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Numbet60 December, 1988

ABoU r'I1DS ISS1l& Hls(J>ryrepeats itself,

So

fro', we'.e added the supplies fO I'

01  

so they say. 1 hadn' t really thought three of these ast projects. First is the

  d i t f

D onald B . Peschke

m uch about that in term s of

WOOI/8lnitlt

c lo ck m ov em en t e ith er b ra ss ke yw in d o r

Des1gn Oiroct' Ted Kral ic ek

until

we started work 011

this issue .

q uart1 Jb I(~ Ij'), d ia l, d oo r g lass (w hich is

IVoodsmith actually got started in Jul y

stenciled as Shown in the iSsue) .00 the

Man agingEdl lO (OOuglas  HickS

1978 when I b eg an wO lokon t he

first

issue,

hardw are for the Regulalol' C lo ck sh ow n

AsSiS1an1dIIOtSOOug la s M .L i d ste r

As it

tarns-out, ninety-nine years earlier,

in Wood.mill . No. 36 .

K ent A . Bucklon

in May 18'1 ll, my gI'eat go mdfather, Em il

As

 

re l u lt o f a

number

o f

. reques ts , we

ProjectDesigner K en Munk el

P es ch ke , s ta rte d hL~0 '1 1 c omp an y - .

are of\.rillg more Choices for the Cradle

TecIJricaImUSltalorsDavid K re yli ng

'W hy am I 'mentio ning this now? The

sh own in Wt)Qd 8 ,ilit N o. 48. The cradle

com pany E mil started was a Manu fac-

was o ig inally shown in oak. W e new ofi;er

Cary Chr is tensen

turer of aU kinds of Mou ldin gs, P ic ture

the spindles (and the buttons)

ill

oa k.

RodStoakes

Frames and Curtain Pole s. (I'm lu ck y

ch err y   ar id walnut,

C h ri s G lowacki

enougll

to

bave one of U ,e business forms  fyo u w an ted

to

bu ild the E u''O pean

Cu~omef

e r v i c e

S andy B aum , Mgr. he used back th en, W e incorporated it in to

W o rk be nch sh own in W oodsmill, No. 50 ,

J ac kie S tro ud th e

COVel

photo of th is issue. )

YOI lm ay have had trouble getting the

P at K oo b

So , il ls co ming full cyc le ,

and

I m ti lW J ;y

vises. It w as   Io t the faul~ of \V oodcran .

Usa Thompson getting' around to making the picture

S up ply (th e m ail-Ol- de r s ou rc e w e lis le d).

ProjectSuppl ies le slie A nn Gearhart

fram es that seem to be part of m y heii·

T hey did an ad mirable jo b of trying

r o get

Terry

J.

Strohman

l age .

or

cou rse, the m oldings w e're sh ow-

an d keep the vises in stock. The problem

Com puter0_10   K en M in e,

in g in this issue

ate

not nearly as ornate

was

with

Ole manufacturer.

as t],ose E mil made 100 years ago. Bul

W e have talked directly w ith the man-

AdminiSlrallv e

ssIS

Cheryl Sco lt

st yles

change.

u fa c1 ;w 'e a nd h av e re ce iv ed . shipm ent of

Jean Carey

PICT UllE fR AM ES. W hat w as so m uch

th e v ises for th e w orkb ench. Y ou C lUIstill

Ekt lld lngM alnlonatlC8Archie Kra us e

run},

tll Ugll 

was ~n li ng up \vith a va rie t y

order from Wo odc, ' lIf t. SUpp ly , and we are

of frames using a Hm ited amount of also b ing

to

K eep som e on band.

The W oodsm ith Store

machinery. W e decid ed to limit the work

lJl O JT6M.S .One of U ,e things I didn't

to

u sing a ro uter table

to

fo rm th e p ro fil es .

mention was the .ddition of the logo

I

pe t.lio ns S te ve K ro hm er

T his m ea nt we had to m ak e a ll th e p ro files .

items,

: l Ve

new

h av e a l5 hO I a pro n a c offe e

Mrukel in g

M a nager S te ve O o zie r

w ith ro uter b its. Is

this

too limiting ?

mug . and 8 corduroy cap - all \\ith the

A t firs t, I th ou gh t i~ w ou ld b e. But , then

Woodsl lwh lo go O n th em .

St ore Managers : [ b eg an looking at the dozens of router bit

To

be

hon est abo ut, all th is, I resisted

Stlouis. M O Jo n Behrle profi les available. '1 'h ere w ere a ctu ally to o

oO 'e ri ug t his tY lle o f th in g fo r m an y y e,,': .

E k H I e I e y

CA Micha el D eH av en

m any choiees. So, we look anothel' ap-

But what triggered it was a sim ple need.

DosM91nos ,A Ken t Welsh

preach. All of the pl'O fil es are made by

I w an te d a good shop M )I'On.

using on ly three standard router bi t

1 1 0-

T he ty pical blue denim ones I've seen in

WOODSMITH (ISSN 0164-4114 ) is pub-

6 Ie s (s n'a ig 'h t, r ou nd -o ve r, a ne c or a b ox ).

so me catalog s an d stores ju st w eren't th e

li sh ed b imonlh ly (February . A pril. Ju ne. Au-

Using

< l i f f C \  e n t

siz es o f the se bits , we

q ua lity I w an te d. A nd w orse. the p ock ets

gust. October, D ecem ber) JelyWoodsmi lh

were

able to

c o m e

up

with

several

dozen

were

to o

small and in the wrong places.

PU ti lishlng Co., 2200 Grand Ave .• Des

profiles. 'T hen it becam e a m atter of eh oos-

So ,

we- d esig ne d o ur o wn , A etu ally , T erry

Moilles . IA50312.

ing

whi ch o ne s

to

show il l

th is i ss ue .

Strohm ro, desi~l it ... .

Woodsmi th is a registered tradem ark of

IVe s ettled on 10 pl'o file s. S om e a re v ery

NEW FACES. 'l'erry joined O UI' PI'Oject

Woodsmilh PubUSIling

Co.

sim ple, som e are complex . The key to th e

SUpp ly team this post

fall

He

worked

in

~Copyright 1988

b Y

Woodsmlth Publis~ing

complex ones is that t~y

 8

,-eaUyjus t

th e IVoodlm til h Stlll  C here in Des Molnos

C o. A llRigl\ts li1 eservl9d.

combinations of the sim ple ones. That is,

for about a year. Then we re cru ited h im

Subscriptions: One year (6 issues ) $12.95.

th e c omp le x mo < ling sw e'r e s how in g d on 't

to hel p \\ith the  front end' w ork for the

Two Years (12 issues) $ 22 .9 5. Canad a and

ha ve

t o

be one strip of

wood

th at's formed

projecL supplies .

For ei gn: add $2 per yea r. U .s . fu~ onlY .

by a very com plex bit.

In ,ujdifio n to de sig Jl in g t he shop apron

Sing le co py p ric e, $3 .50 .

Instead , m ake sev eral strips w ith just

and gettl g the other Jo go item s lille d up,

Second Glass Postage Paid at ee s

one p l'O f ile on ea ch snip . T hen jo in (hem

T erry has been w orking on all the details

Moine s, Iowa

together. Combinations like this are al 

you never th ink about . . . IN tting tele-

Postmaster: Sen d ch ange 01 address to

m ost endles s. All tha t, has to be done is to

pho ne  ~n fo r lh e S OOn um ber, design.

