Issue 217
Issue 217
Click and You Shall Find
Hey – notice anything different? No, I don’t have a new haircut – look around your screen: it’s our website. This issue of the eZine kicks off our latest update of the site, replete with cool new features and including all of your old favorites. (And stay tuned, there is even more great stuff to come.) We’ve done away with the Premium section of the eZine but kept many of the features in place (they’re just free now). The site also includes easy navigation to the entire network of Woodworker’s Journal websites and our sister sites.
We are, in fact, re-vamping and re-launching all of our web sites, adding new pages and updating many more. You’ll be seeing more woodworking-based video from us, and even interactive games and quizzes (all of them woodworking related, of course). So keep coming back daily, you’ll never know what you’ll find.
And don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten why you signed up for the eZine in the first place. We’ll continue to provide the best woodworking articles and interviews on the World Wide Web – all delivered with professionalism and a touch of humor.
And okay, I actually did get a haircut . . . thanks for noticing.
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
What's In Store
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Miniature Dovetail Kit from Rockler
The Miniature Dovetail Kit from Rockler Woodworking and Hardware includes one-eighth-inch shank bits and a reduced guide collar that combine with a template to create one-quarter-inch through dovetail joints.
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Alligetter
The Alligetter is a spring-loaded grabber to retrieve objects (such as nuts and screws) from hard-to-get places (such as inside a table saw).
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36″ Accu-Mark Level from Black & Decker
The 36″ Accu-Mark Level from Black & Decker (Model #BDSL10) has gecko grip pads to prevent slipping, prevent marks and allow siingle-handed leveling, as well as rubber end caps for protection and durability.
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INCRA Miter V120: A Miter Gauge for Any Tool
Small shop? Small tools? Want a miter gauge? Incra’s Miter V120 is built for just such circumstances.
Tricks of the Trade
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Dust Collection Control
I had found at my local Co-op hardware store a very reasonably priced remote control switch for my outdoor Christmas lights.
Today's Woodworker
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Bob Gasperetti: Woodworking is a Meaty Occupation
I have to admit that it is rare to hear a woodworker credit his time in a butcher shop for his precision and attention to detail in the woodshop, but that’s exactly what Bob Gasperetti did when I asked him about his early influences.
Q & A
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Splines and Grain Direction
I thought the recommended practice was to cut splines crossgrain to add strength, since wood breaks too easily with the grain?
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Pore Filler Atop Finish
Can pore filler still be used atop three coats of finish on oak?
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Measuring and Cutting Angles for Shapes
Is there a tool or method I can use to measure and calculate angles needed for any given shape?
Industry Interviews
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Dura-GRIT Inc.: Carbide Tools That Really Work, and Work, and Work…
It all started with a sanding block upgraded with brazed carbide.
Feedback
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Points, Pyramids, Puzzles and Typos
A thread about using dowel points to mark dowel locations for drilling inspired this writer to tell us of his low tech dowel point method.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Garden Bench
Simple garden bench with copper pipe backrest. – Tobin Davis, Saint Helens, OR
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Chess Board
First Chess Board attempt – Quilted Maple, Cocobola and East Indian Rosewood. Very fun project to make. Now for the…
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Night Stand
The first is a Green and Green night stand that I used the cloud lift pattern noted by g&g in…
