Woodworker's Journal 1984-8-1, страница 7

Letters

The Toy Train project in your November/December 1983 issue called for making the wheels with an adjustable circle cutter which would leave a ridge to be sanded off.

To make my wheels, I had a tool-maker make a cutter with the cutting edge reversed. It makes a very good wheel cutter without any ridge. Raymond McQue, Philadelphia, Penn.

azines), the bottoms of them will eventually curl if the bottom of the rack is flat. So. 1 cut slots Vi in. deep about every '/j in. or so across the inside of the bottom with a V-groove router bit. The irregular surface helps the magazines stand up and not curl at the bottom.

Don Damour, Concord, N.H.

Editor's Note:

In the Toy Train project featured in our November/December 1983 issue, we neglected to specify the wheel size for the four cars. Each wheel is lVi in. diameter by 'A in. thick.

1 recently built the Coal Scuttle project featured in your November/ December 1983 issue, but 1 made one improvement which I think is useful.

Because the magazines sit at a 15 degree angle (if it is used to hold mag

I am not a woodworking craftsman by any means, being new to the field when I retired 10 years ago, A few pieces of equipment cluttered my small shop but the experience to operate the machines was lacking. One bad example had me sawing out a 22 in. rocker member on a jig saw while a band saw sat in a corner.

Finishing was really a chore, dust and raised fibers after applying the coating seemed impossible to remove by sanding and rubbing with steel wool. One day, contemplating another unpleasant task, I noticed the wood

scraper lying on the bench and recalled how easily it had smoothed a flat wood surface. Not knowing any better, I picked it up and pulled it along the varnished surface. 1 could feel and hear as the scraper edge removed the rough particles. When 1 had completed another couple light strokes, the surface felt satin smooth. After using a tack cloth, I brushed on the final coat of varnish. It dried smooth enough to require no further treatment. Since then, I have followed this procedure on all my work. I use urethane type varnish and find I can normally scrape the finish after 24 hours, however judgement must be used as to surface hardness.

For those wishing to try this method, I suggest that they refer to the article on Cabinet Scrapers in your July/August 1982 issue if not already familiar with this valuable woodworking tool. I make mine from an old band saw blade, scoring it to size with a chisel and breaking off the waste. The edge is trued up on a small sand-

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