WOOdsm ilh,BOx4~1, M t. Morrls.IL 61054.

find new ways of ar ranging the strip s to

ing the form s needed

to.

take orders and

S UB SC RIP TIO N Q UE STIONS? Cal l to ll

create new profiles. It's just a m atter of

to

ship them , and b:ying to think of w sys

fr ee 800 -435 -0715 (Ill inoisI'QSidentscall 800 ·

us ing YOlU  imagination.

to make the e ntire p ro ce ss m o re e ffic ie nlc

89 2· 0753). H Gurs: 7;30 AM 10 8:30 PM ,

PROJE CT SU ppLJ.£ . In the last issue, [ He has had several head,  'hes.

Cen tra Time. wee kday s only.

talked about ~he project supplies for the

But th ings are p,'Ogres.;ing. And with

B AC K IS SU ES : Fora Iree booklet deseri '-

projects

sh o\\ tn

in

\  ood smillt

We are

Ten-y's help , we hope to orre,' a idel'

in g a ll o[ the baI lk]ssues. sen d 1 0

Woodsmi th 

b eg in nin g to g o back t o p ''O jeets sho wn in

range of se,'V ice for allll 'ood~mit1t. project

I

2 00 < >randAve ., Des M ornes ,lA 50312 .

Pllst issues and b.' j?ng to fin d SOIlrolS for supplies .

SA MPLE C O PY: W e w illSend a fre e sampla

th ose su pplies . (For some of these post

NEXTMAILING.T he .ext issu e o f Wood·

oopy 01 Woodsmi th to a nyone. Just send us

projects. \V e s o m e ti m es l isted a so urc e

 mit will be m ail~ during \he week of

his /her ,name and ad dress.

th at h as sin ce sto pp ed ca rry ing the item s.)

F eb ruary 27, 1 989 .

 

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RIGHT LENGTHON SHORT DOWELS

I lise

qu ito II few short

dowels

ro r glui ng

joints together. AntJ.>lia

To   > the jig, align the tene e so th e

blad e fi l.ll into the k.. 'f slot. Insert the

dowel stock into the correct diameter

ho le

un til th e

end of the dowel is against the

r e n e e .

Now hokl the jig

and dow e l

and

cu t

through

the dowel. Slowly

back

the jig

out, and p h

th e

tini~

owel out the

e dge or the jig u.

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Life is to o

short.

For a four -y e ar -o l d,

tIl.t

means yo u

 J

s tool because yo u're to o

short to

reach

the

sink

to

brush

your

teeth,

For an adul t. it means you're still using

th e same

stool to reach

all th e way back

o n the

top

shelf o C the ki tcl len cab ine ts.

Fo r th ls project .

we

u sed • basie

ap

proach. The

step

stool is

m ade of

< o m m o n

pine, which is a no th er w ay o f say in g

it

ha s

a  

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C U T B LA NK IN HA LF

Alter the routing is complete, you call cut

the blank in half to

create

two mirrored

side pieces.

 I D

do this, start by

rougl 

cutting the blank in half with ~he miw 

gauge on the table saw,

To get the two side pieces

  t o  t y

 

s m finished length, set the rip fence

1314 from the blade, see FJg. 6, Theil

cut each piece with the   ouom edge

against the rip fence.

the c : u t edge is exactly in linewith the path

of the bit. see Fig. 2 .

ROUTING

Alte r the jig is complete, it can be used to

rout the two dadoes , the groove, an d the

.-abbe~on the blank.

ROUT DADOJl.S.

Before routing,

I

clam ped

the side blank (A) on to p of

a

co u ple

of sawhorses, see

Fig . 8 .

1lhen

T

clamped the jig in place so its edge is

al igned with the left edge of the lett dado

line, see Soop 1, F ig . 4 .

S e t

the depth

of

the router bit

so

it cuts

a

Y ,

-deepgroove in the blank- taking into

consideration the thickness of the jig s

base .

  Sinee

the

base

of my jig was   -

thick, I set the del)th of cut at ~ .)

Now set the router against the fenceof

the jig and cut the groove, moving D Om

the back edge of the blank toward the

front edge, see Soop J in Fig. 4.

ShOI)Note: Sint-ethe router bit is t u rn -

ing clockwise, routing this direction actu

ally

pushes the router

base

tight agains~

th e fe nce ,

STOP THE DADO. This dado is stopped

o / / from the fr Ontedge to keep it from

showing on the fr Ontedge of the stool.

Waleh the layout linesand stop when the

bit touches the stop line.

seCOND DADO  Next move the jig

down to the dado 0.1 the other end and

followthe same procedure, see Step 2.

GROOVE After these t\VO dadoes are

routed, turn the jig 90 and clampit sothe

edge al igns with the layout line fo.  the

groove for the riser, see Step 3. This

groove starts in the dado on the left and

stops in the dado on the right,

Shop Note: Instead of trying to plunge

the bit exactly in the left dado, I plunged

the router bit a little ahead (to the right)

of the dado. TheilIheld the router firmly

and movedit backwards until it broke into

the dado.

BACK RABBET The last thing is to rout

the rabbet for the back panel, Since this

rabbet is ¥ I¥ wide, and the bit

is

  h wide

it has to be routed in two steps.

First, align the edge of the jig with the

inside layout line and rout a ~N·,\ ide

groove , see Step 4. Then move the jig

toward you about

y , ;

and make another

pass to clean out the remaining waste, see

Fig 

5,

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Now that th e two s id e p ie r

(8) are joined to the sid   b y c uttin g

rabbets

on

the ends to

form

t ongues that

lit th e d ad oes

3nd

grooves in the side

p ie ce s. (I used to ng ue s h er e for. cleaner

appearance. Any variation.<

in the tongue

t IUckoess a re h id de n inside

the

join .)

T o cut the rabbets. mount a 1 ' < ' dado

blade on the saw and rai se i ~ above

the table, 800 Fig. 9.

Before cu tt ing the ~.

ched<

the saw

set-up

by

cu ttin g rab bets o n

the

cnd of a

piece

of

scrap that ·s the same

thicknc.;s.

Af ter

the

tongue on

the

t . e s t

board

fiUl

the

~. groove,

cut

to~ on bo th ends of

the front riser (8)

and

step

(C).

TRIM BACK TONGUK.

The

tongue o n th o

front edge of lbe step (C ) h .. to be

Irimmed

back to fit the stopped dado.

Ir immed

the

tongue in tw o

8l.eps,

se e

Fig. 1 0. First.

cut

the tongue

V

fr om th e

fron t edg e stop pin g sho rt o f O 'e .houlder .

see S tep 1 . T h en c his el d ow n

01 1

the front

edge to rem ove the w aste, see S tep 2 .

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bullnose the front edge ( 1 ;00 S tep S ) using

the s amep r oc e du re a s on the side panels.

aOT'rOM END OF RABBE'I'. There are

two mo re s te ps b efo re assembly. The

bot

tom end of the rabbet has to be chiseled

out so the back panel (0) wil l a lign with

the bottom of the step (C), see Fig. 1 2.

Alter the rabbet-is cleaned out, trim th e

back pane l

so

the

to p

edge

aligns

with tbe

top of the sides, see Fig. 11.

A SS EMBLY

Once all of the pieces are cut to fit, as

sembly

ca n begin.

DRILL PILOT HOLES.Start

by clamping

 

pieces toge the without glue.  put a

pipe damp across the top and another

between the a r c l in the bottom. (Check

that the step

6ts

tight against the back

panel.) Then drill pilo  holes through   e

shank holes for No . 8

.x

1 V w oodscrews .

GLUE AND SCREW. Take the pieces

apa rt

and put some glue in the dado,

groove rabbet and between the

riser

and

step. Then clamp it back together and

tighten down We s cre ws Alter the glue

dried, Iplugged the screw boles with  '

dowels and trinnned the dowels off -Il u sh ,

LID

The only

thing

left

is

to make the lid (E).

