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Easy Live Edge Table Page 38 Ginkgo Leaf Table Page 30
By Dan Cary By Willie Sandry
Using Timber-Link pine slabs assembled into a tabletop Influenced by both Japanese architecture and furniture,
with pocket screws and a set of welded-steel legs, you our author’s walnut table offers good opportunity to practice
can make this modern table project in one day! template routing and cutting angled joinery.
Five-spindle Inlaid Bench
By Rob Johnstone
Here’s a hybrid that combines basic
woodworking, spindle turning,
CNC carving and even an epoxy
“inlay” pour in the same build.
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Retro Starburst Clock
By Jeff Jacobson
This funky, cheerful clock is reminiscent of many 1950s
designs. Make one (or even two!) from a small amount of
1/4" and 3/4" stock you may already have on hand.
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Butternut ...................... 4/4....2C ............. 2.50 .... 1C ...............3.25 8/4 .... 1C ........ 3.75 B 4/4........$100.00 8/4 ....... $129.00
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Mahogany (African) ..... 4/4.................................. Select..........5.25 8/4 ..... Select ... 5.55
T 4/4........$124.00 8/4 ....... $127.00 STEVE H. WALL
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Oak (Red) .................... 4/4....1C ............ 2.10 .... Select..........2.80 8/4 ..... Select ... 3.95 4/4........$107.00 8/4 ....... $129.00 BOX 287
Oak (White) ................. 4/4....1C ............. 2.20 .... Select..........2.80 8/4 ..... Select .. 4.95 N 4/4........$107.00 8/4 ....... $135.00
Poplar .......................... 4/4....1C ............. 1.30 .... Select..........1.80 8/4 ..... Select ... 2.00 D 4/4........$ 87.00 8/4 ....... $ 91.00 MAYODAN, N.C. 27027
Walnut.......................... 4/4....1C ............. 3.25 .... Select..........6.25 8/4 ..... Select ... 7.00 L 4/4........$129.00 8/4 ....... $149.00 336-427-0637
White Pine (Soft) ......... 4/4....F.G. ........... 1.40 ................................ 8/4 ..... FG ........ 1.80 E 4/4........$ 80.00 8/4 ....... $ 86.00 1-800-633-4062
Yellow Pine (Soft) ........ 4/4....Clear ......... 2.20 ................................ 8/4 ..... Clear .... 2.60 4/4........$ 92.00 8/4 ....... $ 99.00 FAX 336-427-7588
Western Red Cedar ..... 4/4....2C+Btr. ..... 2.50 ................................ 8/4 ..... 2C+Btr. . 2.50 S 4/4........$101.00 8/4 ....... $107.00 Email: woodsales@walllumber.com
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widths are random. Add 15% to price of bundle if you specify particular lengths and widths. Lumber is surfaced two sides (13/16” on 1” stock • 1 3/4” on 2” stock) or rough. Some of the heavy
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STUMPERS
Give This Tool a Brake!
Mechanics Know It Well
Three readers speculate that
Dennis Jakubisin’s red-han-
dled mystery tool in the June
What’s issue might be most familiar
This? to vintners or wait staff.
Larry Hines from Land O
Lakes, Florida, thinks its pur-
pose is to insert corks into
For lack of wine bottles. But both James
Yarbrough, from Win-
a better
ston-Salem, North Carolina,
term, Henry
and Luther Steele believe it
Norona calls his just removes the corks. While Chris Meyer’s drum brake maintenance tool (bottom photo) might
be a simpler design than the one shared by Dennis Jakubisin in our June
mystery tool a "gauge." Evidently, according to
issue (top photos), Meyer has used his to work on brakes for four decades.
The circular dial on its the rest of you, these three
main body is delineated guys haven’t spent enough top cup washer with a slotted are squeezed together so that
time in the garage — be- center, plus the spring, to be the arms spread apart, allow-
into 100 degrees, rather
cause the mystery tool has a held in position. “You push ing the end flanges (of the
than 360. Its knurled knob
unanimous purpose with the the (top washer) and spring arms) to be seated behind
turns and can be removed “grease monkey” crowd. down over the pin and, with the bottom cup washer,” ef-
but doesn't have a clear use to him. Ed Zagorski, David a quarter turn, latch every- fectively capturing the entire
Turning the pointed rod, however, Boyle and Kyle Amberman thing together,” says Peter spring assembly and not just
rotates the circle's center. The rod knew it clearly as a tool for Bonnel. Fred Rasel of the top slotted washer.
installing or removing drum Washington, Pennsylvania, Either the simpler tradi-
is fixed in the jig and cannot be
brake shoes on old cars. echoes the same procedure. tional brake installation tool,
removed. Can you identify this tool?
