Woodworker's Journal 1994-18-2, страница 6
Letters We welcome opinions ami comments I both pro and con) from our readers. Address correspondence la: Letters Dept.. The Woodworker's Journal, P.O. Box 1629. Ne* Milford. CT 06776. I'd simply like lo lake this moment to thank you and your sialT for an excellent magazine. I receive about fourteen other woodworking magazines, and I just recently realized that when 1 build a project. it lends to be from The Woodworker's Journal. I've recently done (he Bread Box. and I'm in the middle of the Knothole Gang intarsia project, to name a few. I also built ihe American Eagle in-tarsia project and have received a lot of compliments on ii. Kindly thank Robert Hlavacek for some of the best instruction I've ever followed. Keep up the good work. Leon C. Lincoln. Christmas. l-!a. on the grid paitern for the two rockers I parts K). The pattern is scaled at 1 square equals 2 inches, hut ihal's incorrect. It should read. 1 square equals I [/2 inches. Also, the pattern calls for an 8 ft. (72 in.) length of construction lumber, but a 6 ft. length is all ihal's needed. D. A. Wilson. Portland. Ore. When I retire in a few years. I hope to be able lo earn a little extra money from my woodworking hobby Are there any books on the business aspect of w nod-working? J. A. Smith. Dallas. Tex. We can suggest a couple. Working at Woodworking by Jim Tolpin. published by Taunton Press. P.O. Box 5506. Newtown. CT06470. and How To Sell What You Make. The Business of Marketing Crafts by Paul Gerhards. published by Stackpole Books. P.O. Box 1831. Harris-burg. PA 17105. CahilL membership chairman, at (402) 334-5550. Although the Sprunger Corporation no longer manufactures a line of woodworking power tools, most of the parts for those tools are siil! available from ihetn. For more information, contact ihe Sprunger Corporation. P.O. Box 1621. Elkhart. IN 46515: tel. (219) 262-2476. The American Association of Woodturners is an organization of approximate!) 4.000 members representing studio turners, production turners, amateurs, collectors, gallery owners, and those who simply have an interesl in the craft. There are some 60 chapters throughout ihe L'niicd Slates. In addition they publish a quarterly journal, American Woodturner. For more information write to the American Association of Woodturners. 667 Harriet Ave., Shore-Mew. MN 55126: tel. (612)484-9094. The article "Building and Turning a Bricklaid Bowl" in your November/December 1993 issue suggested using a w ide flexible clamp to assemble the entire bowl al once. But, I've checked every store in my area and also every mail-order catalog, and I can't find one. Can you help? Jack Harter. Stillwater, Penn. Unfortunately, ihe damp shown in the article is no longer manufactured. However. an excellent alternative is a web clamp. Since a web clamp is not as wide as the clamp shown in ilie article, you'll need to assemble each of ihe rings separately. then sandwich litem together. Web clamps are available from a number of mail-order catalogs including Woodworker's Supply, 11 OS North Glenn Road. Casper. WY 82601: tel. 1-800645-9292. Your January/February 1994 issue included plans for a Kids' Riding Biplane. However, on page 53. there is a problem I enjoyed ihe Heart-Shaped Collapsible Basket that was in your May/June 1993 issue. Several were made as gills, and I used various kinds of wood for cach one. I also made a smaller version of the basket, one that til nicely on narrow shelves. To get the smaller size, I simply used a photocopier to reduce the pattern to about 70 percent of full-size. The band saw table was set lo a 4-degree angle, and a '/s in. wide band saw blade made ihe spiral cut. I'm sli!! experimenting wilh various sizes and wood combinations. Harold Siegle, Cixiv, Wyo. Odds and Ends Our Nebraska readers may want lo note ihai The Omaha Woodworker's Guild meets at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month at ihe Weslside Community Center. 108ih and Grover Streets in Omaha. Visitors are always welcomed. For more information, contact John Your safety is important io us. . . We strive to present our plans and techniques as accurately and safely as possible, and we in to point out specific areas and procedures where extra caution is required. But because of the variability of local conditions, construction materials and personal skills, we can't warn you against all potential hazards. Remember to exer cise common sense and use safety measures when operating woodworking power equipment. Don't attempt any procedures you're not comfortable with or properly equipped for. Sometimes, for ihe sake of clarity, il's necessary for a photo or illustration to show power tools without ihe blade guard in place. In actual operation, though, you should always use blade guards and other safety devices on power tools that are equipped with ihem. Remember . . an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure. The Editors 6 t he Woodworker's Journal |
