Popular Woodworking 2003-04 № 133, страница 17

Popular Woodworking 2003-04 № 133, страница 17

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rass & iron hardware

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CIRCLE NO. 104 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD.

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We now have Curly Bubinga, Curly Makore & other figured exotics

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The Keller Dovetail System:

"Your best choice"

- Woodworker's Journal

"The setup is easy, adjustments minimal and the joints perfect. It's the easiest of all the jigs to use and great for production use."

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- WOOD Magazine

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No test cuts. Fast setup. Unlimited widths. Precision joinery. Classic and variable spacing. Compound angles. Curved dovetails. Box joints. 20 year warranty. Made in USA since 1976.

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Keller Dovetail System

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CIRCLE NO. 121 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD.

Tricks of the Trade

Stop Your Scraper From Scorching You

THE WINNER:

I didn't think that a cabinet scraper could get hot enough to burn until it happened to me - twice. I made this simple holder to prevent future blistered thumbs.

Make the main piece of the holder from any available ^"-thick scrap of hardwood. Cut this piece about 1" longer and J/2" narrower than your scraper. Cut both clamp strips from a longer piece of scrap by using a table saw to make a x /8" rabbet along one edge, then rip off a /"V'-wide strip (the rabbet should be a hair wider than the thickness of the scraper). Attach the clamp pieces to the holder with screws. The thumbscrew will cut its own threads if screwed into an undersized hole.

V4" dia. x 1" thumbscrew forms thread in undersized hole

2 pennies glued together

Rabbet is slightly deeper than thickness of scraper

" thick, adjust size " based on scraper

3/4" dia. x Vs" cut with Forstner

In use, the thumbscrew presses against a penny, which flexes the blade. Because this jig doesn't have a top and bottom, simply flip it over to use a fresh burr on the opposite edge.

Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk Denver, Colorado continued on page 20

CASH AND PRIZES FOR YOUR TRICKS AND TIPS!

Each issue we publish woodworking tips and tricks from our readers that we think are useful. We want to encourage you to share with your fellow woodworkers, as well as reward the most useful and original concepts. The winner this issue and the June issue will receive a fantastic finish-sanding kit from Fein Tools, including the Turbo III vacuum and a MSF 636-1,6" right-angle sander - $1,000 worth of tools! This package is, in our opinion, the best finish-sanding setup you can buy. But our winner won't have to.

Send us your tip or trick bye-mail (along with a daytime phone number) to david.thiel@fwpubs.com or mail it to: Tricks of the Trade Popular Woodworking 4700 E. Galbraith Road Cincinnati, OH 45236

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