“Cool find,” Kyle adds. “I used one of these when or this modified version,
Email your answer to Gary O’Brien explains I did auto repair in the 1960s makes drum brake instal-
stumpers@woodworkersjournal.com that drum brakes are held in and ’70s, recalls Thomas lation much easier than
or write to “Stumpers,” place with a spring assembly Polsin of Lowell, Wisconsin. it would be otherwise.
Woodworker’s Journal, 4365 “that consists of a bottom cup Chris Meyer of Tolland, Potentially less painful,
washer, coiled compression Connecticut, says he’s used too. “With the tool, the job
Willow Drive, Medina, MN 55340.
spring and a top cup washer his drum brake tool (pic- takes 30 seconds,” assures
with a slotted center hole.” tured above) for 40 years, but Philip Slawson, who’s been
Doug Haerle adds that the “I never saw one (like Jakubi- rebuilding brakes with a tool
spring assembly is held in sin’s) with the spring-loaded he bought in the 1960s. “But
place on a pin with a flattened side tabs.” without the tool it can take
end that goes through an Bob Allen, hailing from forever, and you will have at
assembly backing plate. Richmond, Virginia, explains least one bloody finger.”
This configuration keeps that particular enhancement “Sometimes it isn’t as easy
the side of the shoe flat to in the tool’s design: “I think as it sounds to keep (the
the backing plate, says Karl the plier-like nosepiece is a whole spring assembly)
Hofmann, “but allows it to solution for holding the little together,” Ronald Hawley
expand to apply the shoes to retaining (cup washer) for adds. “So (Jakubisin’s tool)
the drum when you step on one-handed use of the tool — holds the bottom cup, spring
the brake pedal.” good idea.” and top cup together as a
Traditional drum brake O’Brien also weighs in on unit; I wish I had one of these
maintenance tools enable the that feature. “The two levers in my toolbox.”
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Willie Sandry: An “All In” Woodworker
By Chris Marshall
Woodworking leads to lumber drying,
leatherwork and stained glass skills.
Works of Gustav Stickley, Harvey Ellis and Charles Limbert
influence Sandry’s projects. Sometimes he builds close copies
of originals; other times, the designs are refreshingly new.
refinish floors design and add in cutouts
during summer and inlays reminiscent of a
breaks from school. Limbert piece,” Sandry says.
Two uncles — one “Limbert used angles, curves
a boat builder and and cutouts in a recipe that
the other a wood- almost always produced a
carver — also were beautiful piece.”
early woodworking Among his résumé of
influences. projects, Sandry says the one
Sandry’s mother, he’s just completed is often
a writer, helped his favorite. But a special
shape his publish- example that stands out is a
ing pursuits, too. master bedroom suite that
“In the most basic includes a bed frame, dress-
sense, I build things ers and nightstands. He’s
and write about also pleased with a Limbert
them,” Sandry says. Hutch that ran in our maga-
W
Decorative cutouts filled with hen Washing- “Talk about the acorn not zine’s June 2019 issue.
contrasting wood inlay often ton-based wood- falling far from the tree!” Sandry’s work demon-
accentuate Sandry’s projects. He
worker Willie Over the years, Sandry strates a high degree of
creates them with a combination of
power and hand tool techniques. Sandry gets excited about has gravitated toward Arts skill. But of course, no one
a project, he jumps in with & Crafts style furniture, and becomes a talented wood-
both feet. And considering we’ve published several of worker overnight. Sandry
he’s a physical therapist, he his projects embracing this admits that it’s taken many
can take these leaps forward aesthetic (see “Ginkgo Leaf years to gain proficiency
without hurting his back. Table,” page 30). He’s devel- with the craft. He feels the
“My biggest reward of PT oped a particular fondness evolution of his skills started
is inspiring someone to turn for Charles Limbert. with the ability to make
a sedentary life into one filled “Sometimes I’ll do Lim- joints fit together well. Then,
with fun, useful activities.” bert reproductions, trying he focused on his project
As a young man, Sandry to match every angle and design skills, and last came
would help his father, a dimension. Other times I’ll the ability to apply a sprayed
contractor, build decks and let functionality guide the finish well.
