Woodsmith - 034

NO. 34

NOTES FROM THE SHOP

BEDROOM FURNITURE " • BACHELOR'S CHEST • NIGHT STAND • HEADBOARD

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$2.50

Sawdust Number 34

JuVAug, 1984 Editor

Donald 8. _Ilk. Oeslgn Olreclo, Ted Kralicek

Su_pllon Manager Sandy J. Baum

S_pbOO AssIslant$

new cabinet, comes new drawers with

Chrt.telMlner VIcky RoblnlOn Jockle Stroud

their own problems and design ehaIIenges. In fact, as I w.. looking back in the past issuesoflVood,m;th,1 realized that no two

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drawers were built the same

Art Dlreclor KIY Mulder Tod1nicat IItU5l1al0ksIWlg Co. 'Copyright tN4 by Woodsmttll PubIisIling Co. AI Rlgh" R... ,.,ed. Subscription.: One year (6 issues) 510. Two ye.rs (12Issu •• ) $18. 5"'910 copy ptI11lR CORSf:R:;. After the mortise and tenon joints are cut, the ends on both rails are mitered al_ISIO• Cut a o/,t'·wide miter on the outside corners of both rails. see Detail in Fig. I. C"'lIFF.1I ':I)(:I;S. Th soften the edges on the frame, the front edges of the rails and stil es are chllmfcred. (I did this on a router table with n 45' chamfering bit.) On the rails. rout the fl'oni edges and the corner under the mitcl"(!tlend, sec Fig. 2. On the stilcs. rout all the front edges. Then I all'O wanted to chamfer the outside eorner; Ia,·title board and the veneer, This can plywood, 'l'hen as the plywood is fed lie. bit of. mess. We'''e found this task is through tho blade, gontly push it so it:s much easier with. palnt roller, tight against tho step. I buy Ihe eh~"pe.t short-nal> paint '-oller I can find ro spread I he contact cement. This p"e~su"e altai"at the stop block The roller puis down a thin even coot. and produce. II stcndy hold on the workpiece so the blade cannot force it out oftine. (Some- yet iI'S cheap enough so Ihal when I'm times the rotation of lhe blade pulls or done Iju;;t throw it 8way. IltO!>l.()N AtlIlR"11 E. Another method for pushes the workpiece out 1ine.) mounting flexible veneer ~ to use a relaCLAMPING LONG PIECES tively new product: hOl·melt glue sheets. adhesive The headboard see med to present more These arc lilcrall~1sheets rban il~ share problems. I ran into mounted to a peel..,rr paper backing. (It's another problem during the gluing and the same type of adhe.. ive found on the back of iron-on edging tape.) elamplng stage. In order to clamp the 1b use this odhe.h·e. cut it to the same middle rail between the two uprights, you size as the flexible veneer. placed in on particle board. and pitll'