Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-6, страница 77
Today's SHOP Beyond that, use the bit to cut a drawer-lock joint that I believe is stronger than the conventional routed drawer lock. In addition to the interlocking tabs of the conventional joint, this one has an extra shoulder or two that can give the joint just a little extra resistance to racking stress. Birrf's-Mouth (aka Multi-angle) Bits The wrens that set up housekeeping outside my office window each spring owe their little house to the bird's-mouth bit. These bits — there are three different ones in the set — enable you to mill one edge of boards and assemble them into hexagonal, octagonal and Close-up of the joint in other-agonal the wren house. forms. The six-sided form made of Western red cedar strips began my wren's house, simply by mounting it to a board hung on a nail in a deck post. Maybe there's something extra in the bird's-mouth joinery, Every year, Mamma and Poppa Wren show up, push the old nest out onto the ground, then recycle the twigs and strings and other debris into a new nest. ^ Bill Hylton is a woodworker, author and a frequent contributor to Woodworker's Journal. Western red cedar wren house made with a bird's-mouth bit. Bird's-Mouth Bits Lee Valley If you're looking for a good way to construct multi-sided boxes, here it is. You don't have to calculate bevel angles. You just decide how many sides your construction will have, chuck the appropriate bit in your table-mounted router, and start routing. When you're done, the routed bird's-mouth is self-aligning. I first tried the bits several years ago, making multi-sided tubes. I made an eight-sided form from thin strips of Spanish cedar, then transformed it into a kind of cigar humidor by adding rabbeted disks for a bottom and top. Who Makes the Bits 4 A 3§ Screw Slot Bits MLCS counter bo re (left) #7682 ......$17.95 countersink (right) #7683 ......$17,95 two-piece set #7686 ......$30.95 800-533-9298 Box Joint Bit Infinity Tool #61-501 ....$89.90 www. in finitytoo/s. com 877-872-2487 Finger Joint Bit Sommerfeld Tools #FJ4202A........$83.90 www.sommerfeldtooh.com 888-228-9268 Edge Banding Bit Set Eagle America #190-2055 ... $104.99 www.eagleamtrico.com 800-872-251 I Bead-and-Cove Bits Rockier 1/8" radius (left) #36195 ... . $44.99 1/4" radius (right) #36992 .... $49.99 www, rockier, com 800-279-444! Instile and Rail System" Amana Tool #55433 . $169.21 www.amanatool.com 800-445-0077 Window Grill Cutter Set Woodline USA #WL-1468 ........$30.00 www.woodline.com 800-472-6950 Tongue-and-Groove Edge Banding Bit Set Infinity Tool #61-506.......$89.90 www.infmitytools.com 877-872-2487 * I Lonnie Bird Tambour Door Bit Set Amana Tool Three-piece set #54314.......$173.29 ivww.omilnatoQl.com 800-445-0077 Reversible Drawer Lock Glue Joint Bit Eagle America #182-0815 .......$42.99 www.eog/eomenca.com 800-872-251 I r*t Bird's Mouth Bits Lee Valley 6 or 12 sides (left) #16)40 56 ........$33.00 16 sides (center) #16J40.66 ........$33.00 8 sides (right) # 16J40.58 ........$33.00 wwwjeevo/ley.com 800-871-8158 76 December 2008 Woodworker's Journal |
