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Fig. 14. Notice how well the oil brings out the natural beauty of the wood.

■ Walnut

Sassafras - Tulipwood Ash

Walnut

Colorwood

. ' Assembly Drawing

Glue up the strips

allowed to dry must be scrapped off before it is planed—unless, of course, you want to have a big nick in your planer knivesl I like to use the scraper pictured for this.

Fig. 3. I like to sand the board prior to squaring it up. This way I can see what the final surface finish will be like and I can be sure to have removed any planer snipe.

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vriat the witness mark is still aligned.

boards to any specific length; I just remove any imperfections on the ends of the boards (like cracks, bad joints, ugly grain, etc.) and cut off uneven "wild" ends. A good carbide-tipped blade produces a very clean cut with little or no tear-out. This makes final sanding pretty easy.

Fig. 10. I like to sand the end

grain with a random orbit sander before I round over the perimeter of the board with my

router. I think it makes the final sanding a little bit easier.

. Be sure to rout the

_____grain first. The end grain

often tears out, but this can usually be removed when the edge grain is rounded over.

routed, any sharp transitions

be blended into the rest of the board—I just think it looks better. It is often the little things like this

that separate the really good projects from those that are just "okay." A palm sander works great to accomplish this task.

and I think it does a better job than either salad oil or mineral oil that are traditionally used for this purpose.