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Letters

DEPRTMENTS

Questions & Answers

Retrieving ball bearings; sexless woodworking; beauty of wood

Standing shaving horse; drilling jig; shopmade brad pliers

Folow-up

ReglUing a chair; dyeing maple; cutting walnut crotch

Evens

Finding the radius of an arc; determining shelf spans

Books

106

A look at upcoming programs of interest to woodworkers

Notes and Comment

114

he Band Saw Book,- Pojects for Woodworkers,- Seat Weaving

Ed Wa lker tells how to build a drop-in router ta ble

with a dust-collection chute on p. 5. Co ve: Tony

Ko novalof diplays hs ha nd-tool storage chest (a r

ticle on p. 62) . Co vr photo: Gary We senburgr.

120

Rocket-powered u-ike; Canton woodworking show; finishing tale

RTICLES

44 Building a Loveseat by Gary Rogowski

Interlocking tenons for a strong fame

A simple router template for complex joints

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Christian Becksvoort, Michael Dresdner,

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48 Webbing for a comfortable seat

49 Ball Bearings in Shop Tools and Machines

by Robert M. Vaughan

hen and how to replace these vital components

A Beginner's Jewelry Box by Jim Cummins

E. Preiss,

Consulting Elitors George Frank, ichard

Tablesaw tricks with casing, curves and coves

56 Building a Router Table by Ed Walker

A drop-in baseplate for eay access

60 Space-saving router tables by Charley Robinson

Norman Vandal

Methods of Work Jim Richey

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A Cabinetmaker's Tool Chest by Tony Konovalof

A home for hand tools

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70 The Basics of Classical Relief Carving by Nora Hall

A first lesson from a second-generation woodcarver

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A three-drawer case on fluted legs

82 Quilt Patterns in Parquetry by Charles Detweiler

Letters

Electromagnetic radiation rom shop tools -As some Fine

Woodworking readers may be aware, there is increasing evi

dence that extremely low-frequency electromagnetic radiation

(ELF-EM) causes biological efects at the cellular level. Some epi

demiological studies also implicate ELF-EM in the genesis of cer

tain types of cancers of the blood and nervous systems, although

evidence fo r this is less clear. At d1is time, there are no official

standards fo r safe exposure to these low-frequency EM fields.

As an amateur radio operator, I was curious about my expo

sure to d1ese ELF-EM fields while transmitting, and so I obtained

an ELF gauss meter (model SE16 from TRA Instruments; 800-582-

3537) to make some measurements. The results indicated that

there was no significant exposure from the radio equipment.

However, other measurements made around the house and

shop were startling.

The highest readings obtained can1e from motors in my

woodworking shop. The TRA meter suggests that readings below

3 milligauss are acceptable. In order to be in this "safe" range, I

would have to stand 1.23 meters from my

tie. When the outer case cracks it will shatter; shards from d1e

outer case, as well as the balls, will fly all over, and there is a

good possibility that one of these lying missiles will hit you in

the eye or somewhere else on your body. To make d1is med10d

safe, wrap the bearing in a clod1 before cracking it in a vise; this

way, all the pieces, including the balls, will remain in the clod1.

-CD. Foman, Hame, Zimbabwe

Co m ents on book review - I have two criticisms of Steve

Loar's review of Michael O'Donnell's book Woodworker Guide

to Woodtuming

theory contained in the book; he describes it as "formidable and

nearly impassable." Whether Loar is referring to its content or to

its presentation is not clear, but if there are to be continuing

developments in understanding woodturning and its techniques,

we need more, not fewe r, theO-etical writings.

The main and unique fe ature of O'Donnell's book is its pro

motion of the deep-luted bowl gouge as the preferred tool for

spindle turning in addition to its usual role in bowl turning. On

p. 82, O'Donnell states, "My choice of tool, where pOSSible, is

the deep-luted gouge, which, as we have seen, will do almost

anything." Loar fa ils to notice, let alone discuss, this central and

contentious issue. -Mike Darlow, Chppendale,

4-HP 1-in.-wide belt

NS W, Australia

sander and 1.3 meters from my radial-arm saw. The motors of

my drill press and shop vacuum had magnetic fields about half

as strong. When I took readings at the tools' operating pOSitions,

the gauss meter went off scale-higher than 24 mG. By way of

contrast, a reading of 16 mG was obtained standing direcdy un

der a 138,000v power line.

Wo odworkers concened about the possible heald1 efects of

ELF-EM fields should minimize their exposure to the fields gen

erated by electric power tools. My measurements indicate that a

wide variation in magnetic fi elds from diffe rent motors is not

direcdy a fu nction of motor power. Perhaps we as woodworkers

should encourage manufacturers to minimize sU-ay magnetic

fields by better motor design.

-Stephen Peterson, Ph.D., Salt Lake City, Utah

n search of the al beauty of wood- There seems to be

some confusion in the world of woodworking. Many times we

have heard artisans explain that the "Simple, unadorned" shapes

of their work "allow d1e natural beauty of d1e wood to show."

Readers of this magazine are very familiar with this ideal, which

has been the conceptual backbone of most quality wood design fo r

many years, probably since Wo rld War II. This is a sesible attitude,

and it has most likely saved more than a few slabs of exotic

wood from being transmogrified into hideous specimens of

trendy junk. Especially in these days of high prices and deforesta

tion, it seems almost moral to make something "pure and simple."

The conscious efort of doing one's best to bod1 unveil d1e

beauty of wood and to do it no harm is certainly commendable.

But the people who pursue these goals have come to accept a

very limited view of the beauty of wood. Wo od has d1ree dimen

sions, each one different and dynamic, and deep carving can free

this tangible loveliness. Why is it then that d1e smood1, un

adorned surfa ce has come to represent d1e "natural beauty?" Is

it because of some residual ancient snobbery that places d1e

painter, a two-dimensional artist, higher in the pecking order

un the sculptor, a three-dimensional artist? And what of the

beauty of wood basking in d1e soft glow of bronze or standing

proudly in violent contrast to chromium? If you wish to unleash

d1e wild fi gure of some untamed log, d1ere is no need to square

it up, box it up and put it on a shelf. Scents are extinguished,

muscular fibers are put out to pasture, curves are fl attened, and

fa bulous allegorical creatures made of knots and twisting grain

#88, p. 18, strikes me as inherendy unsafe . I have seen what a

drill bit can do to a hand, and the result is not pretty. To im

prove the method, bore a hole of the proper diameter through

two jig boards. Position one of the boards on the drill-press ta

ble with its hole centered under the bit. Then set a couple of

spacer cleats on this board, and place d1e wooden sphere on the

hole. ext, place the second jig board on top of the sphere, and

you

n hold the sphere in place without endangering your hands.

-Mark

. Cads, Juneau, Alaska

n g ball be n gs -On p. 14 of the March/April issue,

Jack Howard suggests cracking a ball bearing in a vise to reu-ieve

balls fo r use in locating mating dowel holes. I would like to

point out d1at it is very dangerous to crack a ball bearing in a

vise because the outer case is very hard tool steel and very brit-

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