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July/August1987, No.65, $3.75

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Shopmade Bandsaw

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ung Handplanes

Roubo Workbench

Faux Fsng

DELTA

Industrial Quality

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1987

=JUIY/August

Editor

Paul Bertorelli

DEPARTMENTS

4 LeUers

Art Director

Roland Wolf

8 Methods of Work

Tinting glue; scribing large circles; two-faced sanding slab

& Answers

Asso�'te Editors

Jim Cummins

Dick Burrows

14 e sions

Removing Formica; homegrown spalted wood; bog oak

Gerrit Rietveld's 1918 Red

and Blue chair may not

have redefined comfort,

but it fundamentally re

shaped furnituremaking

values_ Genn Gordon ex

plores Rietveld's work on

Ass;st.nt Editors

Sandor

N agyszalanczy

Roy Berendsohn

18 Folow-up

Bandsaw speeds; mUSical-pitch update; sources follow-up

42. Photo courtesy of

92 Events

ad Com n t

TheTauntonss

Copy Editor

Barbara

Hofmann Jennes

96 Books

WW index; Ryobi planer review; woodturning symposium

the Wadsworth Atheneum.

100 Notes

Ass;st.nt Art

Dire�tor

Kathleen Creston

New

Paul Roman, publisher; Janice

A. Roman, associate publisher;

Tom Luxeder, operations man

ager; Carol Marotti, personnel

manager; lois Beck, office-ser

vics co

a tor; Joyce Moran,

administrative assistant/secre

tary; Linda Ballerini, secretary.

Accounting: Wayne Reynolds,

controller; Irene Arfaras,

Editori.l Se�ret.y

Mary Ann Colbert

ARTICLES

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30 Extension Tables by Jeremiah de Rham

Their design and construction

n e Y n . : Rger ns,

design director; Ben Kann, art

department manager; Elizabeth

Eaton,

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

Michael S.

Podmaniczky

Graham Blackburn

33 Dovetail extension slides by Monroe Robinson

nn e Feinstein, Heather

met, sa

g ot Knorr, prduc

t or;

lm b er, asst. art

36 Another variation by Curtis Erpelding

1. Books: Leslie

Carola, publisher; Mark Felrer.

managing editor; Scott Landis,

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te art

tors; W

37 Production Hand Mirror by Michael Fortune

Machine jigging needn't compromise design

Consulting Editors

George Frank

Otto Heuer

Richard E. Preiss

Norman Vandal

s tine T

a im,

tion assistan

y . Circulation: n hi,

circulation coordinator. Data

Processing: Richard Benton,

system operator/programmer.

Fulfillment: Carole E. Ando,

subscription manager; Terry

Thomas, sue

ons, sa

42 The Furniture of Gerrit Rietveld by Glenn Gordon

Tracing the roots of the modern movement

46 Marbleizing Wood by Beau Belajonas

Trick the ye with paints and glazes

, Gloria o n, orothy

Methods of Work

Jim Richey

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50 White Cedar Birds by Roy Berendsohn

Pocketknfe yields fancful fantails

dd o, el, Hather Ric

cardi, Nancy Schoch, MarcheUe

Sperling; Ben Warner, mail

services clerk. Robert Bruschi,

distribution supervisor; David

Blasko, Mary Ann Costagliola,

Timothy Harrington, Linnea

Ingram, Sean McDonald, Alice

Saxton. Man"fa

Drehr, Anette

Kaswer, Peggy LeBlanc, Jean

Fi1le Woodworking (ISSN 0361·

3453)

ispublished bimolllhly, Janu·

ary, March, MaY,July, September and

November, by The Taunton Press.

I nc., Newtown, CT 06470. Tele

phone (203) 426·8171. Second·class

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and additional mailing offices. Copy

right 1987 b' The Taunton Press,

Inc. No reproduction without per

mission of The Taunton Press, Inc.

Fine Woodworking® is a registered

trademark of The Taunton Press, Inc.

52 Metal Handplanes by Richard Starr

Is a cheap one worth the trouble?

u ring: Kath

leen Davis, director; Austin E.

