Woodsmith 038 - Mar-Apr 1985 - Bunk Beds.pdf - Woodsmith,stolarstwo - borys.karawaning

NO.38

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BUlIK BEDS

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PREP...

INA SERIE ON FINISHING

FIRST

Mar/Apr,1985

Sawdust

-{BornrHIs IssuD-There's a good sideand

badsideto everything,includings'orkins

on an issue of Woodi)rtll. As we were

s'orkins on the desisnsfor the projects in

thisissue,anumbe.oflittle problems kept

poppmgup.

Over and over again, I found myself

beatinsmyheadasai.st the wautryingto

come up with solutions (techniques) to

solve some of these problems. WetL,so

muchfor the sood side.

The bad sideis that oncesolutio.s are

found, we havea difficult iime aetlins all

this inJomation in the issue.In th€ past,

we solvedthis problem by shonins proj'

€ctsthat involvedasimilar iechnique,and

Fesented a full article on that lechnique.

For the last couple ofissueswe'veb€en

trying somethinsdifferent. Most of the

techniqu€s we've us€d are smaller -

really rnor€ like tips. And as muchas we

can,we'vetded to include thesetips righi

in the al1iclefor €achproject.

I guess what I'm gettingat hereistbat ii

maybe worth r€adingthroush thesea}.ti-

cleseren if you'renot all that interestedin

actually building the project. There are

several good tipstuckeda"'ayin thisissue.

OkaJ,I'll makeil easier Here'sa list of

tie.es? Cut the dadoesbeforecutting the

two pieces. That is, cut the dadoesin a

double-widepiecenrst, urenrip lhe piece

doM to fom the two pieceswith the da-

does perfectlvaligled. Wedidthisto nake

the uprishis for the bunk bedladder See

Fi$re 3 on page r9.

!'tNrsHINc.This issuebeginsa seriesof

articles on finishing. This is a subject I

have miried feelingsabout. Most of the

time Ijust Nant to get it over with gel

somefinish on the project and b€ do.e

wiih ii.

But that hasledto disappointmentmore

ihan once,andI'!e foundmvselfre-frnish-

ingaproject to gal the lookI wanted (and

the project deselved).

IfI've leamedonethingabout finjshing,

it's that I can't put off thinking about it

until the endofthe project. Finishinshas

to stadwhen you'rebuyingthe wood,and

continuesvith eachstepin construction.

That's ihe short version of th€ afticle

thar beginson page 20 prcparjng the

suface. We {ill be follos i.g up vith art;

clesinthe coming'ssuesoneachstepofthe

ffnishing process: filling, seaiing,staining,

plus full articl€s on the chamctefisticsof

vanish, shellac, polyurelhane, and Lac

quer finishesandhowio applyih€m. Slax

Edilor

DonaldB. Pe.chke

OesignOi€cto.

T€d Krallc€k

AssislanlEditofs

St.ve Krohm.r

Douglas L. Hlcks

Ad Dircclor

Kayiluldor

Technical

Manager

SandyJ. Baum

Subscdprion

Assisranrs

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VlckyFobhon

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Shtlsy Fellman

Dl.n. Siarr

CobputerOporalions

XsnMlner

CirculationManager

Jofi Flrls

Adminislrative Assistanl

Cheryl Sooti

BuildingMainlonanco

tuchle Xrau3e

1. Haw d.o laL to hLukea thrcLgll

uedsed no1'tiseard tenan laok pict re

petect? Chezt a )nr]le. I used a filler plus

ontheendsofthe motise andienonjoints

on the bu.k b€d. This is a$hole lot easier

than trying to cut a pefect nortise, and

th€n fitting it with a perfect tenon. See

Fisur€ 25 on page 15.

2. Okau notthottheJilLerpL sis;,the

moflise, hon d.a tlou smoath it Jl1tsh uiith

lr€ s?ldircefOn€way is to sand 'til your

blue in th€ face. (The ffller plug is end

grain, whichtakesforeverto sanddown.)

Anoiher way is to makea router jig that

cleansor the end of ih€ fill€r plus in no

time flat. SeeFisure 26 on page 15.

J. Hotl) do !o( cut o hole i]1 plltrood

btthaut chi,ppiryand spliri"nng theedse

to pi€ces? Use a router insteadofa sabrc

saw.I hadto cut an accesshole (for wircs

and cables)in ihe plywood back of the

TV,^r'CR Stand.Theb€stway io makeihis

li"e of cut is with a router - I usedthe

rouier lable. See Fisure 16 on pag€ ll.

.1. Hou .lo uau c\t a utholebunch of

,onises uithoxt act lllq harnq b cltt o

uhaLeblnch aJ tnottises? Use a notched

spacer strip. Thai's how we sohed the

problem ofmounting 10slaisbeiweenthe

crossrails of the h€adboardon rhe bunk

beds.SeeFigure 21 on page14.