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WOODTURNING continued
Rim Design
It’s the little things. Bowls with the
same geometric shape will look that is almost as big as the
Square Belted
completely different with a different
rim. While most turners will
rim treatment. Here are five bowl
sections with rim variations. gravitate to better design
with experience, some never
get beyond this stage.
Another beginner mistake
is to create bowls shaped
like lampshades or conical
straw hats. For example,
Rolled Both Rolled to Rolled to here’s a “lampshade” bowl I
Sides Outside Inside turned from red oak in 1985
(bottom left). It is utilitarian
with walls that are of uniform
thickness and sufficiently
thin. My last-ditch effort of
akin to china plates and cups. to support further cutting at creating a step in the rim and
I also chamfer the bottom the rim. the cove at the base improve
outside corner of my bowl Rim: What will the bowl’s it sufficiently so that it is not
feet, which helps to visually rim design be? Is it going to a total clunker. But as the
separate the bowl from the be a hard edge with sharp old witticism goes, “in the
surface it is resting on. corners or a softer-looking morning it will still look like
I advise my students to rolled profile? You may not a lampshade.”
use a compass or dividers have considered them all, but A conical hat-shaped bowl
to scribe a circle that is a bowl rims can take several is typically the result of tool
bit less than one third the different shapes. They can control, which boils down
largest diameter of the blank be rolled on the inside or to not being able to turn the
they’re about to turn, in outside edge, or both. The S-curve required to graceful-
order to work toward a pro- rim can also be slightly ly transition from the base
portionally correct foot. thicker than the rest of the to the wall of the vessel.
Wall Thickness: Decide bowl. This can be achieved Modifying the design to have
what the wall thickness of by adding a belt to the inside greater flair, with straight
your bowl should be and or outside at the rim or by an sloping walls and a small and
work constantly toward that inward or outward roll. uplifting base, can transform
A Near Clunker end. Check your the hat shape to a useful,
progress with Room for Improvement artistic design. But proficient
a calipers to As I said at the outset of this tool control is necessary to
keep tabs on article, good bowl design carry it off.
the relative doesn’t come instinctively. I hope this article will help
thickness of New and ever-improving you refine your sense of
the wall from woodturners should keep bowl design. Good design
the foot to the watching for good examples is learned through careful
rim. Always work of bowl design as well as thought, observation and
the wall by steps refining our tool-handling experimentation. A must for
from the rim to the skills. Along the way, we’ll any dedicated bowl turner is
bottom. If you make make some bowls that, well, to know when to walk to the
Red oak bowl the author turned in 1985 (9" the intermediate wall might be better for kindling wood stove and throw the
dia. x 5" deep). It has uniform walls that are too thin before getting than display. I call them occasional clunker in.
the same thickness as the base. Stepping
the rim to the correct “clunkers.” These bowls have
the rim and adding a cove at the bottom to
reduce the base diameter were attempts to thickness, there extremely thick walls that Ernie Conover is the author
save the piece, but it is essentially a lamp- may not be enough grow thicker the lower you of The Lathe Book and Turn
shade that just barely works as a bowl. strength in the wall go, combined with a base a Bowl with Ernie Conover.
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Ginkgo Leaf Table
By Willie Sandry
While this table is the author’s
original design, he drew
inspiration from Japanese
furniture and architecture.
A
lthough it’s my original design, the inspiration for fortunate enough to have 8/4 stock available, you can simply
this ginkgo leaf table draws heavily from Japanese cut the legs from a plank of walnut. My best-looking stock was
influence. Tapered elements that are wider at the only 7/8" thick, so I laminated leg blanks from two strips of
base, and rafter-like members that project through legs and wood. Rip eight strips of walnut 13 ⁄ 4" wide, and glue them to-
posts, are common in Japanese designs — in both furniture gether in pairs to make four legs. Once the glue cures, flatten
and architecture. Other elements of the table, such as the sol- and plane them to a finished size of 15 ⁄ 8" square by about 191 ⁄ 2"
id panels with leaf cutouts, are reminiscent of Dutch designs long (the legs will be trimmed to final length later).
dating back hundreds of years. I found that this table’s angled Leave their ends square for now, as the notch at the top of
joinery makes it both a joy and a challenge to build. each leg needs to be cut before the legs are angled. Use a
Mine is constructed from solid walnut lumber. If you’re tenoning jig and dado blade to form those 3/4"-wide x 2"-deep
30 October 2020 Woodworker’s Journal
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Pine Timber-Link Slab, Center Piece, 6' Long x 2'' Thick x 8'' Wide (2) #64197 ...... $69.99 ea.
