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September/October 1985, No. 4

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•• oeille Blilor.

Jim Cummins

Roger Holmes

Dick Burrows

David Sloan

Copy Blilor

Nancy-Lou Knapp

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Cover: Inspired by Southwest In·

dian pottery, New Mexico wood·

turners Bud LaWen and Addie

Draper made these stunning

bowls using the segmenting pro

cesss described on p. 64. Photo:

White Light.

10 Methods of Work

16 Questions & Answers

Improved forge; versatile mylar; stripping with sawdust

20 Books

Growth-ring orientation; shaper cutter safety; oxalic acid

•• i.'1 . '

Kathleen Creston

114 Events

120 Notes ad Comment

Blilorll' Seerelly

Cindy Howard

Se . ior Blilor

John Kelsey

For making turned table legs, it's

nice to have a lathe but Aldren

Watson gets by with chisels, a

rasp and the turning jig he ex·

plains on p. 49.

Ice·cold Buddhas; capitol woodworking; more Pye

. g Blilor.

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

Richard Starr

Simon Wa tts

Co".""i . g Blilor.

George Frank

Otto Heuer

Ian ]. Kirby

Don Newell

Richard E. Preiss

Norman Vandal

Melbol. of Work

Jim Richey

40 Form Laminating by Anthony Giachetti

Take the guesswork out of curved carcases

Co . ,rlb . ,i

46 A Bentwood Desk by Jeffrey McCaffrey

Thin plywood turns tight corners

4 9 Turning Without a Lathe

54 Tapered Legs on a Jointer by Eric Schramm

by Aldren A. Watson and Theodora A. Poulos

Working in the round with handtools

55 Klompen by Anne Siegel

Shoes from trees

58 Two New Joinery Machines by Paul Bertorelli

And a look at their backyard beginnings

62 Fox Wedging by Alasdair G.B. Wallace

A sly joint for a 17th· centuy stool

The Taunton Press

64 Segmented Turning by Addie Draper and Bud Latven

Redefining an old technique

c elng; John K y , enior editor;

Tom Luxeder, business manager; Carol

lls cordinator; Pauline Fio, ex

ecutive

68 Tight Quarters

e y ; S n M nn , recep'

donist.

Accou.tJ.. : Irene Arfaras,

; y m, atheine SuIIlvan,

Wheel away your troubles by Robert Henderson

Mobile Wood Works by Mike Drummond

Drop·in router table by Vic Mumford

Lathe/workbench duo by Michael K. Brouillette

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LesUe Carola, publisher; Heather Brine

n , a te t o; ot ln

71 Inlaid Tambours by David Convissor

Floral patterns on a leXible door

a te ditor; Nncy Sabile, copy/pr

duction editor.

FulillmeDt: carole E.

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74 Quilted Mahogany by Mark Berry

The tale of a magnficent mutant

e , Hather Ric all , Patiia

ie, Nny h; n Wner, lr ·

r; avid o , y nn a g ·

76 Block Planes by Maurice Fraser

What are they really fo r?

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82 Body Mechanics and the Trestle Workbench

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September/October 1985

4 Letters

Blilor

Paul Bertorelli

Arl Direelor

Roland Wolf

Articles

Paul , publsher; Janice A. n,

a te publisher; ale Brown, t or

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Se sions, S18 for one

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Leters

(WW #52) but think he's a little hard on the Record-the one

shelves, they just don't look right. Neither do hidden supports

we're generally more comfortable knowing how things are held

up. Thus I choose a straight-grained cutoff about 1 z in. long

and split it into half-inch square pegs, six per shelf. I whittle

one end round for tapping into half-inch blind holes drilled

into the uprights. I chamfer the visible end to match the cham

fered edge of my shelves. Since the lumber I spare for shelves

is rarely flat, one rear peg rotated in its hole will cancel any

wobble. I drill two holes in the underside of each shelf just

back of the rear pegs for two more pegs, to remove any risk of it

accidentally sliding forward. -Larry Green, Bethel, Conn.

with the gull wings and screw adjusters. The point of the

raised handles is not perversity on the manufacturer's part but

so you can work flat or slightly dished surfaces without rap

ping your knuckles on the wood. I also like the convenient

thumb rests on the Record and the ease and delicacy with

which the blade can be adjusted-all without searching around

for a screwdriver. After each adjustment I always snug the

screws down; this keeps the iron in place and prevents rattling.

