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Conduit Compass & Router Trammel While in the process of building a round table, I found a quick, inexpensive way to make a beam compass and router trammel using '/i"-dia. electrical conduit. You can see these in the photos below. For the beam compass, I used a plastic cable clamp to hold a pencil (inset photo below). And for the trammel, I made a custom baseplate for my router that fastens to the coupling, as shown in main photo and drawing below. You can find screws at your hardware store to fit the threads in the couplings. For the trammel "centerpoint," 1 used a longer screw, cut off the head, and ground it to a point. You'll need to modify the couplings a bit so they'll slide completely over the conduit. I did this by filing out the ridge on the inside of the coupling. With the internal ridge removed, you can easily adjust the position of the coupling along the length of the conduit and tighten the screw to keep it in position. Robert Curtis Big Lake, Minnesota Submit Your Tips If you have an original shop tip, we would like to hear from you and consider publishing your tip in one or more of our publications. Just go online to our web site at www.ShopNotes.com and click on the link, "SUBMIT A TIP." Or you can mail your tip to: ShopNotes Tips for Your Shop, 2200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312. Please include your name, address, and daytime phone number (in case we have any questions). We will pay up to $200 if we publish your tip. The Winner! Congratulations to Robert Curtis of Big Lake, Minnesota. His router trammel and beam compass (shown at the top of the page) made from electrical conduit are handy additions to the shop. His tip was selected as winner of the Porter-Cable router, just like the one shown at right. To find out how you could win a Porter-Cable router, check out the information above. Your tip just might be a winner. ShapNotesIssue 95 Sept./Oct. 2007 PUBLISHER Donald B Peschke EDITOR Terry J. Strohman MANAGING EDITOR Bryan Nelson SENIOR EDITOR Phil Huber ASSISTANT EDITORS Mitch Holmes. Randall A Maxey, Carol Beronich CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Vincent Ancona, Ted Raife, Dennis Perkins EDITORIAL INTERNS Abby Harvey, Catherine Seiser EXECUTIVE ART DIRECTOR Todd Lambirth ART DIRECTOR Cary Christensen SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jamie Downing SENIOR ILLUSTRATORS David Kreyling. Dirk Ver Steeg, Harlan V Clark, Peter J Larson, David Kallemyn GRAPHIC DESIGNER Shelley Cronin GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN Emily Seibert CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Kralicek SENIOR PROJECT DESIGNERS Ken Munkel, Kent Welsh, Chris Fitch PROJECT DESIGNER/BUILDER John Doyle SHOP CRAFTSMEN Steve Curtis. Steve Johnson SR. PHOTOGRAPHERS Crayola England, Dennis Kennedy ASSOCIATE STYLE DIRECTOR Rebecca Cunningham ELECTRONIC IMAGE SPECIALIST Allan Ruhnke SENIOR VIDEO PRODUCER Craig Ruegsegger VIDEOGRAPHER Mark Hayes ShopNotes < ISSN IHSMMSfS) Is puMMml bimonthly (Jan, )Mi May. July, Sept.. Nov.I by August Home Publishing. SMI Grantl Ave, IX* Moux*. 1A 3812. ShopNotewCO is .1 registered trademark of August Home Publishing ©Copyright 2007 by August Home Publishing- All rights reserved. .Subscriptionii: Single copy S4.J*T>. One year subscription (6 issues* $27.95. Canada/ Internationa! add $10 per year. I'-S- funds. Canadian Subscriptions: Canada Post Agreement Number I'WfcOU. Send change of address information and blocks of undeliverable copies to P.O. Box 881, Station Main. Markham. ON UP HM6. Canada RN S4SSI7 M73 RT Periodicals [Wage Paid at Des Moines, IA and at aiklitional mailing oflWes. Postmaster Send change of addm<s to ShoplVole*, P.O. Box 37103. Roonc. IA 60037.2103 www.ShopNotes.com ONLINE SUBSCRIBER SERVICES • VIEW your account information • RENEW your subscription • CHECK on a subscription payment • PAY your bill • CHANCE your mailing or e-mail address • VIEW/RENEW your gift subscriptions • TELL US if you've missed an issue Click on the link, "MANAGE MY ACCOUNT" in the list on the left side of our home page Menus and forms will take you through any of the account maintenance sen/ices you need CUSTOMER SERVICE Phone: 800-333-5854 SUBSCRIPTIONS Customer Service P.O. Box 842 Des Moines, IA 50304-9961 subscriptions@auguslhome.com EDITORIAL ShopNotes Magazine 2200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 shopnotes@shopnotes.com August Home X 1 ^UILIIKINS COHPANf Printed in U S A |
