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Adjustable Shop Stool Mobile Clamp Cart

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Durable Metal Top Cleans Up Easily

3 Storage Areas for Tools & Supplies

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knobs, balls of yarn, and cracked clay

pots - dl stuff I can live without.

I was about to give up when I came

across something unusual. It was a

thick, wood block with a handle on

each end. In the middle of the block

was a bole about the size of a quarter.

As I peered into the hole, I could see a

metal, V-shaped cutter sticking into

the opening.

THREADBOX. That's when I realized

threadbox had long since disappeared.

But I wasn't out of luck. After

checking around a bit, I found several

woodworking catalogs that offered a

threadbox and atapas a matched set. So

I bought a small set (one that's sized for

3/4" dowels) and used it to make a couple

of simple thii. They turned out so

well, I decided to try my hand at some-

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been wanting for a long time - an

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the threadbox over perfect wood threads. In the process of

the end of a dowel, looking around for

grab the handles, and spin the box one, I came across a company that man-

around. Asthe threadboxrotated around ufactures a jig which is used to cut

the dowel, the cutter sliced a spiral threads with a router. So I decided to

groove that formed the wood threads. experimentwith it as well. (For more on

Although I knew the theory, I wasn't this, refer to page 15.)

sure itwould actually work. So I decided After working with both types of

to buy the threadbox and give it a shot threading tools, I learned a couple of

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THREADS. As it turns out things. &st of all, to produce clean,

cuttingthreadswas as easy as sharpening crisp threads, the dowel you use is just

a pencil. Before I knew it, I'd threaded a as important as the tool. Second, regard-

two-foot long section of the dowel. less of the size of the dowel, the tech-

I have to admit, for my first try at cut- nique is basically the same. (We've

ting wood threads, I was impressed. It included a number of tips on selecting

was an intriguingprocess that made me dowels and cutting wood threads in the

want to build a project that uses a article beginning on page 12.)

threadedwood dowel. As you can see, I'm pretty excited

MATCHING TAP. There was just one about cutting wood threads. If you've

problem. To make the piece that the never done this, I'd recommend getting

dowel threads into, I'd need to drill a a threadbox and giving it a spin. But I

bole and cut matching threads. This have to warn you. It's a lot like eating

required a special cutter called a tap. popcorn - once you get started, it's

Unfortunately, the matching tap for my hard to stop.

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Contents

Features

Adjustable Shop Stool 6

It6 easy to adjust this shop stool to a comfortable working

height - just give the seat a spin. The secret is a shop-

made wood "screw"that threads into the base of the stool.

Cutting Threads in Wood 12

There's nothing mysterious about cumng threads in wood

We show you how to cut threads by hand Or you can rout

the threads instead

Utility Workbench 16

This utility workbench is ideal for those tough, dirty jobs

around the house. It has a durable metal top that cleans

up quick/)! And a solid base provides plenty of storage.

Cutting Threads

page 12

@ Roll-Around Clamp Cart 24

Keep clamps and'glue-up supplies handy with this roll-

around cart Custom-made hangers hold different types of

clamps securely yet still provide quick, easy access.

Departments

Readers' Tips 4

Our readers offer their own shop-tested tips dealing with

some of the most common woodworking problems.

Shop Solutions 28

Useful tips for building projects in this issue - how to rabbet

long pieces, drill angled holes, and cutperfectly round disks.

Utility Worlcbench

page 16

Tool Talk 30

Tips and talk about the tools of our trade. In this issue, we

take a look at saw blade stabilizers and extension cords.

@ ~our~es 31

Information and mail-order sources for the hardware and

supplies used to build the projects in this issue.

Clamp Cart

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ShopNotes

Readers' Tips

Flip-Up Planer Stand

Lifting a heavy thickness planer

onto my workbench always gives me

a backache. So to make it easy to set

up the planer (and avoid straining

my back), I built a simple stand that

attachesto my bench.

The unusual thjng about this stand

is the planer is mounted to a table that

mvings up and down.To use the planer,

I just flip up the table, see photo

above left. In this position, the bench

doubles as a long, outfeed support

that reduces the snipe at the end of

the board, see photo at center.

After completing a job, it only

takes me a second to lower the table.

With the planer stored out of the

way, I I slip a plywood top over the

stand to use as an extra workswface,

see photo at right

LEGs & mmcHERs. The stand@

starts out as four legs made of "two.

by" material that are connected with

3/4"-thick stretchas, see drawing below.

To add rigidity to the stand, it's best

to glue and screwthese stretchersto

the legs. (I "wrapped" the bottom of

the stand with four stretchers and

added two at the top.)

TABLE. With the basic framework

complete, the next step is to add the

table. It consists of two pivot arms

that are rabbeted to accept a '/z" ply-

wood top. To create a pivot point for

the table, a threaded rod passes

through the two inside legs and the

pivot arms. Tightening a lock nut on

each end of the rod secures the table

to the stand. And I added a pair of

hinged supports to prop up the table

in the raised position, see detail %'.

ATIXCH STAND TO BENCH. NOW

all thats left is to attach the stand to

the bench. This is just a matter of

screwing a cleat to the bottom of the

SUPPORT

bench and securingthe stand with lag

screws, see detail 'a'

ARM

John E. Leigh

Chaska, Minnesota

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FL uses a simple West Des Moines, IA to tote boards roliing offhis band saw tabk, Keith

trick to thread a nut on a bolt. He from the lumberyard. He bundles Mulford ofArlington Hts, IL 'korrais"

carpet-tapes the nut to his finger

them together with '%lingwrap."

them with a strip of duct tape.

Whenever I sand a workpiece on up close to the spinning workpiece,

the lathe, my shop gets filled with a see photo at right

cloud of wood dust.To preventthis, I Basic* it consists of two parts: a

thatholds body that supports the hose and a

the hose on my post (dowel) that fitsinto the casi3ng

shop vacuum for the tool rest, see drawing.

To quickly position the hose on

the body, there's aV-shaped groove

in the top edge. And the post is

glued into a hole drilled in the

bottom edge of the body. the body. To keep the clamps from

The vacuum hose is held sli~~ine

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in place by a pair of autome one and attached it with a screw.

tive hose clamps that wrap

off. I drilled a hole in each

(I" x I"

DOWEL)

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Caulking Tube Storage

I usually have several tubes of

caulking lying around the shop. But I

can't always find the one I need.

To keep the caulking tubes handy,

I made a simple storage rack All it

takes is a piece of plywood and some

short lengths of WC pipe. The ply

wood serves as a back. And the

pieces of pipe act as storagecompart-

ments for the tubes, see drawing.

I cut a "window" in each piece of

pipe.This lets me seethe tube I need

at a glance.

To make sure the tubes stay p~

the pieces of pipe mount to the ba~..

at a slight angle. Two screws (a

short one and a long one) secure

each pipe to the back. The long

Dalziel L O'Neal

Shrewsbury, Missouri

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screw also keeps the caulking tube

from falling out of the lower end of

the pipe.

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