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EDilOR ' S NOTE
Be i clud d, as a part o th
Woodwork1ng Shop Tours
hopNote N . 75
Features
Sharpening Suppliet5 Box 6
The inside of ths stacking storage box features multple
comparlments on two different Jayers - plenty of space for
al/ your sharpening supplies.
Making Box Jointt5 _______ 12
Here :S a simple table saw teclmique lhar allows you to cut the
time spent making box jomts in half But don 't worry. you won 't
have to sacrific accuracy to do it.
Plan k-Top Workbench 16
This heavy-duty workbenoh is equally al home m /he shop or
the garage And while it on/y lakes a weekend to build. it's
guarantoed to g1ve you a lifetlme or use.
Machini5ts Vieee ________ 22
Discover what machinist's vise can do for you and what
to look for when selecting one for your shop. Plus, learn
about sorne handy vise accessorfes
Dual Too/ Station _______ 24
Tl?ls too/ sta/Ion pulls double duty by serving as a planer
stand as wett as a miter saw stallon - complete with
extenslon wings and fences
Departments
Readere' Tipt5 4
Shop-tested tips toso/ve common woodworklng problems.
Shop Talk 32
Looking for jusi the right part or hardware tem for your next
project? He res a peek at sorne of our "secret" supply sources.
Too/Cheet ___________________ 34
Take the hassle out of fine-tuning the widlh ot your dadoes wilh
lhis innovatve stack dado blade.
Sourcee ____ _ _ _ _ _ ___ 35
No. 75
Mai/-order sources and supp/ies to help you complete the
proects feaiUred m lhrs 1ssue.
Shop ot
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Shop-Made Studded Knobs 1
AEAqke kWf or kn&clrpbe&qml,TodoMs,f ttmetpp~nofl %ekmbaPrtha wwd&,mhThed&ph&o.
c~&/n(~tsandjigs ~ w t E me l mo b ~ t h e 8 t f n . ~ laIcro &me, a~ shown In the Ieit
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rasps and fum#
I
PVC Clamp Holders
1 T I P S & T E G H N I P U E S
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Quick Tips 1
Sharpening
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out of l/,r' l wc bhh ply-
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cut the p k ~ to b. But
beareaqpuplethhgsb
k e e Pb ~ wy o u d 0 W
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mrade my b h h about 8" wide.) The
~ w i d t h ~ a n ~ mt p u r -
p e - h a b mf o r a n y d a h h
t h e o r c t t t a l ~ o f ~ ~ ~ ~ a s
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yw're md y to cut th* box
IWihe blade to about 1/d1 less
. $&I the hiclaw of the p?qwood
:and make a scoring cut through the
:dwt sidest, lining the blade up with
:tfiewOu$ cuts ,m 331. I
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tap,lhere'saninsa-t ~ ~ ~ a l a m l b o m e m t e r Pl b wa l l y o u h mt o d o i s ~ q
thelid Ir;*qpre8).A wherewditbttseM.) d y . o ~ r s h a r p e a i n s ~ ~ H
.*to W W e of the lid hadtobuttahvstripa-b wtheexamthatywcaaYMd
~ y o u ~ t h e i n ~ s i z e d . ~ e a c h ~ ~ ~ t h e y o r r r dt o k~ y o uhmput t i ng a
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F E A T U R E P A O J E C I
Plank Top & Shelf
d
No. 75
llne Extra
t's Vises
-7m0 V b . A plecB
#.! "I
ofplywadandacfsai
allow you to mount tr
m&InI#t%
vise to your
Metal Bendi ng. Tllrs set ol
malleable Iron auxiliary ja ws can be
used lo bend sotf meta/s and
r
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@m, ~&, ~&! m&&I . &,
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p!,M$@; pm:m::m&,
A ww.
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set w i s h of a ,die
that .fm$ the mtal
&galnst a Fbfock,
creating a Meet
90p bend. Sse page
35 for wm,
Dual Tool
Station
S H O P P R O
C
The heart of the W n
&met you = in the
a
b o x w i ~ d o o r s o n ~ ~ ~ a d
bemhdeofthec~bimtarethe
h ~ f o r t h e h l d mt wi o g mp
ports F d , a pair of mmmlmnts
04 the M e pmv& stowfor the
f m c ~ ~ that &re added later.