Start

by edge-gluing two pieces of

 1( .  

pin_together. Then cut the lid 1 0 / . 0 wider

than the distance from the front edge of

the riser

 8

to the back -edge of the back

panel

(0), S\ Fig.

1 4.

Finally,

ell~

t lV,'

longer than the width or the stool ( 19 ).

HINGE MORTISES.

The lid is held to the

stool with butt hinges, see Fig.

13.

To

mou n t

the

hinges ,

Ioutlined

each

hinge in the top of the back panel. Then I

routed out the mlliolity . o f the was t e and

cleaned up to the line with

a c hisel.

Now sere  ,   th e h in ge s into th e mort i ses

so the front of the hinge aligns with, the

inside .edge

of the back panel. Then center

the

li d

on the top of the stool and mark

the location of the hinges on the back edge

of the l id, see Overhang Detail in Fig. 14 .

Outline

this

mortise with a chisel ao

 t

1 from the bact. edge, see Fig. 13.

(This allows the lid to overhang  > f I off the

back, see D.etail in Fig. 14.)

  fter the

hinge mortises

are cut rout

the

bulln

o se pro file-o n

all four edges of the

lid. Then l ; CI CW the hinges in place.

CHAIN.To keep the lid from falling back

when it's open, r screwed anll'·long brass

chain

to the bettom of th.lid, see Fig. 14.

CATCH.J found that I always t ilted the

stool on the edges of tho lid, put

it

swung

down because the f ont edge wasn't air

tached. S o I mounted an elbow catch on

the bottom of the lid and a strike plate on

the riser, see Catch Detail in Fig. 14.

FtNJSH.r finished the step stool with

two coats of satin polyuretli'ane varnish.

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The final operation on the step is to

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S T R A IG HT B IT

TW IS T D O WE l

COUNTERCLOC I CW t SE

W HILE RfotNG

D OW N W A A O

the end of the dowel

stops

aj,>ainstthe

Masonite

base.

Then oo1 i f .doo»

k

ei 

all the way

push and

turn

using even

pre s sure

until aJ'Oundthe stretcher dowel,

8

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C I HO L E

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2 4 8lOCK

FlGURf

Granted, this easel is very basic in

design. But it incorporates a variety of

different

techniques

that make it

more

inteteSiing to build than tl e finished

product might suggest.

The most unique and challenging

techniques

wet

creating round tenons

on the ends of the dowels, and drilling

nniformly·spaeed holes to hold the gal.

lery Spilldles, reIer

to

Fig. 5. The fun

part. was making the jigs that made

both of these

op erations

easy.

T NNONIN JI

Befol'e I started to make the easel, I

made a small jig to cut round tenons on

the ends of the stretcher dowels. The

jig holds the dowel vertically SOa'round

te no n c an be cut on a T o ute r

ta ble. ,

To make the jig, all you need is a

piece

o f 2 x4 sc rap  some  h I ?tlasoJute

and a   straight router bit. Start. by

ripping a bW.Jongpiece of 2x4 down to

2

wide and turn it on edge. Then drill

a hole the

size

of the stretcher dowel

( .) toward one end of the block

and

centered on its willlh, See Fig. 1.

AiWr the hole is drilled through, tack

a piece of v Masonite

0 1 1

ihe bottom

of the block. This serves as a base plate

for the jig. (Keep the tacks away from

the hole.)

S&'I.'I'ING

lJ'.

Now, to make a tenon.

mou.nt a

 

stnUght bit in the l'OUter

table. P :ice the block agaillS'

tJ,~

fence

of the router table and adjust the fence

so the bit is C 6.1lettd on the end of the

block, refer

to

J ig. I. Then rail;e the bit

until its heigbt above the table equals the

length of the tenon yOI1 want

  An ,

plus

the thickness of the \ <   Masonite.

After the router table

 

se~ up, push

the jig along the fence moving from right

to lett until tbe bit cuts abou~·halfw.y into

the :y,; ' hole. Now it's just • matter of

fine-tuning to get the OOI1'ectsi?.etenon.

SUtr l

by tunting off the 'outer and look

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STRETCHER

OO W EL

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mEN ROU INTO

RGUJlf 3

S U P P O R T

STRETCHER

OOW EL

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WOODSMITH

G A L L E R Y R A IL

T w o of the 17'· lon g

stre tcher dowels are

used to m ake a decorative rail

at

the top

of the easel . T hese two dow els are held

L O g eth er w ith 12 decorative  gallery

spindles

(C l.

re fe r LO F ig . 8. (S ee Sourees,

page 2,1. 

DR ILL . IN GJI G . D rill ing the holc~ ror

these spindles

wilS

unoth er ehal lengo. T o

'hi ll these holes .

r

mode a sim ple < :e nt eri ng

jig w ith a couple pieces of  Y.   plywood,

see

P ig

5.

First. eu~tw o V '·wide < b < J o e ; on th e

inside feee of each plywood piece, se e

Detail in Fig. 5. Then to hold the tw o

pieces of pl ywood t og \l th er, dri ll a se ri es

of

holes

fol 2

v

·J on g s c re w s s e e

Cro~

Sec tion inFig. 5.

Now in s e rt the top tw o stretcher dowels

(A l into

the

jig. ( ' 'he end grain of

the

dowels

s h o ul d

b e v er ti ca l.

T h i s

b a l l

to

do

\lith the w e d g e s that are added later to

th e

ends of the dow els, refer to F ig. 15.)

S tand

th e

jig on end to mak e sure the

end s of both dowe li l a rc O u£ h w ith th e end

of the ji g. T hen gently tighten dow n all of

th e s cre w s to secure b oth d ow els in th e

d a d oes be tween

the

tw o p ly w oo d p ie ce s.

L A Y 011l 'B O LE S .T o m ake sure the hole..

a re s p a ce d

evenly. Im arked reference

l in es Iv..' apart on the top of the jig, see

I·~g.5. Use n square to contin ue these

re fe re ne e li nes on the sid e a nd bottom o f

the jig so the holes in the bottom dow el

a re a li gn ed th e sa m e _ Fig. 5.

RBP ' ERENC E

UNES.

A D e r

1Il3l iting

al l of

the reference line-so draw a centerline

d o w n the length of the dow el T his can b e

difficult,so I w ;O O • l i ttle centering trick.

Set

the

end

of n

combin ation

square so

it ', inlellUo> ,lly ju st

short

of

the

m iddl e

of the dowel and make a reference m ark.

Then

n ip

the combination square over

against the other .ide

of the jig

and make

• s ec ond r ef er en ce mlui

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THE F RA M E U PR IG H TS

After th e round tenons are cut on the ends

of th e stretcher d ow els. w ork ca n

begin

on

the long upright pieces Cor the easel frame.

To m ake the front uprights (I). Iipped

4/4

sto ck

( ¥,. actual thickne •• ) IV

w id e b y 66 long, see F ig . 9 .

DRILL HOLl S. T h e se upri¢lL

pieces

are

joined

together to the stretcher

dowels

by

drilling four

y,'-dJa.

holes in each uprighL

Two of the d ow el h ole s a re c en te red an d

I from

each end, see Detail in Fig.

9.

Another hole is located

2 4 from

the

top

en d of each

upright.

There is o ne m ore b ole n ea r the top of

e a c h upright

fo r

the

bottom

do el   the

gallery rail. To lo ca te this hole,

measure

the d is ta nc e b etw e en the tenons on the

a ss emb l ed g a ll er y rail, se e D etail in Fig .

