thrifty hold- down knobs Turn to the lathe for savings. ‘You can sink alot of money into knobs with threaded studs, such as those used fn the routertable fence shown above. “Why not make them?” we asked our selves the other day when we needed four knobs for project To make your own knobs, stat by mounting @ piece of oak to an auxiliary faceplate, as shown below. Then, using a skew or small gouge, tur the knob to shape and sand smooth, Next, drill ae" hole with a Forster bit, and epoxy.a 17 hexhead bottinco the hole. Before epoxying. check thatthe bolt isthe ‘mating T-nut and thatthe exposed thread will be long enough to zo throvgh the stock and into the T-nut, Our knobs mecsured 2” in diameter.® sgn expLooED VIEW Pi ese bot fee ‘He hole 94" doop, ‘contere in kn Stock Wsiter—”/ Vi rondovers Hormet adhesive Project Desi: Merten Kort Protapaph. Bob Gamer fusuator: Jamie Downing Setter Homes and Gardens® 101Best-Ever Workshop Projects: Song eM KET Peter AF ABEL ten DE SNE Pas er BE PL ove a Pet ae owen ‘eet on OUR Se ei xO ‘ip Je ‘etn CRS MLN Pest ng MAREE USER Cea Cae m4 HEY Poe sm SoS Petter Rt EA ‘esses Ne RS ‘Deas Pre 2207 FOO Soca rent URAL ethyl ann ‘sine pen dey Me 25th at AS Fone USS act Sue as ny nec ST Sanat erg ARE. ISON Pere 2255 OO ae PRST IN Soe Paw fe SR UA Enna ans: Dean, er me oem east c.0 Sete a ‘St qatar Se ep ‘gape vnen eae Sofa enor fee ene are re ms ‘Sentra ots no tine team wa cer 2 A 101 Workshep Projects 2002saw-blade selector Slotted holder keeps your blades in sight and ready. ‘Walk meunt this handy holder near the stationary saws in your shop. or, if you like, place it on a convenient beachiog. You'll find i the ideal storage proj ‘organizing an assortment of sa blades and a dado-blade se, TTormake the notches, eu the side pieces {o shape, and mark the noich locations ‘Then, mount a ¥4" dado blade to your tablesaw tilt the blade 45° from center, ‘nd using your miter gauge with an attached auxiliary wood fence for suppor make the cuts. Prject Desig: James 8, Downing 4 Pretogagny. we. Hopkins usratns: Kin Downs 2 FH. wocd screw for mounting fo wall s _ Vxerbed ae Y plywood sdes EXPLODED VIEW 4 notches —7 su deep PART VIEW “48 AH, wood seis for mounting 4 101 Workshop Projects 2002