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Contents
June 2016
Vo l u m e 4 0 , N u m b e r 3
Projects
Family-made Adirondack Chair
By Chris Marshall
Our senior editor and his daughter build
a simple chair thats the perfect place for
outdoor relaxing.
Page 56
Compound
Cut Flower Box
Page 32
By Carole Rothman
Details like a round lid liner with the same
grain on all edges, contoured petals and a
stack-cut buttery add elegance to this box.
Oar Chair
By Peter Marcucci
An upcycled oar becomes
an evocative chair that
also features a sculpted
seat and joinery inspired
by Sam Maloof.
Page 26
Page 38
Page 41
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Departments
8 Letters
20 Woodturning
64 Whats in Store
70 Finishing Thoughts
12 Tricks of the Trade
New uses in the shop for items on
hand at home.
24 Readers Survey
46 Todays Shop
Our experts tell the tale of their
favorite aftermarket jigs.
18 Shop Talk
A turkey hunter begins turning his
own custom calls.
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Letters
ROCKLER PRESS
JUNE 2016
That Makita (Model 6093 I believe) was the rst cordless drill Id
seen. And I wanted it as soon as I held it in my hands. The foreman at my
shop said they were toys and wouldnt hold up. Not to be restrained, I made
a beeline to 7 Corners Ace Hardware, the Twin Cities go-to store for power
tools. I saw one on the shelf, saw its price ... and then reality set in. I cant remember
the actual cost of the tool at that time, but I do remember formulating arguments
to convince my wife that the pricey purchase would be worth it. Sadly, even to my
tool-deluded mind they sounded wimpy and dumb. So I never did buy that drill.
Cordless drills have come a long way since the 1980s. (I now own an embarrassing
Publisher Emeritus
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Contributing Editors
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number of them.) Theyve become ubiquitous and ever more durable and powerful.
In our Readers Survey this issue (page 24) we present the results of a survey about
those shop stalwarts and ask you questions about how you use them (and maybe
even mis-use them). The results may surprise and surely entertain you!
Rob Johnstone
Laser Vision
I just received the February 2016
issue and enjoyed the High-Tech
Party Puzzle Tray article. In
a sidebar, the LASER acronym
is explained to stand for Light
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Reader Reta Price found our Miter Saw Station plan to be just what she
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Sloppy Footwork
I was very surprised at the
photos accompanying the article Folding Work Station
in the February 2016 issue.
Sandals in a workshop?
Safety shoes have saved my
toes and feet many times.
Correction
In Turn a Two-Tone Whistle in the April 2016 issue, some
dimensions were printed incorrectly. To clarify: the pple is
made from a 114" length of wood, which includes extra length
to adjust the pple for maximum sound quality. See below for
a drawing with correct dimensions for the sound chamber
hole and notch. Woodworkers Journal regrets the errors.
Corrections in red
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Shop Talk
Going Cold Turkey
With His Own Turkey Calls
In addition to standard pot calls, Doug Wright has created specialty pots
known as cluck and purr pots. These are used for soft clucks and purrs
such as in high-stake competition calls.
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Woodturning
Cubic Boron Nitride Grinding Wheels
By Ernie Conover
20
n my lifetime, I have
witnessed some groundbreaking advances in
sharpening of turning tools.
In my boyhood, many turners
sharpened their tools on oilstones, not owning a grinder
at all. It was slow and fussy.
Fortunately, my fathers shop
had several grinders, but
we did all of our grinding of
turning tools freehand. As I
have often stated, freehand
sharpening is turning turned
inside out: turnings evil twin,
so to speak.
Compounding matters, we
only had carbon steel tools,
which required constant
quenching in water, or they
overheated and lost their
temper. (So did my father.)
A beginner often left enough
facets in the bevel to make a
diamond merchant envious.
A huge advance in turning
tools was the introduction of
high-speed steel in the late
1960s. The turner no longer
had to worry about overheating the tool during grinding.
This eliminated the problem
of the turner having to pick
up the grind where he left off
to quench.
In 1982, Jerry Glaser
introduced the rst turning
tool sharpening jig, which
separated turning from its
evil twin. It positioned the
turning tool perfectly against
the grinding wheel so that
the turner only had to sweep
the edge smoothly against
the wheel. There was a min-
Jerry Glasers
rst sharpening
jig for turners
was built from
wood and metal
parts. It pivoted
in a block taped
to the oor in
front of the
grinder. If you
moved the
grinder, you
had to move the
block which
was also easy to
trip on.
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Now we have the
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evolution of sharpening turning
tools. It is cubic
boron nitride
grinding wheels
CBN for short.
A CBN wheel differs greatly from
This CBN wheel is from Wood Turners Wonders out of Georgia, one of the sources of
these new options for grinding wheels.