9. N ow

drill

the e ig h t h ole s

on both

front

uprights , se e Fig . 9.

PEG HOL£S. The picture/art C rame.

placed OD th e e ase l a re su pp orted by   ti e

pe gs.

(See

S ou rces , p age

24.) Dri l l

3

series of holes on the front edge of

the

front uprighl>; fo r these pegs, I C< l ~ ig.9.

SUPPORT P IlM f.& . 11 .e sam e

b..

,,;c

pro

cedure is foU owed U) make th e two ICg l I

 E)

for th e su ppo~ Ih.m c, The   two leg s

O J cu t lV,' wid e by

o W V .

long , se e f. 'ig .

10. Then m ark th e centerpoiJ1Ls fo r th o

ho les at the ends.

There 's one cha nge tho ugh. 'I'lte holes

ab the

top end s

of thes e leg'll ar c

 y ,  

diameter

(the

full di am ewr of the dowel)

ins tead of

¥ . e

di am et er. This w a y the

middle dowel ca n slide all th e way through

this hole, so th e tenon fits Into tho front

upright , refer to

Detail

in Fig .

17 .

After th e

0/.,'

-dia. Lop holes are drilled ,

drill the remaining

four

M o -dia,

h ole s f or

the

other two d ow els, see Fig . 10.

LO C I( B AR

These

tw o

frames

are conn ected w ith a

lock bar (Fl, see Fig . 11.The leng th

 

th e

lock bar

is

the ke y to th e an gle o f th e e ase l

D uring the

design phase, w e deter

m in e d

the

length

to get

an II  angle Cor

the easel. This length aloo detAtnnilll>dthe

posit ion

of

the middle stretdler dowel on

th e

support frame.

HOtf

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GAUfRY HOlE

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Uf'UGHTS (S EE D TAl l,

P . . E l A I I .

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NOTE: A$SfM6.LE iU~T

f

ANO

S T lllQ i£ R O O W DS

to

ON U . IO 'fJ

 lei , TH IN A nAOf OTH ER U I tI OHT

 

I lETM

(an AWAY V IE W)

MIDOI . f

-- - S T t E T oc.tlt

.. ,-p

dow el throUgl l th e top holeR.

T he front

Cram.

i assembled

by

first

II l iding

tbe

lock

ba r (F)

over the bottom

.tretcher

dowel .

Theil

glue in the

Il

locking Pin. see C I ' O & Sect ion in F ig. 1 1 .

N ow glue the end.

 

the bottom dow el as

wel l as the

midd le

an d

th e to p

galle'1'

rail

between the tw o f ro nt uprights  0 .

When

the f rames are glued

wgether,

UKe a t oo ll lpick to put Il li tU e glue in lhe

kerf s, an d pus h th e w ed ges in 1 '1 _ .

Let

the glu e dry, then cut tho ends of f and

sand the m fl ush w ith the surfaee.

F INISH. W hen everything

is

a • •  mbled.

I sanded the easel f ram e smooth and

applied two

eoats

of Wnltoil h.

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ROOTING Tlfl l PROFfl E. W hen th e

strip s are pusl,ec 'througb

the

router

bit,

u se a con sta nt rate o f fe ed a nd b e p re pare d

so you don't have to stop at an y tim e. A

p a u se e a n c r e a te . d im p le 0.  b urn m a rk

in

th e prome.

If p ro file is. d eep o ne, I usually m ake

one Or two roughing cuts. Then for the

final cut, I m ake a very light pass t o elean

u p th e s urfa ce .

RAlll l&TS. A ll of the p r of i l e s in clu de a

rabb et o n th e b ack side to hold the picture.

This rabbet should be at lea st 1 1 0 d eep to

allow for a piece of glass (usually %to

W OODSM ITH

2

•

 

han dling .  usually add a fe ll' in ches to

aUow for the snipe (divot) that o cc urs a t

the ~l1 1 ing and end of cuts.

HOI.J)DO WN . Alter the sbips

are

cut,

t he p ro fil es COl be ro u t e d   Th~ key he •..,

is

to

kee p uniform pressure on the strips

so U te prnflles are alw ays consistent.

One of the easiest ways to get even

pressure is

to

use a

grout

trowel, see

draw ing below . (These are rubber bot

tom ed trow els use d

to

s m o oth grout when

inst al li ng ce ramic t il e. T hey 'r e avail able at

h ardw ar e s to re s an d h om e cen te r s, )

The

trowel

is also a   o o idea b e c a u s e

it keeps yow ' fingers w ell aw ay from the

bit w hen routing sm all strips.

M aking a picture fram e ought to be

one of the easiest pro jects in wood

w ooong. It's just four strips of wood

joined w ith m iters. But there are a

few

eensidera tions,

First,

of course, is the profil e o f th e

mold ed pieces. T he easiest way to cu t

(he profi les is on a ro ute r ta ble u sin g

st andard router bits,

At

first, we

thought.

this

would lim it the v arie ty

of profiles we co ul d produce. Wrong.

\  ry quickly we ca me up with

about three dozen profi les u sing jU$t

eight standar d router bits. (See

Sources,

page 2 4 .   There

ar e

d O Z O l l S

of other options once you ge~ into it.

On the follow ing pages, are ten

profiles

thl lt a re

ju st

a

sampling of the

profiles

you can crea te . Itstarts

with

a v ery basic m old in g tJ l.~ s m ad e b y ro un d

in g

the l i . Qnted ges o f

s tr ip s

of

s t o c k .

Then

w e ad ded v ariation s. W hen you get down

to it, all of

these

moldings

are

just

varia-

tions

of

Simple TOuter

cuts

CHOOSING THE WOOD

A lth ou gh an y w oo d

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W OOOSMITH

Rabbe t

i C ld 10

I Io i d p i ct u re.

TI .. s l r ip

i.

IlIJ.j ·)lttdgold.

 

A.

I

 

..\.   _

, . , _ . y . . . ._ _ . .

C,a a Iwl/ TUI ,dstrip off

both

edgeJI

 lIld gt,..

in lo g ro o lJ C 8.

CROS S_~~gIO_

v.~.

.J.

If Di O ~1.~

IN L A Y

 

to

II D£D

 Nl Y

Complete profil IIY routillg

11 ,'

COt~on edge o f .tock.

4

~~ ~ ~~

I

 

_r~

r II :

S ec on d s tr ip is

out SqI«U' 011(1

I t I . 1 8

 . . 1 . t QV

on ous co rne r

C.,I rabbel first strip

In

Mild . ,d slrip

ilt pl«c~

.1;110·

3

rup

j,,/oll

.trip to siz«

and

Large strip is made tlu:same

 ,, ,d

0116)

both.

 ,IU .

way

Oil

Ihe router lable.

If you WlUlt to

add

color to

a fram e

paint

one

of

th e

strips.

We

painted the inside strip on this molding with gOld leaf paint to

hij(l1lillht th e in sid e e dg e.

This mokling is mild. by joining two strips. The o uts id e  trip

starI8 ou t

  v .

(or

-Y. )

th ick b y 1 '1 1i( wide. O Ve U SIld w1IInut

for this strip.) Then th e e dg es are rounded

with

a

W

reend-ovee

bit, (St.

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S e e o u d

strip

i.

tg robbe t

for ~ ..  .

 

.   .  

J _ · L - - f ~ ~ ~ _ ~ v J l - : · i

1 . 1

F ;1I 41I y . trim strip

d o l · .

to

fi t

rebbet, otld

glue

it l.

p l a c e .

gQSS s£ gIOJ~

Sec ond ttrip has wide c e r e I

. Ul dt wilh ~ ~ 

. .