Starbird, pre press manager;

o, C cor

57 Alvin Weaver by John Kriegshauser

A shop full of home-built machines

eoh Coer, In Olm

sted, production assistants;

Swapan Nandy, scanner/system

operator; Dinah George, Nancy

Knapp. system oerators. Mar

keting: Dale Brown, director;

Rosemarie Dowd, trade sales

cordinator; Barbara Bu

60 Shopmade Bandsaw by William Corneil

Plywood and basic tools built the saw

Subscriptionrates: United SlateS and

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Send to Subscription Dept., The

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64 Bandsaw a Crescent Box by Po Shun Leong

ry . o motion: Jon Miller,

manager; Philip Allard, copy/

promotion writer; Claudia

l ew,

ll,

66 18th-Century Workbench by Scott Landis

A key to understanding joiners past

a tion assistant.

Video: Rick MasteUi, prducer/

tor.

70 Decorative Folk Turning by R. Steinert and J. Volmer

Ancient techniques survive in East Germany

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Advertising), The Taunton Press, 63

South Main Street, PO Box 355, New·

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promotion/

74 Sandblasting Wood by Lorin Labardee

A quick way to clean, textured cuts

Adwertising and Sales: Rich

ard Mulligan and Pamela Sigal,

national accounts managers;

Carole Weckesser, senior sales

coordinator; Nancy Clark, sales

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77 North Bennet School Show by Sandor Nagyszalanczy

Students capture the spirit of the past in today,s designs

a ger;

te di

tors; Nancy Stabile, copy/pduc

tion ditor;

o r cstomer er

vice/mail processing; Connie

Bar

ar, David Fo, cor

a tors; Rolland

a tor; a arlon, k Cole

man,

Leters

As a physician, I was particularly interested in the question

regarding chemical varnish and paint removers posed by Cal

vin Burbage (

W #64). He correctly states that many of

this type is meant to be radial, but during the moment the blade

enters the board, there's a severe side load on the bearing-the

blade "climbs" onto the board. Thus, the load capacity of the

bearing is exceeded and the bearing is damaged. The point of

damage to the bearing repeats at every rotation; hence, the reg

ular "wobble." A heaVier, higher-quality bearing would help,

but a better solution is to redesign the entire unit with a proper

bearing. That, of course, is difficult for anyone but Sears.

What can be done to increase the life of existing saws ? Keep

the rails scrupulously dry and clean. Running over any chips

will damage the bearings. Keep your blade as sharp as possible.

New blades-particularly cheaper ones-are not sharp as sold.

Have them sharpened before use and keep them free of resin.

Adjust the bearing clearances exactly as Sears prescribes, and

don't overtighten! Overtightening drastically shortens the life

of these ball bearings.

By the way, since $75 is about a quarter of the cost of the

saw, I invested it in a Grizzly Imports Inc. tablesaw and have

been happy as a clam since. -Robert

these products contain methylene chloride. While Mr. Shaw

wisely advises him to avoid any chemical fu mes, he doesn't

address the particular lethality of methylene chloride which,

once in the body, is metabolized to carbon monoxide (CO).

The amount of CO formed is directly related to the amount of

methylene chloride absorbed during the paint-stripping oper

ation. This is often sufficient to stress the cardiovascular

system. Many fatalities have now been attributed directly to the

use of paint strippers containing methylene chloride by per

sons with underlying coronary artery disease.

Methylene chloride toxicity is insidious because peak levels

of CO in the blood don't occur until three to four hours after

exposure has ended. Furthermore, most of these products also

contain methanol, which makes the toxicity of the CO even

more potent. Therefore, a susceptible woodworker may work

with a fi nish stripper without symptoms, only to suffer angina

or a heart attack hours later.

I would certainly endorse Mr. Shaw's recommendation that

Mr. Burbage-or anyone with underlying coronary artery dis

ease-never use any product containing methylene chloride.

All others should, of course, pay heed to the label warning to

use these products only in well-ventilated areas.

-Theodore]. Fink, M.D., Shelburne, Vt.

W #60, you printed an

I have a bone to pick with you. In

article by my friend, Ernie Conover, on the subject of turning a

ball. Ernie didn't know how to do this until I visited him in

October, 1985, and showed him. I should have received the

credit, which he assures me his original article included, but

the credit was edited out for some reason.

