Woodworker's Journal 1983-7-4, страница 50

Shop Tips

To make a fast cutting file/rasp (great for cleaning out mortises and other slots), cut equal lengths of band-saw blade, then join them together by

taping at the ends with black (electrical) tape. You can make it any width, just add blades as needed. Alternating the tooth direction of the blades will permit cutting in both directions.

Richard Tolzman, Excelsior. Minn.

Some pieces of old rug come in handy around the workshop. When sanding, they can be put under the stock to protect it from scratches. Small pieces on the tops of sawhorses will serve the same purpose. Scraps can also be put on the floor when you need to tip a cabinet on its side to work on it.

PaulLevine, Sherman, Conn.

Keep a length of cotton clothes line handy for those touch-up staining jobs. Dip the end into the stain and use it like a small brush. When you're done, just snip the used part off. Next time, you've got a clean "brush" ready to use.

The child's booster seat project featured in your September/October 1980 issue required a piece of one inch thick foam rubber. Rather than buy one inch material, I wanted to use some three inch thick foam rubber I had on hand. To my delight, I found that an electric knife cuts through foam rubber like a piece of cake.

ArthurE. St. Martin. Claremont, N.H.

Lead fishing sinkers make it easy to add weight to book ends. Simply bore Vi in. diameter holes, then add sinkers

as needed. A few drops of epoxy will hold them in place. Exposed holes can be plugged with '/i in. diameter dowel plugs.

James E. Thompson, Lake Park, Fla.

If the bit in your portable drill or drill press is bent out of line, try this trick: use a plastic mallet and turn the drill speed up to about 1000 R.P.M.'s, then give the drill bit a slight tap. Sometimes it will come back into perfect alignment with the first tap, sometimes it makes it worse. However, with patience and continued tapping, the bit will eventually straighten out,

Don Kinnaman. Phoenix. Ariz,

When many pieces require the same hole, and the hole is located near a corner, here's a jig that can save a lot of time. The jig is simply clamped to the drill press table so that the hole is properly located.

William Twiford, Nottoway, Va.

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Soap or paraffin rubbed into the lathe dead-center end works better than oil - it won't drip out.

Don Kinnaman, Phoenix, Ariz.

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