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DEP RTMENTS

4 Letters

8 Methods of Work

Fixed-louver shutters; spindle tapering jig; half-lap joints

12 Questions & Answers

Oil-bleeding problems; japan-finishing; northwest red alder

14 Folow-up

More on tool reviews; radial-saw recall; safety and photography

105 Index to Issues 66 through 73

110 Evens

112 Books

Modn scroll saws are precision machines capable

of accurate work in thick hardwoods. Greg Bover

tests eight current models on p. 50. Cover: Scott Dick

erson shapes a leg on his foursquare chai, a chair

built without angled joiney (see article, p. 3).

114 Notes and Comment

Wo men designers/makers; a bench for children; product review

RT ICLES

Managing Editor Dick Burrows

Art Director Roland Wolf

Associate Editor Sandor Nagyszalanczy

Assistant Editors Jim Boesel, Alan Platt

Coy Editor Cathy Mcfann

Assistant Art Director Kathleen Creston

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Contributing Editors Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley,

M'chael S. Podmanjczky, Graham Blackburn, Christian

B�cksvoort, Michael Dresdner

Co.ulting Editors George Frank, Richard E. Preiss,

NOrman Vandal

Methods of Work Jim Richey

Indexer Harriet Hodges

Making a Foursquare Chair by Scott Dickerson

Comfortable seating with right-angle joinery

Wrapping a cane seat by Janet Redfield

Secret Compartments by Christian Becksvoort

A furnituremaker's cache box

Sliding-Lid Boxes by John Heatwole

Hand-carved, top to bottom

Testing Scroll Saws by Greg Bover

Smooth and precise cuts, even in thick stock

Alabaster on the Lathe by Max Krimmel

Tuning stones into translucent vessels

Associate Publisher John Lively

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Building a Shaker-Style Wardrobe by Tom Hagood

Beads and crown dress up a basic cabinet

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68 Joining Molding by Graham Blackburn

Coping with COners and complex miters

Drawing and the Design Process by Peter Kon

Translating ideas into funiture

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Dry, defect-free wood and a place to store i, too

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Bird's-Eye Maple by Bill Keenan

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Letters

Woodworkers are not snobs-I'm upset by the letter in WW

#72 stating "woodworkers are egotistical, pompous snobs." If

the author had preceded his statement with the word "occasion

ally," I might not have taken offense. But when he implied that

all woodworkers are in that category, he should be forced to

swallow those words. I have met many woodworkers from all

over the nited States and from a few foreign countries, and

among them all, I have found only one that fits his description,

and he wasn't even a fair amateur. In my town, we have the Par

sons Amateur Woodworkers Society with 35 members. I must

say I've never associated with a finer bunch of men, who are

always willing to help each other. When beginners feel they can't

compete with the work being done by more experienced work

ers, we encourage them to keep trying and remind them of

these lines that I once read, "Use your talents to the best of your

ability. Remember, the woods would be very quiet if the only

birds that sang were those that sang best."

slow the (hying/curing process as it improves low-out and gloss.

Also, here's how to rub out a dining table to a beautiful gloss

in an hour or less: First, level the surface with 600-grit stearated

paper. Remove any sanding scratches and remaining orange peel

with a power buffer and Ditzler #16 rubbing compound, which

is available from auto-body supply stores. If you've never used a

power buffer, practice on something expendable fi rst-buffers

can be tricky. Finally, remove t11e residue with naptha and a sot

rag, then buff to a diamond gloss with a clean lamb's wool pad

( WW #72) is fine as far as it goes, but I have some concens

about his recommendations on using water as eye wash. The

water in Lexington, Mass., must be better than here in central

Ohio. Tap water here is so hard it's an irritant. For this reason, I

keep sterile solution close to my first-aid kits. Sterile saline is

counonly available at drug and grocely stores in t11e contact-lens

care sections. I reconunend the types labeled "for sensitive eyes."

-Dougls Campbell, Clintonville, Ohio

More n gs on eye injuries-In addition to Dr. Yinger's

-Myer . Freshman, Parsons, Kans.

Praise for authentic n ese joinery-Allan Smith's article in

WW #73 on Chinese furniture was not only good reading, but a

delightful change of pace. For many years, I've been excited by

the Chinese style and curious about the joinery. I've made two

coffee tables similar to Smith's horsefoot deSign, to showcase

some antique tiles my wife inherited. The results were spectacu

lar. But, I used classical European joinery methods, because I

didn't know any better. It wasn't untill read Gustav Ecke's book

warnings ( WW #72), I'd like to mention two other specific inju

ries I've seen as an ophthalmologist. Catastrophic eye injury can

occur when someone is reaching under a surface to drive in a

screw and looking from above. A slipped screwdriver can be a

dangerous stabbing tool. I've seen three such injuries in t11e past

two years, and each one resulted in an eye lost.

All forms of hammering can be dangerous, but hitting steel on

steel is by far t11e most dangerous, as tiny particles can ly off the

face of the tool at tremendous speed. These tiny particles can

puncture the eye quite easily, and they are very difficult to locate

and remove. Observers are just as vulnerable as the tool opera

tor to injuly, too. Unfortunately, many times t11e injUly may not

even be recognized as serious, and the person may not seek a

doctor. This could lead to potentially disastrous complications.

Dr. Nick Strong, Cambridge, England

Chinse Do c Funiture that I discovered the authentic Chinese

joinery. (Smith recommended this book, and it is available from

Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc., Box 410, Rutland, r 05701-0410.) I've

made a third table following Ecke's faultless drawings. All the

components interlock, and the structure would be perfectly sta

ble without glue. However, I'm not a total purist and did glue

things together at final assembly. This table will last forever and

need never be taken apart. - Thomas A. Sharp, Sanibel, Fla.

The old resaw joke-A man came to our store and bought

several thousand dollars of woodworking equipment. Ater a

three-day class in the fundamentals of woodworking, he put an

ad in the paper that claimed his shop could do any kind of

woodworking. His first caller asked if they resawed wood, to

which this entrepreneur answered, "We don't have to; we saw it

right the first time." He later came back to the store and pre

faced his story with the question, "Hey, what does resaw mean ?"

-Jimmy Reina, Indianapolis, Ind.

More n s on rubbing out i shes - Many thanks to Michael

Dresdner for his fine article on rubbing out finishes ( WW

#72).

But I would like to make a few suggestions that might be help

ful, especially to those who do a lot of commercial refinishing

and finish restoration.

When spraying lacquer, add fish-eye remover rather than re

tarder to increase low-out and gloss. Add the fish-eye remover

anyway when working with previously finished furniture that

might be contaminated by silicone. The fish-eye remover won't

Lye for apple-Some time back, Fine Woodworking had an arti

cle on using lye to enhance the color of cherty. I tried the idea

and was totally satisfied. Perhaps the finest piece of funiture I

have yet made is a cherty side table colored with lye and fin

ished with an oil finish. I've since used lye to enhance the color

of apple and have had equally impressive results. Apple

heartwood takes a rich, deep color, whereas sapwood is affected

only slightly. The results can be quite dramatic.

-Keith Hacker, Scandia, Minn.

is do have a place in he shop-I don't agree with recent

letters ( WW #71 and #73) that say kids don't belong in the

workshop. The first reason being that my father was a carpenter,

and if he hadn't allowed me in the shop, I would never have

become so involved with woodworking. Secondly, my 8-year-old

son now works with me in my shop. He knows how to safely

operate the bandsaw, drill press, jigsaw, sander and lathe. He has

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