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Classical Propotions

Winter 1977, $2.50

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B ic n ni al l k s ig n

Ther's a �ealthof inforlation and ideas

in the back issues of Fine Woo d�orking

and the Biennial Design Book

Our readers tell us they regard Fine Woodworking more as a reference resource than as a magazine because of the

timeless and hard-to-ind nature of its contents. And because there is so much material to cover (new ideas and tech

niques pop up all the time) we don't intend to repeat ourselves editorially. All eight back issues are now available and

you can have a complete set for your shop.

The Biennial Design Book is something else again. Conceived as a way of showing all the ine work being done to

day, the 8000 photographs readers sent to us exceeded all our expectations. We managed to cull them down to a

wide-ranging 600. Taken together, they represent the highly creative and incredibly varied work being done today.

Some of the pieces are traditional, most are contemporary, and some skillfully blend the two. Innovation abounds

throughout. A source of inspiration for today and a record for tomorrow.

Winter 1976, Number 5

The Renwick Multiples, Checkered Bowls, Tramp Art, Hand Planes, Carving Design

Decisions, Woodworking Thoughts, Marquetry Cutting, Which Three?, Library

Ladders, A Serving Tray, Stamp Box, All in One, French Polishing, Birch Plywood,

Bench Stones.

Spring 1976,

Number

Stacking, Design Considerations, Keystone Carvers, Carease Construction, Dealing

With Plywood, Patch·Pad Cutting, Drying Wood, Gothic Tracery, Measured Drawings,

Wood Invitational, Guitar Joinery, The Bowl Gouge, English Treen, Shaper Knives.

Spring 1977, Number 6

The Wood Butcher, Wood Threads, The Scraper, California Woodworking, Bent Lami·

nations, Dry Kiln, Expanding Tables, Two Sticks, Stacked Plywood, Two Tools, Pricing

Work, Going to Craft Fairs, Colonial CoStS, Serving Cart, Woodworking Schools.

Summer 1977,

Number3

Number 7

Marquetry Today, Split Turnings, Eagle Cavings, Hand Dovetails, Mechanical Desks,

Textbook Mistakes, Antique Tools, Spiral Steps, Gustav Stickley, Oil/Varnish Mix,

Shaker Lap Desk, Back to School.

Summer 1976,

Number 8

Number4

Cooperative Shop, Glues and Gluing, Winter Market, Three-Legged Stool, Lute Roses,

Bowl Turning, Wharton Esherick, Doweling, Spalted Wood, Antiqued Pine Furniture,

Solar Kiln, Carving Fans, Bending a Tray, Two Meetings, Index to Volume One.

Fall 1977,

Wood, Mortise and Tenon, The Christian Tradition, Hand Shaping, Yankee Diversity,

Plane Speaking, Desert Cabinetry, Hidden Drawers, Green Bowls, Queen Anne, Gate

Leg Table, Turning Conference, Stroke Sander, Furniture Plans.

Fall 1976,

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Out West, Steam Bending, Triangle Marking, Painted Furniture, Chain-Saw Lumber

ing, Rip Chain, Getting Lumber, Sawing by Hand, Gaming Tables, Two Contemporary

Tables, Wooden Clamps, Elegant Fakes, Aztec Drum, Gout Stool, Two Tools, Measur

ing Moisture, The Flageolet, Young Americans.

Cabinetmaker's Notebook, Water and Wood, Hidden Beds, Exotic Woods, Veneer,

Tackling Carving, Market Talk, Abstract Sculptures, Workbench, Ornamental Turning,

Heat Treating, Mosaic Rosettes, Shaped Tambours, Buckeye Carvings, Hardwood

Sources.

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want. Each back issue is $2.5 0 postpaid. The Design Book is $8.00 postpaid. Make your payments to the Taunton Press and

send to the address below.

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Winter 1975, Number 1

Fine q i

Winter 1977, Number 9

Publisher

Paul Roman

DEPARTMENTS

Letters

& Answers

Editor

John Kelsey

Methods of Work

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

Alastair A. Stair

Questions

Books

E. Preiss : Repair and restoration

Consulting Editors

George Frank, A. W. Marlow

Addenda, Erata

C orresponden ts

South: David Landen

West: Alan Marks

Texas: Jim Richey

New England: Rosanne Somerson

Washington, D.

