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Jan./Feb.
2004
PUBLISHER
Donald B. Peschke
EDITOR
Terry
J.
Strohman
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Bryan Nelson
Vincent Aneona
:ONTRlBUTING EDITOR
Phil Huber
ART DIRECTOR
Ca~yChristensen
SENIOR ILLUSTRATOR
Roger Reiland
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER
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blocks to the track. Smce the blocks
can
slide sidetoside,itseasy to
create
different size openingsfor avariety of
clamps. When your clamp collection
grows,just add on afew more blocks.
It's a simple solution to clamp storage
that will work for years to come.
To find out how to put this project
to work
in
your shop,be sure to check
out the articlethatbegins on page 28.
Shop-
Mini-lathe
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Spealdng
of working
in
the shop, Chris Fitch,
one of our senior designers,has been
spending some serioustime down
in
the shopfine tuning the feature
project
in this issue
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a shopbuilt lathe.
Chris came up with an ingenious,
compact design that
can
be built with
common hardware. But don't let its
small size fool you. It has plenty of
full-sizefeatures. For
starters,
there's
a bed extension
that
allows you to
turn
42"-long pieces. And you
can
add a
faceplate for bowl turning. There's
even a disk sanding table athchnent
If you're looking to try your hand at
turning, and don't want to spend alot
of money, this is the project for you.
worker
can
never have too many
clamps." I certainly hdmyself adding
to my collection with someregularity.
However, an expanding clamp collec-
tion has a problem
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storage.
Most clamp racks are designed to
hold afixednumber of clamps of one
particular
style.There's a rack for
pipe
clamps, another for bar clamps, and
yet another for Cclamps, etc.
Now there's nothing wrong
with
this approach. The only downside is
eventually the rack will be full.Then
you usually have a couple of options.
Build another rack, or pile the exha
clamps
in
some out of the way place.
In this issue, we feature a third
option
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it's a new type of clamp
storage system that
can
be adapted
to hold more clamps
as
your colledion
grows.And it solves many of the prob
lems with clamp racks. Its easy-to-
build, expandable, and adjustable.
The key to making this work is a
piece of aluminum T-track that's
mounted to the wall. To hold the
clamps, you simply attach wood
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Contents
Features
Lathe Tool Cabinet
Keeplng your lathe tools and accessones wfthm easy reach
can be a hassle Thfsstoraae center can be placed r~ght
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next toyouriathe to keep your tools andsupplies close at hand.
When you're done,just fold up the top and roliit out of the way
Lathe TOOLCabinet
Router Ci~le-CuttingJig
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This alknew circle-cuitingjig makes it a snap to cut circles and
arcs quickly and accurately with your hand-heid routel:
Benchtop Mini-Lathe
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Build your own kthe?Absolutely! With this shop-built mini-
lathe you can try your hand at turning without spending a
lot of money The optional accessories make it easy to turn
small bowls or outfit your lathe as a disk sande,:
Ci~cle-Cutting
Jig
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Must-Have Turning Tools
26
You don't need a shopful of turning twls to turn a table leg or
a bowl. As a matterof fact, we'lishowyoutheseven tools that
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will
allow you to turn just about anything.
Clamp Storage 5y5tem
When you have a wide assortment of clamps, finding a
convenient way to store them can be a challenge
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untilnow.
Our adjustable clamp storage system can be changed or
expanded over time to suit your needs.
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Readers' Tips
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Shop-tested tips to solve common woodworking problems.
'Tool Chest
32
Square upyour assembliesautomatically during glue
up
with
parallel jaw clamps. We take a look at three top models.
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Shop Talk
34
Looking for the perfect material for building shopjigs, fixtures,
and storage projects? Baltic birch plywood is the answe,:
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Mail-order sources and supplies to help you complete the
projects featured in this issue.
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Readers'
Tips
Multi-Purpose
Fence sled
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tip
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week.
When it comes to cutting tenons
on the end of a workpiece,
I
usually
use the table saw
fitted
with a dado
blade. The problem with this
method is that the cheeks of the
tenons can end up pretty rough.
To get tenons
with
smooth
cheeks,you can use a standard blade
and hold the workpiece on end.
But
you need a good way to control the
workpiece and keep it from tipping.
To do this,
I
made a sled thatrides
on the rip fence,
as
you can
see
in the
left
photo. This sled not only works
great for cutting tenons, but
I
found
that it
can
be used to cut spline
grooves in miter joints as well, as
shown
in the
far
right photo.
Building the Sled
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Best of
all,
it
doesn't take much material or bard-
ware to build the sled.
As
you can
see
in the drawing below, the main
section of the sled is a pair of
3'4"
MDFfaces that straddle the rip fence.
A
groove
in
the kont face holds a
length of T-track.The two faces are
held together by a pair of spacers
that are glued and screwed into
shallow grooves, as
in
detail 'a'.
I
also
glued a block behind thefront faceto
give the screwsfor the T-tracksome-
thing
to bite into.
Pivoting Fence
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To guide the
workpiece, I made a fence out of
MDF.
It's fastened on the lower end
by a knurled brass hob. The top
end can pivot to support either
straight or mitered workpieces.
I
drilled three holes to hold a pivot pin.
Then to hold the workpiece secure
while
cnttjng,
I
attached aholddown
with a toilet bolt, washer, and hob.
Marvin
Robinson
Arlington,
Texas
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No.
73
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While recently working on an
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HEIGHT
ARE
outdoor project, I needed to cut
some long stock with a compound
miter saw. But
I
didn't have a way to
easily supportthe stock.
To solve the problem,
I
turned to
my aluminum extension ladder. As
you can see
in
the drawing at right,
I
set the ladder on apair of saw horses
to form a solid base for the miter saw
and someworkpiece supports.
Next,
I
attached the miter saw to a
plywood platform that gets clamped
to the ladder. To support a work-
piece on either side of the saw,
I
nothing more than short pieces of
made several supports. Iikethe plat- "twc-by" stock They're ripped to
form for the saw, the supports have a match the height of the saw table so
small plywood base On one end of that the workpiece stays flat
each base there is a beveled cleat to
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hold it
in
place. The uprights are
Ltvzngston, Alabama
Mobile Base
m
the garage with cars, my tools
need to be mobile.
So I
made a
simplebase for each tool.
To build a base,
I
screwed swivel
casters
to a 2x4 attached to the legs
of the tool, as in detail 'a'. To lock the
machine in place for use, I added a
pair
of fiipdown feet attached to the
base with piano hinges. Magnets
attached to the feet hold them up out
of the
way
when moving the tool.
Iruin
Schmidt
Lakewood,
Washington
Quick Tips
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To hold screws on his screw
driver;
Charles Stum
of Vancouver;
WA slips a short piece of plastic
tubing over the tip of the drive[
of Lakewood,
WA glued
a
washer over the "on"
button of his dust collector remote
so he can /!no
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without looking.
No.
73
ShopNotes
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Ladder Miter Saw Station
SUPPORTS
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Since my workshop shares space
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