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PTANINOTHIN 5IOCK

I enjoyedbuilding the toy truck ( /ood

s,ril, No. 35)Ior ny son.lt proved to be

an interestins €xercisein resafing and

hand planins thin stock.I foundit helpful

to build a benchhookto do tbe planing.

I sbfted with an 8" x 18" piece of %"

pllvood to useasa base.Then I drilleda

ro{ of holes l" from one end to accept

#8 x %' flathead "'ood scres's.Finally I

cur a %" rabb€t on th€ oppositeside and

end lo aitach a 2" lide by 8" long cleat.

Thebench hookr€stsoverihe edseofa

b€ncho. fits into a vise.Thescrewscanbe

backedout asltrle asnecessarytodogthe

thin stock. The real adlantase in this

benchhook is that it canhold extr€mely

thin stockfor planingwithout feArof the

planenln beingnjckedby the dogs.

Tousethefixturc,markihelimitofthe

cutononeendofthe $orkpiece.Wiihout

turningon the sa$! plac€ the sorkpiece

on the auxiliary fenceandclampLheslop

block ai this poinl. The workpieceis

turned e.d-for-endand fit into the space

bets'eent}e auxiliary fenceand the stop

bLock.The block atloss me to hold the

rvo.kpiec€lighi andkeepii from creeping

toward the blade. Then the remaining

pieces that ar€ to be the samelengthare

brought in againstthe blockand cul-

Al FenaLd.

8rcMft|. Nontt C.itolint

tight againstthe fenceand brnrg rhe arm

forward until it has reachedthe mark.

Lock lhe saw al lhis point, place the fix-

ture over the arm in front ofiha sa\ and

tighteDiLdolvn.Release the sawlockand

ii'srcady iouse.Asit's pulledfoa'ard, t}e

fixiure witl prevenr the saw from soins

beyondthe indicatedpoint.

Thefi\ture canalsobeplac€d b€hindthe

sa\s In tbis positionandwilh adrill chuck

attachedro the saw arbor, I use it as a

depthstop for horizo.tal boring.

Jae Coughli)t

LeagueCit!,'IbMs

SANDINGON IHE ROU'ERIABLE

Need a steadr-mount for a dmm sander

anddon'thavea drill press? That wasmJ

problem and here's how my l4roods,iillr

router table provedits s'orth again.

I mounteda Porlaligr witb my eleclric

drill and sandingdrum under t)re table.

There are two holes in lhe base of rhe

PoftaLigr that accept 7i \ 1% flathead

machinescre$sandwing nuts. I usedthc

NOTE:PonAucNHflD up

HxiJ[3f;?:']f"^- -'1!q!!c

Sincclhescre$heailstendto digink, the

enA grain ofthe stock,I ahlals allo$ extfa

len8thaDdcut off the Naste.

G.r. C(,tpan|st:hi

Serctna Patk, MaNldj l

MITIR STOPAIOCK

One problem I've hadwhen cutting mit€r

joinls for a frane is settins the opposing

side pi€ces to bc the e\acl samelength.If

they'reroLthe same,th€rewill bea gap in

one ormoreofthejoints. Thetrick 'sto use

b3seofthe Potalign asa lenplale to mak

the so€Nholes in the to! of the router

table anil then d lLedand countersunk

holesfor ih€ scrcws.

The depth collal on the sider.odhasto

be femoled andplacedbe1o.the yoke to

holdtheddLlup underthetable.Thecollal

locatiorcanbe pedodicallyadjustedif the

drun lvearsdown in onespot.

To use it, chuck the conect sanding

drum in the ddll, plus it in, and push the

constant-onbuLton.I find it's a comfolt

ableheisht for drum sandirs.

STOP IHAT sAW

Sincemdial arm sawscrLlon thetop of th.

Nood,the bladehasalendcncJlo glab ihe

irood and walk right through a cut- This

causesa problen if you rvant to make a

stoppedcut (suclr asablinddado).Ii's h:rd

lo stopthe salvat the coreci point.

I madeafi\ture that frtsorerthe afmof

a mdjal arm saw and stops lhe sa$ at a

prcd€tcrminedpoint. It's madeout oftwo

pieces ofl/,l scrapthat are 2 Nide andcut

to length to acconmodate the indi! ual

I slart by fasteninganauxiliaryf€nceto

themiLef gauge andcul a miter ononeend

BabLk a

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I cul a seciionout of the top piec€ to

malch the shapeof the arm. Then I

attachedfoam s'eatherstlip tape {'/r") to

the cutout to keepthc stopflom slipping

andto pmtecl the alm.

