Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-6, страница 14

Pining Away

Quartersawn longleaf pine was specified far this Arts & Crafts inspired bookcase

for Prettier Wood

14 December 2008 Woodworker's Journal

Thin-skinned Turner?

1 cannot help but reply to [Betty] Scarpino's reply to Dr. Higby's letter explaining the difference between a live

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A reader is unhappy with builder Frank Grant's recent choices of wood species for projects. In Frank's defense, editor Hob Johnstone selects species to ensure that readers learn about the characteristics of as many woods as possible.

No Nomenclature

Curiously, we have no name for two angles — the angle at which the oncoming sharpened face of a plane blade, supported by the frog, meets the wood, and the angle of whatever is left to make up to 180° — handed clown by respected woodworkers of the past. In the August 2008 issue of Woodworker's Journal, on page 45 of an article called "Shoulder and Coachmaker's Rabbet Planes," between myself and the editors we managed to cause some confusion. To allay that confusion, here are the words 1 use for the two angles.

The angle of the sharpened face of the blade which is doing the cutting to the surface of the wood being cut is the Cutting Angle,

The angle forward of the sharpened cutting face of the blade (or cutting angle) is the Angle of Approach, I have seen tiiis angle referred to as the Angle of Attack — which sounds too sinister for hand woodworking and planing!

— Ian Kirby

Angle of approach

Cutting angle

A bit of "plane speak" from master woodworker tan Kirby.

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A Matter of Taste

The bookcase on the front [of the August 2008 issue] looked like it was made of pine. As I read through that issue, I noticed that several readers felt the same way as I did about the hideous bubinga table from a previous issue. It had a great top. a nice design and some really ugly legs.

Hmin, I thought, maybe I'm not craxy. So I get lo the article about the bookcase and find that it was indeed pine, and it was built by Frank Grant, the table builder. J*

I like yellow pine. It is very strong and very cheap. I also use il for things where strength is needed but price is the key factor. It [also] makes tor some fantastic painted kids' furniture.

I do not, however, find the grain pattern at all attractive. It is almost like a hideous American version of zebrawood. I am curious what my fellow readers think about this. Should we all chip in and send Frank some maple for the tabic and white oak for the bookcase? Or will there be a crowd digging through the 2 x 12s al the [store] next lime I want to build some nice white painted furniture for my daughter?

Alex LaZella Collinsville, Illinois

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