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Methods of Work (continued)
and begin drilling shallow holes in the miter face in a pattern
that suits the job. Place brads in these holes, nip the heads off
flush with a side cutter, and then fish each brad out of its hole
and reverse it end for end so the point is up. Now align the two
halves of the mitered molding, and push straight down on the
sharp pin points. The mating half will have an exact layout for
drilling a matching set of pin holes.
After tile holes have been drilled in tile mating half, remove the
original pins. Put new brads in the original holes, cut these to a
suitable length and reverse tilem to put tile points up. I find it
helpful to countersink each of the holes slightly, to help each pin
"find" its matching hole and ensure tile assembly goes smootilly.
The joint can now be put together dry and pressed tight. If
you have been careful, tlle joint will fit
-].A.
almost perfectly. A slight
overlap can usually be corrected by a small amount of pressure
or twisting.
Binns, Tucson, Ariz.
Magnetic shop helper
The multipurpose magnetic strip I use in my shop started from
one of those inexpensive two-track magnetic knife racks found at
kitchen-gadget stores. I bought one of the racks, ripped it down
the middle to form two strips and tllen sanded the fresh edges
to remove the sawmarks.
I use one of the strips as an instant fence on my bandsaw for
ripping small strips of wood. The strips also can be used to position
jointer blades at tlle right height during replacement, as a
fingerboard with a piece of flexible plastic attached to one side,
and for pinning plans or drawings flat on a steel surface.
-Jim Van Dreese, Wieonsin Rapids, Wise.
Plumbing caps as tool ferrules
Magnetic knife strip
Copper plumbing
'-"·-caps
Rip into
two strips.
Use as
bandsaw
rip fence.
I use common hardware-store copper plumbing caps for ferrules
on my custom turning tools. To use the caps, I turn a
tenon on the tool handle to fit the inside diameter of the cap.
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