The fixtue is h€ld together \dth t$o

lons cardage bolts, wash€rs, and wing

nuts. A couplespinsofrhe $ing nuts and

il's off or mo!'edinto position.

ofall thetuane pieces.Then I make a stop

blockwith lhe samemiter angl€cut onone

erd. (If o.e of the scmp piecesfrom lhe

inilial cuts is long enough, I use it as th€

stop block.) I also cul a ubbel on the

mitered endto act as a sawdustrelief.

Ne\t, I markthefinallengthofthepi€ca

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Doll Cradle

GOODNIGHI MRS.CABBAGE

PATCH,WHEREVER

YOUARE

Usuallytbe Christmasseason€ndsin De-

cember.But this year, it seemsto be linser

ins on a while longer. The most recent

post-Christmasproject has been a doll

cradle for all the Cabbage Patch Kids

"adopted" this year

I desisned the doll cradle to b€ a fairly

simple piece, using basic joinery tech-

niqu€s, and requirins only a few hours to

complete.I also used ponderosapine to

keepthe cradlelight enoughthat €ven a

two-year-old can cany it dound the house.

The cradieconsistsof five pieces:two

sides and a bottom that are joi.ed to the

headboard and footboard. The first step in

buildingthe cradleis to make a ternplate

for rhe headboard and footboard.

IXE ITMPIAIE

The key to laying out the

profile isthe vertical centerline,seeFie. 1.

Once this line is draM, the rest of the

profiieis centeredaroundit.

DrAcoNALs.First, the sidesof the tem-

plate are formed by drawing two 15"diag-

onals,seeFis. 1 Todothis, connectapoint

on the bottom edge,37s"from the center

lineto a point on the sideolthe template,

15'l'from the bottom edse, seer.is. 1.

rop ARc. After the sides are drawn, I

narked tbe top arc. To do this, first locate

center point A on the centerline,3%"ftom

thebotlomedge.Thendmw a r0%"mdius

slc, seeFig. 2.

Shop Note: I usedthe sirnplebeamcom-

pass shom in Detail A to dlaw tbis arc.

This compassis just a lhin strip of wood

with anotchat oneendto holdapencil,and

a v,6"hole at the pivot point for a brad.

BorfmMARc.The botLomec is dmwn

thesameway:LocatecenterpointB onthe

centerliner8" from the bottom edge and

draw an r8"-f3diusarc, seelic. 2.

RADrrrscoRNERs,Oncethese two arcs

are drawn, locate the center points for the

fou mdius come.s at the top oftbe tem-

plate. These radii fo.m the top of the

handleand the shoulders,seelig. 3.

Afte! the center points are located, use a

compassto dmw the radius comers on the

template.Then to conplete Lheshoulder,

dlaw a tangent line connecting the two

ILIIDLE. At this point the template is

almostcomplete.All that remainsis th€

handle.Tolayoutthe handle,first find the

centerlin€ by dmwins a 9%" radius arc

from centerpointA, seeFis.4. Thendraw

the%"-dia. endholeson tbis arc, 1%"from

thecenterline.Finally €onnectthetop and

bottom edgeson the lwo end holeswith

arcs,using pivot pojnt A.

scRDwfiol,Es.Th€templateis compleie

at this point, exceptfor six holes that arc

us€d later to locatethe screw holes for

attachingthe }eadboad and footboud to

the cmdle sides. To locate thesehol€son

tle template,draw a line parallel to both

sidesof the template,%" from the edse,

seelig. 4. Then mark th€ positionofthe

holes along this line, 4y2" , 8%" , a lt)ya"

from the bottom edge.

After these points arc locared,drill '/s"

pilotholesin thetemplate sothelocation of

rheholescanbetransfenedoniothehead-

board and footboard.

cuT'rNc.The laststepbeforecuttingout

the profite is to bore the Hdius comers and

handleholeswith a drill bit or lrole sa$l

Althoughthisstepisoptio.al - dependins

onwhetheryouhale therisht sizedbits-

ii's an excelleni way lo produceperfect

radiuscomers, seeDetail B.

Once the €oners are drilled out, use

€ither a bandsawor sabresawto cut out

the remainjng profile. (To cut out the

handle.I useda sabresa$ and ha.d fil€d

the edsessrnooth.)Thensandtheedsesof

the templatesmoothwith a drum sander.

wuHHotr s^w

or Dn|u![ rFAvatasrE

Next, followthe sameprocedulefor th€

four radii nearthe bottomofthe template

to fom th€ endson the rocker - locate the

center points and draw the radii.

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WOODSMTTH

Tomakethe template,I startedby cutting

a piece of %"-thickMasonite16"by 18v,",

s€eFis. 1 Then I laidoutthe profile of the

headboedfootboard.

CENaERLINE,

The Tbmplate

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