~~

COQIOX

lit

. .

ROUIIH

stVtW

P A S S l S

To comp~teth e ._ d .tri p.

TO,wd

O tIC r

th~

IQ p

edge.

Tit-en

CILt

a

I¥

or ~ ..

r o b O e t to < = C » t

f(((IIrd

strip 

Tlum   4 rof( d-OlJ(r:r bit i8

  < S e d

to

c reue an

ag e  ,rroflle.

RO UNOOYtI t

lit

, . 

. 

One \vny to c.'Cut.c.a

s m o o th co n te n  I  OI 8 ty

l o o k   to roun d

ov er

all

th e e

> d g e 8 t o

let the pieces

now

togeth er. This frame is

really a variation of the frame show n a t the top of page 13 , excep t

w ith

a eoved piece added to w iden

the whole frsme ..

T he ex tru

w idth is

niter for ~r

prints

or

artwork.

Once

again.

this

molding

starts

b y ro u nd in g o ve r both e d g e s

of

the

strip, Step

I.

Then

cut

a  V o,  

or   . rabbet to aeeept

the second

st rip, S tep 2. To m ake the w ide cove

in the

second

s t r ip , u s e a ¥ .

c O I  C

b o x bit a nd m a k e 8 u ( . ( ., () f: S iv e

passe s to

w iden

th e co ve out to t he e dg e of the strip, S tell 3. P ;1llllly, ro ut a ra b be t

to accept Ill.pi ct ure n n d g l l I < s StAll>4.

TlOMTO

. .. .. .. WilTH

C

 

of f

UtO

adgc

0/ .Irip

to

create ml>belot. '/I id, edge.

7

U8e a straig ht bit

10 Tf)l 10

gr60IX to /told s nd

strip 

S A W S IA D t

M 

ST.AIGHT

  1

6

Then use a

. t j f I f

ro Ukwer bit

to cmlte an agee profile.

Rout both edgea   f .1

 trip

witlt ~  

round ot n bi t 

S«

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Rip _ltd .'rill

-Y/ , wiilloulder, Step 5.

  3

MaS

I£NCE

 

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aNlB GltOOYf

O N T HIQ CH E 

OF srodc

ROU TEa

 . . . . .

RNa

PROt'lLe P.DGES.After

the groove is

cut, rout the profi le

Oil

t he e dg es . III

this

ease, we used a 'I... round-over bit to

round over all rour edges se e Fijr. 2.

~trrBR PRA.ME.Now miter these mold

ins: s tr il>

to

len gth to

lit

ar oun d t.he photo.

(See

the article on

page

20

for

tip.

0 1 1

wis

\V OODSMITH

  7

PETA II

 

G IVE IT YOU R BEST SHOT

f  

I tOUT

1.INrI.  It

CUTS

INfO

tNSlOe

GROOvr

 

process.)

And

glue the fr am e p ie ce s

together.

GROOV& .

When

th e

frame is

dry,

rout •   · wide groeve centered on

the bottom edge fo r th e key. I cu t

this groove

on

th e route r

tab le u  ing

.t ol> o n We fe nc e t o limit tbe lengt h

of the groove, see Fig.

3.

(The

groove

sh ou ld sto p Vo

from

th e

outside edgtlS o[ th e frame.)

Rout. in successlvely deeper

p a s s

e s u nt il

the

bit cuts through

 

groove on the inside

edge

of the

frame. (Ket>p

this

set-up f o r r out ing

the

m atehing groove in the base.)

THE I lASB .T o

mak e the

base, I

~im ply

ClIt a 10'

bevel

on a

block of

w oo d

se e

Fig.

4. (Note:

Fo r s af et y.

start

with a block about l2 long.

and

cut it to final lengtll

af ter

th e

bevel i eut.)

Next .

I

cut a groove to

ma tch

th e

one in the bottom of

the f rame

U

the same set-up (w ith the stop

blocks) on the router table to rout a

v . . . . . .deep groove, see Fig. 5. Then U8 l n

I0I0 ou nd .. ve

r

bi t

to

ease the

edges.

THE KEY .N ow .

to

join the

frame

to the

base. rip a key Yo (to fit the w idth of the

l.'I'OOv• )

by

  to mateh (l,e

to ta l

depw

of beth grooves.) T hen round the end s

to

m atch the groov

es ,

.. . I S C U Y

Tom

GROOVES

 

IIA '

NOTe: t : : : . 5   1   . - - - - - 1

lW EN   ION S

G IV EN A RE

fOIl

eTU t rs

f I G U

W e W 8ntO Oto build. self· slM ding

frame - without. uN ihg one or those

cardboard

back. w ith the hinged

flap. Aftera ~UI~xperimenting,

we came up with a \\ y to mount.the

ftrune

to

a

s

mall

a ng le d b ase .

T1 1Ctrick is t - o CUI n g roove in the

b otto m o f the frame and a matching

groove in

the i > a s 4 > . Then

join

the

tw o  ith a key. refer 10Fig. 1.

This groove-and-key trick solves

the problem of supporting the

fram e. and it

also

p ro vid es a w IlY t o

slide

the photo and g I a . . < s in and out

of

the

bottom

of the

frame.

M AKIN G THE FRA ME

To m ake

this

frame.

you have

to

eut,

t he mo ld in g

strips •

~ttle

diIl'erently

than

those show n

on

th e p re vi ou s

~. The m o lding

fo r

this

n-ame

starts

I

a strip M o   thick by   Y o  

(or 0/. )

wide, see rig. 2. (It can

be

ev en w id er if you want a diIl'enlnt

proliJe

on

the

molding.)

GROOV& . Then, Instead

of

cutting' a

rabbet in the molding

strips,

  \ gl'OOve is

routOO down the inside edge

to

h old th e

picture and glass. The width of the groove

is

determined

by

adding the thickness

of

the

g l l l s <

(%. ), tho pheto

  M o t ,, ,

and th e

b; lCking  V ,,). fol' u total of 0 /••

esk rame

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W OODSM lTH

\... -I

 h   SQUARE

STOC K

 l SQ UAR E

SflAC RS 

~ .. fH ICk

®

FIRSTCUT

F tNCE

D I : T A l L

 

H A l I O W O O O

RUNN(A

dow n

to

l  t t lqunrc. and cut it to a len gt b this

jig;', to align

lb e

fi...

-e ut fence exact ly

of 8 , see F ig. 2.

90 to

the s ec on d- cut fenoo , and also to

SECONO·O\Tl'.·.:NO£.

The secon d-cut make sur e bo th rene.. are 4& ·

to

lb e right

fence is made

from two Wil ' of

¥.  -th ick ed ge

of the b:lJIC

(lb e

path

of

ti le blade) .

stock with two

81  IC O)'

blocks between PRAMIN O SQU AIIB. 'r o al ign the two

them . 'fhCl \Cspacers fonn a

%

slot

used

fen ces , I us ed n

fnulli ng

sq ua re .

Lay

th e

to mou nt the stop bloc k, see F ig. 2. square on

  l I e b 1 8 O 1 1 0

the 12

mark

(on th e

To make the

  p l l

resaw a

piece

of inner edge of the fIotuningsquare) is on th e

¥. · lbick stock dow n to

% 

thick. Then bottom right-hand comer , s ee

Fig.

a .

c ut all' s pa ce r b lo ck s

6

long

and J Y o  

long, Then p lace the other 12 inside

mark

on

a n d

gl ue them

betw een

the tw o

strips.

lb. right edge of th. base. T his g ives the

STOP, BIA)C K PENC I( . The stop -block aligD Jnellt you need.