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Woodturning continued
into the tool being ground.
The rest goes into the wheel,
which, being metal, is a good
conductor of heat. Thermal
properties are so good that
there is very little sparking
when grinding with CBM
and the tool is usually cool
enough to touch. Because of
this superior thermal conductivity, CBN will dry grind tool
steel where diamond wheels
will be ruined if used dry.
Grinding on a CBN wheel is very sedate. On scrapers, the burr is uniform.
They grind at lower temperatures and dont create a lot of sparks.
CBN grinding
wheels are made
from a metal disk
that has the cubic
boron nitride applied to its rim.
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Readers Survey
Cutting the Cord Drill/Drivers
By Woodworkers Journal Staff
In the beginning,
man created the
Makita 6093!
98%
of woodworkers
own a cordless
drill/driver. (The paper clips
of the woodworking world?)
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ways readers have employed
a drill/driver, please visit
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on More on the Web under the
Magazine tab.
What do
you use
your drill/
driver for?
drill/drivers (20%
of respondents).
Coming in next
at 10% were
Craftsman,
Makita and RYOBI.
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10%
10 kita
%
DeWALT 20%
BI
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10%
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#1 Woodworking projects
#2 Home improvement projects
Dead last: Lending my drill to
the neighbor
Craftsman 10%
Makita 10%
RYOBI 10%
Other
50%
Other 50%
6%
feature for
Lithium-ion has
won the day,
now garnering
48%
92%
of
woodworkers still
use a corded drill
from time to time.
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of the
market.
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Oar Chair
By Peter Marcucci
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The blade portion of the oar, which becomes the chair back,
should be cut 36 from the top. The remainder of a 66-long
oar yields two 20 pieces for the front legs.
27
The author uses a crosscut sled to cut the notch for the seat
portion of the Maloof joint. He attaches a block outtted with a
1/4-20 bolt as a ne-adjust system to increase accuracy.
With a 1/2" rabbeting bit, form rabbets on the notch. In stages, cut the rabbet on one
side, then ip the seat over and rout the other side. It is important that the rabbeting
bit has an outside diameter of 112" so it forms 3/4"-radius corners in the joint.
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Maloof Joint
(Front and Side Views)
8'
20"
20"
20"
36"
3
3
Seat Layout
1"
5"
/2"
/2"
3"
4"
5
6
7
1
Exploded View
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MATERIAL LIST
TxWxL
1 Seat (1)
2" x 1712" x 17"
2 Front Legs (2)
20" long, cut from oar
3 Chair Back (1)
36" long, cut from top of oar
4 Rear Leg (1)*
2" x 2" x 20"
5 Wooden Blocks (3)
1" x 4" x 5"
6 Screw Plug (1)
Shop-made
7 Wedges (2)
Shop-made
* Can be cut from an 8' long oar
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With a brad point bit, drill a series of depth holes (in the locations identied on the template) to help you gauge your carving depth. Take care not
to drill too deeply ... that would be a difcult error to hide.
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The author prefers to rough carve the seat using an angle grinder and a
Kutzall wheel. Hog out material to the depth holes, leaving the point of the
hole still visible. Grind close to, but not to, your layout lines.
Rene the seats shape with a 30-grit sanding disk. Carefully sand the
curves to your layout lines, removing any roughness from the initial
grinding and bringing the seat to its nal contours.
Mark the transition curves on the leg and rough-cut the shape at the band saw.
Use a narrow band saw blade, and take your time with the cuts. Remember, it
is easier to take off material with a rasp than add it to the joint later.
Decorating
the Back
I inlaid a marquetry scene
into the blade of
the oar. There is
more information about that
in the More on
the Web content online. A
Shape the seat joint with rasps and then sand smooth. Start with a Four-inpainted or wood
Hand Rasp and move on to ner-toothed les. Test t and nish on the chair.
burned decoration would be as suitable if the thought
poly were applied to the whole chair,
of marquetry might be a bit overwhelmrubbed out with 0000 steel wool and
ing. You can also leave it plain.
waxed. I was happy with the results.
Conclusion
Applying a Finish
I left much of the original color and patina of the oar. After applying a spit-coat
of shellac, I stained the new parts and
those areas where the original nish
was removed. Several coats of wipe-on
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Compound Cut
Flower Box
By Carole Rothman
Our authors memories of making festive cakes with sugar paste owers inspired
this petal-shaped box, topped with a compound-cut ower and dainty buttery.
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For a well-cut box interior, be sure your blade is square to the table and
dont force it through the thick wood.
The box interior is easy to sand with an appropriately sized spindle. Work
one lobe at a time until all blade and burn marks are gone.