The Woodcraft Scene by Richard

c.: Stanley N. Wellbon

Sources of Supply: Hardware specialists

ARTICLES

Designing for Dining by Tage Frid : Dutch pull-out extends table

England: John Makepeace, Colin Tipping

Editorial Assistants

Ruth Dobsevage, Vivian Dorman

Barbara Hannah, Nancy Knapp

JoAnn Muir

4 Entry Doors by Ben Davies : Frame-and-panel is sturdy, handsome

Tall Chests by Lester Margon : An appreciation

Tall Chests by Timothy Philbrick : The art of proportioning

Art Consultant

Roger Banes

The Right Way to Hang a Door by Tage Frid

Ilustrators

Joe Esposito, Stan Tkaczuk

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Drawer Bottoms by Alan Marks : Six variations on a theme

A dver/ising

Janice A. Roman, Manager

Lois Beck

School Shop by Richard Starr : Teaching far more than manual skills

Health Hazards in Woodworking by Stanley N. Wellborn

Advertising Representative

Granville M. Fillmore

Basic Blacksmithing by Ray Larsen : How to forge tools

1. Buyer : A basic exercise for beginners

Subscriptions

Carole E. Ando, Managet

Gloria Carson, Sandra DiGiovanni

Viney Merrill

Carving Cornucopia by Ann Pappert and Ray Jenkins

Carving Lab by Robert

Routed Edge Joint by John Harra : Fence guides router fo r seamless fi t

Business Manager

Irene Arfaras

1. Rose : How to mount marquetry

Small Turned Boxes by Wendell Smith : Grain determines technique

Shaker Round Stand by John Kassay : Legs dovetail to turned pedestal

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Cutting Corners by Peter

Unhinged

Cover: Late 18th-century Phtiadelphia

highboy. A pinnacle of the cabinetmaker's

art, this chest exemplifies what is usually

praised as 'exquisite proportioning.' Al

though it is commonly asserted that the old

time craftsmen had some mysterious in

stinctfo rproportioning, the evidence is that

as app rentices they were taught how to

apply a cared mathematical framework.

The discussion begins on page 38. (Photo

courtesy of Yale University Art Galery,

Mabel Brady Garvan Colection.)

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I would like to ofer a couple of offbeat sources fo r hard

woods that may have escaped the attention of other wood

workers.

Near here is a veneer mill that makes face veneer and

assembles it to order fo r the many furniture factories in the

East. As you know, fine veneer is cut from logs, whole or half,

and there is a " remainder" of the log, which has served as the

holding surface, when the knife has cut as close to the holding

mechanism as it can safely go . Confusingly, this remainder is

called the litch, just as is the bundle of veneer cut from it.

These flitches become waste material to the mill, and are

stacked outside until dis posed of, in whatever way they can

be. They are sold to whoever comes along and is willing to

take them at the offered price.

The center of the flitch includes the pith , leading to less

than-ideal drying (twists, warps, etc.). But it is a piece of

hardwood, 8 ft . to 12ft . long, out of which a dressed 2x6 can

be gotten-and, of course, turning squares, blocks, etc. By

gluing up, you can get any size you want. Cost : largely what

the market will bear, but low. Walnut is at $0.70 per board

foot. Last year maple was $0.20 per board fo ot, but right now

it's in excess supply and they're using it to fire the boiler, and

selling it for $0.25 a board, 8 ft . to 12 ft . long ; similarly with

oak, at $0.40 per board.

Now, disadvantages exist. One must have a heavy saw (I

use a radial) and a planer to do anything with it. It's strictly

self-service ; bring your own truck and load it by hand your

self .. .

I don't know how many such mills there are around the

LETERS

country, but for those near enough, it's a source of ine wood

hardly available elsewhere.

Now to a second source, mostly for the amateur, but worth

knowing about and probably available anywhere in the

country. The Japanese have virtually a monopoly on motor

cycle sales in this country. And they ship them in crates made

from the group of timbers generally termed "Philippine

hardwoods:" red and white lauan, tanquile, tiaong, almon,

bagtikan, mayapis, and some other strange things I can't

identify. It's rough-sawn and out ofsquare, and in short and

medium lengths (30 to 80 in.). Density of the woods fo und

varies from not much better than balsa to some pieces resem

bling narra or satinwood, very hard and dense. You pick

them up at the motorcycle dealer, who thanks you for getting

them out of the way, and about a day of nail-pulling will

reduce a small pickup-truck load to a large stack of rough

boards. It's hard work, and you've got to be sure to get all the

nails and staples out before running them through the

planer, but the net result is a free supply of good-grade hard

wood for use in small items to be naturally inished, or large

ones to be painted (the nail holes mar them, as there is invar

iably a black rust stain, so only small items can be made with

out a nail hole to cover up).

-Donald L. McKinsey, Chalotte, . C.

