Woodworker's Journal 1982-6-6, страница 22

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Beginning Woodworker (cont'd)

pins. In these cases it's better to leave a slightly wider pin at the end instead. The main two points to remember are: 1) to end the joint with a pin at each end and 2) to balance the joint if possible by trimming the end pins equally-

Let's turn our attention now to the construction of the jig and the procedure involved in using it. The jig is merely a board with two slots, one of which contains an index pin. We'll call it a key to avoid confusing it with the pins of the joints.

A piece of ³A inch plywood is best to avoid warping problems and because the small section between the two slots is less likely to break off. The dimensions of the jig are not critical. It should be wide enough so that it can be screwed to your miter gauge and provide a good backup surface for the workpiece. A good length for a 10 inch table saw with table extension would be about 18 inches.

Set your dado head to cut a slot equal to the desired pin width (in this example, we will use a pin width of ³A inch). The dado height is set just a tiny bit higher than the thickness of the workpieces. If your stock will be V*" thick, set the cutter height 1/32 inch higher than V*". This will guarantee that the pins will be slightly long and can later be sanded flush.

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Carefully check your miter gauge to make sure it's set at exactly 90 degrees, then turn on the saw and make a pass over the dado head to cut a slot about 6 inches from the end of the jig (Fig. 5). Now rip a 4 inch long piece of dense hardwood such as maple so that it fits exactly in the slot. The fit of this key in the slot is very important for a good box joint. The key should fit snugly enough to stay in place.

Cut the maple key in half and place one piece into the slot so that it is flush with the back of the jig. With the saw turned off, place the remaining piece on edge against the blade and move the miter gauge and jig toward the

blade so that the key is against this spacer (Fig. 6). Incidentally, if you use an adjustable dado cutter, the kind that has a dial to set the width of the

cut, you will have some difficulty aligning the spacer with the blade as these blades rotate while tilted on the arbor. You will have to rotate the blade by hand to find the tooth that cuts to the extreme right (standing in front), and align the spacer and key from that tooth. Because the width of cut is set on a dial that is usually not too accurately marked, you may find it difficult to set the blade exactly right. The best kind of dado cutter consists of a set with identical outer blades with spacer blades set between. Various combinations of blades and spacers give different widths of cut and once set up they never vary.

Ideally, you have now located the jig so that the next slot you cut will be exactly one key thickness from the first

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