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verhgm y w0rkbenfl Iandtools to fin the space needed.hat is, until Ibuilt the turntableyou s pictnredo th righthat makes this turnt ble s

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f y w ' ~ ~or even more eyes to keep liquids and furrres you c n mz Mow f cepm m far y r .eyes s fety fromgettine nko t m shields c me with adjwta&mdhxddd canhelp. O n t t w n h t i e r f a c e s h i e i d , headgeartofitity~urfcead, y~m f e t y ~ g X e sm t h e hich p k c b y ur face w c m g e f f h e s h i e l d s i r i ~ o r ~

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.writing supplies in one convenient place The closed lid provide a writing surface and- . . -::.-. .

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phtklidPage31showsyouhm1usedmymuterandfustafewsimples k p o make thetrayne hing th twill help you out..~.enitcomestofitlting elidistoleavethehackEildeof thepenciltray. .

I . Ktwider.Thhwayyoucandryfithe lid and the tray. Thenyouq be5 able to trim away just the amountF .>.- -. Z tter fittingthepencil tray I used

heach fthehinges.Fdybefofe- - - completing the lid, cut a bevd-E-,5r;-: alongtheb o t b m b t edge osoftenI 7 &arp corneras shown ndetail--,-= d above. m lsopmvides more

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madebyj ingatopandalidfrmtwith a tongue and dado joint: likeyou s n the drawing and - jI

the storagecase.Justlike thepend b s I initidlyleft the bottom edge of the frontpiece a little bit wider. em again,t is letsyou dry-fit the lid and thenmakesure fie lidfitsperfectly bebottombefore it'sa sm n b k iWith the lid front cut to finalwidth you can use your muter tocut two sm ll mortiseson he backedge of the top. Then install thehmga ndattachthe lid.To~l thel id ,yw'f l tQadda Ed ifton heh t detail 4.TomakemyHtt,3.u t?dasmallpieceo leftwerskxk thatIcut to he EyouseeindebidWabwe.m- -poen*is

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p ge showsyouhow that s done.fteryou've m p M hehrm,it's a gm d ide to give it a coat offin and t h o m w y wax the rnfaces thatwillcame incontactwith p W he glue sandwich, p ttip~mitside,,asshowninRg.ZbendItarwndtheform,anduseacoupledowels tohold th l m b -

WaxuteThenrnwethecyutsi.defrnnintopos ihandaddashghclamp Fi.3)in thecenter taholdthings in place. ow you can addm a w ~ s t o ~ f m lqjbemeen the ri ht and Eofcenter,slowlybcbgixgh*togetb. Uw piece m a p andamabt(Mka3totapthestripaflataga t boetwnaf*fOrr

GLU TH UMIWIMS, ormisbuilt,you'rere dytost rt gluingup the legs.Une hing to keep inm i n d ~ i s t k a t y o u l l b e m v ~a lot o surf ce and it canbe timi+tmmmhg. o i importanttome

h e hatgiv s youplentyof penEd , a simm WA glue thatpra-videsextraapentime.How you apply the glue is lsoimportant.You c n MU or bntsh tctn,butyoullneedb ~tofullycovereverymfacetopwmntvoids in he lambtian Fig. I .

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W I N G UP. You ll need to givethe glue a full day to urebeforeremavingtheleg from h benchrigform After gluingup theheing fhwe legs you canbreak outascraper ndm o v e the squeeze-out. I also o followupwithagwidsandmgtoremoveasmuchofthehardened@ueaspossible.Thenjust flattenone edgeof eachkg atthe jointer and run the other sidethroughyour planer Plane the legtoafin lwidthof1% .Now y a k eadyto trim theendsof the egparallel.Thisway they ll sit flat nthe floorand also ate flatsurfaceforthetop of the table.Thebending form

: comes in handy for m ktng thesecub. Just remove the inside formand attach it to an auxiliary fenceon your miergauge as shown inFig. 6. Then you canclamp the legm positionQ the form and makethesqtmhgcutsoneachend.FUnSr ON FACE With the legs cuttolarpththenextskpistamate

4 aflatsp t on the inside faceof eachleg for a center block that willbel added later.Thiswill allowyou toassemblethe legsinto solidbase,Tod~this~remcwetheformhthe miter g ugeand place the flatedge against the rip fence (Pig. 7 .Holdthel g npositionwithspringclamps,wen out of theway of thetable saw blade For t iscut Icare. fully djustedthe rip fence to justb d y haveofl theoutsideedgeofthecurveoneachleg(Fig. a).