WngtltaeCsdtfnet-Sin,cedliter
~ a n b ~ m n v a r y ~ a b i
in size, the most i mp o m tbhg to
d ~ e i s h o w ~ t h e ~ ~
to be. Depeading on whicb tml
you're udng, the other win n d DO jit
W e the cabinet And h e height of
t h e t a b l # o n ~ t o o l ~ a f f g c t
howtanthe hoWi Qgs f Qrt he~n-
&n*needbbe,
The dhmdona for the cabinet
s ho wnpke t kt a bl e s o f t he ~ sheet ofplywood, thewidthofthe d . ~ d o ~ t h k I ~ t h e &
mv and phe r at a height of 3@/4" wo&kes is just under 24". 7hh bet for arr inhior width of Bi/zn.
o m the we addud - a good allows br an iutaior depth of S/J". Fh@, doat forget about fie foW
work@ h&t And it al ms for The &id hr ihe owdl up extension tablea an yaw planer.
miter saw and planer tables that w i a t h d t h e ~ w a a t h e ~ Theycanaffecttheoverallwidthof
messure 41/4t1hi&.This should pro "footpbt" 1 add weate with my the cabinet as well. Y d wmt t op
vfde wwgh hHor height to silidingmltsraaw,Todetrenninethis,I make sure they'll 0t between h e
~ ~ ~ ~ & ~ ~ t t a d ~ ~ . ~ i t ~ t i m ~ t h e m i b e r sugport when
in the skired pmidon. -~-~aawf~thel aftand$l entheri gfi t, f ol de ddowndwbgus e ~waa
Be- the height of the &net, nmw@ ttae wed width (and W' for mycabbet,.)
youl l ahneedt r r condderthe checldrmgthed@&atthemtime). BuUdaBOK-Whenyoucutthe
depth aad width. To get the max- For nry am, I &me n poWn mt &m(4, RW (Bl, and back
immdeptPI,retotilIbeabIetogeo w h e f e r n y ~ ~ s a w w a s s e t (CJtudzeTigum3, b e a mt o
'thebtuseoutofa@fandard4'~8~ t o ~ ~ t a n d p u l i e d &h t I y f m accountbrthebngueandpm
~ t n e r y u d t a m b k b c a b -
Inet Youmseet hhj oheryi n
JWm2a, &, andk
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you can cutthem-in the side
pieces d hwk Then cut the
tongum on the end8 and back e d g ~
of t het op&bo#omt a&t t he
~ ~ r l $ w i t h a t o me along
the back edge ofthe side pi-.
mn w - * t h e a
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t i mt o ~ s ma l l c u b b y h o ~ o n ~
indeoftbeabbtdtKshittgthe
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f
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makes it easy to
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cabinet unstable,
You're on the home stretch at *thi~
poiat. l h e la& couple stepe are to
dctadmmforsbri sg-
dong wi l h a &hut shelf for
st&ng the tool you're IM wing,
~ - ' l h e s ~ d r a ~ ~
between the fmw h a ~ ~ d e t h e
mbt nl a t . Ae y o ua us e e i n~9 ,
thedmmrWisrathershpkta
cmwtmk The f mt h e k 101 and
&m (P) m d e h m $/dl1 pbr-
wood And thedram kttoPw{QJ is
&$t 0 p b of '/h" m.
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caupkthInggtaIreeph~d.For
dartem, the drawer rides on full-
extension, metal did= The o m I
u ~ me a t l t t h e ~ h &d t o I s e I"
nwmww than the space betweea
the fenceholdem.
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t h e m e f i a l ~ ~ m d & p t h e
draweri npke, mi n~Cf a
slid&mt allelf- ,!wmu& you
d d jm set the: tool ~rou're not
using in& the mbhet to store It, I
4t omakei t aUt t l edert oget
itinatidout SoI addd a d h t
t Oo l ~ El i ? R~ t l mfnFfgve 10.
