NO. 24 NOTES FROM THE SHOP $2.50 -WoodsmithSawdust |WOODSMITH (ISSN 0162-4114) le published imoniy (January March, May, Jay. Sep tember Novena) by Vlocasmith Pubsshing o..2200Grand Ave. Des Moines, Iowa 50812 WOODSMITH is 2 wxistered lidematk ofthe Al Rights Reconed. ‘Subscriptions: Ono yon (6 sue) $10, Two, ‘years (12 iesues) $18. Single copy price, $2.50 (Canade ane Foreign: a $2 pe year) (Change Of Address: Please he soto Inside both your of and new exes Postmaster: Sond change of address nasca, eam 67. Woe Puss Co, 20 Gand Ave, Des Moines, Jowa 50972. EREECHON. I want 10 lead off this issue With & leteer I received from one of our Subscribers, He wrote: “Tsubscribe toa the leading pericdicals for woodworkers, which I read word for sword cover to covert inerease my know ‘gp of the erat However, thy all seem to he lacking in one renpost Deca anyone make mistakes!? 1 surely do ‘Despite metiealous eare in measuring and laying out, a tool will slip or a router will burn. eonehude from my reading that this either, doesn't happen to anyone else or they “junk” expensive wood and start T wich I could say that cvery project shown in Woodenith is perfect. But tha’s far from tho truth, ‘There are mists in everyone, (ornately, they don'talways Show up m tho photographs, soit looks like ‘we're mich better than we ar.) T don't mean to sind too philosophical, bat mistakes are pari of life. The goal is simply to keep them to a minima. tn ede cataye tht dp ink things through — anticipate wherea Jem might occur, and make adjustments before you got to it. ‘Olay, thats & nice philosophy, but it Nt personal apa he rage My person to this problem of mistakes fs two-fold. Tha fr dnd most important thing is “ame of Inind.” Woodworking is (and. shoald be) fun, Ie should be acomfortable sequence of events carried out with patience and thoughtfulness, How do you get in that etate of mind? I pretend I’m one of those guys you see in Fine Woodworking magazine. Really. Even hon I don't know what 'm doing L ‘Simply pretond that P've done ita hundred times before. This helps build atte cen fidence so I can proceed without the extra ‘weight of “fear offal.” second partoftay approach involves the use of the most valuabie “tol” in any shop — serap stood. Before making any jt, I makes trial et ona piece of crap wood. I don’t mean make a prectice cut, "Drasice” alwaye seem to imply that i dlooent count. Instead, I make as many trial euts a8 it takes until I've got one that right onthe money, ant Tel good about it 1 guess what I'm getting at here is that ee Shown in this issue. ABOUT HIS 15806, The molded mortise ‘and tenoa joint shown on page 12 takes @ Totofpatience —evenifyoure only cutting ‘one of those joints. But in the case ofthe ‘haeside cabinet (page 14) the 10 door ‘ames require a total of 20 of these joins. ‘The amount of are and patience need to build these doors car lead to enormous frustration, ora well-deserved pan the back I thine i's worth «shot. "The cane thing ie true of the Mantel tock (poge $) and tho Miror (page 24. Rothofthesoprajeere see thoaame molded ‘merce and tenon joint for Seams, Hoth of them also require some molding cuts that ‘ust be aligned just right. Again, this a ‘matter of using serap Wood to make trial ‘cuts to get the results you want, 'StONES, The interview ith Pred Dam- sen of Wooline (page 4) shoald clear up some of the mystery concering Japanese ‘water stones, Onee again, the Japanese have given a lot of thought tothe task at hand, and have eome up with an excellent solution ‘Although thee stones theJob they're supposed todo and do it extremely wel, thats not why we like them, Our enthuse asm for water stones is due to one simple Tick; They're a joy to work with Youn el hen tbat you can alc age them ett, As soon a8 a pe een a Stones; « vibaal Imago of sharpness is transmitted right up your arm. T's quite sn experience. AMER. The paper used to print this fssue of Woodsmith is different than te- fore. For all past issues we used a paper stock from the beckett Paper Co. Beckett is small, specialty pazer mill that pro daces high-quality paper ‘in relatively Small quantities) ‘With oar erence ireulation, we were ppashing the eapacties of Hackett te pro- face enough ofthe one partialar stock we fuse, So we recently swhshed to Beckett's parent company Hammer “Harmer agree to prvluce an iden teal sheet, fn large quanies looks std feels the same... only the name has been changed. The oficial name is Wordsmith pague Ofse Vellum. Fhope my ego jan showing, bat [thoagh twas lind of ‘Nee that the name of the paper wo Use bears the name of Woods mit. ‘NEW PACES, This column wouldn't be completa if 1 didn’t montion that we've added 9 now fe to the gang a Woot ‘nth, Pam Dickoy has signed on 16 help ‘with the mail-opening and entering sub- Seriptions in our eomputer. ‘NEXTAIAILING. The nex issue of Wood: ‘mith Gian. /Feb, 1988) wil mark the