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tilt: 8'L, 45'R Ma~, cutting he~ht: 10" BLade sile' 106"l X 'f.". >I,'W 81ade speed: 3000 FPM App,o~ sh PP'1I9 _ ,,,hi; 284 11K. (,,_~.:, ~\\{.-~~

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t8~e Inserts • Approx. sh'pp,ng weoght: 420 Ib!i Motor: 2 HP, 11OVl220v, sirl{lle·phase, TEfC Pr..:;ision grourld cast IrOIl table SI1e_ 17" square ..

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• Arbor size' W • Arbor Speed. 4300 RPM

• • App<ox. shiPPIng weight: 644lbs

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• Cutterhead speed: 4850 RPM

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• Motor: 2 HP. 110V1220V, single-phose, TEFC

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• Precision ~round cast iron table size: 9'1.' x 75' • Motor: 3 HP, 220V, single-ph~se, TEFC, 3450 RPM

• Rabbeting capacity: y,' • Max, depth of cut W • Precision ground cast iron tables size' 9' x 72'h"

• Cutterhead knives: 4 HSS _{• Rabbeting capacity: y,' • Max, depth of cut 'I.'}

• Cutterhead speed: 5500 RPM _{• Cutterhead speed 5000 RPM}

• Deluxecastironfencesize:38"Lx W,''Wx4'H _{• Deluxe Cost iron fence size: 35'L x 5"H}

• Approx, shipping weight 558 Ibs. _{• Built-in mobile base}

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weight 781bs. 5000 RPM 5000 RPM

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• Approx_ shipping weight: 172 Ibs,

Motor: 5 HP. 220V, single-phase, TEFC

Precision ground cast iron table size: 35Y,'W x 28"0 Table counterbore: 7' x '/0'0

Spindle travel: 3'1<'

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How to Redo

a Misassembled

Drawer

Don'

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out

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T

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trick YOUI

newly

built drawer pull(>d-levltatlng

one of Its corners off

rour

workbench [PhotoA1. Before \'OU make

the whole drawO;'

I

dISJp~ar.

try thb

technique for separating lind reassem· bling the drawer

Your lucky brt!ak

Separating a glue join:

by

force works

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glue

cure

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ch~k

drawers

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type-l

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acetone in a well-ventilated area.

F

or

an

odor-free alternative way

to

soften all

th!~ types., heat the joint with a hair

dr~r [Photo 8].

Immooiately after softening the joint,

damp

one side to your bench. place a scrap block against the joint, and strike the block with jUst enough force 10 separate the parts, as shown "WI\'.

IkpeCit for the remCiining joints,

soaking or heating one and separatIng

It ""'forl' mo~'ing on to the next.

Once

separated, .... 'nd the joint parts

~mooth without sandmg to barl' wood,

which can throw off the fit. Remove

any glul'

build-up

within dadoes and

rabbets that would affect reas..embLy,

then sand end grain smooth.

Drawer

assembly, take

two

To avoid repeatIng the same mistakes, check drawer

parts

for Identical lengths

of

opposIte parts., such as sides. Check

that dadO€s and rabbets on all opposite

parts \\".::re cut the same. Then use a

\tralghtt!dgt' to ensull' your bench top

rests dead flat.

I

f

it's nO( flat, do the

Il'assembly work on your table-saw

top-provld~1

It's

flat.

The first glue-up filled the wood pore\, '>0 \wirch to a non·(ll'fletrating

adhesh·c, \uch as hl.minutl'epox)'.

Assemb

l

e

the

d

ral\d

and damp

the sides, front,

and

b..1Ck as rou normally wouLd. This tlmt'. though, add two

more cI"mps to hold the drawer

:l.~~mbly against your flat work surface

\PhQtQ CJ. Thl'tI chl'"Ck for square .•

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M

a.:1I1I10;''<' (ut

joints

fa

st. but

not

Jlway~ an"uIJte-ly. "I hat's the

time to bring in hand tools because sanding blocks. (hlsoCis. and plmes Io;'mo\'o;' wood in thous;lodths of Lin mch lOr':' snux joint

IPbotI)A

I.

If you don't havo;' a ulcw,J. plane-or moulder plane, don't rush OUI and buy

them-yet. Stall simrlc With a sandIng

block you can mJk.;o fOr p\'Hni('!; U,IIl!: scraps, ..amlp<lper, and spraY·,ldh\'5he.

Then add a

good

St.'l: of bevel-edg

e-bench

chisel

s,

t\~

your

joinery

~k!Hs

improve,

save

time

by

su

pp

lt'meming

)'OUt sanding blocks with well-hO!k'd block and shoulder pIJtl~,

"

Take

your

jOints from

"

not quite

"

to

"s

uper

tighC using these basic

tools and

'

methods,

Sanding blocks

:

Slow but simple

Uses: Reduce tellon Ihitknt;' .... ~ by

~andmg Iht;' ehed..s, and m.akt;' the

~houlders e\'en with each other [Photo

B

I;

~mooth scoring from tablesaw·cut

rabbets or

didoes o

r stub-tenon ,;rooves

for deaner edges ,lnd a stronger glue JOint [PhotoC]; and adjmt half-l.ap

d'->Plhs to mako;' parts flush I'or a

CUT\ed sanding block to flne-tune coped end, on molding, wfap sa nd-paper around

do

wels

of diffo;'reot \i~ ...