In your Fall '77 issue, p. 63, you refer to the use of epoxy

glues for gluing up ivory and wood. Recently I had occasion to

repair an ivory bracelet, and on consulting a restorer connec

ted with the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Md., I was

FINISH AHEAD OF THE PACK

with these recommended supplies

PASTE WOOD FILLERS

Filling the grain of wood prior to applying

a varnish or lacquer inish makes a smooth

surface. This is imortant with porous

wood such as

ok, ash, butternut and

tection. They resist the deteriorating efects

of oils, acids, greases, alcohols, resins, alka

lines, caustics and solvents better than ordi

nary rubber gloves. Lined for comfortable

it, ingers and palm are inished with a

non-slip surface. Overall length is 101/2'"

03E31-KB Medium (Size 8) $2.10

03E32-KB Extra Large (Size 10) $2.60

mahogany. By tinting the iller the inisher

can create a contrast. Filler is applied with

the grain using

stif brush. When it loses

its gloss. wipe cross grain with a piece of

burlap. Allow overnight drying, then sand.

Can be thinned with benzine or turpentine

and should be a heavy paint consistency.

Japan colors can

e mixed to reach the de·

Clock built by

PUMICE STONE

An abrasive powder which is lubricated with

water or parain oil when rubbed on a

inished surface. Rub in the direction of

the grain and check work to be sure you are

not going through the inish.

18Rll-GX

sired color. Quart size.

OSN31-EZ NaturaljOak $6.25

OSN41-EZ Medium Walnut $6.25

OSN51-EZ Medium Brown Mahogany $6.25

SANDING SEALER

Can be brushed or sprayed onto a surface

prior to inishing. Quick drying, it can be

sanded soon after application. Not to be

confused wi th paste illers which can be

used to srain the wood. Sanding sealer is

used before the application of clear lacquers.

OSP22-BV

Cadye Lynch

MEASURED DRAWING

40A31-BE

4-0 5 lb.

$4.S5

All prices postpaid

Telephone your order toll free: (SOO) 225-1153

(Ma. residents dial (SOO) 842-1234)

Mastercharge, Visa, American Express welcome.

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WOBURN, MAS. 01801

$6.00

PARAFFIN OIL

Useful as a rubbing medium, designed to be

mixed w ith pumice stone or rottenstone for

inal inishing.

lSR31-EZ

Quart

$4.15

Quart

$4.10

OSP21-BV

Gallon

$9.95

ROTTENSTONE

Used after pumice stone for an even higher

gloss on inishes as lacquer and varnish.

Can be ap plied with cloth burlap or rub

bing felt.

lSR21-GX

REFINED SHELLAC FLAKES

Specially processed shellac lakes which have

been dewaxed to yield a much clearer and

harder inish than bleached orange shellac.

The results are well worth the price.

18Q62 -BV

Mass. Res. add 5% Sales Tax

5 lb.

$4.95

Reined, 1 lb.

$5.50

PROTECTIVE GLOVES

Neoprene gloves ofer reliable hand pro

advised to use an animal-based glue such as Elmer's, and

against using an epoxy because various components in the

latter glue would leach out various elements in the ivory.

-Jose/Rosenblatt, Baltimore, Md.

Tight controls and rigid standards are essential in the

workshop, but must this single-mindedness be extended to

the ideas expressed in this magazine? A presumedly accom

plished woodworker fumes over an article on stacked plywood

and calls one of the pieces ' 'ugly." Is it asking too much that

some sort of coherent critique accompany such a sweeping

esthetic judgment? This semantic quibbling over what is and

what is not "fine" woodworking appears rather unenlighten

ing also. After all, if chain-saw lumbering, heat treating and

dry kilns fall within the scope of the magazine, why exclude

plywood? Maybe someone else might find the information

useful.

While walnut and teak are not in themselves "political,"

does not the use of expensive or endangered species raise cer

tain economic and environmental issues? To choose to ignore

the implications of using, say, redwood, is indeed to make a

political choice. Is quality in woodworking a mere function of

technical sophistication and precious material, or do we allow

a social criterion in addition? Since these concerns are not

likely to surface in the pages of Popular Mechanics, I hope

they are not to be banished from the pages of your magazine.

-Chistopher Loekle, Skowhegan, Maine

PORCELAIN CASTERS

Add a touch of elegance with fine quality,

decorative white PORCELAIN CAST·

ERS with black die cast housings.

Wheels are

1/2" wide x 1 1/8" in diameter.

Ideal for small furniture, dry sinks, tables,

carts, and antiques.

Set of 4 .................. $7.98 ppd

BATTERY OPERATED

CLOCK MOVEMENT

Cordless electric battery move·

ment has trim medium impact

transparent plastic case. Oper·

ates for

1 year on an ordinary size

23/8" wide x 3 1/4"

fixation. Hand setting

from fronfor rear.

Includes hands. Unit is

13/16" deep.

$10.95 ea. ppd

By way of remark rather than criticism I suggest you have

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