Woodworker's Journal fall-2008, страница 87
(For symmetrical tapers, you need to duplicate the same number of cuts per face.) Repeat the process until you're pleased with the taper. If you are leaving a little foot on the bottom of the leg, you'll need to incorporate a stop block on the wedge after the first or second pass on each face of the leg. You can make a variety of leg shapes and styles using this basic setup. One real benefit to tapering your legs on the jointer is, if your knives are sharp. Sanding is held to a minimum. Easily tapered legs and virtually no sanding... simply amazing! & Variations On a Tapered Theme You can create several variations of the typical four-sided tapered leg on your jointer. For instance, you can make them with or without a foot. You can taper two adjacent faces (with or without a foot). You can start the taper high or low ... you get the idea. Here are four possible legs made from stock of the same length and thickness. iOI r This leg is tapered on all four sides and has no foot. It requires several passes and a depth of cut setting of about 3/16". This is a two-sided taper without a foot. It's very basic, but appropriate in many situations. This leg is tapered on four sides but ends with a foot. You create the foot by clamping a stop block in place after you've made the first few passes across the jointer. It is possible to mix and match as you design your legs. Here is a two-sided taper with a foot. The back corner was chamfered to present a more delicate shape. Subscribe now at www.woodwoirkersjournal.com/digitaledition FALL 2008 87 Step 1: Maintaining pressure on the end of the stock on the outfeed table holds the workpiece just above the rotating jointer knives, providing safe and effective control. Position stock at leading edge of wedge and lower it slowly. There should be downward pressure on front of stock while it rests on the outfeed table. Stop block (optional) clamped toward back of wedge Step 2: Using your push stick, first lower your stock down to the level of the mfeed table and then push Ft "" "t up the ramp. You can clamp a ^ stop block to o f JBHMfe \ 1 your ramp to V create a foot P_ ^ on your leg. |
