Woodworker's Journal 2004-28-6, страница 50
u Woodworkers are always on the lookout for easier, faster, more accurate — and, yes, more foolproof — means of cutting joints." — Bill Hylton I just didn't understand some of it. Too many salient details are glossed over. 'Hie DVD demo is nice, but too often it shows the bit cutting rather than what the operator is doing to direct the cut. The U.S. distributor, The Craftsman Gallery, has improved instructions posted on its web site (www. thecraftsmangallery com), |_ and according to Lewis Stepp of the Gallery, a new manual should be available when you read this. With the router positioned on the 'Rat, changing bits takes three hands — one to keep the bit from dropping out of the collet onto the floor, and two to work the wrenches and/or spindle lock. I ended up pulling the router off the WoodRat and making the swaps on the benchtop. A better solution would have been to use a Porter-Cable router fitted with an RC Eliminator chuck (the sort favored by the legacy folks). Too bad this excellent accessory isn't available for other router brands. Legacy Ornamental Mill This flamboyant red and silver behemoth lakes over. Squatting on your workbench, it grabs your shirt — figuratively, figuratively! — demanding you to try it out. Spiral turnings, it says. Spiral turnings! And by that 1 mean spiral turnings in virtually any size, any proportion. That's the attention-grabbing capability of this tool. But it is far from the only thing you can do with it. Primarily, it is a router-based turning machine that produces spindles — straight and tapered and contoured, with flat or rounded surfaces. It is particularly good at indexed work, that is, spindles with evenly spaced flutes or beads parallel to the axis of the work. Depending on which of the five sizes of mill you buy, you can produce batches of identical turned chair or table legs, balusters, bedposts, even architectural columns. While you've got a spindle suspended in the mill, you can cut Tool Review continues on page 88... (Circle No 64 on PRODUCI INFORMATION form) Woodworker's Journal Decernber 2004 50 THE NEW Rout l{ Lift FX A Great New Lift For Your Multi-Base 2 HP Router Kit • precision Height Adjustment • Above the Table Bit Changes • 3 versions for 2HP Multi-Base Router Kits • The First 2HP Lilt at a 2HP price • New Cam-Lock Clamp fer Quick Motor Changes Visit us at wwtt.jcMBeiii.ciMii call: 866-272-7 192 Bai l ie, Ontario Canada, North America PpiceCutter.com "THE WOODWORKER'S BEST VALUE" Look Inside... Combo flush Trim Mid T'Mokt Xtrcimi Xtension In this Catalog and on my Website you'll find... O Router Bits O Shaper Cutters O 100's of Woodworking Gadgets & Accessories O Closeout & Bargain Bin Specials BLUM Qualify Hingis WJ0411 rj J -888-288-2487 (Circle No. 38 on PRODUCI INFORIVIAIION form) |