80th

IIl mS ar e

90

to

f ence ; made

th e

same

way

as

the

oocond-

each

other,

and

they're 45·

to the

right

rut

fence bet.

it 's longer.

a n d both s p a c ers

edge o r

th e

baRe.

ar e

only

II .· long. se e

Fig. 2.

MOIM '

PE N C t :S .T o a

the first ,t

SQU AR I(UP PENC t :S .'Vben

the

glue is fence (A l, slide it 8g1linst the framing

dry on

the

o etOnd 'l f en ce

a n d

stop -bIock square so one end is at

the

6

mark.

se e

fence, squa re

up

lh e fro nt an d

b a d <

edges F ig. 3. T hen glue it in p lace.

on a jointer, or by ripping a new

edge. Next.

position t h e second -en

rence

(8)

a g : U n s t

t he o th er

inner

e dg e o f tb e f ra ming

ASSEMBLE

JIG square. (M a ke s ur e

the

end wilb lbe

shor t

Now

th e fen«lS can

b e

mounted to th e

space r is in the inside C orner

of the

plywood boISe. I h. cri tical part of mal ting sq\l8l Cl.)I h.n glue it in p lace,

f f i R ~~mR ~ ~~ 

For 1M 8«tJ1td eut 11 8< 0~

Itflce pU3i i lil

(he

 im .IId ogai 03 lit<

3top block to

3d t ngfh

The

< i te r t il _

oth r

ettd o f 1M p i « . e B .

Tim

j ig

cuUI

~5

lion

011 I I l 1 J 1 d i n g

~rip

lo r

picture frames The jint Cld

it

made on

 lU

pi«e8

with the

1I oldj 9 (l{f

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OO1)SMITH

  .  

NOTE ,

OONT CUT TOO

FAR tN TO JiG

R I G H T H ~

fft(cE

9

T hen draw a line down the outside of glue dri es , sc re w

tlll 

fe nces to the base .

the triangle for th e leJl;,hand fence . .F lip MOUNTJIG . T o prevent the jig from

th e triangle over to mak e a no th er

45 °

line shifting position, r d rilled h oles and

se

fo r th e ,ight.-halld fence. cured if to the table w ith hex bolts . i';ou

ALIGN 'ENG£$. To

m ake sure the.fences could

also cl amp

the jIg to

the table,

stay at 90

to each

other, [ set a

fram ing USIN GTHE JIG . T o use tJ,e

jig,

cuL t he

square along the reference lines with the firs m iter on one end of all pie ee s w ith the

corner o n th e   e rei nee point, an d clamped stock tight against the right.-hand fence.

it to the

base,

T hen clam p a stop

block

to

the letlrhand

To posit ion th e fen ces, place the enda of. fence. Now position Ufe

fil' t

mite  c~ l

e ac h fe nee a L t he

2

m ark s o n the o utsid e tight into the cham fered end of th e stop

of the fram ing square. T hen gl ue an d bloc k, and cut al l pi~ to th e correct

clam p the fen..,. to the base. When the length. see IJ 'ig . 2.

~ _ ; : c = r : : : : : : ; : :

I Jl,et

cutting the fences,

I laid

them out on fbebase. T o do th~ ,

first

draw a renter line on the

base, see F ig . J. T h en m ea su re

down 3 from tbe top of the base

an d. m ark a c en te rp oin t. ('), 'h ~

is

a re fe rence point fo r laying out

th e angle of t he ann s. )

IJSE 1'RIANG(.E. N ow ,

to

posi-

tio n th e fe nc es , lay a 46' irIangle

On  th e base w ith the 48 angle

ca rner seL on ~he reference

p oin t, e e F ig. L

T h e s am pr oblem s, exist on a ra dia l an n

saw as o n-a ta ble saw . Y ou have to cut 4[j '

m iters, an d lik e pieces have to be· lhe sam e

lengtb. O ne of the biggest llroblenlJl is

a lig nin g th e ra dia l a rm to exactly 4 5 . T he

solution is to build a jig with ou t movin g

parts and mak e straig h~ cuts w ith the saw .

To bu ild

'the

jig,

I cut the 16 x 24 base

from

o/,j

plywood, see. Fig. 1.

FE NCES. T hen there are two fences, a

rig hlrh an d fe nt.. (Used

to

m ake the ill'S t

mitel' cut) and a. Ieft-halld fence

  used

to

make

tb e

  CeO lJd-eul).

Both

fe nces are cut

2 -wi

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WOODSMlTH

STOPtll~

 

M lT£R JlC. 'rhe basic _p ro cedU l-e

is

to

cu t a

45°

m iter on

  .   d

of

a u

pieces

[Jl:S(

Then

tbe

ot l,el' en d

is mite red

to fum

length.

You have several ways to go

here.

Th e.

miters

can

be m ade with

the m iter gauge on

a

table

saw

or

on a r a d i a l ann saw, Either way,

yo u ca n have prob lem s because th e

markings On miter ga uges and

radial arm s an' not oriou sly inaeeu

rate. I  v e f O W 1 { l

that

i t s

worth  

to

build a

'm iLer j ig ,

see

pag e

18 

FIRST CUT tf

you're using U te

ta ble saw jig, th e first cu t

is

made

by 'ho lding the

insi e

edge of the

mo ld in g a ga in st t he

'''first; · cut'' fence

of

the m iter jig,

se e

Fi g,

1.

Hold

it

with a flrm

grip

so the pi ece doesn't

slid. dw ing the cu t,

and pull

the jig

back befo re

r ele as in g you r g il l> .

 f

y ou 're u sing a m it er g au ge, ho ld th e

inside edge of the moldi ng

against

t he f ac e

of t ile ga uge. The cut

is

made SO th e long

po int of the miter leads through the saw

blad e, jus t as in Fig.

 

F£eD RA J E. .A

slow , st eady rate of feed

works

be st .

If

you

go to o

fast, there's

a

gr eate r chance tha t the workpiece

will

slip . JuS t hold it steady an d let the teeth

do the cu tting.

A fter making each cut, do n't let the

strap

pieces co llect near

t l  

s aw b la de,

I

cle ar t hem away wit h • long stick.

S £OOND MlT&1l.

After the first m iter is

cut on the ends ofa l l the pieces , the second

m ite  '

c a n

b e m arked . Thi s det erm ines the

f in al lengt h

of

each piec e

However,

it' s no t the ove ral l length of

each

piec e th at

counts,

itl s th e length of

th e rabbet o n t he inside edge of eacll piece.

Th e-second

m it er m ust be cut

so

the phot o

01 

print (o r mat)

fits

betwee n th e in side

ed ges o f the

' . 'U b l > e l ,

To m ark

this

length, lay a ru le r in the

rabbet of on e frame piece,

see Fig.

2.

The

second miter is marked off on the in side

edge of the rabbet so th e measurem ent

miters 

There

ar e  wo

cr it ical

measure-

m eat s h e...  The

miters must

be

45 ,

'q d

~he opposite pieces of the fram e (t'he tw o

sides , and the_topibo tt om ) m ust be

exactly

t he sam e len gt h.

The procedure I follow has a lo t

to

do

with th is second criteri a, O ften

too

much

attention is pa id

to

th e 45' an gle, But

if

oppos it e p ie ces

31.

not.

 m llll

th e same

length you have effectively changed the

jo in~ angle, an d t here

will

be gaps even if

th e mit ers

are

cu t at

exactly 45 .

