Creative Woodworks & crafts 1998-03, страница 23

part that sticks up. Position the bottom shelf over this pin and align the grain with the stand. This pin is all that is necessary for the bottom shelf.

The top sheif is a different matter, however. If you could be absolutely sure that no one would pick up the stand by the top, the pin would be enough to hold the shelf in place. However, as you're better safe than sorry, reinforcing the top with two z-cl ps is recommended.

Position the top shelf so that the grain runs parallel to the grain on the bottom shelf and mark the two rails that run parallel with the grain. Use a slot cutting bit in your router to cut two grooves about 1/4"-deep by 1"-long. These wi'l house the z-clips which in turn are held in place by two 5/8" x No. 10 pan head sheet metal screws {see the inset photograph on page 20).

After the glue on the dowel pins is dry, finish the stand with one coat of boiled linseed oil mixed 2 to 1 with paint thinner. Follow with two coats of a polyurethane varnish, sanded down between coats with 320 grit sandpaper.

Your Arts and Crafts Style Plant Stand is now ready to artfully grace your home! "J

Fig. &. Cutting out the top on the band saw using a circle cutting jig.

Fig. 7. The hole bored for the pin that reinforces the tenons (upper bridle joi it shown). I located these holes by using a square to draw h the bottom of each tenon and then connected the corners of the square that was formed. The 1/4"-Dia. hole w«>S bored in the center approximately 15/16"-dee p.

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