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Letters JET Power Rebates start September 1! For a limited time, get rebates of up to $200 on select JET products. For more details visit your nearest JET dealer or www.jettools.com. JET BUILT BETTER TD BUILD BETTER™ Where Do You Get Your Good Plywood? Finding Quality Plywood a Problem In every picture I see, the quality of the plywood being used for projects in your magazine is superior to anything I have ever seen in Home Depot or Lowe's. The number of plys is greater and the finish is better than my choices. All I can get is oak or occasionally "paraply" from somewhere in South America. What kills me is that I see your "better" plywood being used for jigs - I would love to use it for some of my better proj ects! I know I can't afford to ask Home Depot for an entire bundle of the stuff, but maybe there is a different or better way - can you tell me the name of what you use and how to get it? Michael Prather Pace, Florida I doubt you'll ever find quality plywood at the major home-center retailers. It's just not their market. You should check your Yellow Pages under "hardwood plywood" and "hardwood lumber." Most areas have at least one company that deals in better lumber and plywood. They will sell to consumers and cabinet shops. If you don't find a source there, contact your local woodworking club or call a cabinet shop and ask them where to buy. Another alternative: Order by phone long distance. I completed a rather large project recently that required 10 sheets of maple-faced plywood and birch for the interiors. I ordered it from Steve Wall Lumber (800-633-4062 or walllumber.com) in North Carolina. It was shipped common carrier. Even though the shipping costs extra, the total price was still quite a bit less than prices here in Cincinnati. And it was good material that arrived in good condition. — Steve Shanesy, editor and publisher How to Sharpen a Curved-edge Blade Using a Jig that has a Wide Roller I really enjoyed the article about sharpening a curved blade by David Charlesworth ("Learn ing Curves," August 2005). His techniques would have worked well on my old side-clamp honing guide, but I have a honing guide that has a 2"-wide roller. The roller offers great support for wide blades but it's almost too stable. I tried for a while to put a camber on a blade without much success - until I found a solution. I took a 2"- to 3"-long piece of black electrical tape and wrapped it around the middle of the guide's roller. The tape increased the center diameter of the roller by about 1/32", allowing me to put a nice camber on the edge of my blade while giving me sufficient support to sharpen the center of the blade flat. Dave Brown Germantown, Maryland What Happens to Abram's Projects? I recently received the August 2005 issue of Popular Woodworking and have just finished the very interesting article on Norm Abram. What a guy! Anyway, I wonder if you can tell us what happens to the projects he builds - all 800 or so of them (17 years times 26 episodes times two copies of each project less some that took two episodes to complete) ? John Fleming Lancaster, Massachusetts continued on page 14 WRITE TO US Popular Woodworking welcomes letters from readers with comments about the magazine or woodworking in general. We try to respond to all correspondence. Published letters may be edited for length or style. All letters become the property of Popular Woodworking. How to send your letter: • E-mail: popwood@fwpubs.com • Fax: 513-891-7196 • Mail carrier: Letters • Popular Woodworking 4700 E. Galbraith Road Cincinnati, OH 45236 jettools.com CIRCLE NO. 132 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD. 12 Popular Woodworking October 2005 |