28''H V-Shaped Welded Steel Table Leg Set, Black (1) #66014 .................................. $209.99 set
To purchase these and other products online,
visit www.woodworkersjournal.com/hardware or
call 800-610-0883 (code WJ1577).
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width, and you
can cut it to any
length you prefer. Invert the boards so their bottom faces are
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edge and center sections for a screws (inset). Here, a helper makes mi-
pleasing grain pattern — there will be nor adjustments to keep the boards flush
some variation, especially if you order while the screws are being driven.
online and can’t handpick the pieces.
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glue on their mating edges and assem- Then install the pre-painted steel leg sets with lag screws.
ble with 21 ⁄ 2" pocket screws. When the
joints dry, remove the edge bark with
a scraper, drawknife or chisel and sand
the surfaces up to 180-grit. Then apply
your choice of finish. I used wipe-on
urethane for my table.
Rockler offers several styles and sizes
of painted or unpainted welded-steel leg
sets that simply fasten to your new table-
top with lag screws. Then voilà, you’re
done. There’s no faster way to build a
custom on-trend table than this!
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For the second taper cut, flip the rays over
so the tenon slot faces up but still forward
Make the first taper cut on the rays with the in the jig. Slide the ray along the fence until
tenon slots facing down and forward in your the point is aligned properly. Use the two
tapering jig. This jig’s fence and backstop hold-downs to secure the ray blank. Here’s
fully support the uncut edge and back end a tip: mark the taper jig with a pencil so
of the blanks for this cut (see inset). you can place the next 11 rays quickly for
clamping and cutting.
(I used my table saw for this operation, Final Assembly
but you could also use a band saw if Assembling your clock is easy.
you prefer. Either option will work fine, Set the rays in position on the
depending on your tapering jig style.) body, spread glue in the tenon
Mark both faces of a scrap ray with slots and press the tenons home;
the taper angles, and adjust the fence they’ll stand proud of the clock
on your tapering jig to support the first back by 3/8". When the joints
angled cut (see top left photo and inset). dry, flip the clock over and glue
Here, the fence is flush against the un- on the face. After that was done,
cut side, and the slotted end of the ray I applied two coats of a wipe-on
blanks face down and forward in the jig. finish to all the clock’s surfaces
Once those first cuts are done, howev- and let it dry thoroughly.
er, the second taper cut involves flipping The last step, of course, is to
the rays over so the tenon slots face up. install the clockworks on the
At this point, the workpiece is too nar- body and attach the hands to the
row on its back end to rest against the shaft. Then find a prominent spot
jig fence without also cutting into the above your couch to enjoy this The author tried Titebond’s new Speed Set glue for
metal backstop found on most tapering timekeeping blast from the past. installing the tenons on his clock. Speed Set tacks up
jigs (see top right inset photo). So you’ll and dries much faster than regular PVA wood glues,
Jeff Jacobson is senior art direc- to shorten overall assembly time. It worked well for
have to rely on the pressure of your jig’s
tor of Woodworker's Journal. this application.
clamps to hold the blanks securely for
the second pass. If you are uncomfort-
able making these second taper cuts
this way, you could cut them freehand
at the band saw instead, using a push
stick to support the parts while keeping
your fingers out of harm’s way.
Now sand the rays up through the
grits to smooth their edges and remove
saw marks. Then go ahead and cut a
dozen tenons to fit the slots. Draw a
round clock face onto your 1/4" stock
with a compass, cut it round and drill
a 5/16" hole through its center. Sand
the clock face and body up through the
grits until smooth.
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A pair of steel safety locking pins are tethered with cables to the front table
bracket. They lock the top front legs in position during use (left) as well as
secure the legs when the stand is folded up (right).
The stand’s front table bracket with angled sockets attaches beneath the
tabletop. It captures the top front legs that hold the table upright.
of your choosing. Rockler Stone-simple Setup
recommends a maximum Once assembled, the Rock-
table size of 24" wide x 32" Steady Folding Steel Stand
long and a minimum table is easy to prop up for use.
size of 20" x 26". Tabletop Just position the folded stand
material should be at least upright, and swing out the
3/4" thick. lower rear legs until they A built-in handle makes the 33-lb. stand easier to lift and carry around
when folded up.
