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PROGIECTS:

O ADJUSTABLE

CADDY

O TWO-TRAY

IN/OUT BOX

ROIIIENS

A BUYER'S

IS BEST?

DESK

. ROLL-AROUND

GUIDE.

WHICHROUTER

Sawdust

Edilor

DonaldA. P$chte

DesignDirecror

Tod Krallcsk

Assistanl Edilors

Siev€Krohmer

illchael P.scotl

AssislantAn Dnedor

KayMulder

Technical

,rBour rHrs rssuE.Trvo of the projects ir

ihis issuewere kind of exciting to build-

Not becauseof the projects thensehes,

but because ofthejoinery lechniquouscd

cludingthis envelope is to prolide an easr

\Lay to let us know of any p.oblems Xou

may haveNith youl subscription.

Ifyou haven'treceivedanissue,or ifir's

torn or damaged,or ifyour nameis mis

spelledon the label, or ifyou'le chansed

your address. . . ifthere s anyprcblemai

all,please

Thc joinr we usedis a dovetailtongue

and groove - but notyoul tnical dovetail

lel uskrorv. we wantto prolide

ihe bestserrice\ie can.If theres a prob-

lem. just let us kno\Land ue'lLfix it.

NEw F-{CES.Ann Williams has just

joined the Woods,riln group to help with

all ofthe prcblems I j usl mentioned.If Jou

happenlo call us, Ann's voiceis probabl)'

the firsi one Iou'll hear.

ptBr-tsrr FiR s srlTEllENT. Every r_earin

theJanua.x/FebruarJissueof lt/oodsri ill

we're .equired bJ ih€ Posi Officeio pdnt

t)re Publisher'sStatementsho$r belo\I.

Last yeal this statementsho$ed our cir.

cuiatioDal about 7,1,000.This Xear $'e've

g1o$.na bil lo oler 151,000.

Alihouglrnumbelsa).enjce. I ahraystrr-

to keep i. mind $hat lher- really meaD.

When l'n workins on a project of article

for tyooilsrrill, I like ro think thar I'm

wofking for 150,000f ends \Lho enjox

Nood$orkins. That's the onl) wal I caD

make any seDseout of the nLrmbcNtbat

seemlo glow so fast.

\E\T v,r|LlNc. .qlong\Lith the go\Lth,

\re'!e also expe enced some gfoNins

pains. lve aredoingourbestto gct brck on

a moretimelJ schedulefor maili'rgout tbe

issues.Thenext issue (ll/oods,ritl No. 32)

Nill bein themailduirs thc NeekofApdi

10th. (Since it's mailedsecondclnss post-

agc, plcase allo$ rwo \reeksfor.lelilel.y.)

Agair, tbaDk you for r-our patience.

The adjustabledesk (shorvn on pasc.1)

usesa slidtrg versionof this joint jn the

tegs.What fascinatesme aboutthis appli

calionis lhat Lhelcas (and lhejoinl) have

to bc siurdy enoughlo supporl the desk

top, yet the joint alsohas lo be ftexible

enoughto slideup anddorvnlo changeihe

hcisbt of ihe desktop.

We usedanotherversionofthe doletail

tongue and groole on the in/out bor

(shorvn on pase 12)-This tine a doretail

key took the place oflhe dovetailLongue.

And onceagain,t had to servet\vo pur'

poses.The key was, in pat, a decorative

bandinsship,bui it alsose.lcd asacom.r

jo'nt to holdthe rmys togerher.

It's not oftenajoint hastobesoleNatile

- but it rvasfun to "pLrt it through jts

paces"for the pmjects in this issue.

rNDEx,You maynolicethat this issueis

a little thicker than usual.That's because

rve'leincludedaspecialfotl| paseindexto

alLthe articl€s,projccts, and inrormarion

shownin the fiNt 30issuesol \vaoderith.

I hopeit makesfindi.g infornation in the

backissuesa little easier.

ENTELoPE.We'vc also inseted an en-

lelope ir tbis issue.l eelfree to useil to

rcnew you subsc plion, o ef a gift sub

sc ption fora tui.nd,ofofderback issLres.

Bui ihc most important leason fof ni

llluslralors

DavldKreyllng

illke Henry

Subscriplion

^,lanager

SandyJ. Baum

Subscriplion

Assislants

ChrlsielMlnof

VlckyFoblnson

JackleStroud

ShlrleyFelhan

AnnWIlll.ms

CompulerOperalions

KenMlner

Cifculalion Manager

Jefi Farrls

AdministErive

Assistanl

CherylScott

BuildingMainlenance

Archle Kraus€

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CUITINGRADIAIARMDENIII

After readingho$ to cut (lentil (usnrs the

tablesaN)Jbrthe Curio Cabnretin ll o!r1-

s,rilli No. 26, I decided to cone u! Nitb a

methodthat rvouliialsowork on mI ra.iial

IABIE

I chaDgedthe mate al u-€d for the top

su accof Jour r-outel

careful I am, the height is nclrr ltLrilc

right.