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d To mount the B/sartenfrlon
d r a m &dm, there: are a pair of
a i h {SJ d e h m 3 / 4 t W M-
w w d , ~ ~ c a n ~ h ~ r @ l O *
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edges are r 0 1 b M as IfIu~hterl in
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pullIns the &eIf out
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W h a t d ~ ~ i s t k a t g o u ~
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W& b a e t d & d t r e We a ~ hbdoLb&cof t bearbrnvt
~ l u ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ dightlyand~lprnthehub.
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m ~ ~ b I & * b l a d e i i W ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~
~ wn y t mr k ~ i a a t d y p mt t y taken out of mrrking the a m -
~ ~ ~ e d h t o t h e h u b h u men& Alsround t he hubma
M d t s t : ~ ~ t n s e t p h o t o a t ~ . w m k O f ~ A B ~ t m t b e
T h l r a ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ hub, gou -feel it*dickum it
a m - p w w a c h * . ~ ~ o f t $ e
h u b ~ t h e ~ o f t b a d a d o
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Cb
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width d the Made by up to lhon
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d ~ ~ w ~ ~ f
m t h e ~ k ~ ~ y o u t o a s e
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p l a e c a n ~ a ~ ~ i m e
wWmme s s mWn b e t b e
plate ia hebl In place with three
maeMne smma and lock nuts. The
Io&nutsdickoutmfw thatthey hit
t h e ~ ~ t h e * o
9
some aqhm.le, * atla
wfw-CdpUwbe&e
o o g e t ~ l l n a ~ ~ l e m b y ~
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m&*dal I&rchIn.
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~ - o f ~ , t h e r e a i ~ ~
my dado blade is in how well it cubb
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a a s t Q h ' t d i ~ ~ F t p r 0 d ~ ~
h , ~ c u t s l i n ~ o p d 8 6 1
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m $ p ~ ~ b p l t W s ~ ~ a
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a h mh md m. T b l , itemJT35m.
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7'lw mEm-8 item
number i s 47877.
If yw M trouble
findiRstb=-k!
==m mdtaary k bolt8
and wmhm win w*
equstbr w d -just
with a s k dr h. won't look asowl.)
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t I t e o n ~ ~ o r wa o n ~ 2 2 are both adable h m
se WaihbIe h I n many "Ibol ~i $t i asNort h, B
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rubber-Hned ~ j 4 t w ~ Wq, item mmot.
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- h i n g e s , -
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~ wf t h t h e d a b n .
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t o R a c k b r h r h ~
knob (rn12), f h e bolt
Wl9, T.track (&lS3),
3" lodptudt s whl saws
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(HBlO). H ~ , y w a m
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he Plank-Top Workbench in
issue No. 75 will work fine in
most workshops. If you need some-
thing smaller, all you have to do is
shorten up the stretchers and cleats.
A Longer Workbench But if
youd like a longer workbench, youll
want to consider adding some addi-
tional support for the top, like you
see in the drawing below for a 12'-
long plank-top workbench.
The additional support is provided
by adding a center assembly. The
nice thing is this center assembly is
identical to the end assemblies. So
you dont have to worry about any
different parts or measurements.
a.
Making a Longer Plank-top
Workbench
Page 1 of 1 ShopNotes No. 75 2004 August Home Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
O N L I N E E X T R A
Work on the Stretchers Once
you have the end and center assem-
blies complete, you can work on the
longer stretchers. Whats different
here is that to fit the center assembly
in place, youll need to cut a centered
half lap on the inside face of each of
the stretchers (see drawing below).
After completing the half laps, you
can assemble the workbench.
Add the Cross Rails The next
step is to add the cross rails that sup-
port the top. How many you need to
add depends on the overall length of
the workbench. But its best to add
enough cross rails between the end
and center assemblies so the rails
are spaced evenly and theyre no
more than 22" apart.
Cleats and Slats All thats left
to do is add the cleats and slats. After
sizing the cleats to fit between the
end and center assemblies, you can
add the slats. For the even number
of slats shown between the end and
center assemblies, its best to work
out from the center of the opening
and cut the end slats to fit.
a.