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FINISHINGTOUCHES To completethe ing the flattenedface.Then1sandlegs I moved to the router table theoutsidetipof thebottomofeachand softened the edges using a legkrmatchthemund profile.Nowoundover bit. I rounded both jut give thepi a finalsandjngthe nside ndoutsideedgestavoid- ahd&y e ready toassemble.

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c o u p l e g d ~ q I n e ~ i s t ~ d r a w ~m&ad.Eirst,,lt sqwickdeaay l i n e s h r n t kmm ,mto set up and m re the cut+Buk WWIinPig.1.l l m hm c r r e i m ~ t l p i t c u t s a ~p t h w ~ m a r b w i t l hc i r c l e d l e a v e s a ~ ~ t h a t ~af . thelm~,Zapeltquiresr y it s d g . in @tl nf and ym ffTH IRMMaB The ap'truiES frm- wure of a a nkdcut, intmadtfiecenterandiffstiilla1 ~ 1 e 1 I ~ i s ~ ~ p l e ~ ~l M ~ W , W i t b t b b a s e h~ s ~ & t b i t . T f E e e a o x y w i l l' Y o u ~ h . d u h e ~ f ~ ~ ~ t L X l ~C X & W , t k e X l ~ t ~ k L h ~i a d t . x e b d W C h W U l d ~ W d ~30. It's veiy sUEe imd accurate. a ' ?-&a,straight bit n th mu you ody need ta mat a lh s-deqA n d ~ m & r s ~ r ~ s ,en,,dwhMtP&W ~ . Y o u c a n ~ t t h i a p ' ~ t 3 h ; afhhl@d- t*yauba f t r a c i i m * d b ~ e . ~ - s&i&3p@ s,Reft?rMg~%fsffha ~ ~ ~ w o r ~ f o r i t s p k o te r h t y m n e e d b m ~ b m d~kdl~afaddhgk~rtybhy .

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~ P a W h z l f d W p ~ ~ & i ~ ~ , p ti v j n g a l o t o f h e a nd ~ . q g a e t w n i a s t e p W *w a y t o ~ u p t h e a p ~ ~ c y o EnmHondwdinkys . :::,'- me epaxy. Topnmmt he stpoxya prajeck.The p & I a is cukking hl xample, the table on page han 1eedhg lnbo thc g~& @tl.aandndfttingan&oddlyshapedin- 2 2 k m a l a u d t o p * m g d i d e a t m d x d t k d W b yh y p i e f e a ~ b e ~ f h ~ u l t dnlaymarZhsedge,bwnabo~. spl?ayingonacoatoflacquer.Anl.hntwcxmdq. I m y Hmd &thg c u r v d pkxs h ~ ~ i t e s i e rm o v e anyex-ki~ebtQuaem14epqm-a f w o e d . i n t b f h ~ m & ~ ~ x ~ s u b a r o a t o f w . ~ x ra .~%~dd.md.Bpmyvill beapratytoughtarlr s l a ? d t h e d .flowhb@tdxM Butpucarv6fetasimitardkt M ~ X E P Q W U I D C O L W . W ~ ~

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u vvur a p c c c2nd farend and

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p e r f a home far ~most p W anel ' td. .,Someof thehand toolsIown repri ess. Maybenotto a cohc rl but tRey are to me. I ve W With~ o r o r s o ~ m g ~ e ~ 1 p r n o r ~ lcertainly earned a specialplaceinmy s p and youmightsay th s raditionaltoolchest iemyanswer.Onelookwill tellpouthiswasn't meanttobe just asimple,utilitariantoolChRd TWOWngshmediately

I catchyoureye.The~tbthewd-culyandbirds-eyemapleenbx&byarich,ph-p0ppingdye.Wlookpast thewood and youstarttomtice the detalfs.Theframeandpaneldoors andback and il thedeli-i ate~~ ive the hestachssic look.Butwhen you op n thedoors and look inside,you~ y r e a l i z e t h z t t t o o Z ~ i s b r e g o a l heachdooryou11findaW Wxs,perfectforhang-ingafewoften- tools. tad thafsust thestart. Thechest holds l v ngraduateddrawers at pmvides p o t f o r j u s t a t x u t a n y d t o o l . L 2Andnodaubt ,otherusesforthis~come~mind

A YouritRnd themrFectspot for ust aboutany tool in oneofofthe eleven, - ew y,keep , maspecialmIle m Butwhat-leather-lineddrawers.There's aatre to fit almost anything, ever thecontents,thisprojertwillhold thaninstyle.