I think I !e finalll come up $ith the

an$r€f to mJ pfoblem. I ilesisneda quick

and eas) jig that usesa slidins dolctail

joint. To usethe jig, the floaiirrg blockis

positioned on top ofthe bla.le (or bit) soit

canlide upanddoM thebaseasthedepth

table itmalbcof

somehelpio )ouf read€rs.I used'f,"cabi-

net grade ?dx e\teior plylvood tha! has

two extremelXthiD lalers of plastic ad

here.lon both faces.

This mal. al is commonl:kno\n as

MDO (Medium DeDSity Oveflay). Using

this material sale.l me the lime and

trouble of bo.dins a scparate liece ol

Mrsoniie to the surface. And si'rce the

colorofthe suface is fairly liaht, penciled

slop linesreally stanil out.

Usnig mI mclhod. thr first st.| is to

attach a feDceto the saN thafs slighth

higher than the thickness of the .lentil

itselt ThenmakeashalloNcutlhrcughthe

fencewith adadobladesett.rcuta'/," kerf-

fnraly, markapoint onthe fenc€ '/'to thc

Thekel to this slsten is to be surethat

theblockis freefloatins,soitrvilladjust to

ercn theslightcstch:rngc

in thepositionof

RohFtlrcis

inuna.'I'.tts

GLUINGDIIP CAAINfiS

As I Nas buil.ting the Tambour Srereo

Cabin€lin t|o,ris,iill No. 1?,cvcfthins

$as going accordingto plan untjl I dr)

clamped the case togethef lo spot anJ"

problems (before it's too latc).

i,% +,,i -l

lelt ofthe dado,andadditioDalrnarksnr:r"

incremeDtsfor .l of 5 inches along tlre

lengthof the lence.

After adjusting th€ depth of cLrton a

sclap Diece, nake t hefiNt cutonthe Nork-

piece.Then line up the )t/il shoul.leroi

the dadoNith the fiNl line, rnd makethe

To nakr the jig slideeas:l} I use(lthe

Boschvr' dovetail slue j oint bit (see Sour-

cesonpage24).Thisbil is a little differ€Dt

than a normal dovelail bil il produces

squaredofl corncrson the doletail. This

squaledcomer keets the t\Lohahestuom

catchinsasthey slidebackanilforth. And

withthe,tddition

ofsa\, the

sljdnrgblock $ill trull float.'

'fo keeptheslraryedgesonthe to! cdgc

ofthc carbidelippcd rouler bits tuomcut-

ting into the slidingblock.I glueda small

pieceof plasticlaninate (F ormica)to thc

bottomfaceof thc block.

To calibratcthe j ig, I nbbeted the edsc

of the baseandartacheda bmss scale olT

an okl Noodenfoklins rule. I also posi

tione.ltherule l abole thebotlon odgeof

the bas. to make it easiefLor'€ad.Then

mark a pointeron the slidingblocksothat

it coDespondsNith the e\act lreight set

tiDgson thc b|ass scale.

ofa goo(lc.rat

Each successilecut is nade bi sim t

LiniDgup the risht shoulilerof each.iado

Nith thc penciiednarks on thc fenc€as

,cho\rn.Because lininSup the cuts \ rh

the narks is an exe ball procedurc, it

\rorks bestifyou line up asnuDx linesas

possible for cachcut.

As in the past, I ibuDdlhat simply l)osi

tionilg clampsonthe front andbackedges

ofthe cabinetsides$,on't pull thecenle].of

thecabinots cslighi againstlhelhelf(0r

\'€b frame).This seemslo be a lroblem

every time I use ply\Lood for cabinet

St.t.t ( rcntIta,

Wh.at Ridt.. C.la\Ldo

FOR 5HARP'NING TOOLS

l've been reading the l4hodsr,tl, back

issues,and came across lour afticle on

shaDening in ll'o.ds,rilll No. 20. But I

\ asdisappointedbecause

The bcst methodI've foruxlto keepthe

ce.ter of the panel snug agailst the

shehesisto usea clampingboardthat has

a conrexedg€.By posilioning the conle\

face against the side of the cabnretkli-

rectly acmss from the shell),an.lclampnrs

only the e.ds of the board.conslantpres

sure caDbe appliedaganNtlhc cent.r of

thealticle di(hft

mention mJ favo te metho.l of shav-

eDnrs:usins a vcrtical 8"discsanderfree

hand ($ith notoollest).

