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ISSUE 163 JUNE/JULY 2005

WOOD

WOOD ®

The Shop-Proven Woodworking Magazine

heirloom

cupboard

It’s easy to customize!

(see page 42)

Build a

rock-solid, low-cost

Build a

rock-solid, low-cost

Workbench

trick it out 6 ways

(pages 14 and 60)

Plus —

■ Best mid-priced

tablesaws

■ Simply-made

arched trellis

■ 5 gluing goofs

to avoid

SPECIAL

COUNTRY

PROJECTS

COUNTRY

FINISHES

Display until July 19, 2005

Check out the super-smooth sliding doors! (see page 47)

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June/July, Issue 163

p r o j e c t s

14 low-dough, rock-solid workbench

38 paper-towel holder with drawer

COVER STORY

42 versatile sliding-door cupboard

Build it as a deep, stacked, display cabinet; a buffet;

abookcase;orastep-backhutch.

60 worthy workbench upgrades

• tool-tote trio

• a bank of shallow tool drawers

• added weight for super bench stability

• glue-up clamp holder

67 matching bathroom wall cabinets

82 elegantarchedtrellis

Make an attractive home for clinging plants, letting

the latticed design double as a privacy screen.

t e c h n i q u e s

18 add strength and style to miter joints

51 how to build flawlessly flat panels

74 a rich country finish in seven steps

88 Curtis Buchanan’s time-tested finishes

14, 60

Discover the process for creating lasting beauty

using an oil/varnish mix or milk paint.

94 designers notebook: cupboard options

96 gluing woes: prevention and cure

t o o l s & m a t e r i a l s

10 edge plywood with special router bits

22 tool update: lithium-ion batteries

See why this latest in cordless tool technology

offers advantages over other batteries.

76 mid-pricedtablesaws

We test and rate 11 portable and contractor-style

saws costing between $500 and $700.

100 four shop-proven products

d e p a r t m e n t s

6 editor’s angle

8 sounding board

26 ask WOOD

30 shop tips

112 what’s ahead

This seal is your assurance that we build

every project, verify every fact, and test every

reviewed tool in our workshop to guarantee

your success and complete satisfaction.

Better Homes and Gardens ®

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June/July 2005

Vol. 22, No. 3

Issue No. 163

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

BILL KRIER

Executive Editor

JIM HARROLD

Managing Editor

MARLEN KEMMET

Tools Editor

DAVE CAMPBELL

Senior Design Editor

KEVIN BOYLE

Techniques Editor

BOB WILSON

Techniques Editor

PAT LOWRY

Projects Editor

OWEN DUVALL

Projects Editor

JAN SVEC

Jan designed and built these cabinets for his

church. They’re used to store name badges.

Design Editor

JEFF MERTZ

Art Director

KARL EHLERS

Production/Office Manager

MARGARET CLOSNER

Photographers

MARTY BALDWIN, SCOTT LITTLE, BLAINE MOATS, JAY WILDE

Master Craftsman

CHUCK HEDLUND

Associate Art Director

GREG SELLERS

Assistant Art Director

CHERYL A. CIBULA

Jeff shows off the Greene &

Greene-style tables he designed

and built for his home.

Administrative Assistant

SHERYL MUNYON

Illustrators

TIM CAHILL, LORNA JOHNSON, ROXANNE LeMOINE

Technical Consultants

DEAN FIENE, JEFF HALL

Contributing Craftsman

JIM HEAVEY

Proofreaders

BARBARA KLEIN, IRA LACHER, JIM SANDERS

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WOOD magazine June/July 2005

editor’s angle

Have it your way

We woodworkers have many reasons for building furniture instead

of buying it. For one thing, we want furnishings customized to our

personal tastes, needs, and spaces. At WOOD ® magazine we keep

that in mind when designing your projects.

F rom the project snapshots that so

Meet the new guy

One thing I hope to do from time to time in

this column is to help you better know the

people who create this great magazine. We

have a dedicated and passionate team here,

with tons of woodworking experience and

some pretty interesting backgrounds.

Take, for example,

our newest staffer,

Techniques Editor

Pat Lowry. For 22

years Pat ran his own

construction and

woodworking shops.

In 1990 he renamed

his business “Wood-

N-Water.” Now, you

might be wondering

what water has to do

with wood. “I was

in a small town, and

some of the locals

urged me to sell bait

and tackle in addition

to my cabinets

and furniture,” Pat

chuckles. “I can tell

you there is not a lot

of money in selling

worms.”

