Creative Woodworks & crafts 2000-03, страница 63

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INSTRUCTIONS

Introduction

This bread knife does a great job of slicing not only fresh bread, but bagels, English muffins, and vegetables such as tomatoes and onions; cutting them cleanly and thinly with ease.

Any good hardwood will work for this project. I chose red oak with a green Colorwood inlay for the handle, but a plain piece of wood with no inlay will work just as well. Look for stock with an interesting grain pattern or even some defect that will enhance the look of the final project.

Prepare the handle for the inlay

The Colorwood inlay is glued into a rabbet cut into both sides of the handle (see the Assembly Drawing). Transfer the knife handle pattern to the wood stock. The 45 degree inlay pattern should be scribed on both sides of the stock.

Install the dado head into the table saw and adjust the angle of the miter gauge to 45 degrees. Set the dado head depth for 3/16". Starting at the shoulder, hog out the waste from the inlay rabbet with a series of overlapping cuts. The stock should be supported by the miter gauge and the fence should not be used as a stop.

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by Joseph M. Herrmann from the April 1997 issue

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