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readers of

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send your ide8

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TIps

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Ave ..

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th

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Ink.

un the wrongsidc. I u'('d p.nhearl

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workpieees

seeurely

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un.make

f u r h uklinj j i g > ; - o ne fo r eac h

(If

the four

th ,k~,1

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router

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pl.,'I,. lawnmhwc,') wheels at ''''''' , A t . (wheel)

i.

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< 1 , ' $ ,

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sen..

the

Y-belt

fits

litlhtly

around

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h ld \:hclt tire,' disk in the rabbet.

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bt

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router

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t.ll line':, '_lrai~t bit, se c Fig. 5.

the

~ ltloll' 1,1ttlt I~ r . ttu)

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,\ h4. )lttu..

recess is

reuted the

about '-lilt, ..thil \\III'kptt'\1

liN.t

hilI. 1\'0 ll) the Iu;ttj J)C)inl~hat held

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OAK

\Vh .~ t about

oak?

It was o li gi na ll y u s e> d

by

coopers make casks, barrels,

an d

tubs,

How

doe;;

it w ork for outd oor furniture?

11l3t

dep en ds on

whi ch o ak ~ 'l Iu 'r e

mingo

The

hIrg~

ores Q re d

o ak a re

open

(you

can

even blow Ihl'O ug h the end grain of 8

thin

s amp le ) s o it will soak up preservatives.

bu t

it'~not naturally very water t'e:;.i:nant.. 'rhe

couJlC' used whit~ oak,

\\ 'hile oak 's pore; (and to a tesser exten t

ash.

hickor y, H n , 1 bl ac k 10C t ' 1)a re p lu g ge d

ith in~ I'' 'wth...alled tyloses, U nd er a han d

le n.< or m icro se op e it look g a little

lilt.,

th e

~ thy h ead on a b eer, (Not e: 0 11 ('w ay to to ll

the dilTerence between w hite oak an d re d

oa k

is

t o look

o r

th e

pluggt.'()

e el ls on

U w

en d

grain.)

It

th e t ylO8( 's th aI

make

w hite oak

m e re w ate r re sistan t than re d

oak.

Then th ; t he qu es ti on o fsh l, n k in g and

Nwelling.

11 cooper wanted hL. barrels

10

s we ll sh ut w hen fille d w ith liq uid , an d w hite

oak 1'CaIly

expands when wet. BU I swelling

an d sh rin kin g o f

ouldoor

fu rn itu re c an le ad

'aJ'I,ingand clleeking.

PllfSSURE.TREA TED W OOD

Thel

one other k ind of wood to

coll.'l 'cie~)

with

watel burne copper

. . a I L S

WIdeI' eXI I' (:me ly h ig h p re ss ur e. Pressure

treated w ood i readily va ilnble sin ce it' ; . (Sec souroc for IhOll

wood. I~I on

page

24.)

One final no te : A l l t he : ;< wood s w i ll .v e Il

twilly

tun

gr r~v when

len oUl.i(I~.

Ipp ly a

.-par

va rn is h fi ni .< hfo r p ro le cti on a nd 1 0 sl ow

down th is p ro ee .< s. se e pa~ e 1 5. B il l th e I ig h

gl 'l l ,V,ihet :\ , sheen

that

th ,.; woods . , n

twllly take on

i.

a beautiful addition

to an

outdoor

setting.

TEAK

1'he

g;. I-d~n~1\C h

in l hh -

i~1Je

j:,

:- ; imilar

1.(1

those maaut iCul

yellow

brown

00101 ' bu t 01

i t d o esn 't 1 'U~t

01

cor rode me ta l h:U'd\\'81'e.

MAHOGANY

Boatbu il cl e . . . a ls o u the th re e m a in group,

< )f IlIllhof llny: African mahngany ( t. ,c Jm icaUy

khay.),

Philippine

mahngany

(l8uan),

an d

genuine or

C( lltr,U

A wrican (Honduran)

rnahognny,

The mo.1del' llY ,,;Stant a nd th e

~trongest i., t he genuin~ mahOj, '3 l1YbUI a ll

Ih ' could h i>

used (01'

outdoor

furniture.

.AJ'Jicanand

genuine

mahogany

are

eI_

in a pp ea ra nc e. B oth vary from a palc 10 a

dark

reddishbrown and

h av e .im il ar til'

ture s. P hilippine m ahogany (Jauan) has a

coarser t~1u.rc -;mdis 1 l t iC 1 for inexpe~i\e

doo~ :mdinterior tJ im.

Il ~

tO l a...rulnen

s io n al ly ~ ta bt e 3 .< t he o th er tw o t bu t s lu in k s

an d

''''e lls aboullike oak). .._,/

b e au ti fu l

r ed -brown co lor a nd th e

sapwood

is

a cream y w hite. BU I

mos t impor ta n t,

th e

heartwood i~eeay ~istant nJld more di

melilsionally

wble than m ost

wood,...

(Note:

See information

o n r edwoo d

s ta nd ard s a nd

gradingo. P 1?2:1.)

CEDAR

Another wood used fo r o utd oo r p ro je ct

is

c ed ar . T h er e a rc a n um b er o f d ilT . nt c eda r

species,

The

heartwood o( aU of them

i.

decay

resistant and

f ah- Iy d imens iona lly

stabte. Eastern red

C t ' < l ' 1 I is the

m,,,,t 3J O

matic

an d

lI$lIl~ly used

ror cedar eh..

1..,

c t t) $CUiand posts . Its n u m ero us k nu t.., m . Ak (

i t d i ff i cuJ tLO

w ork ond und e s

irable O l most

f ur ni tu re ( ex ce pt l in in g chests).

