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TowelDispenser

vol 2l / No.114

r'sBookcase

No.134

April,2001

Sewousr

Publisher DonaldB. Peschke

Editor

SeniorEditor

contrib. Editor

Art Director

Senior lllustrators

Terry J. Strohman

Jon Garbison

CraigRuegs€gger

Todd Lambirth

DavidI&eyling

Dirk Ver Steeg

HarlanV Clark

KaraBlessing

y majl box is usuallf, Dretty tull,and which reallylendsitself to making

modifications.Dependingon how

many of eachsection youchoose

GraphicIntern

the ma;lI lookforwardlo most

are letterslrom our readers. Bestofa]l

iswhen they;ncludea photo ortwoof

make,you can end up $th a tall

bookcaseor a shorter version.And if

you build severalrows of bookcases,

they dont even haveto b€ the srme

height, as shownon the back cover

Another option ;s a solid woodraised

panel that can be usedinsteadof

glass. There arelots of waysyou cir.l

make this projectyour own. (Please

sendmea photowhenyou do.)

iltw tl(ts. While a lot of people

aroundhereconb-ibute

a l4/oodsTrii,project they'vecom-

pleled.Im always

CRE{ITVE RISOIIRCES

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Munkel ! Sr Aq!.t D.s'?rn (cnt wchh t A,rect

Ddgr.B ChrjsFit b, Cdig l$ke . StopMz,aCn Sbe

C!rtis ' Shal CnlXn n: Std€ Johnson . Sdiar

Ir'at srerhr C-ryolaF,t]{ldnd

SPECIAI PI]BUC{IIONS

&s.,,i,e tdtit /: DouglasL Hicts . An Di/ector DotE

Ftirr . Se,iot Ararhic D.s'tr?r Cfins Clovacki

. ,4s6rurt Eltt r .loel A Hess . Cldthit D4ignzt V!

Nsuyen t Curri. lrr.r: Heallr€rBmts

CIRCT'IATION

Sds&r Sr,.nE Dr'n r Sndy aam . lr'e a6i,A

Md tetvzJe RiJEE4. hddn^ nr'"raa rdclrjuki.s .

Cirutttkn Ara& Pati.kW^W\ . R.a.@l Mdnigt tuiae

F{a4. Ritlr"s& Ol4ti6 Mo,ascr RehecCmjndm

. Ctz. ffd'l?t''t'g ,4ml.r Kns Schlemner . ,.4se. Cir

l'tdddng,4-!6f ParlaM.DeM.reb ' L Ctulhi D6krd.

impressedby th€

high level of craftsmanship,

andthe

buiiderc are fighuull),proud oftheir

work. (You canseesomeofthese pro-

jecls at lhe flroodsr]itft Readers'

Galleryon our web site,seebelow.)

DtSlGil

lvheD looking

overthese photos, I try to pay speciai

attention

tohowthebuildernodifed

ourdesisn. Very few projects set built

exactlyastheywerefeatured

ideasfor the

projects(and their modifications).

in the

masazine.Many times.a different

wood was used. Or the size was

alteredto fit a particular corner in dre

house.And onoccasion,anambitious

woodworkerwil simply useour prG

Iect asan "inspiration" for something

thatisverymuchhiso\ur.

Cominsup with designmodifica

tions is only naturalwhen you're

working oDa project, and,if possible,

we liketo sussesta fewof ourorm.

The barrister's bookcase,on pase 6,

isa great exampleofd s.It'samodu'

lar project builtin smallsections

it's

our design group that gets to work

out the details.And recently, we've

addeda coupleof newfaces.Chris

Fitch and Craig Isekehave jo;ned us

as project desisners.Chris desisned

the spicecabinet

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awoodworkingschool.

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f.1ce

to join our editorialteam.This is

a tull'time positionworking herein

Des Moines. If you're interested,

there'smoreinJormationon pase 35.

ary

AnnaCox,Tanny Hidlchaush.

Debonh Rj.h, furil Revel,Va]erieRiley,linda St€pp t

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Wewantyou tobe part ofthe Readerc' Galleryl To

submil photos of your favoriteWoodsrrit, projects

or vi€wsof your shop,folow theinstructions youl

fird atthe gallery.

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Readers'

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CoxrsNrs

Ieclures

Barrister's

TAeyma1 lool li/<ea singleunir, but tiese bookcasesarc rlLad,e

Bookcase......

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of individwl secnonsthat simpll sar/r on ropof eetchother. h's a

flenbb desip that canbemodified. and confignetl in a nunber af

way and caneuen "grou" w:th yw librar 1.

Cabinet ..........18

!X4lhits moldingsand arched. frame and, panel doors, ths littlt

cabi^etIooL6like a piece of finefwniane sittingon yur kitchen

counter.To maximi1e the staragespace,the front haf of thecabi'

net is acual\ a coupb of boxesattachetlto ttu brrk of the doors

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FLipthrougha few uooduorLing catalass

&Using

Glues

, anl, pu'll fird mme

gluesalailabb norllthln et'erbefore.Is thereone "all'purpose"

adhestuetOr do ytt need.

to fill pw shelueswithdifferent qpest

!/e ielp 1ou ger rotJrebortomofrhissncklslbject.

TowelDispenser ......30

Sme this is d gr€dt f,rojectfor the kitchen, but it will alsoielp pr

SpiceCabinet

We 18

"build" yur uoo&rorking slilh as you clr olo variarroruo/a

throughmortiseand,tenon joint. Thel'rc not a: hatJ,as thel

saund,andwe'IIualk yr thror.rgfi

everyrhingyorneedto know.

