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TECHNIGIUES zero-cleqronce jig ensures SAFE, SMOOTH CUTS Recently, I was building a project that required cutting 1/+"-wide grooves centered on the edge of some 3/.1"-thick frame pieces. I mounted a 1/4" dado blade in the table saw and installed a dado blade insert. The only problem was the opening around the blade seenred huge. So big, in fact, I was concerned that the workpiece might actually tip down into the opening. That led me to build an L-shaped accessory that attaches to the rip fence on the table saw (see Photo aboue). It creates a "zero-clearance" opening that provides support for the workpiece right up next to the dado blade. As a result, theret no way for the piece to drop into the opening.And since the wood fibers are fully supported, tearout is virtually eliminated, which rrnproves the qualiry of cut. This accessory consists of two pieces: a base made of 1/4" hardboard and a plywood fence that are screwed together (Cross Section). A couple of screws secure the jig to the rip fence. To form the zero-clearance opening, lower the dado blade and position the rip fence so the blade will cut through the base at the desired location.Then turn on the saw and slou,ly raise the blade through the base. Additional openings can be made for cutting grooves in stock ofdifferent thicrnesses. Anthony D'Alessandro Williamsburg,VA A Thi simple L-shoped iig creoles o zero-cleoronce opening for o dodo blode, which results in o sofe, chip-free cut. l3/t" ply, x 5" x27"1 Eose fl/n" Hordboord x4" x27"1 A This shop-mode sled lets you sofely plone short pieces of wood. Strips of doubl+sided tope ond o cleot hold the pieces in proce. l/2" xVz" x 972"1\ (3/t" ply.x9Vz" x24"1 ploner sled solvoges SHORT PIECES 'With the cost of lumber, I'm not crazy about throwing out short scrap pieces of wood. But planing short pieces (less than 12" long) isn't recommended by most manufacturers. Thatt because the pieces can ger caught between the feed rollers and chewed up by the blades. To salvage these pieces, I use a simple sled to plane them to thickness (see Photo).The "shorts" ride piggyback on the sied, which is long enough to go through the planer safely. The sled is a piece of 3/a" plp,vood with a cleat near the back end (Sled Detail). The cleat, rogerher wirh strips of double-sided tape, hold the short pieces in place during machining. The cleat fits into a dado near the back edge ofthe sled. Size the dado so the cleat sticks up about 1/e" above the suface of the sled.This way, ,- Workpiece you can plane material down to that thickness. To use the sled, affix the short strips to the surface, as shown. Then pass the sled - and the strips - through the planer until you reach the desired thickness. 3/e,,deep Russ Brown Bethlehem, PA 16 WORKBENCH ! FEl]RUANV 2OO5
NOTE: Set shop vocuUm for "wet" operotion TECHNIQUES shop vqcuum ENDS CLOGS Frustrated by repeated attempts to unclog my sink with expensive liquid drain cleaners, I resorted to my shop vacuunl. And what started ahlost as an act of desperation becanre n-ry first choice when it co1-nes to fighting clogged drains. Just fit the nozzle of the vacnunr hose tightly in the drain opening. Make sure the vacuunl is set for'"wet" opc.ration, and then switch it on. It sl-ror"rld remove the obstruction in seconds. Dauid Cookc Chattarroo,ga,TN While installing the handrail on r.rry newly constructed deck, I found that the 45o nriters I hrd so carefully cut didn't fit tightly together. As it turned out, a variation in the deck neant that the boards carne together at an angle slighdy less than 90o. Rather than guess at the angle and recut the boards on my miter saw, I clamped the boards into position and used a circular saw to cut across the joint. This created matching angles - and a perfectfitting miter joint. Jason Mehon Calumet, MI Jointett ls a regige&l t*lensk0f Jahh'f'nfft. Nentpendng M SnilillftDW Product Information Number 343 woRKBENCH tr FEBRUAnv 2005
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