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Errors in Review of Plunge Routers

Makita Router Actually Does Offer Dust Collection, Self-releasing Collet

Regarding "Premium Mid-size Plunge Routers" (June 2002), we would like to correct some errors that were made in the comparison featuring our Makita RP1101 router.

The RP1101 does in fact offer dust collection capability, achieved by simply attaching our accessory dust nozzle adapter (included in our router kit model RF1101KIT).

In the comparison of collets, our router does in fact feature a self-releasing collet for increased convenience when changing bits.

The last point that I would like to make is that the article never really mentions that the other models in the comparison are all dedicated plunge routers while our router is also part of a combination kit with both a plunge and fixed base. While our router may not be able to incorporate all the features of a strictly dedicated plunge, we offer a number of other advantages, number one being of course the ability to interchange the motor in various bases for added versatility.

Vince Caito

Marketing communications manager Makita U.S.A. Inc.

Editor's note: Our apologies to Makita for the errors regarding the capabilities of the RP1101.

Lessons on Shelving From an Expert

Congratulations to Troy Sexton on his handsomely designed shelving/cabinet piece, and the clear, well-written instructions for building it ("What You Must Know About Shelving," Woodshop Essentials special issue and originally appeared in the August 2000 issue). Such shelving is fine for framed pictures and glassware as shown, and for sculpture and many other display items.

But an article titled "What You Must Know About Shelving" should mention that this "bookcase" is not designed for shelving books. I know something about shelving

books - for many years I ran a law library, and I collect books. For bookshelves, these are wastefully deep front to back - 12" deep in the side units and 16" in the center unit. Ten inches would be ample; "Encyclopedia Brittanica's" large volumes measure less than 9" deep, and only a few atlases and coffee table books are deeper. As to height, efficient bookshelves should be vertically adjustable in V2" increments (common metal clip supports do this well), so the librarian can conserve height. The adjustability should go all the way from top to bottom, so the librarian can make a shallow top or bottom shelf for an atlas or other oversize book to lie flat, without waste of vertical space and without breaking the general sequence.

Bookshelves should not have a face frame that protrudes in front of shelf space, as these do - fully 52" of the shelving width is behind the protruding face frame stiles. Such framing interferes with good shelving practice. If you pushed the end volumes back behind the stiles, the appearance would suffer, the users couldn't see all the titles and access to the end books would become awkward. Because these shelves are so deep, you could instead push all the books all the way to the back of the shelves - at least that way the end space would be used and the spines of the end volumes could be seen. Nonetheless, continued on page 12

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