Choaing Gfues

Deportments

No. 134

Spice

Choosing

Paper

Tes&.Ticrmeups

Rondom OrbitlonderStond

I have a palm-griprandom drebody andsuspendthe

orb;lsanderthatI like to sander so it can "run

use;nmyshop.But when down" without spinning

lurningthesanderofl]ou offmybench.

can'ljustsetit downonthe l hereare just a couple

bench.Youhaveto wail of lhingsto keepin mind

until the discstops spin- when buildingyourstand.

ning.l'inallyI decided

't he key is a pair of

"fingers" that fit around

thebase.

above.

P'od Fr.d.ricl Mdnkn.l

f,lodifirqlion

I haveaDeltarablesaw,and okax but a sinple modifi-

the wrenchihal camewith cationmakesitevenb€tter

the saw has hexagonal All you needto do is

|o'e. in ea(' rnd unr Dlacc

BondSow lelup

Here s a litlle trick I useto

sel the gu;de blocksthat

glide lhe bandsawblade.

(I1ll ,lso work it your saw

hasbearings.)To gel the

rjght nrount ofclearatu€,

tl-c\llcnch iI avise

thesawblades.

And the litde offset keeps

my lsrucklesawayfrom

thctcethofthesawblade.

80b ltiritdr

llfthn.l Or.sD

fortighteninglhearbornut just beyondthe holc for

when (c.LfinS J \cirburnur (abour

I'or

bladeandthe o6er so).Nowpula slisht bend

for ihe trunnions. inthewrench,asshown

urap eledric"l lip€ around

the blad€.asshownin the

photo below.With the tap€

betweenthe blocks,they

canbe centeredandiighf

enedeasily.

The wrenchworks the margjn photo atleft.

QUICK

IIPS

(I}is a]soworks

forthebemingthat supporls

thebackoftheblade.)Aner

the tapeis removed,lhe

spacing

lnlorgirg Brod lkil "Bilr"

There'sanold trick I like to usewhen

drilins smallholes.I chuckabradnail

intomydrilltouseasabir Mostofthe

time,$is works sreal ButI wasr€l:endy

installinssomesmal eyehooks,andthe

holesI haddrilledwith the bradswere

a smidgen

that get

sentto you in themail?After

throwingawayahalfdozen

or so,Ifiguredoutaway

I could put themto good

usein myshop.

I ljke to hang my saw

bladeson a nail, and the

discsmake great spacers

to pul betweenthe blades.

They'rejust the right thickness

for preventing the teeth oI the

bladesftom torching eachother

Anna Vic.oid Rcici

Al6&t!d,t!., Ni! Mrri.r,

is p€rfect.

H?nrr Mdnt

Lr Ang.lcr,Cldl,rmia

toosmall - the eyehooks

would twist off when I tried to scr€w

themintohardwood.

To createa slighdyiarger "bit, ' I la;d

the brad on my metalbenchvis€ and

save it ablowwith a hammerThis flal

tenedtheendofthe nail just enoushto

makethe holea litde bigser.

Jm Va,

lVllluruulle.r-a Yol

No.134

to Firsl,you ll haveto make

dosomethingaboutthislit- sure the fingers will fil

around your particular

W}at I cameuD willl is sander.Plus, you'llwant to

a simpleslandthal I buill nlakesurethe sideof the

wilh scrap%'pllvood, as jis is tall enoushso the

you can see ;n the draw sander actually hangs

ing al left andthe pholo above

ArborWrenrh

With this bend ;n the

wrench,I know immedi-

ately which hole is for

tighlening

CDldw Blod.Spo.err

Whatdo you do with the those

computer

..oft*?reCDs

Plumber'sSlropClomp

RecentlyI wasroutirs a

sroove when the fcnce

slbpedslishllx leavinslllc

wilh a groove thatwas

widerthal thethicknessol

theworkpiece

ofplunrber's

stmp.seethepholoin the

marginat right.

With a pair of snips,I

cut the strapinto roughly

2r lons pieces,asshown

in Fie.1.Wedged

thatwassup

posed tofilinsideit.

I hadalread!'puttoo

muchworkintothe piece

jusl to start over, so I

decided

intothe

groove, thesemakesh;fl

clamps prodded jusl

enoughpressufeto hold

the shim piecein Dlace

whilethe gluedried.Then

I planed the shim flush

anorecurme groove.

(in (l.ndrl

()rldn Fl,nih

to slue a shjmto

thesideoithe sroovc, and

thenroutit asaiD.

Bul here I raDinto a

problen. How d0 I'ou eet

a clanp into a narrow

groove?

cioss gEcrorr

'I})e solulionwas

Roulerlronnel

Recen0y.whenI neededto

rnakealar'gecircle,I sirnply

tuned the edge suidc for

myhand'held

'1he first thing10do is

removethc 'tence' o[ the

edgeguide,leavinglhe

grirle rods and the surr.

port they fii into. Then

you can make a hard'

boardarm with a seriesof

centerpoint holes (to

nake the circle cutter

adjuslable)andbolt it to

is lhalils

so easyto adjust.first,

measurefrom the edgeof

thebit to thecenterpoint

holethat'sclosestto the

circleradnrsyou'reafter

(l pivot the lrammel on a

fiDishnail.)Then adjust

tbe support on the

guide rods until ihis

hole is the exactdis-

tancefrom the bit. Now

you're ready to rout

your circle.

Er,ur,l lkcn'tt

finllcr. /ll,nrrs

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