Ince~al'

an d \\ 'estel'n

n.~1cedar arc

both

ollen

c on ftw ed w ith

re dwoo d s in ce

their he artw oo d ;,; red dish -brow n. B ut the

00101'of

th_

cedars

is

a little lig hte r an d

l h~ ' h av e a d i.s tin etiv ~ o do r.

Both

oi

the se ce dars are

soli

and ~Y tu

w ork but f ai rl y weak in

.trcngth

a nd s ho ck

resistance,

I

eense-eedar

i~

c nunon lv u se d

fo r p en cil ,. a nd w es te rn

re d

cedar

is

seen

most on-en as ~h in j (lC 'SDn(1ex te r io r sieling.

11wy're

b oth u sed fOI' fence

posts

a nd pol es ,

more for their decay resistance than their

strength.

R ed wo od i s u .u all y

lh e fir

cedar . b l ack

cllertj ,

b la ck 100000 t,

white

oak. r edwood ,

blac k

wal

nUL,

genuine

mahognny ,

an d

teak,

\\'h:l ',

important here is that th e weeds

o n the

list

tIl't ' resistant

to

hMr l OIXl dcea,, ,

H eanwood

is

the een tralcore ofn u-ee-the

part

th al _ n'to on tain U ,1 ng lo clb . A nd

th e

heartwood L < the m t decay resistant Sinl' t '

it's the on1~'part. lhal containsextractives.

EXTRA( l\~ES.So what's an extractive?

They 're

substances

that

m ake up ;,

to : j()'k

o(lhe wood, bU l ar c

nOI

a

part

of 't he wood 's

cellular structure, They might include

tannic

acid s,

oils.

fats,

gums , starches,

an d

p he no lics . Extra ctiv es a drJ lo

Ihcgt ,ns,, 'th.

odor, color, and insect and decay resistance

0(\\'00(1, Some woods contain high amounts

ui mere toxic extractives in their heart

\ \ '000 and an: natur.ill~re~i~tan1.o de-ca)'.

T he toxic extt'8ctive$ bloek thc celll'a,ities

an d s low d ow n

th e

passo 1?

of

ai r

a nd w ate r

nee< ,1

fOI'

fungi

to grow , T he~' also k iU off

wood-

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..n... ,1 I.a. ro,uI~' (. lvdn.

litm 1 a r J : < .

drips

1 1 1 the

wood.

,.(I>r(n... snail tube< o(

i . n qlleasant

and

r ub b c gto , ,..

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II...

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I I mak~ th~ right rk ,,,'ion

(0

u

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u 'I~'

hold hut i probably

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fnr

~'our bcrlCh

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kn n

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1 .,

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aee

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mo-a

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alttt

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Jd\It:

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1i '1 I'\,A.

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It.lrl..a.~n

impn,,'ttl ulternative

to

Ir ,lil.onal

h ule J. lu e.

IVhit

J. lu.(-uch ., Elm er ,1

dries quicker than

hull' ).tlul', but il'~ )';tall ;1 water-soluble

lMlh. j\t'

lhi'll

ha s \t:r :\ poor water resis.

bllK't ane l C I l C I'1i

under

a lo;{fl

S o it's

not a

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((II OUttiftol

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GLIt:,

In .........nl

y ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ) dlo,.

gillh inam..

o( at.'r r . r

R

couple ht)u._r.l.

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1 . 1 ( 1 . . . ' l S n~ht \ I J l )

,n< l .hl'h.'tr~

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i(

I

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porch. Ilut 1

kn it\', t lll~ \\ I II t \ ,( Jltu .a J ) ' e n d U ll on the

I,tlo. Ik- 'IlI,t11 to l'tlll I,Il'r oth~r Klu~.s.

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In . . bu t . ,. b f J, I: r ,~L t.,ng t 'llbmer

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\\nt(lr .

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prtll.~..~.

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\\-ith

a fin

(~Ollor liI~).lIrill

all'IIIo'I....

A Sl,lCUrr H>:t:N, Aft r the third coat.

('1'),

'li~ht .h.NI

tllli'

to build liP, That

jU 1

'hal I'm I,,,,kln) for it's a sign th

tht 'I'\ ~ . n l ~u (acep ru \. ('C li un . b ut n ot

hi)lh ~In . If Ih(, surfacu it: stiU a lilt

rough or the

.ht,n

too hilth. lightly smool

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of th,

nd\1\ntages

of

thi

iligbt

.hloen

finIsh

that you can wI 'hen it

need

.....,.. '~. anti , t ', ~. . . . ' 10

t o

If n~n).

lhe Hnl,h I. d~at1 flal.

,t ,

a ,'ij n that t.

pl.... cooLIu..w another COIiI,JILh \\ill be mnlnillined,

CONCLUSION

~ hili \\ ould

IlL'

if

I bu il t

another gnnl.

bend. or ' ....1 Ir they w..... to be built

..I

wood

lind Ih,' jl)int.

w...,

good and lIl

( th ,, w,, lrl ~

lx ,

a

, - e e l

ror a I(llP-fi l lin

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pIa'tic

re.ill

) 1u('(

10111 ( . .. I \ 11' working in

,,'&nll,

we

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~.mt

u m e s

) 00

c a n

aggrn\'ate

Ih, oilUlIli lIh

A

1,,'lroleum product.

l;luvl.c IIl rliw aft('r I'lanjngorf'ay,in~ i ' 1M

best

methowl

It

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the oxidation

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anmIUy. I Ihlnk I'b.'ll I o n > 1h \\ .Ik '~

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m l '''. \' I I',. .. II I 1 . . 1 I b e much

m-,I ('I'n\h 1Jlhl,,than

llht 'Usml

it would

be

at

fin.\ 81j. ht.

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