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Letters continued from page 14 1. Use the lateral adjustment lever to skew the blade so that it is perpendicular to the side of the plane rather than parallel to the sole to compensate for the side and sole not being square, or ... 2. For boards that are rectangular in cross-section, when shooting, flip one of the boards of a pair that will be joined so that the angles of the "shot" edges will be complementary even though they are not 90° (analogous to edge-jointing two boards at once). Of course this wouldn't work for mouldings. I was wondering if you or the author, Paul Sellers, have any thoughts on this subject. Mark Ketelsen Lincolnshire, Illinois I always tweak the bed of the shooting board instead of the tool. Usually a strip or two of strategically placed blue painter's tape will fix things. You can get scientific about it if you like: Use a machinist square and feeler gauges to determine how out of square you are at the top of the sidewall. In my experience, the old Stanley planes are more likely to be toed in at the top. Then measure the thickness of your tape with a dial caliper and lay down enough strips of tape on your shooting board to compensate for the plane. This will get you close, but it wont be perfect. You might need to add or remove another strip of tape to get things perfect. Test your results on wood. Once your square says you are shooting square, you're done. — Christopher Schwarz, editor Matching Sapwood and Heartwood I'm in the process of building a full-size, adjustable Mission-style entertainment center (adjustable for regular televisions, full-size units and the new thin televisions). I'm building it out of cherry and have cut around knots and defects. Unfortunately, I simply can't afford to cut around sapwood. Nor could I select boards from one flitch. Having said that, I have the utmost confidence that I can blend the sapwood and heart-wood in the finishing process — that's where you come in. (You didn't know you were assisting with this project, did you?) I've read some articles on matching sapwood to heartwood (they vary so I wanted your input), but it goes beyond sapwood and heartwood. I also need 16 Popular Woodworking April 2007 |