ROVGH LENGTH. J start

by cutting

a U

th e moldi ng stock to

rough

le ng th . Wo rk

in g w ith shorter pieces is always easier,

'1'0

de term ine the rough lengt h,

measure

the out side dimensions of the

ph otogtaph or pmnt you're

fr am ing 

A l s O

measure

the

wi  llt of

th e molding

stock  

Now

3(ld

t\vice

the

wid th or the molding

stock to the dimensiollj; of the p ic tu re , and

add

at

least I

ex tra to give yourse lf some

room

to

work .

T£S1  l'I 'A1 \1 £ ,

Afte,·

al l

of

the

pi eces

are

cut to rough length, you can cut the miters.

How eve r, it' s always be st to start with

so me

S < o a p

pieces to make a

tes t

fram e.

M aking the m olded pieces for ~ pic

ture

fram e is only bnlf

the fu n 

The

ot her b nlf is cut tin g

the

fou r f ra rt le

pieces

with

perfect

miters 

The

chal

lenge , of course , is to create a f ram e

with no gnps at the com ers, O kay,

then

why do

gaps

always

seem

to

appear in the m iters?

Gaps in the mitered com ers of

a

frame ca n be a result of four thing s:

1 

the m iters

may

not be

cu t at

ext y 4 5 ; 2)

the oPPll itep ieces in

th e

frame aren t   tJ y

the sam e

length;

3)

the pieces

wer-en b

  _ l a m p e < witb the m iters h eld t ig ht

in the first place; or

4)

the.

frame

piec... ha ve ex panded or co ntracted

(with

changes

in hum idity),

The

lirst

two problems can be

so lv ed by following

a good

cutting

pro ced ure and u sing a m iter cutt ing

jig (su ch

as

th e on e sh ow n o n pag es

~g.19),

T he c lam pin g p ro blem can b e so lved w it h

one of the frame clamps shown on pages

22-23,

T he fo urt h p robl em is just a

matter

of age -

and

no one has resolved that

problem .

(See

Talking. S hop on page

22,)

SmlNG UP THESAW

The proced ur e we

use

to

cu t m ite rs is

pr ett y

easy.

The first th ing t o co nsider is

the saw blade, W hen cutt ing miters,

I

se

a carbide-t ipped  r s s u t blade. Co mbina

t ion b lades

are nice

mos t of the time.

But

I

use a

c ro ss cu t b la de with 60 or 80 teeth

(such as th e Freud thin kerf LU88 M or

LU85M)

to cut m it ers . T hes e b la de s make

n ice sm oo th cut s t hat a re e as ier to glue.

S£TBLAD Even with

a

»OI'fect blade,

yo u

can

still hav e problems. W l)en the

bl ade is mounted , check it with a try

square

to m ake

sure it s

exactly

00  to

~he

top of the table.

CunlNG THEMITERS

When the saw

is

set up, work can begin

o n m it er ing. the frame piec es

to

length.

B ut t his is

 lIJ~

us t a matter of cutting

45 

fIGURE

T IPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR A PERFECTFRAME

I

A1JGN

P£NCI~

M R k w nH

S   W T O OJ H

l HGTHOf  

PICtU~E:_

PlUS v , .

rame etails

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AfteJ· b~ildinga fo:ame,the ne~t step is to

mount the gla.'lS,picture. mat  if o

,NAIL IN PLACE.

 

use

'I, '

bratl.

behind

the hackipg to hold everyO)ingin tigl,t. If

the u=e is made ,vilh soft wood, you call

PI the brl\ds ill with needle-nosepliers.

With harder woods, it's easi.. · to use a

~peciaJ 1001called a Brad Point Nailer.

(About   10 in most mail orde.· ca~Qgs.)

.:).nothermethod for pressing the brads

info place \ISe Clumnel-(,oclt

p li C l   S ,

see

art

belo\v.'1'0prev~nl m..mnl ' the f.=e,

place a p iec e of cardboard on the outside

edge of the u-ame. Then set the ,vidth of

Ihe pliers and squ... .e th~ b•-adin place.

8ACI mG.

When eveeyOllngis in place.

I CClverhe hackwithbl OWl1l)Opero  ake

WOODSMlTH 2 1

it

dustp_f.

(A b ro w n g ro cery bag

works

line. ). Cut the paper a little smaller th an

the back of the frame  'I'hen run a tbin

bead

of yellowglue

a ro und

the back

e dge

of

th e fram e

and press the paper down.

Next use a Spl 3:\t mis te r or damp sponge

to moistenthe

paper w eD .

Keep the frame

back-sideup unm the paper and glue dry.

(A hai l dryw 'speeds it along), 'When

jt '   . .

dry ,

the papel shrinks up drum tight.

HANGIT UP.Tbe only thing left is to

hang up the frame. For a heavy

1 1 , , ,

I

use tw o pic ture han gers and wrap p icture

wire through tile loops  see drawing

below. It puts IIijlSsl.J'e$son the joints to

hang a frame thi s way thai) from the lop.

Filuilly, [ glue rubber bumpers at the

bottom to keep the llictw from shifting.

MOUNT N

dots, put the glue on onlyone side of each

eq ua ls Ole size of the picture you're fram joint. Kee p it at least 00 away fr om the because nailing can break the gluejOint.

ing plus Yi~ extra , e 1 g e so   won't 0 0 7 e out, onto the faces Deciding U M r e to nail is

 

no-win

The most common problem here is to of the molding. situation. ITyou nail through the top and

makemar ks on all

C o u r

p ie ce s and then tr y

CLAlIIPING UP 

After the glue is applied, bottom of the frame and then bang the

to cut exactly on the marks. Thi s is almost qui ckly clamp up the four sides of the frame on the wal l, you won't see the nau'

im possible to do. frame. There's a tendency to overtighten from the sides, But I usually .. i iI on the

The miter jig is designed to eliminate here. Whatever clampingmethod you use, side of lhe frame (8 1,

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cUt·saAr

 

SAM E

sttE ASflIAME

WOODSMITM

AS$ KMlll.Y .Now 8Ssem~le th e f ix tW 'l

by Hlippil\g ~ 36 · long p iece or

V ,

th readed ..od through th e o a d o e . . Then

ad d w in g nu ts 011 belth ensL'

U$I «GTIlE Fll\l· lIRE. To use the fixture,

I alw a y s s ta rt . by w,, xing th e to)) o f the

blocks t o

keep

th e fl'3 lle

(rom

sticking if

any

glue

o oz es o ut   If th e miter.

Then

Ja y

th e bJoo .ksdow n on n D a~'sw faee so the

threaded rods C t 0 8 S e ac h o t.h er in an 4 IX .J ,

(N ole: U nless the frame is square, th e

ro ds won 't c ro ss

ttl

9 turn eaPJ l>8 i i. the

teosened block. N .. xt glue the l emaininIJ

three corners an« set the piec es in place,

NOWslide

tbe   loose   block

in

aJ>(

tigh~n

al l th e wjng nuts.

A r . everything

is

in place , cl1eck each

corn er O f the C rame (0 be Sl II 'e (he jo in ts

~ t ~t\ Don' t overt ighten. Just b.1ng

lh eni tog~tIJe,. qntil the j~int closes up.

One more thing. We found thnt th is

clam p w orks

be st

Io r squ lU 'C frames

0,.

tb oRe t haL aI'I close

to sqlla.'(

(5x'7

and

Ss

10).

(~· s

harder

to

hold

lOng.

reetanguJal'

or odd · $haped

r , . . , , , S

tig) ih th is

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WOOOSMITH

4

•  4) Medium Rings for moldings 1 to

1 M , wide.

• (4) Large Rings for moldings IM , '

to

2 V , , '

wide

Metal Spring Clamp Plier Tool,

Order No.

