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Tricks of the Trade

Compiled by Paul Anthony Illustrations by Matt Bantly

A Shooting Board For Perfect Veneer

THE WINNER:

When laying out veneers for my marquetry patterns, I often have to joint the edges of adjacent pieces for a good seam. To do this, I use a shooting board and a jointer plane. The shooting board consists of an MDF panel to which I've attached a straight-edged clamp board, aligning the edges of the panel and clamp board, and securing them together with a flat-head machine screw and wing nut.

The real trick here is to use a bowed piece of wood for the clamp board, orienting the convex face downward. That way, when you push down on the unbolted end, the rest of the board applies pressure to the veneer to hold it securely for planing.

To use, sandwich the veneer between the panel and the clamp board, with the edge of the veneer projecting slightly beyond the

Clamping board bows upward at this end

Veneer

Clamping board

Jointer plane

edges of both. This stiffens and secures the veneer so I can then trim its edge straight with the plane riding sideways on the bench.

Adolf Schneider Alpha, New Jersey

MDF panel

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O-rings Help a Bit

When installing a bit in a router, it's important that the shank doesn't bottom out in the collet, which can distort the collet and cause the bit to work loose. And sometimes the amount of the shank that gets inserted in the collet varies, depending on the desired projection of the bit for a particular cut.

When trying to position the bit properly during installation, I often wish I had a third hand to hold it while I tighten the collet nut with the wrenches. I've found that the next best thing is to slip an O-ring on the shank before inserting it in the collet. I can then position the O-ring as necessary to hold the bit in the desired position as I tighten the wrenches. You should be able to find suitable V4" and V^'-diameter O-rings in the plumbing section of your local home-supply store.

Lewis Kougher Meadville, Pennsylvania continued on page 20

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