When working an edge

1 in. wide or less, I set the blade frac

tionally deeper on one side than the other. Then I can vary the

depth of cut by sliding the shave sideways. One way to over

come spiteful grain is to skew the spokeshave about 45° to the

line of travel. The blade cuts cleaner because it's slicing

through the fibers.

Incidentally, with the British pound still gasping for breath

all Record tools are a pretty good buy.

-Simon Watts, LaHave Islands, NS.

In your May issue I read the article on small planers and I am

fa miliar with all the machines tested. I am currently using two

of them, the Makita and the Williams and Hussey. I agree with

some of the criticisims David Sloan pointed out, but any evalu

ation of a machine is inadequate when tested over a short span

by one user. Some objections are easy to correct. The Makita

did seem too low, so I built a simple wood base with casters.

This makes it easy to move around the shop and I don't have

to get on my knees when using it.

I think Sloan would like the Williams and Hussey machine a

lot more if he had purchased the power-feed model direct

from Williams and Hussey. There is no reason for the machine

not to power feei properly when everything is set up correctly.

I admit to not liking either the Makita or the Williams and

Hussey machine very much when I first started using them,

but given a little time to learn how to

use them, I would not want to be with

out them in my shop.

-John Leipjert, Binghamton, NY

The adustable-throat spokeshave is a misunderstood orphan,

not a "sucker-born-a-minute" tool as author Podmaniczky sug

gests. You can adjust the thickness of the shaving from micro

scopic to humongous and back again with the turn of a single

screw with no need for lateral adjustment-very handy when

doing such jobs as working up the edge of a disc, where you

must cut across end grain one minute and long grain the next.

To set up one of these shaves, sharp

en the blade with a straight-across

edge, no crown. Close the throat down

as small as possible and lock the blade

in place projecting just enough to take

a very thin shaving. Be sure the blade

projects equally across its width. That's

all there is to it.

The Kunz adjustable-throat spoke

shave is a clumsy tool but it's the only

one currently in production and can be

made to work. You'd be best off watch

ing the flea markets for an old Stanley

o. 54, which has straight handles. It's

neat to replace the adjustment screw

with a knob so you can ride the setting

with your thumb as you work.

Podmaniczky prefers to push his

spokeshave but I prefer to pull for the

same reason it is awkward to push a

garden rake. But as with all woodwork

ing tools, to each his own.

-Richard Starr, Thetford Center, Vt.

The Grizzly comes with one spring on

the chip breaker, as David Sloan stated.

However, the cast frame is drilled and

tapped for two additional springs. I

made two springs from an old handsaw

and my planer now has three. The mo

tor mount and pulleys will accept a

standard NEMA-frame American motor

but my Taiwanese motor has been op

erating for one year with no problems.

I have rough planed 8/4 rock maple

and have never had to push hard to start

the work. Also, no snipes. I'm im

pressed and pleased with my Grizzly.

-G. . Leediker, Baytown, Tex.

In the summer 1977 issue, Bruce Hoad

ley referred to adhesive shelf-life and

the industry practice of not dating glue

containers. I recently had an experi

ence that really brought these aspects

of glue-up into sharp and painful focus.

Having built a good many acre-feet of

bookshelf myself, I concur with Wayne

Somers' comments regarding shelf

spans and the need for a dust-catching

roof (Letters,

WW #53). Sometimes,

however sagless, a 24-in. span simply

does not look or feel right. My solution

has been to hang the expense and use

8/4 lumber for both uprights and

shelves. It will span five feet of ency

clopedia or old magaZines without no

ticeable droop.

I'd also like to add to the discussion

in Methods of Work about ways to hang

shelving. I don't like metal hangers or

round pegs, for with square-edged

I had completed the glue-up of a

dozen panels for a set of cherry office

furniture. The adhesive was Franklin

Liquid Hide glue. Gluing was done at a

temperature in excess of 75°F and

clamping pressure was applied for at

least eight hours. I had purchased the

glue about a year ago and it carried no

warning that shelf-life was critical for

successful use. The glue seemed fairly

runny, but I chalked that up to the heat

in the shop. (Turns out that was a clear

sign that the glue was bad.) My first

The lingerie cabinet on the back cover of

WW #48 caught my eye and it was a

real inspiration. My piece has six full ex

tension drawers with bird's-eye maple ve

neer on the sides. The drawerfronts are

Honduras mahogany as are the vertical

dowels, which serve as drawer pulls.

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I share Michael Podmaniczky's enthusiasm for the spokeshave

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