hegin- hing of eu fith year of publishing, Wood- ‘tyath No, 95 should be in the mail on Febrasry let Until thon, Mensy Chvistmss to all WoopsMiTHTips & Techniques ‘A ROUTER TABLE FOR TIOHT SPACES After L sd your Bench Top Router ‘Table plan bookdet #12, T realized that my “shop is really too small to have another ‘Wonk table ating aroand. SoT used some ‘of the ideas in your plan and built router table that fits into the wing of my table ‘sow. The nee thingaboutthis setup is that ‘doesnt take up any bench or floor space. Al Idd was replace the table extension ‘on the right side of my old &" Delta table ‘saw with @ plywood extension that sits Detween the two rip fence guide bars. ‘To make tho now extension, [ used 4" birch pl with 1M" x 14 solid bireh. Fist [ct the plywood so the final with of the extension (ater adding the solidewood edgings) was the same depth ont to back) as the saw table, Then atiachel the bie ein to all far sides af the "plywood, ‘Aer the buch edging was attached, 1 cut a groove in the elge nearest the saw {able forthe bar ofthe ascer ange. "To attach this oxtension, dried two Yc holes in boththe front and baci ence guide ras. Thon I died corosponding oles inthe birch edng of she extension, and installed “inside diameter) threaded inserts. “To attach the plywood table to the ip fence aide bars, Tused 0x 1 Ith machine screws threaded chreugh the fue bar and into the threaded inserts in the birch edging, To keep the space be- tween the extension and the nip fenee ‘fudorals the same distance as onthe saw {ale (ao therip fence cout stl beused), inserted & 94 spaeor on each serew Bex ‘tween the extension and the guide rails “The routers set bito the table in the same manner as ta your plan, with one exception, By using the. Y thie birch plywood te thickness of the top doesnt attached, as in your plan. Ralph Kutehera Wilsonville, Oregon INSERTING INSERTS In Woodemith No, 22, you diseussed stalling rosan inserts into wood using 3 ‘machine bolt. Your procedure works well for setting the rosan insert in place, but 1 hhad iffiealty removing the bolt without ‘removing the roan insert 00. use & slightly different: methed that seems to eliminate this problei, All 1 really do is thread a nat on the machine bolt befereite threaded in the rosan insert. ‘Then once the bolt is serowed inthe insert, the nuts tightened agaist tho nsort ‘sing « wrens Using this method, the insert can be installed using ascrew driverinthe head of the bolt as in your artile. But. once the ‘insert is in place, it's a simple matter 1g break the nut loose, and back-out the ‘machine bolt, Alley R, Martinson Madion, Wisconsin ANOTHER TOOL REST {thought cur roudere might beinterested ‘na variation ofthe grinder toakrost shown in Woodsnith No. 20. Rathor than making ‘acomplete new support system forthe tool fae 9 ates a iin) om my 9 ‘The new tool rest is just, a piece of 4° wide, 6" long hardwood that's attached on top of the original tool rest, The new rest provides a much largor surface to steady a tool ae it’s being ground. ‘Tohelp keep the tool atexaetly M? tothe face of the whoo), Leut a %° dado parlil with the ede ofthe re. Thea Tmade a Inter gauge that fis the dao to guide the tol aeross the width of the wheel The new rest i attached to the original froma the bottom with tivo small serews. (On the Sears grinder, Thad to dill two, holes for tho sores.) The now tool rest is ajustod by tilting tho orginal tol rest. W. A. Jution ‘South Chatham, Massachusetts INSIDE OF AN ELIPSE In Woosh No.8, you sata tat the ‘tude ego elite’ mean realy Eras els The method yon toed to termine he isc ne the rane Ws. toraue a compass set at 94 runing te ‘pointed end around the outside line so that Seuiel belicompoetat mice : jot ‘88 it follows the elipee (which is almost pombe to rovent), the isi i Wort be par with th eps, Thi thre mag te a baton way — tng the my ace marking tok. Tak tools emply tanga pee of wood wither gtidepostsada marking pin 7 mark the location for the posts and the pin, draw @ 1" on the face of the swing, (Be sure the two lines of ‘perpendicular to each other.) "ro position the marking: pin, simply snark the final weit of the frame on the down stroke of the “7” Gneasuring f “the cros-bar line) and insert asta in ‘alls thal only the very putt ofthe nail Denetrales through the wood. “To use the tool, the two posts are eased against the outside edge of the as the tool ie guided aroand the alipe, Then the marking pin serbes line istant from the elipse. Bewin B, Tickenor Polahatchie, Mississippt if you'd he to share awcodwarting tp wih ether eaters of Woodsmit, send your idea to: Woodsmith, Tips & Techniques, 2200 Grend ‘Ave, Doe Moines, lona 80312, ‘Wo pay aminimum of $10 or tps, ane 815 or mote lor special aetniques (hat ae accepted ‘or pubieaton). Please ge a complete ex- planation of your idea, 1 a skeich is needed, ‘sero along; well draw a new one.