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MetiJods of Wo rkedited and drawn by Jim RicheyMaking fixed-louver shuttersto lock the arms at this distance. With dle sawblade set as high asdle cove will be deep, place the device over the blade and rotateit until the arms contact the tips of the teeth at front and back.The device is now at dle correct fence angle. All that remains isto clamp a fence to the saw at the same angle, and taking about!i16 in. at a pass, begin making incremental cove cuts untildle final depth is reached.-joe Hardy, Des Moines, Iowa--",jlll"- Dowel in stop blockfits holes in channel.Exterior wood really takes a beating in the subtropical climate ofKey West, Fla., where I work. So when a client hired our companyto replace his deteriorated pine shutters with longer-lastingredwood, we developed dlis quick, easy and inexpensive medlodfor building the shutters right on the job site.A 'tedious but critical part of shutter construction is routingslots in dle stiles for louvers. For this operation, we devised a jig,as shown in the sketch above, dut holds the stile in a channeland allows it to be moved in steps as each louver slot is routed.Accurate spacing is ensured by using a stop block and a series ofholes 1318 in. apart in me channel. A dowel in the bottom ofme stop block fits the holes. The jig is also fitted with a bridgemat holds the router above and at ISO to the stile. The bridgemay be unfastened and repositioned to cut mirror-image slots inme mating stile. A recess in dle top of me bridge allows merouter to travel back and forth the precise distance needed tocut each slot.To rout louver slots in a stile, we first mark off 6 in. at the topand bottom to allow enough room for the rails and waste. Wealso mark off me center of the stile where we skip two slots toleave room for the middle rail. Then, with the stile located in thejig's channel, we begin routing slots, tipping back the router tostart me cut (a plunge router would be great for this job). Afterrepositioning the bridge, we rout slots in me opposite stile. Tocomplete the shutters, we mortise the stiles, cut tenons on merails and glue up with epoxy and pipe clamps.-Barb M. Kamm, Key West, Fla.Angle finder for cutting covesSet parallelogram jig to desired covewidth; place astride blade todetermine fence angle.Quick tip: Recently I was assembling some sliding dovetailjoints. As might be expected, they stuck. To find the tight spots, Irubbed the dovetail wim chalk. Where me joint was binding, thechalk was rubbed off, indicating high spots mat needed to bepared down. -Dennis Sweeney, Upper St. Clair, Penn.Wooden spring for outfeed supportI tried using a roller work-support while joining the edges oflong, heavy boards, but no matter how carefully I adjusted theheight, invariably the work would be marked when the end ofme board bumped me roller. What I really needed was a moreflexible support that simply helped hold up me front of mePlywood springsupports work.board. The arrangement I came up with consists of a 2-ft.-long,!i4-in. plywood spring screwed to a 6-in.-long 2x4 clampingspline. 1 clamp me spring in a portable vise an I adjust it so itbalances the weight of the work and requires only a slight downwardpressure to keep the work flat on the outfeed table.-jack jerome, Nokomis, Fla.Glue injectorOverall lengthis about 3 in.To accurately cut coves on the tablesaw, you must clamp thefence to the table at dle correct angle, because dle angle determinesme shape of me cove. This simple parallelogram devicemakes finding me correct fence angle easy.To use the device, simply move the arms apart a distanceequal to me desired widm of the cove and tighten the wing nutsAsk your veterinarian to save you a few of these little accordionsqueeze bottles mat come filled wim an antiseptic used to irrigatepuncture wounds. The bottles make great glue or oil applicatorsin tight places.-Steve Altal-d, Carbondale, Ill.Quick tip: It's long been dle rule to buy two rechargeablebatteries for a portable electric tool: One battelY can sit chargingwhile me other one works. A neighbor recently shared another8 Fine Woodworking