Ore thjng that 'nakes this meihodrvolk

so (ell is that rou can sight doirn the face

of the pLatelo assurethat the belel is nr

constanlcontactsith ihe disc. And I re

beeD particuiarly pleased $ith the fesults

aclrie!ed$hen usins thjs netho.l for

sharycninglathc iools.

Kentth (]ltldcnMnd

DeNllooEs.IatQ

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DOVETAILGAUGE

I ve alwaXshada hafil timc bJing lo usea

ruler to sct thc heighl of a blade oDthe

iable saw, or rhe height of a bit on the

Nuter tabl€. lt seemsthat no malter ho\t

readersol Ur'oodsmilh,

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TEVISEDROUIER

DISC SANDERS

Ave.,DesMoines.

lor p!blicalion).

Adjrstafrc Oest

A DESKFORALLSIZES

featues to work, and

notinterlere rvitheachother.But oncethe

design\i as s'orkedoui, ihe fun of buildins

the desk could begin. I stalted with the

desktop assembly.Tbis consistsofa !eb

frameihat suppoftsthe solidoakendcaps,

the tihins deskiop, andthe dras'e$.

IHE WEA'RAME

Thekeyto this Nholedesktop assembly is

the cent€rweb frame. All lbe other pafts

areattachedto it. I builtth€ i(eb ftame by

cuttinstwo longrails (A) and fourstiles (B)

to size,see!'ig. 1. FiNt, cut lhe rails to a

lenrth of48% andthe stilesto a lengthof

r?% . Then Iip all six oftbese pieces to a

commonwidth of 2%'.

roIrERy. These six piecesare join€d

with stubt€nonsand slooves, seeDetailin

fis. 1.To makethese j oints.cut a 7"' wide

bJ 'h"-deep groole centered on ihe inside

edgeol each piece.Thencutstubtenonson

theendsofthe foursiilesto fit the grooles.

(for nore informaliononthis type ofjoin-

€rr, seeWoods,rill No. 29.)

p{NELs. Next, %" Masonitepanelsare

add€dto the outside two openingsin the

web frame. (These outside panelscover

the areasabovethe drawers. The middle

op€ningdoesnot have a panel because it

hasto be opento allorvspacefor the "ra

chet" frame usedto tilt the desktop up.)

To get the measurementsfor the two

panels,dry-assemble

stiles,seeFis. 2. (This shouldleavean 18"

openins between the two inside stiles.)

Then cut 7''' Masonile panels to fit the

groove-to-groove m€asurements rn the

frcm 5A stock (1%,i-thick) sothey're 24'l,"

long and 5'l;' wid€. Then two /"rwide

grooves are routed on the inside fac€of

these capssotheycanb€joinedto theseb

After these panels are cut, glue and

clampthe fram€ tos€ther (sluing the pan-

elsin the frame openings).

ENDCAPSAND APRONS

The basic desk top is fomed bJ adding

solidoakcapsto theendsofih€ webframe,

andaprcnsalongthefront andbackedses,

)ef€r to fig. 4.

END c.|Ps. The tNo end caps (J) ara cut

RouTcRoorEs.To rout th€ first g1'oo\.e.

clamponafencetoguideth€ ronterto cuta

goove 1% frcm the top €dgeof the cap,

seeFig.ll. (Note: Thisgroole is positioned

io allowfor th€ thicknessoflhe wabfrane

plusthethicknessof the desktop, whichis

the tuamesothe two

inside stiles are 10%' fron the oulside

Mark the stat and stop points fof this

groole l'lj'fiom the front andbackedges

of the cap. (The dislnncebetw€en these

WOODSMTTH

Mostofthe time whenwe setoutto builda

pieceof fumilure, we try to build it to a

srandardsize.Tablesanddesks,for exam-

ple, are supposedto be 29" high. But the

problem with standard-sizefurniture is

that p€opledon'i comein standardsizes-

especiallykids.

We wanted to build a desk that would

"gros/ as the pemon $ew. The solution

wasto makethe heightofthe deskadjust

able.To dothis, wedecidedto usea sliding

dovetail joint on the desk'sleg assembly

(shown in tbe deiail photo, belo$ left).

This lay rhe wboledesktopcanbe raised

to suit the perso. using it.

While we we.e at it, we alsodecidedto

make the d€sk top adjustable. That is,

providea say sothe iop couldbe tilted up

for coloring (or draftins woodworkins

plans), but alsoso it couldbe laid flat for

doins homework (or payingbills).

To acconplishthis r€quirement,the top

of the deskis hinsed on a "rachet" fiame

that canbemised in increments (shown i.

the detail photo,belowright).

It becamequiteadesisnchallenseto sei

thesetwo adjustabLe

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