If you have a space-chal- stop. Tip the stand backward
lenged shop, this stand opens slightly so its rear feet touch closed footprint of 23 ⁄ 4"
up real potential for the full- the floor. Then, the front of x 26". A handle on the
size router table you’ve al- the tabletop can be swung stand’s center angle
ways wanted but could never upward in order to engage brace makes your
justify, based on floor space the stand’s short upper legs folding router table
limitations. Here’s a way to in a pair of angled sockets — or other work table
have a large work surface they’re on a bracket mounted easier to lift and carry
to support any heavy-duty under the tabletop. Two steel where it’s needed. A
routing task without having safety locking pins, tethered powder-coated finish
to resort to a cabinet base or to the stand, secure the gives the stand added
fixed-leg stand underneath it. upper connection points, and durability.
When set up for use, a pair of locking flip stops Rockler’s new Rock- Pivoting feet equipped with non-slip pads
the stand’s open footprint prevent the lower legs from Steady Folding Steel help to provide stable footing on your shop
floor or the ground.
measures 221 ⁄ 2" deep and 26" folding forward if the erected Stand (item 54819) is
wide. Four plastic feet feature table is lifted up. available this fall and
non-slip pads that help to Reversing the process, of sells for $129.99. Learn more
provide solid stance on a course, folds the stand flat about it by visiting rockler.
shop floor or wherever your again for storage. When col- com or a Rockler store
jobsite happens to be. They lapsed, the 33-lb. stand (not near you.
pivot for added adaptability. including the tabletop) has a
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HARDWORKING WOODS
Ash: Fraxinus nigra, Fraxinus americana
By Chris Marshall
Often substituted for oak, ash is easy to
work, shock-resistant and affordable.
It’s also under continued siege.
S
ince 1884, when
the first Louisville
Slugger baseball bat
was turned out of a piece
of white ash, both ballplay-
ers and spectators alike
have marveled at the shock
resistance of this species.
Woodworkers will appreciate
ash’s easygoing nature in
the shop — it machines and while the black
fastens well and accepts ash group includes
both stain and dye black and pumpkin
readily. In fact, ash.
the lumber’s Color-wise, white
open-pored ash has brown
structure, heartwood with
prominent creamy to white
flatsawn cathedrals sapwood. Black ash
and relative hardness has darker brown
have made it a convinc- heartwood.
ing substitute for oak. Ash
is also budget-friendly, with Will it Survive? splits. When the mature
select grade lumber often As you are probably already beetles emerge, they leave
selling for under $3 per aware, North American ash telltale D-shaped holes be-
board foot. trees have been under wide- hind (see photo, above).
Shop Scorecard The genus
Fraxinus consists
spread siege by the emerald
ash borer (EAB) beetle
The USDA Forest Service
reports that as of 2016, em-
Uses: Baseball bats, tool handles, veneer, cabinets, of 40 or more since 2002, where it first erald ash borers have been
furniture, flooring, millwork and crates species of ash began decimating ash forests found in at least 24 states,
Hardness: Good overall strength properties relative around the world in Michigan. An invasive and they continue to spread
to weight; excellent shock resistance with at least 14 species from Asia, the beetle each year. A certified arborist
types in North lays its eggs on the bark. can provide systemic injec-
Area of Origin: Native range is widely distributed America. Its larvae then bore into the tions, soil treatments and
across the U.S. and Canada Ash lumber is tree’s phloem, cambium and bark and foliage sprays to
Workability: Unseasoned ash dries easily with min- usually sold as xylem layers where they protect healthy trees. Studies
imal degrade. Dried ash planes, cuts, routs, drills white ash (Frax- create serpentine tunnels are currently underway to
and fastens well. It’s ideal for steam bending. inus americana) of destruction, effectively develop hybridized trees that
or black ash girdling the tree and starving are EAB resistant. However,
Finishing: Readily accepts stains, dyes and top- (Fraxinus nigra). it of water and nutrients until the long-range future of this
coats. Open-pore structure may require filling. The white ash it dies. bountiful hardwood and wel-
Cost: Low when compared to other furniture-grade group includes Advanced signs of infected comed neighborhood shade
hardwoods; comparable in price to poplar white, green trees include upper canopy tree remains uncertain.
and Oregon ash, die-off and bark with vertical
66 October 2020 Woodworker’s Journal
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