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Methods of Work (co1ltinued)
Place the right-side fence back fa r enough to allow room between
the fences for the workpiece. 111e best miter cuts are made if d1e
workpieces are held firmly in place on d1e table. To accomplish
this, install toggle clamps on the fences. Bear in mind that the
right toggle clamp will interfere with the saw's motor unless it is
placed well back on d1e right-side fence. To finish the setup,
remove d1e hardboard insert and cut through d1e fence overlaps.
You are now ready to produce perfect miters.
-Tom Stipanovich, Cambridge, Ont., Canada
Quick tip: Use a good pencil sharpener on the end of a dowel
to form a point d1at can reach into an inside corner to remove
fresh glue. You can also sand d1e tip of the dowel at an angle
and use it to clean out dado grooves.
-L. Frederick, Aspen, Colo.
Gluing up mitered legs
got an idea. Instead of making each leg separately, I made all
four at once. The trick was to glue up a long mitered box using
strap clan1ps and then to rip through the middle of each side to
form the four legs. -Steven H. Klotz, West Bloomfield, Mich.
Hot-melt glue blocks
Fasten each clamping
perch with a dab
of hot-melt glue.
Glue up mitered box using strap
clamps, and then rip through sides to fo rm legs.
I designed a coffee table with 3-in.-wide, L-shaped legs mitered
at d1e corners. But with my small selection of clamps, I couldn't
figure out an easy way to glue up the mitered leg joints. Then I
Mitered glue joints are almost impossible to clamp even using
expensive corner clamps and other jigs. Here is a simple way to
apply pressure exactly where it is needed. Cut two triangular
blocks from scrapwood. Glue these onto the outside of the
pieces to be mitered to create two parallel clamping perches.
The trick is to use only a dab of hot-melt glue to fasten the
perch. ow assemble d1e joint using common C-clamps to apply
pressure across the joint. The hot-glued perches stay in place
nicely but can easily be popped off later with a chisel. A few
strokes with sandpaper removes any glue reSidue, and then the
joint is complete. -Lany Morse, Framingham, Mass.
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