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ShopNotes

Issue 50

PUBLISHER EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR ART DIRECTOR SR. GRAPHIC DESIGNER SENIOR ILLUSTRATORS

March 2000

Donald B. Peschke Tim Robertson Tom Begnal Bryan Nelson Cary Christensen Kurt Schultz Roger Reiland Mark Higdon

CREATIVE RESOURCES

Creative Director. Ted Kralicek • Project Developer: Ken Munkel • Senior Project Designer. Kevin Boyle • Project Coordinator: Kent Welsh • Shop Manager: Steve Curtis • Shop Craftsman: Steve Johnson • Senior Photographer. Crayola England

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

Executive Editor: Douglas L. Hicks » A rt Director: Steve Lueder • Sr. Graphic Designers: Chris Glowacki, Cheryl L. Sinipson • Asst. Editors: Joe Irwin, Craig Ruegsegger

• Graphic Designer: Vu Nguyen

CIRCULATION

Sub. Serv. Dir.: Sandy Baum • New Bus. Dir.: Glenda Battles

• Circ. Marketing Analyst: Kris Schlemmer • Creative Mgr.: Melinda Haffner • Renewal Mgr.: Paige Rogers • Sr. Graphic Designer. Mark Hayes • Billing Mgr.: Rebecca Cunningham • Prom. Mgr.: Rick Jurikins • New Bus. Mgr.: Todd L. Bierle • Asst. Sub. Mgr.: Joy Krause

CORPORATE SERVICES

Controller: Robin Hutchinson • Sr. Accountant: Laura Thomas • Accounts Payable: Mary Schultz • Accounts Receivable: Margo Petrus • Prod. Dir.: George Chmielarz

• Electronic Pub. Dir.: Douglas M. Lidster • Network Admin.: Cris Schwanebeck • Prod. Assistant: Susan Rueve • Pre-Press Image Specialist: Troy Clark, Minniette Johnson • New Madia Manager.: Gordon C. Gaippe • Multimedia Art Dir.: Eugene Pedersen * Technology Analyst: Carol Schoeppler •VV<?6 Site Product Specialist: Adam Best • Web Content Manager.: Terry Walker • H. R. Asst.: Kirsten Koele • Facilities Mgr.: Julia Fish • Administrative Asst.: Sherri Ribbey

• Receptionist: Jeanne Johnson • Mail Room Clerk: Lou Webber • Building Maintenance: Ken Griffith

MAIL ORDER

Operations Dir.: Bob Baker • Cust. Serv. Mgr.: Jennie Enos

• Warehouse Supr.: Nancy Johnson • Buyer. Linda Jones

• Admin. Asst.: Nancy Downey • Tech. Rep.: John Audette • Cvst. Serv. Reps.: Anna Cox, Tammy Truckenbrod, Deborah Rich, April Revell • Warehouse: Sylvia Carey, Dan Spidle, Sheryl Knox

WOODSMITH STORE

Manager. Dave Larson • Sales Staff: Wendell Stone, Jim Barnett, Kathy Smith, Larry Morrison, Harold Cashman, Tim Rundell, Tim Thelen • Office Manager: Vicki Edwards

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EDITOR S NOTE

Cutoffs

One of the things I enjoy most about visiting other woodworkers' shops is it always seems to trigger a new idea.

Sometimes it's a clever jig or a handy storage solution. Other times I come away with a great new tip.

Well, recently I was poking around Ted's shop. (Ted is our creative director.) It's nothing fancy really, just a basement shop with concrete block walls and fluorescent lights. But there's one thing that caught my eye right away.

WORKSTATION. Sitting smack-dab in the middle of the shop is what Ted calls a workstation. To tell you the truth, I'm not so sure it isn't more of a play area. But no matter what you call it, the whole thing is centered around his table saw.

Mounted to the table saw is a

heavy-duty rip fence and large extension wing. Together with a removable out-feed support, they make it easy to rip wide sheets of material.

Now that would be a major improvement all by itself. But there's more. To save space, the wing doubles as a router table with an adjustable fence. And a cabinet that helps support the wing provides extra storage underneath.

All in all, Ted's workstation seemed like a great idea — a single, self-con-tained unit that accomplished a variety of jobs. In fact, it seemed like an ideal project to feature in ShopNotes.

So we kicked the idea around, made a few changes and improvements, and built our own version. (To see how it turned out, take a look at the front cover.)

Now I realize that this may seem like a large, ambitious project. But it's really not. Actually, it's a collection of three separate projects: a set of roll-around cabinets, a router table extension, and an out-

Ted calls it a workstation, but I'm not so sure it isn't more of a play area.

feed table. This makes it easy to modify the workstation to fit your needs. You can build all three of the projects, or just one. No matter what, it's sure to make a great addition to your shop. (We've included a series of articles with step-by-step instructions for building each part of the workstation beginning on page 6.)

THE WORKSHOP

The table saw workstation is a good example of how a visit to just one shop can "mushroom" into a great project that may benefit thousands of woodworkers.

That got me thinking about something new I'd like to try in ShopNotes.

The idea is to visit other woodworkers' shops and then feature a number of those shops in our upcoming issues.

But in order to make this work, I need your help. If you'd like us to visit your shop (or you know someone who has an interesting shop), give us a "sneak preview" of it by sending a few photos and a brief description.

Keep in mind that it doesn't have to be a big, fancy shop. In fact, maybe it's just like Ted's shop, and it only occupies a small area in the basement.

If this sounds like something you're interested in, send a peek of your shop to: ShopNotes (Attn.: Tim Robertson), 2200 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312.

HELP WANTED

One final note. We're looking for editors, illustrators, and graphic designers who are enthusiastic about woodworking and home improvement to join us here at August Home Publishing. If you're interested in any of these positions, send a letter and resume to: S. Ribbey, 2200 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312.

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