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o a short summary. Theare showninthebox atof the oppositepage

The tongue along the back edgeof the sides comes first This is

How o: Make nd: nsta l theRunners

formed along onthe inside edgesof the sides (detail 'a' at left).

Nextcomesthe c aw joinery Theupperand owahmbntal divid-ers are joined to the sideswith atongue and dado detail b ). Thiswills~youoffwithaveryrlgidkf.hs twomminhghorizon-

t ldividersand theverticaldividmfit into full-width dadoes.ThekeyhistomakesureaIlthejoineryisspacedammte ly and lignedfromside o side and op tobottom.

DRAQMRWHRS.N&,beforem-bling the case,you ll need tomakeand installthedrawerm~heopenings are too small to do thisafter thecase is glued togethecThere are identical~unn o

imfdl-Wopetdrawes. Centered~ e s c u t - i n ~ s i d e s o f ~ d r a w -ers wil l fit over them m heillustrations at right show haw tomake andinstall them m . utaliMeexpbtimwill help.When Imade thenutners, Igave

myself some wiggle room bydr&g oversized counterboresand screw holes.This adjvstabilitym a k e s fittingthe drawerseasier.Accuratelypositioning therunnersisthe realchallengehem.Mysolutionwas to dry-assemble tirecase piecesand then usespacerst take any guesswork outof thisprocess. Itworkedgreat.The front ends of the runnersshould sit 1$" back from the frontedgesofthe ase As you'll see laterthe drawerbnt4willcanoeat themand act asdrawerstops.One final thing. The upper, cen-teropeningholdsonedrawer.So tmdyneeds one set of ruiutersAsmw lttr the rawm ln wWnplace you can startputting thepieces together.First I aswmbledthe twoupper liorkmtalandver-t i 4 dividers.Then I added thelawaverticaldividerand horizon-tal div idq using the sidesokeepthings squaw. Last come the twosidesand thebottomdivider.

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the parts. But the ottolrms of tupper row re full depth md fitmder theback (detail a' atM).~116R Befo~ew

dthedrawasidestom d hrough.&efrontsoft2ledrawer~.Soyou'll Meewdyeverthepwnnmbu-i d l d , t u t n t d p a g e m t i o k d ivanttocutthmhfmegltEingthe wi~uttoomuchplay, ame painter5 o &c@tlng hedrawers together. After assan- k B W L Y Y ~ t h e x u x u r e r ~ e s runnershnp&ect&hroughthe drawerbacks. ut .to size you art start luin dr werswith Ieather ish e erfectThe fin l two drawfqp hi ~ @ - - - B W ~ ~ ~ . I ~ p l y c u t a p i e c etow show what needs tobe done. you want to be pretty p e . f pas- b a d m fit shdrawerremember that the ''-wide If you make certain the drawers and thengluedanwers id pieceqmoves re centered a m he are qt re mdsit fht you'll have of leatherto twithspray~ M v e .vidth af he diffaent h w e r amucheasiertimefh mingihe Aftw ttinmingtheleatha toshe,sides. And you want the sides to fitAnd whendl tke drawers re you ust pop the liner intoplace.

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with awell-f I m ~ h e m d w w ~ W a1IEWHTU.Thehtsteptowards i m p l e , ~ a r d ~ m ~a p ~ c u t i s E h n o s i n g t h e r i @m h c e -you simply s h d hew r k - blade forma-. For mast 14 bandpiece on e ge and run it throu* the aawrs, a%$ , hook-toothed bl de~ a w . ~ ~ s m o r e t u i i t t h s l n . Hr t h e ~ a h o w n i n t l w b w ~ iyour s w isn t9c tupproperl~bm are p W ) he right nms f e w p r d e r n 6 h t w i Z l W ~ y 1 m ~ , & y o u Z v e . ~ &pap up and make getting the rtghth l a d e I y d a want add anyauwFlntac%dh.p.Heseartzmm ~ u d b y h - m ~ f s ~ t s n a y gAwall-tubedband a wwiU hdp y ~ uake e sy xes toaEav of themostmmsm to supportwide 8trabk Thm I f swadlystraight, square, and consistent uts wen pdbeas. ThwU you anyamway just a makter of finetan@ the n s t ofwhen resawingstock into thin pieces. tomccesfulm w lin g . y w s a w t a @ ~ t e c u t S .

