITORIAL INTERN Catherine Seiser

EXECUTIVE ART DIRECTOR Todd Lambirth

SENIOR ILLUSTRATORS David Kreyling, Dirk Ver Steeg,

Harlan V. Clark, Peter J. Larson. David Kallemyn

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Bob Zimmerman

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Shelley Cronin

Jointer Fence for Spindle Sander

I've read in Woodsmith how

you can use your router table

as a jointer. I took the concept

and adapted it to a spindle

sander, as shown at right.

All you need is a piece of

"two-by" stock to make a

fence. I ripped one

edge then drilled

and cut a notch

for the sanding

drum. Finally, a

piece of plastic

laminate glued to the "outfeed"

side completes the fence.

To use the fence, clamp it to the sand-

er's table, aligning the outfeed side with

the sanding drum. Feed the workpiece

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Kralicek

SENIOR PROJECT DESIGNERS Ken Munkel,

Kent Welsh, Chris Fitch, Jim Downing

PROJECT DESIGNERS/BUILDERS Mike Donovan,

John Doyle

SHOP CRAFTSMEN Steve Curtis, Steve Johnson

SR. PHOTOGRAPHERS Crayola England, Dennis Kennedy

ASSOCIATE STYLE DIRECTOR Rebecca Cunningham

ELECTRONIC IMAGE SPECIALIST Allan Ruhnke

VIDEOGRAPHER Mark Hayes

slowly past the spindle to remove saw

marks and create a smooth edge.

Robert Deatherage

Richfield, Minnesota

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