Popular Woodworking 2005-10 № 150, страница 16

Popular Woodworking 2005-10 № 150, страница 16

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."

- Woodworker's Journal

"In a class by itself."

- WOOD Magazine

VIDEO: $8.95 + $2 P/H

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

Simply the best!

CIRCLE NO. 134 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD.

CIRCLE NO. 163 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD.

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New

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AMANA TOOL® HAS TEAMED UP WITH MASTER WOODWORKER LONNIE BIRD TO CREATE A UNIQUE VARIETY OF TABLE EDGE DESIGN ROUTER BITS

Six new table edge bits, which will shape away the bard edge, add detail and reduce the visual thickness of the top. From popular period furniture designs to simple elegant table edges, we have the edge you need.

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Patent Design Pending

OGEE WITH STEP

Simitar to the ogee edge, this profile joins the dasstc ogee curve with a smalt "fillet* or step to add a bit more refinement

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Letters

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Norm Abram keeps projects to monitor them as they age and he uses them. Typically Abram and Russ Morash, creator, director and executive producer of the show, will each take a project home. Abram says he's even started to do theme rooms. For example, his daughter's room is filled with mahogany furniture. Shop projects are used in The New Yankee Workshop. Morash often uses the second shop projects in his personal woodshop. Many of the outdoor projects can be seen on the grounds of the workshop. Projects are never sold and the Adirondack chair (see our August 2005 issue) was the first to be given away in a contest.

— Kara Gebhart Uhl, managing editor

But What is the Proper Way to Store a Straightedge to Keep it True?

Recently I purchased the Veritas steel straightedge. I felt good about my choice when I subsequently read your review in the April 2005 issue referring to it as "the deal of the year." I got a little nervous, though, when I read your comment about straightedges going "out of true when stored improperly." I have it lying flat on a firm, flat surface. Should it be hung up?

Randall Warren Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Either hung up or fully supported on a firm, flat surface will do nicely. Many machinists treat their straightedges like a holy relic by wrapping them in rust-retardant paper and placing them in a special box to protect them. There is some merit to this approach. Our Starrett straightedge is now slightly banana-shaped because some thoughtless person stored it propped up on one end and unsupported. It bent under its own weight and is now completely worthless. And the steel straightedges are susceptible to corrosion, so do wipe it down after use. PW — Christopher Schwarz, executive editor

CORRECTIONS

In the "Sawbench & Shop Stool" article (June 2005), the hardwood blocks for the feet should be 4" long, not 4' long as stated in the Construction Steps on page 43. In the "Farewell Fractions - Hello Bob" Out of the Woodwork column (June 2005), the example in the second to last paragraph should be 4', 8" and 10 bob, which is equal to "four-foot eight and 13/32nds," not "four-foot eight and 17/32nds" as stated.

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