Flattar ardCutsOner~nnmre 8*gpaemis 7 1 z i e ~ ~ ~ t n d a i s ~ ~heWWgtoduLmakesui.eknown s abard cut. It's a round- tmkkm Emkd ying on yaw the upper bl de gltidem b l y sedcut that leaves a concaveand a ~ w b ~ r n ~ ~whichis& m h t o t h e w o t s r p i e c e a s p d bcon~e~:)cfaceOnd~,as&uwn o m a c ~ ) ~ j u p ~ ~ ~ b l a a eIiketokeepitabautWabovtfihein h e l & ~ W b e l o w .ortu- withyeur inger mduwnbe1crw. t ut Thiawqfhebladeb~ e s s : ~na;teay,iit'sanearsyp~totsr. shddn tmava-mrethanlld'. ~ d ~ i n s i d e ~ w o l c p l e c e

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Questions AnswersRemuvlngMachiningM m bQ s I was applyingstelnkrrnyfiddmdprajecf noflami somein the m dthughtlh ddovre bw j o b a f a mlJ fn us s hcrse riop es andh ow d o i g e t r i d d ~ 7

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or bath edges.

trut tnlls IB na guaranrrssl tpnnm trerowj.that the surface i s f la t Then 171markandredyfora f in ish. t h e s e a r e a sPlaners and jointers with a pencil.use rot ry outtero l ike PM00TYllJG.

you see i n thsr drawing Next Iworkat left.This ratarycutking on smooth-action can leave ridges, ing the sur-or bumps an the surFma face in one ofof t he workpiwe. three ways:

R W M e RIM . The by sandingpmb1 lern b you aften wing a handdon? see these ripples scraper or leveling A ~mouth ing laneuntil the stain or the fin- the ridges out with a can come n handy, toe.ish iospplhd, Sa howdrr smmthing pbns. Iset it to take a very thinyou avoidthis problsm? When sanding, I start shaving. A hand planeThere are a f ~ whings with r mars%grit and works greet because theyou can do tu ensure he sand until the ripples are sole afthe planewill ridesurf ~ss prepared or gow.Then you a n an- over the ridges as thestain ar paint tinue using finer grits tcr iron shavee them downThe first thing I do is elirninat~he scrarches Yau're left with a glass-

try to wrt out the work- I& bythe previousgrit. I srnootfisurfampieces that: have these find itbest to use a sand- Whateverm%th-od ouridges and require a lit ing blocktohelpkeepthe use, it's good to checktle extra attention. I do surface flat and to keep your pragress periodi-this bmre . asssrnbling from roundingthe csdqes cally.When all the ridgestha pmjm. SometYmes, of the workpiew and mT1e-y~am ganarwiping the workpiece Another option i~ to then you know thesur-with mineral spirits will use a hand scraper. I'll face is ready Perhelp you see any r i~ples Rald it at anangleso the a finish. Ior roughareasthat need scraper won ffail~whe~ r ~ark A b@4t rak d&im mdw1by11- li@ W Bit r W.@tp &nrs &&Y heari l.e ~jr: .n dsrr hAp an lbwsS

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EYE PROTECTION f ho hbrdware really gives the

listed in themarginat right. page 24 is slow* epoxy (Ma, bmkplates (H-121a, the *-dia.5174) from Stewe~-Ma@ nsid knob with wsod (H-a),MlfERWUQE You can Istiordermlswaod(No. and the lr@ 2 MI-tipped buttSetting rhe angle pf your miter 1W nd ebony Na. 1856) inlay hinge$ {FB-W7B).gaugle usually lnvBlvas a lot of filler from them to &add c o b ta The I14N-dia, rare-earth mag-trial and error. But the R~Mfi@r our epoxy inlay. nets for th@doors c ~ m erom

100miter gauge shown on page Anothergbadsourcefor epoxy Lee Valley 99k31.01). nd t qt14alirninatsstheguesswok. It's inlaymaterids isLee Vaihy They also have the rnatGhirtg W-dia.available directly from themanu- oarry the epoxy (58271.03) and magnet cupsWW.51)andWf-wr Lazar Sol&iorrs. the an li'pe dye ptwvder used to dia. waghen (WK-3262).Fm setting the blade anglejust mlw t 456208.10 f s six mlcirsj. Finallyp o lina the drawers,r i~h tor a bevel cut, you mjgbt Thedye ia Blm available in Irldi- useddearskin leatherfmm Fanwant to rmn&darthe Wk y ji@ Yidual mlor packets. Leather Factory.Angle Gaff@ (wge 161. You can One more thing- t's nice toorder it directty from W y r have ayringas on hand k r dis- WOOD UlEICniNOfrom RaekJer or Wdwlmf i pensing the epoxyxyou can find Youcanma unique lodkkryuur

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