Craftsman Curio Cabinet » Wall-Mounted Quilt Rack « Birdhouse CO ETC) | Tenons TIEN Lat hea Lue Sabra eS i. ane tees Straight, Hat* ., : aT aliNo. 130 August, 2000 Publisher Donald B. Peschke Editor Terry J. Strohman Associate Editors Jon Garbison Vincent Ancona Contributing Editor Joel A. Hess Art Director Todd Lambirth Senior MMlustrators David Kreyling Dirk Ver Steg, Harlan V. Clark Graphie Intern Kara K. Blessing Decor: Ted Kral» Pret Devlope: en Pg espe Ret Wah «Shp Manager it Shop Catenion Seve Johason » Ser ising ate Saperecom en Ptedin USA SAWDUST provide some interesting challenges. ‘The birdhouse featured on page 26 of this issue isa perfect example For starters, I wanted the bird: house to be eylindric But what was the best way to make it round? My first thought was to turn it on a lathe, The only problem was hol- lowing out tall eylinder would have been trick The solution was to wild the birdhouse nique called fave construction. The dea is to bevel rip pieces into small edges sicips, Then glue the bevele With the walls of the hous: of, I began working ‘oot Here I decided n Woodsmith Readers’ Gallery ves toodsmith ready to go, we spotted a tiny bird (I pore NM the birdhouse. At that point, I knew this project was a winner. Now if you build this birdhouse, I can't guar- antee you'll have a wren moving in as soon asyou pat it up. But it wil cer- tainly give you the chance to try your hand at several interesting woodworking techniques, ‘ew Face, Harlan Clark has recently Joined our staff asa Senior Mustrator He will be helping create the artwork that appears in each issue. We're all alad to have him on board. MUP WANTED. In addition, we're look- itor to join us here at ne Publishing. If you're about woodworking and i as part of a team, we'd ke to hear from you. Send a cover jeter and resume highlighting your sxperience to S. Ribbey, 2200 Grand 's Moines, IA 50812, see photos of Readers No. 130 eALOOK SID CONTENTS Features Craftsman Curio Cabinet . 6 “This curio cabnetcombines al the features that make up a true Crafisman classic — mortise and tenon joinery, quartersawn uhite oak, ad period hardware. Buc it’ the beveled glass hat really makes this project stand out and shine Cutting Tenons.............. wet ‘A tenon jig it’ the only way to cut a tenon, Here we look at three diferent methods, eack one using a different power tol lus we give you some tips for getting them to fit perfectly. Wall-Mounted Quilt Rack ..............20 This quick, easy-to-build quilt rack looks good with just aboue any decor. And by using ready-made turnings for the rod that holds the quilt, you won'e need a lathe to build this project. Birdhouse . 26 The attractiv f this birdhouse explains why birds and people alike see it. But there are some features that make building it neresting as well. Things lke stave construction, a sheet metal roof, and an optional perch Straight, Flat & Square 32 One secret to building a great project is making sure your work- pieces end up straight, flat, and square. Here are a few simple steps to help you prepare you stock so all your projects go together as smoothly as possible Departments Tips & Techniques ..........00..0cc0ccccee 4 Shop Notes 24 Sources . No.130 ‘WooddsmithFROM FELLOW WOO MOG Radial Arm Saw Raised Panels ‘Making.a raised panel ona the top of the workpiece, table saw usvally requires Nowturn onthe saw and you to stand the panel on slowly (but steadily) feed edge. I've never felt com- the workpiece into the side fortabledoingthis.solcame of the blade (Fig. 1), Start up with another method with the ends of the panel using my radal arm saw, and then do the sides, Essentially. I scoop out After making a pass on the edges of the panel by all four sides, lower the making a series of light blade Ye" and repeat the cuts, feeding the work process until the desired } piece into the side of the _depthis reached (Fig. 1a) rotating blade ‘Youshould end up with a Start by locking the rsised field surrounded by blade so it’s half way out a slightly curved border, ] from the fence of the saw. just lke the phto above, ‘Then adjust the height of Kyle Van Done the blade so i's Yi" betow Kalamazoo, Mihion Fa The gentle curve of this pamel was cut ‘ona radial arm saw. Hi-Tech Push Block Like to make my own Alyourmetodoisen push blocks forse withthe onm rb o match the ables, oer and your uh block an le router table, Recently | iinplae wth spy adhe came up with a way to sive. Alotofcomputer and give the push blocks a bet- office supply stores offer ter grip. I just line the computer mouse pads for push bck with pico of fe or very te money fam rubber en fom an Gales oll computer muse pad. Po Heme, alfora Measuring Seal 1 Tike the plans in wanted to make a Woodsmith because ofall Wondsmiti projctin three the detailed dimensions fourthsscale realized that they include. But when I Iwould have todo a lot of | Phetecony calculations to refigure all | freiced) those dimensions. So } instead, I came up with this < simple alternative. Careooard T just photocopied my rule at 75% of the original size. Then I cat out the ___ ‘photocopy and glued it toa piece of thin cardboard, as ments just 2s they were or three photocopies and shown in Fig. printed in the plans, with glue them end to end to 4) Byusing this shopmade out having to make any createascaled-down"yard- Fusize scale forall my measuring, conversions, see example stick” proiect 1a able wo build the pro ate. For longer measure- Richa Phcer ect using the measurements, you can make two Spring, Virgie ole / Galsize) 4 Woodsmith No. 130thesenai.asshominthe do iseut out the template Qing Tips upper photo atleft. (keto and use it to transfer the i use the syle ofblicain eurvetoyourworpices, 0a IKe een thet you fd old pu Raycksot pipe eect a chain light fixtures) Lander, Wyoming ton ig simp ane — _Asivistusatou More Torque on Clamps lit“ ‘secoun: | Web steandson Due to arthritis, [havea ‘Then I slip a short (6") Li = deere | Up to receive a hardtimegetingagripon length of dowel through < treep va eres the small handles of many ofmyclamps,makingitdi ing at right. The dowel ficult totightenthem. allows me to get a bettes Ti To solve this problem, 1 grip on the clamp. i~ simply cross-