Popular Woodworking 2001-12 № 125, страница 7
Eagle America On the Cutting Edge -Offering The Best Woodworking Products. #400-' 'combination jig is made of 3/s" polycarbonate with a 13/i6" center hole and measures 151/z" inches long. As an Edge Guide 1 adjustments are easy and will reach 71/411 into your workpiece. As an Offset Jig 2 the tear drop design prevents router tilting while adding control. As a Circle Cutter 3) you can cut accurate circles up to 21" in diameter. 1/2 PRICE SALE! 1/2" Flush Trim Bit 1" Length ~k AMERICAN MADE * Two flute, carbide tipped with 'A" shank Limit 3 per order. Expires 12/31/01 SSSO-% $7^ ^rETm^iTE" Eagle America • RO. Box 1099 • Chardon, OH 44024 800-872-25111 FREE Shop with us 24/7 • Sign up for email updates and web specials! Tricks of the Trade Illustrations:John McCormick Set up Your Table Saw With Scraps and a Screw the winner: Homemade Table Saw Tester The secret to smooth rips and clean cross cuts is having your table saw's miter slot parallel to the blade and a blade that runs true. Commercial products use dial indicators to test this and cost anywhere from $20 to $200. As always, there is a cheaper way. Simply use a x piece of wood screwed to a piece of hardwood that fits snugly into the miter slot of your table saw. Drill a pilot hole into the end of the square stock, then screw a brass screw (roundhead works best) into the block so it protrudes about ty' to the side of the blade. By moving the screw in ^^ or out in the block (using pliars), the screw can be positioned exactly against the flat of the blade. By rotating the blade (with the saw turned off and unplugged) it will be obvious whether the blade is running true or with any runout. By moving the jig forward and back in the slot (and rotating the blade so the screw always contacts the same point) you can determine if your miter slot and blade are parallel. Dan Locaputo Cincinnati, Ohio continued on page 14 Tricks of the Trade From The American Woodshop greetings from 'the American woodshop' Each issue we publish tricks that come in from readers, and some I've learned over the years in the American Woodshop. But we've had so many good ones from read- fers recently, I've decided to give them all the attention.The tricks □EL.TA MACHINERY in this month's issue are all from Popular Woodworking readers.Thanks to Delta Woodworking Machinery,the author of this issue's winning trick receives the new 22-580 two-speed portable thickness finisher (shown at left).The other trick's authors receive $75. Thanks to everyone who entered their shop tips and tricks. To submit your tip or trick, e-mail it along with a daytime phone number to DavidT@FWPubs.com or mail it to:Tricks of the Trade • Popular Woodworking • 1507 Dana Ave.^ Cincinnati, OH 45207. - Scott Phillips Circle #104 on Resource Directory Coupon 12 Popular Woodworking December 2001 |
