Woodworker's Journal 1985-9-1, страница 6
Letters Your Veneer Bracelet article in the January/February 1984 issue (page 46) was excellent. The veneer border strip designs are synonymous with accepted American Indian designs and I cannot make enough to fill orders. A couple of suggestions are in order. The first time I made a bracelet I tried to use a web clamp (as shown in step 3), but to draw it tight enough caused the wood to become badly deformed. I experimented for a better method and came upon the cheap PVC electrical tape. After the first layer of tape, stretch the successive layers almost to the breaking point. Plastic has a memory and clamps very tightly. 1 also use PVC electrical tape to clamp when gluing (step 5). On wide strips, take the water soaked pieces out of the pan, pat dry with a paper towel, and lay a strip of unstretched tape over the strip. This helps to hold the strip pieces in place if they soaked too long. Incidentally, I leave the veneer strips in the hot water and, when ready, the border strip is set in the hot water only until the air bubbles stop coming out of the wood {about 2 to 5 seconds). The water is heated in a stainless frying pan on an electric stove set at medium. If your wife is as congenial as mine, you can use her stainless skillet and clean it afterwards. Richard C. Stewart Phoenix, Ariz. In your September/October 1984 issue, you responded to a reader's letter by giving the address for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to obtain a copy of the Regulations for Toys and Children's Articles. I wrote for one and received instead, a copy of a coloring book for children titled "Think Toy Safety." I wrote them again explaining that I wanted the regulations for toy safety. 1 received another copy of the coloring book. A mistake can happen once, but when it happens twice, it would appear that someone is either totally incompetent, or playing games. I don't know if anybody else has run into the same probiem, but I thought 1 should write to let you know. I am also writing a letter of complaint to the director of the commission with copies to my senator and congressman. Yosh Sugiyama Redding, Calif. After checking, we determined that there was no clear policy at the commission relative to mailing the requested information. We were however able to arrange for a guaranteed source where our readers may write to obtain a copy of the regulations: Division of Regulatory Management Attention: Christine Nelson Consumer Product Safety Commission Washington, D.C. 20207 I am retired and spend a good part of each day in my basement workshop. I was thinking of making some of the projects shown in the Journal and selling them at craft shows. Do I need your special permission to do this? Stanley Roman Parma, Ohio This question is frequently asked by our readers, and the confusion is probably related to the copyright. 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