611-404,   39.95.

Shop-Made WoodeD Spring Clamp

Plier Tool, (Includes plans and hardware,

you provide the wood.) Order No. 760-

720, $4.95.

PICTURE HANGING SUPPLIES

Once you finish

build in g

a 6-ame, the

best

w ay to hru lg it on the wall is with hinged

ha nge l'S and

picture

frame

wire,

se e ih e

box on page 2 1. W < re offering three kits

th.~ include b ras s-plated .ha ngers , picture

fram e

wii:e,

hooks, and rubber bumpers to

keel) the

pi ct u re f rom sh if tin g

on

the wal l .

Lightweil¥ht Picture Frame Hang

ing

Kit,

(for

SxlO

n-ames and

sm alle r)

Order No. 760-810, $5.95. Includes

enough material for six

fr am es :

• (1 2 )

Hinged Hangers,

 

4

long,

with Vf;N · lo ng SCl 'e\V S.

• (10 ft Braided PictureF 'r iu ne W i re ,

• (12 )

nubbe,· Bumpers,

se lf-adhesive.

• (6)

Lightweight

Wal l

Books.

a~vy

Picture Fnune Hanging Kit, .#I:)

Order No. 760-820, $9.95.

In cludes

'l / ' 

enough material for six frames;

• (12) Heavy Hinged Hangers, 1 

lon g w ith, ~ '-Jo ng sc re w s.

• (15

fl..)

Braided

Picture Fl-ame

\V ire.

• (12) Rubber

Bumpers,

se l f-adbesiv e .

• (6) \VaII

Hooks.

Extra Heavy Frame Hanging Kit,

Order No. 760·880, $12.95. Includes

enough material for -s ix f tl lmes:

• (12) Exb:a Heavy Hinged Hangers,

Jo/,( ' long, with % -Iong screws.

• (25

1 1 : . ) Braided

Pitt ,-e F rame IV il-e.

• (12 ) Rubber Bumpers, self-ad hes ive,

• (6) E~trs Heavy Wall Hooks.

STEP STOOL

Wood.mil l l.

is offering all of

th e ha rdwa r e

needed to

build

th -e step sto o l.

Step

Stool Hardware,

Order No.

760-110, $6.95, This Irncksgeincludes:

• l

pair) Solid Brass Hinges, 1' I ,

long,

2

open width, with screws.

• (1) Brass Chain, 12 long, with Lwo

No. 3

x

  ( roundhead brass SCl-eWS.

• (1) Brass-Plated Elbow Cateh and

Strike Plate, screws, nail included.

DISPLAY EASEL

W oodsm ilh is

al so offering the hardware

needed to b uild the

displ;ly

e ase l,

pisplay Easel Hardware, Order

No. 760-210, 88 .95. Thls package includes:

• (12 ) Birch Gallery Spindles, 2%

ove n  

length.

• (2 )

B irch TIe Rack Pegs, 2> ',,' long,

fit 0/ ,,  hole.

• (1) rBrass

Turn

Button with N o. 3

x

v . ,

PhBrass Woodscrew.

ROIITtR BITS FOR MOLDINGS

All of

th e

picture

f i-ame

moldings shown

On

pages

13-16

ar e

made with only eight

router bits. We are offering these t>its

individually or as a set with either y..

shanks or v , , ' shanks. (We rec ommend

v . , shank bits

jf

your router collet w ill

accept

th em .)

All of the bits a , heavy-duty, earbide

tipped steel. We use these same bits in the

W ood$ » ifh

shop.

0;. &traight Bit,   1 0 cutting length,

single Oute (VI  shank only).

• y, Shank , N o, 271-003, 9.95 .

Y - l ' Straight Bit, two flutes.

• \II' Shank,

1 

cutting length, No.

271-625,   10.95.

• v ,

Shank, : y , ; cutting' length. No.

2'7 ,1-005, 12.95 .

';. Straight Bi4 two flutes.

• y , . Shank, I  cutting length, No.

271 -613,~12 .95.

• v . ,

Shank,

l 

cutting length, No.

271 · 676 ,

 12.95 .

 / It Round-Over

 it

 sometimes

called a comer- rounding bit).

• v .

Shank, No. 2'71-811 , 2 3.9 5.

• It Shank, No. 27 1-821,   26.95 .

';'  Round-Over Bit.

• '.4   Shank, No. 2'71-814 ,   23.95 .

• f Shank, N o. 2' 71-823,   24.95:

0

Round-Over Bit.

• '.4 Shank, No. 27 1 · 81 7, 2 4.95.

• 1 0 Shank, No. 2'71-826 , 25 .95.

y,

Core Bo Bit (sometimes called a

roundnose bit).

• '.4 ' Sh an k, No. 27 1 -721, 21 .95 .

• Y o '

Sha nk , No.

ZU·W, 25.95.

0 / , . Core Box Bit.

• '.4  Shank, N o. 2' 71-724,   22.9, .

•  h Shank, No. 2'71·733,   29.95 .

Set

of

E ig ht B ita

(listed above).

• ' . o '

S han k, N o .

'/60-300.

Total

price

if

-the bits are purchased separately:

  .tI;I.60. Price for the se~ of a ll e ig hb

bits:  134.95

• v ,  

Shank , Order No. 760-400. (No t e :

J A i  

Stl tlight Bit. \v ill have ' / 4

shank.) Total price if the bits are

purchased

separately:   169.60.

Price

for the se t of all eighL bits : ~149.95 .

CROSSCUT BLADE

In the

ar ticle

on making picture n-ames,

we mentioned the importance of having a

good crosscut blad e fol' c-uttingmiters. The

one we use is a

thin

kerf

Freud

LU88M.

You can find

this

blade at many wood

w orking sto res and

in

mail o rd e r c ata lo g s,

or you can order it through Wood8mi lh:

Freud LU88M Saw Blade, thin kerf

( . J 9 0 inch),

10:'

dia, , 60 teeth,  1 (   bore,

Order No. 226-115, 88 9.90.

fRAME CLAMPING JIG

On page 23, we-showed plans lfor a shop

made jigIOI' clamping

pi c tu re f rames. Most

of this is standard hardware; but

if

you

caD't find it locally we are offering all or

the hardware as a kit. Another kit .is

available thnt includes the hardware and

pre-drilled maple blocks.

Frame Clamping Jig Hardware.,

Order No. 760-610, .$9.95. Includes:

• (2 ) Threaded Rods, W ' x 36'.

• (4)

;1,

Wing Nuts.

•  A t  

Dowel R ed, 36 long.

• M ,  LD. Plastic Tubing, 8 long.

Frame Clamping Jig, Wood and

Hardware, Order No. 760-620, $24.95.

This pac kage inclu de s;

• All of the hardware listed in No.

760-610 (above ). I--------------j

• Four Hardwood Blo.cks measuring ORDER IN G IN FO RMA TIO N

2 Y . i x 8M , x 4 . Bloc ks are pre - r---------------i

drilled fp r threaded, rods and dowels. To order tile project SUpplies, mai l in the

MITER SPRING CLAMPS ol'll r Co,'mon th e protective cover of this

issue, oi'

call

the

to Uill....

number

listed

On palle

22 ,

we mentioned that miter below. If ordering

by

mail, send your

spling clamps ru-e a good way to clamp order and payment to:

mite r joints. W.e're of)'emig a set with

three sizes of miter spl'ng clamps (lings). Woodsmith P ro je