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Letters

Do you know where I can find hardware for a roll-top desk chair - the kind that allows the chair to swivel and tilt?

Malcolm Baber, Speedway, Ind.

Valley Creek Woodworks, Box 68, Lakeland, Minn. 55043 sells this hardware for $60.00 postpaid. Write to them for more details.

I read the letter in your last issue from Robert Smith of Washington, Mo. regarding his problem matching Ethan Allen stain. We purchased their living room furniture some time ago and I've made several extra pieces since then. My problem was similar. I went to the Ethan Allen show room and found that I could order stain to match the furniture purchased as long as they knew the type and kind of furniture. A quart costs approximately $8.00 and took about 1 week to get.

Although the color is very similar you will not get the exact same results simply because of the different type of wood used. I must say however, that I couldn't get any better results from stains purchased on the open market.

Edward Kalb, Franklin Square, N.Y.

Ethan Allen Antique Pine Stain (#212) can be purchased at most Ethan Allen stores. If the store is out of stock it will order it, although this usually takes 12-15 weeks. Best bet is to order it direct. The address is: Pine Valley Division of Ethan Allen, P.O. Drawer 639, Old Fort, N.C. 28762.

Joseph J. Fallon, West Seneca, N.Y.

In your July/August 1982 issue I noticed a letter from a gentleman who is interested in a tool to make wooden wheels for toys. I solved this problem by making a fly-cutter with which I can produce 100 wheels an hour. I no longer have to settle for the birch or maple wheels that are sold on the market but can use scraps of walnut or any other kind I choose to use. I am now marketing this tool and can make it available by mail for $14.95.

David Stieler 22334 Yale

St. Clair Shores, MI 48081

I must take strong exception to the procedure described for making the rabbet cuts in the Oak Desk Clock pro

ject in your November/December 1982 issue. The cut as shown in the third view should not be made in that manner. When cut through, the waste stock would be free between the blade and the fixed fence. The chances of the waste stock being thrown by the blade are quite high, and this could do damage to both the operator and the machine.

Mike Roth, Riverton, 111.

You 're certainly right. The method we suggested in step three is hazardous. Shown below is a method for step three that is much safer and just as easy.

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I have enclosed a photograph of two jeeps that I made for my two grandsons from the plan in your July/August 1982 issue. I make quite a few wooden toys for the two and have found that in order to keep peace between them each has to be identical to the finest degree. This keeps my skill very sharp.

I followed the plans exactly with two exceptions. I find that a V* in. dowel is far too light for the use to which the grandchildren put the toys, so I went to a 5/16 in. dowel and drilled a 21/64 in. hole. To make the headlights I drilled two ³/s in. holes into the hood block at the proper location and into them inserted short pieces of Vs in. dowel. The dowels stick out from the hood block about 1/16 in.

Arnold M. Page, Toledo, Ohio

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