Sllcce~ .. secret<.: Match th(' grit to the

amoum of stock to r('move- .'>tart at 80 grit for removing det'p <;cor ... llno;'.'>; 120

Squaf~ between the edg~~ and facl'!'i.

gIlt w(){ks great for minor tenon

rorll'ctlOIl~. Theil match the block ~;le

10 Ihe lob .• or example, plane a ~rap blod. 10 the Ihk'l;nes~ of rOUt dado width~; then mount :.aodpaper 10 Ihe edge for a sanding block that

,..o

r

k, tile

entIre

da

do

with each pass [Phl)toCj.

Choo-.e h;l(I\\'Oo(l 'klnJing-l'llock ,tock lll3t will hold l crlsp edge, and attach

~'l1ldp.lper to only One surface, not dd[oioing (,fee Of edges. That lets ~'ou

,

Id

l

ust

o

n

e

dim

e

n,

i

o

n

of

d

lo

int

without

,tlf~tlllg

lI

lt' OIlwrs

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1

.

Abra'IVI'S

on

small SOlndlng blocks wear In a hurry, SO chal\ge pdp{'r frequently.

just

,

Right

J.oinery

Chisels

:

The ioint

-

maker

'

s edge

Uses: Trim smooth willb and square t!nd~ on drilled mortiSo..~ [PhOIO 0[; on

hand-cut dtwelaib, ~hCl.' strail;ht Ijnes

lor clean joints and Sh:lVl' pHIS 10 fll the

tails; sq\lare ~Iupped rahh",ts [PhOIo El

Su

c

c

ess sec

r

ets:

Ho

ne

lil

t'

h

t'\el

;lnd

nallen llie had: for an ed):t' sharp

enough 10 sh;ne th ... t!dirs on YOllr arm.

A chi!oel follow~ grain as it nll~ r'Or paring ("uts with the gram, cut from the

oppo~ite dir~tion if \'Ou negln to f~l

thl'

(:hisei

plul~'"

iJ

own

inlo

Ih

l' wood.

Where that'

s no

t

an option, ho

l

d

th

e

chisel perp{-ndlcular ILl the grJin and

tap it to mak ..

V,.'

stup CUb. Thl'n

remove thl' wood between the stops.

Use

the whk

s

!

chls~'llhal

fi

ts till

'

joint area you're cutting. To trim the

walls of a 2'-wide mortise, for example,

two cuts with a 1" m 1'/,' chlscllenvc

cleaner, str,llghter linC5 than four or

five cuts with a '!.{-wide chisel.

26

workpleCI! htlp.

90"to the l'dgc.

Block planes

:

Perfection

comes

.

002

"

at a time

Uses: Flush-trim edge!i on p;!rts jOined

Inlh a machined dovetail; clean up

~wn edges to be glued; chamfer IImoo ends and panel edges for easy in!.ertion

[Photo Fj; clean up CfU5S-grain ruts,

~uch as mitered ends on hand-sa\\ n

frame pieces; trim t'Ilds or edges that

stand proud of an adlacent wurkpll'C~'; make drawer side edges flush with the drawer fmnt.

Succe.~_~ sec:: .. et.~: Ch{'Ck the plane ~,-,le

for flatness. The best plane worb only

a. well b the sharpness of the hlade

(For a video un how to hone a ra

wr-sharp edge using sandpaper, go to

wood magazine.comJsharpcningv id.) Test the plane's cutting depth on ~rap unW each pass takes a con~htent,

translucently thin curl [PhotoG1. Before

tackllng a workpiece, practice

contrOl-ling the plane balanced on the edg .. or

end of a ,/,'-thick practice scrap.

PIIUl!ion lheedge of a scrap blade

prOdllW tight curls of even thkkneu "om

.ide to "de.

Shoulder planes

:

Tools

that work: lying down

USII:S: \\IUh hlades that cut a hair wiJer than the plan(' body, these specialized

plane~ straighten tenon shoulders and

shave tenon cheeh wilh ea~. Other

uSl~ include ~moothlng dado, rabhet, ;md

IW\OI

'e

boltoms, as shuwn l't'lfll"'_ Success '\"ccn:ts: You'll nften plane

cross-grain with thh 1001. making a

razor·sharp blade ""!.ential ror ~uccess. Celli;:>, Ih.: hlJde on Ihe plane bod)' [Photo

H

J.

ThL'n .ldjusl the cutting

depth to make shallow pa...ses I\ith no

tear·out [Photo I). Because it cuts fasler than a sanding h!ocL.:, stop frequemly

to

te~t·fit

parts

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Block rhine. Ver~al AplOI'1 f'I.1ne no. OSP27.G2, $85

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