-Richard Bailey, Lapeer, Mich.

Several years ago, I met a man who said he was a logger. Wa tch

ing him cut up a walnut stump into slabs, I asked him how soon

he intended to use his freshly cut stump for firewood. He said,

with calm control, that the one thing the Forest Service doesn't

tell you about drying wood is that vertical-standing lumber will

dry with a great deal less cracking, checking and warping. I had

my doubts.

About a month later, a friend asked if I was interested in

sawing a walnut stump for firewood. Using a 36-in. chainsaw and

my Mini-Mill, I sawed the tree into vertical cuts like the logger

had done. I was prepared to have some success with vertical

stand drying or some very beautiful walnut firewood. It's going

on ten years now since I cut up that downed tree and not one

check, crack or warp has appeared in the 2-in.-thick slabs.

Stored out of direct sunlight, they look great. I'm passing on

this information to those of your readers who love wood and

have a big chainsaw. -Bill Tarleton, Albany, Cal.

Paul Bertorelli is the second Lamello plate joiner owner I've

heard say that, if they had the choice again, they'd go for the

cheaper Freud JS100 machine (

an area distributor, however, and he said he had purchased six

of the cheaper machines and sold fo ur. Within a very short

time, all of them came back with bad bearings. I'd like to hear

Bertorelli's fe elings about this problem.

-Ron Toppenberg, Newton, Iowa

PAUL BERTORELLI REPLIES: I checked with Mr. Toppenberg's supplier

and learned that the four customers who returned the Freud plate

joiners complained about loud bearing noises. They're right: The

thing makes a horrible racket. But, according to Freud, the noise is

normal-a consequence of the machine's right-angle gearing design.

I'd appreciate hearing from readers with long-term experience-good

or bad-with this tool.

Noisy gears aside,

W #64

$599 Lamello is worth the money. Besides being

occasional home-shop and light-commercial duty. Used a dozen times

a year, its shortcomings aren't much to complain about. For heavy

commercial use, the

Peter Good's "To Employ or Not to Employ" in F

presented some useful information on federal tax matters. Un

fortunately, while the article was described as being adapted

from a Bay Area newsletter, your readers were not cautioned

that much of the information applies only in Calfornia. For

example, Ohio has no Franchise Tax Board or required disability

insurance withholding, but it does have municipal income taxes

to be withheld in many cities and villages. The best advice you

could have provided in a publication sold in more than one

state would have been to consult an accountant or lawyer who

concentrates on the problems of small business.

-Frederick O. Kiel, Cincinnati, Ohio

better built, it has a more complete ·line of accessories.

It may take some dedicated phone shopping to locate a J5100.

Because of unexpected demand, some suppliers don't have the ma

chine in stock and, as of early May, Freud reported delays of six to

eight weeks in filling dealer orders.

W #63, p. 14). In addition to being an amateur

Re Jim Cummins' suggestion to use cyanoacrylate glue to fix

cracks (

woodworker, I also design, build, and fly radio-controlled sail

planes. I use cyanoacrylate glues almost exclUSively in their

construction. One only has to pick up a modeling magazine to

find how many different brands of cyanoacrylate glues are avail

able. I've fo und all to be virtually identical in performance. I

base my selections on price and container design. If the tip

clogs, it's useless.

Storing the glue in the freezer can help extend the life of the

glue, but because cyanoacrylates cure by a chemical cross

linking, allow them to reach room temperature before opening

the container. Otherwise, condensation moisture may cause

premature setting. I've found it much more convenient to buy

the glue in small quantities and let it sit out. Also, I think some

W #62). Because Cur

I read with considerable interest John Jordan's query about

wobble on his radial-arm saw (QA,

tis Erpelding's reply can be misinterpreted to mean "the

tighter the bearings are, the better," I feel compelled to relate

my experiences with a Sears radial-arm saw.

First, an analysis of the problem: The ball bearing used by

Sears is inadequate in load capacity, is of the wrong type and is

of very low quality (not to mention, very expensive from

Sears-$75 a set three years ago). The load on a ball bearing of

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W #64). I recently talked to

I still believe the Freud is the best choice for

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