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Fine Woodworking's editors. Whether the subject is dovetails, working

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Make a Chair from a Tree: An Introduction to Work·

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By John D. Alexander, Jr.

What you need to know in taking wood directly rom the tree

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175 photographs, 75 drawings.

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Fine Woodworking Techniques

A collectiqn of all the technical articles rom the irst seven

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the literature. 9" x 12", 192 pages, 394 photographs, 180 draw

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Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking-Joinery: Tools and

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By Tage Frid

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this landmark step-by-step volume. 8Yz" x 11", 224 pages, 900

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35 Events

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32 Adventures in Woodworking

Steeling Away by John Galup

ARICLES

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36 Kerf-Bent Boxes by Susan). Davidson

Woodworking techniques and carving tools of the Northwest Coast

46 Balinese Masks by David Sonnenschein

Carving cross-legged on the floor

48 Alpine Peasant Furniture by Chistoph Buchler

Carved designs embellish sturdy construction

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51 Two Easy Pi;ces by Simon Watts

A frame chair and a sofa

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54 Cowhide for Chairs by jim Richey

One hide seats six or seven

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56 Altern�tive Wood-Drying Technologies

Solar energy and dehumidification; drying lumber in a vacuum

60 A Barn for Air-Drying Lumber by Sam Talanco

Pennsylvania Dutch tobacco sheds inspire design

62 Sharpening Saws byJules A. Paquin

Principles, procedures and gadgets

65 Furniture Conservation by Robert . Me Gfin

Historic objects can outlast us all

68 Shop Math by C. Edward Moore

With a little help from Pythagoras

73 Drawing the Ellipse

It's About Time by Rosanne Somerson

A show of hands in Worcester, Mass.

Marquetry with Flexible Veneers by Paul

L. McClure

Backed material can be CUt with sharp knives

Woodworkers and Copyright by Eugene S. Stephens

Knowing the law is the best insurance

Editor's Notebook

On weekend conferences, shop fi res and summer courses

The Woodcraft Scene

Dan Dustin: Spoonmaker by RIchard Star

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b endin g tools and traditional techniques of

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box, also shown on the cover, is deta/ed in a

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Letters

In a recent issue of

a reader wanted to

know how one builds a Swiss alphorn. Here is a description by

Ernst Balli, a Swiss cousin of mine who builds them in his

spare tIme:

First, ind a small ir or a spruce (apparently it makes no

diference) that grew on a slope, died and dried out com

pletely on the spot without, however, having started to rot

(the harsh winters and wind conditions in the Alps help the

process). A length of about

Fine Wo odworking,

bottom. This last step ensures tightness and stability.

after, wrap the horn in tight layers of rattan,

the bottom. When gouging out the top, make sure that

purchased mouthpiece its snugly. I think

a trombone.

-Heny Ratz, Del Ma, Calif

As a longtime user of satin polyurethane

quently complained to my supplier about

of half-illed cans. I have used several varieties

quickly. No answers to the problems have surf

using collapsible photochemical containers.

has been to buy the smallest size containers

remains to the rubbish barrel.

I kept thinking about how to remove air

container, which is the cause of gelling. Finally the

of-I think. Why not lood the can with propane

placing the air? Most of us have small propane

our shop for soldering. The gas is inert

efect on the varnish.

Some months ago I gassed several partially illed

varnish, and thus far this plan works beautiully.

dure I use is to lood the can with gas and then

opening by sliding the cover halway into place

ing the gas of. This should prevent any eddying,

might draw air back into the can. The same system

work for other oxygen-sensitive products such

paint.

ft ., yields a so-called C-horn.

Once you've brought it home, plane it down conically. After

planing, rip the length into two halves on the band saw. Hol

low the halves with a gouge. The remaining wall thickness

should be about

116 in. Glue the two halves together again

with carpenter's glue, making sure that no glue seeps inward.

After it dries, cover the whole horn with glue and wrap it like

a mummy with strips of linen about

f4 in. wide. Start at the

Plane down to

desired size

About

12 ft.

Mark center

and rip with

band saw

. .

This morning I plugged in my version of the PEG soaking

as described by Bruce Hoadley in your Nov.

Holow out

- Wtli am A. Wo odcock, Huntington,

'79 issue.

problem I ran into, and you may want to warn reader

--- Wood rest

Although handscrews are among the most versatile clamps in a

cabinet shop, they haven't changed much in 200 years. The non·

marring jaws of these are of fine hard maple and the steel screws

are handled with reinforced

hardwood. The swivel nuts

in the jaws are the one

innovation your ancestors

didn't have and they add

significantly to versatility.

The jaws may be set parallel

or, if required, askew. Thus,

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you can distribute pressure

narrowly or widely and you

can clamp angled workpieces.

Jaw Open

Size Size

30010 4" 2"

30020 5" 2%"

30030 6" 3"

30040 8" 4%"

30050 10" 6"

30060 12" 8%"

30070 14" 10"

30080 16" 12"

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