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MATERIAL LIST
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TxWxL
118" x 8" x 8"
3/16" x 8" x 8"
1/4" x 412" x 412"
1/8" x 5" x 5"
3/4" x 134" x 3"
3/4" x 112" x 234"
3/4" x 7/8" x 134"
veneer x 3" x 15/16"
1/16" x 2" x 212"
veneer x 2" x 212"
1/8" x 1/2" x 112"
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Buttery
Pattern
Inner Petal
Middle Petal
Outer Petal
35
Making a blank for a lid liner that resists cupping requires two pieces of wood, prepared the
same. First, cut them in half on the diagonal.
36
Next, invert one half of each piece and glue it to its mate,
using Nexabond, to form a chevron. When the pieces have set,
make a second diagonal cut across the uncut corners.
37
A swiveling arm and multiple pre-set stops enable this table saw sled
to cut miter angles quickly and accurately.
The second component
is a swivel arm, also made
of oak. After ripping and
crosscutting it to size, I
rounded the ends at the
band saw and used a sanding drum in the drill press
to smooth the curves.
On one end of the swivel
arm, I drilled a 5/16"
centered hole through the
piece, then removed half
its thickness for the rst
11 2" of length (see bottom
left photo, facing page).
Measure 4" in from the
other end and cut a 3/8"deep, 114"-wide dado into
the bottom face for the arm
brace. Make the brace so it
ts snugly in the dado, but
before gluing and screwing
it to the arm, round over
its end and drill a 5/16"
centered hole through it.
Elongate this hole with a
rattail le to about 1/2".
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MATERIAL LIST
Measuring tape
is optional.
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2
3
4
2
3
TxWxL
3/4" x 12" x 16"
3/4" x 114" x 18"
3/8" x 114" x 4"
3/8" x 3/4" x 12"
Base (1)
Swivel Arm (1)
Arm Brace (1)
Miter Slot Bar* (1)
11/4"
Arm Brace
5
/16" Dia.
Elongate
(Front View)
Swivel Arm
4"
(Front View)
3
/8"
Exploded View
11/4"
Base
(Front View)
The same drill bit you used for boring the base
and swivel arm holes can serve as a pin for
aligning and clamping the parts for assembly.
2
5
/16" Dia.
/16" Dia.
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/16" Dia.
22.5
11/2"
11/2"
5
/16" Dia.
/16" Dia.
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An angle nder, held against the edge of the jig base and swivel arm,
establishes each pre-set angle setting you wish for the jig.
40
Once youve determined exact angle settings by making test cuts on scrap,
draw lines on the jig base to mark the positions of the swivel arm.
41
T-nuts located on the bottom of the base provide threaded fastening for
the jigs cap screws and knobs. To install them, bore pilot holes rst,
then tap the nuts to embed their sharp cleats in the base.
Slotted holes in the front positioning fence enable you to move it forward or backward as needed. To make these slots, drill two end holes
each and chisel away the waste in between them.
Exploded View
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MATERIAL LIST
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Base (1)
Guide Block (1)
Front Positioning Fence (1)
Back Stops (2)
Guide Block Cap Screws (2)
Front Pos. Fence Cap Screws (2)
Back Stop Cap Screws (2)
Plastic Washers (6)
Plastic Jig Handles (2)
1/4-20 T-nuts (17)
TxWxL
3/4" x 12" x 36"
114" x 4" x 30"
1/4" x 114" x 30"
134" x 3" x 3"
1/4-20 x 212"
1/4-20 x 1"
1/4-20 x 212"
Nylon
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Dovetail Chiseling
Jig
27/8"
(Top View)
31/2"
2
61/2"
4"
2"
3"
3"
4"
5"
3
41/2"
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8"
4"
6"
33/8"
21/4"
9"
Align the guide block exactly to the dovetail shoulders, and press
the positioning fence against the workpiece end to trap it.
Hardware Option
You can use jig handles
instead of cap screws if
you like, but I decided
that using a hex key is
a small price to pay for
rigidity. Youd be surprised how much force is The guide blocks thickness provides a 90 reference for chiselneeded to keep the guide ing, and backstops behind the guide block hold its position when
ipping the workpiece over to chop the other face.
block from moving.
When you pound on a
ing sure that your chiseling is accurate
chisel, the guide block wants to move
as can be, theres no shame in using a
backwards from the wedging action.
rock-solid reference jig like this!
The back stops help prevent this.
I cant emphasize enough how useful
this jig is for cutting dovetails by hand.
Hendrik Varju is a ne furniture designer/
While I still need to saw the pin and tail
craftsman who provides private woodworking
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Need to solve a specic woodworking problem? In all likelihood, these days, theres an app for that.
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nlike complex
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Woodworking Calculators
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Design Apps
Why brave complicated CAD
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Measuring Tools
Modern tablets and smartphones contain special
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