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8 Methods of Work

Drill- press cabinet; blast gates; production chamfering

14 Questions

Loose plane horn; gluing teak; eliminating saw buzz

18 Follow-up

Eccentric turning; mesquite; home-cooked spline weights

114 Events

& Answers

4. Cover: Spice boxes,

118 Books

Bared-glass doors can create a nightmare of angled

ribs and mortises_ Mac Campbell explains how to

simplify this joinery on p.

120 Notes and Comment

Deltagram magazine; Olympic efort; Incra jig

76 Cover photo: Lance Patterson

once used by colonists to store condiments and valua

bles, make a good project for contempormy wood

workers. Tun1 to p.

ARTICLES

M"n"ging Editor

Dick Burrows

Art Director

Roland Wolf

Associ"te Editors

Jim Cummins

Assst"nt Editors

Sandor Nagyszalanczy, Jim Boesel, Alan Platt

Copy Editor

Cathy McFann

Assist"nt Art Director

Kathleen Creston

Editori"' Secret"y

Mary Ann Colbert

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid, R. Bruce Hoadley,

Michael S. Podmaniczky, Graham Blackbun

Christian Becksvoort, Michael Dresdner

Consulting Editors

George Frank, Richard E. Preiss, Norman Vandal

Methods of Work

Jim Richey

Indexer

Harriet Hodges

42 Designing Wall Systems by Jay McDougall

Creating harmony among the electronic gismos

48 Barred-Glass Doors by Mac Campbell

Epoxied miters instead of tiny tenons

11 battery-powered tools

52 Cordless Drills in the Workshop by Mark R. White

A survey of

5 7

Cabriole Knees by Mack Headley

The tools ' help design the carving

62 Rubbing Out a Finish by Michael Dresdner

Fine abasives, soap and elbow grease

65 Installing Butt Hinges by Christian Brisepierre

66 Fireplace Bellows by Glenn Elvig

Wood and leather conjure up a breeze

70 Eye Safety by Dr. Paul F. Yinger

How to treat and prevent ye injuries

Fine Woodworking is a reader-written magazine. We wel

come proposals, manuscripts, photographs and ideas from

our readers, amateur or professional. We'll acknowledge all

submissions and retun within six weeks those we can't

publish. Send your contributions

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4 Catalpa by Jon Arno

Not just a shade tree, but timber

76 Spice Boxes by Alex Krutsky

Hidden compartments fo r special seasonings

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80 Cross-Grain Constructions by Jim Cummins

Fo ur clever ways around problems

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tcred trademark of The Taunton Press, Inc.

82 Production Drawermaking by Claude E. Graham III

Multi-router setup makes quick work of joiney

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86 Turning Large Vessels by James R. Johnson

Coping with weight and wood movement

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90 Southwestern Furniture by Gary A. Zef

Works by eight contemporary makers

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DEPARTMENTS

4 Letters

Fineoodworking (ISSN 0361-3453) is published bimo1l1hly,jammry. March, May.

July. September and November, by The Taunton Pr{-ss. Inc .. NeVtown.

Letters

isconceptions on e x otics - Overall, the articles on tropi

cal deforestation in

WW #70 present a reasonable picture of

WW #7l. The

chairs attributed to Chambers were actually made by Dave

Sawyer, who was also part of the article. Sawyer, who graciously

informed us of the error, said he hoped we'd find a way to show

Chambers' chairs, because "he's made some beauties." We apolo

gize for the error and now present Chambers and his chairs.

- The editorial staf

the logging of tropical timbers, although several misconcep

tions about tropical woods were not discussed. The terms ex

otic woods and tropical woods seem to be used synonymously

by most people. The fact is that the majority of tropical timbers

are ' not particularly exotic in appearance. Of the thousands of

tropical timber species, only a handful are used by woodworkers

in North America and Europe. The perception that vast forests

of incredibly beautiul woods are being burned or turned into

pulp is misleading. The overwhelming number of tropical

s harvested would not be of interest to most woodworkers.

I also would take exception to several points made by

George Putz in his "call for action." Buying up and stacking

away rare exotics could only hasten their demise. If every reader

of Fine Woodworking purchased 5 bd. t. of Brazilian king

wood, I suspect that the species would be gone forever, well

before half the readers received their wood.

I believe that some small impact can be made by woodworkers

if they would use some "new" decorative exotics that have not

been used in the past. Perhaps this would take some pressure

of the depletion of the more traditional exotic timbers.

-James J Heusinge, Berea, Ohio

WW and especially enjoy the readers' input. Without that, it

et's give eveyone a break-I drool over each issue of

would be lacking a certain lair. But, I've come to one realiza

tion while reading the numerous letters: Simply, woodworkers

are egotistical, pompous snobs. It seems someone is constantly

criticizing someone else's work, as if they invented the trade.

Constructive criticism is understandable, but these people are

butchers. Come on guys, let's give one another a break, or at

least the beneit of the doubt. No one woodworker knows it all.

-Gary Windish, Marion,

. Dak.

ive center/dead center - I share Richard Raffan's displeasure

at seeing traditional vocabulary debased through modern mis

use. The "live center" example he cited

(WW #70, p. 104) is

an apt one, but not, however, as he perceived it. "Live center"

truly is the correct designation for the driving center on a

lathe, and has been at least as far back as the 19th century. It is

only recently that a new generation of wood turners, needing

some way to distinguish between fixed and ball-bearing dead

centers, has begun misapplying the traditional term.

-Ronald

Woodworking s business-I would have spent my entire

subscription over the past few years for the article on making

multiples in

. Ken, Honolulu, Hawaii

WW #70. Tony Lydgate has put a business together

A vote for myrtle wood - I missed your request for "Back

that many are striving for. It wasn't just an article he wrote, it

was an act of generoSity. His language is clear, sincere and de

tailed in such a way that he shows his personal organization, his

persistence and the humanitarian way he treats his employees.

The information he gives us is so potent, because getting peo

ple to share their success secrets is very diicult in the midst of

our inflation-ridden capitalistic society. Lydgate's information is

inspirational, his work looks well done, and I especially like his

one sentence that starts out "Above all," where he mentions

how talented people are plagued by their ideological visions.

Some readers may object to business articles, but they are

probably the same people who are opposed to 32mm eqUipment

(WW #69), but here is my favorite: myrtle

yard Exotics"

wood. Myrtle wood only grows on the southern Oregon coast

and in the Holy Land, so it's fairly rare. The most common

colors of the wood are beige and gray, with black stripes or

lecks, but a lot of the wood has red, yellow, blue and most

other colors of the rainbow in lighter shades. Myrtle is fre

quently used for bowls, clocks and chests.

-Donald Fulton, Roseburg, Oreg.

gmn. Ellen Wolf. Cori n

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