In recent years, Pat managed a

woodworking store, an experience that

taught him a lot about tools and the needs

of average woodworkers. Because of his

extensive background, about a year ago we

asked him to do some tool tests. We found

his work insightful, fair, and professionally

prepared, so it was an easy decision to hire

him full-time when a position came open.

When Pat’s not making sawdust, he likes

to relax in his fishing boat—although now

he buys bait instead of selling

it. I think you’ll enjoy his

upcoming articles.

many of you send us, we know that

you like to customize the project

plans you find in this magazine. Sometimes

you simply change the wood species or

perhaps a molding profile. You may take

our idea and alter its look completely to suit

your personal tastes. I

think that’s great—all

of us like to surround

ourselves with

furnishings that fit

our personality, style,

and surroundings.

With that in mind,

our staff has worked

hard to design

projects that give you

as much flexibility

as possible in how

you build them. For

example, you can

construct the sliding-

door cupboard

exactly as shown

on the cover of this

issue (two identical

cases stacked up).

Or, as shown on page

42, you can build a

single case with a tabletop to function as a

buffet. If you prefer the project to work as a

bookcase or step-back hutch, see page 94 .

You’ll find other examples of this

designed-to-suit flexibility in this issue,

including the paper towel holder on page

38 . You can mount it under an upper cabinet

or simply set it on a countertop. In the

next issue you’ll find a computer desk that

changes to fit your work requirements and

available space. (See page 112 .)

And remember to keep sending us

pictures of your completed projects. We

post them on a large bulletin board for all

of the staff to see. Your craftsmanship and

creativity inspire us every day.

When Pat Lowry’s not in the woodshop, he’s

often trying his luck with a fishing pole.

WOOD magazine June/July 2005

sounding board

Our bulletin board for letters, comments, and timely updates

An inventive twist

to the pine hutch

Just a note of thanks for your article on the

heirloom hutch in the March 2004 issue.

My wife was tired of looking at the old

wood box next to our wood stove, so I

installed file drawer slides and a big drawer

in the bottom of the hutch for firewood. The

hutch (with the lower back removed) backs

up to the wall dividing our living room from

the cellar stairs, so I built a hatch in the wall

behind the hutch. (See photo below. ) Now I

can bring firewood from the cellar and

place it into the wood box without tracking

through the living room.

Mike Johnsen, Dalton, N.Y.

Battery shelf life

I learned a lot of useful information from the

article “Get the Most from Your Tool

Batteries” in the February/March 2005

issue. One question still remains for me.

Your article states that all batteries have a

shelf life of about 3–5 years. My concern: In

many stores, a cordless tool or replacement

battery may sit on a shelf for six months, a

year, or more before it sells. Does this shelf

time shorten the “shelf life” of the battery? I

know that regular flashlight batteries have an

“expiration” date; does the same hold true

for cordless tool batteries?

I don’t use cordless tools every day, so I’m

concerned that the batteries may constantly

deteriorate without ever being used.

Brian McCabe, Youngsville, N.Y.

14.4-volt drill feedback

I just read the 14.4-volt drill/driver article in

the February/March 2005 issue and want to

express my appreciation for the way you go

about these articles. I’ve seen how others

beat around the bush so much that you have

no idea what they are saying. You say what

you mean and mean what you say. You

evaluate rigorously, document the data well,

and write in a way that is easily understood.

I cannot tell you how refreshing that is.

Dan Little, Wheeling, Ill.

Good questions, Brian. We contacted Cas

Adams, Vice President of Sanyo Energy (USA)

Corp., one of the top Ni-Cad battery manu-

facturers in the world. Says Adams: “Shelf life

depends on the quality of the battery cells. There

is typically a significant difference in the quality

of cells used in do-it-yourself (DIY) tools and

those in professional tools. Because DIY tools

are designed to handle lighter load and use

applications, toolmakers typically equip them

with less-robust batteries than those meant for

professional tools. So, to answer your question,

yes, the useful life of the battery is reduced by

the length of time it’s in the distribution chain.

“Flashlight batteries have an expiration date

because they cannot be recharged. This isn’t

true for rechargeable batteries, as they can

accept a charge and deliver energy sometimes

after many years of use or non-use. A person

who uses tools rarely will have difficulty eco-

nomically justifying cordless tools.”

Article updates

December/January 2004/2005, issue 160

• The large drawer illustration on page 68

shows the hardware placed 8‡" from the

end of the drawer. That measurement

should be 7‹" .

February/March 2005, issue 161

• The illustration at the bottom of page 24

“create super-strong bridle joints” should

read “30˚ bevel on handle.”

• In the chart on page 71, the Bosch model

numbers are reversed. Model numbers

33614 and 32614 should switch places.

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