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A fe w y ears ago w e rem od eled th e oldcarriage house Ihnl ~b eh in d o urofficebuildinjl.; ;1) weusetheground nooras a photo stu dio . an d th eupper Oooras aconferencecenter

In th e p ro ce ss o f r em o de lin g, w e d ec id ed10 tearup pari or the , , s kep dcal that th isp ro cess w ould restore th e redw oo d colo rwi thout having10 sand d ow n to n ew w oo d.

It turned outgre.~ fte r re fm iM in g ilw ith a m ixture ofspar v arn ish an d oil, itlooks like aged redw ood - • deep rich redcolor rather than gray (m ore like the w aycherry ages).

PA TI OTA IU £ A bout the sam e lim e Iwasw orkJng on this refinishing project, w estarted 1 0 g-et. batch o( req uests for plans(o r a p atio o r p ic nic ta ble- usuallyaceom-panied with the suggestion to make itd im - re m tita n th etypical 2x6 (constructionlumber) tablcsfoundin mos t S la teparks.

S o w e decid ed to ad d to ou r co llection o (o utd oo r fu rn itu re w ith a nocllJ g cmalpatiotable, e ineorporat~d an easy- to-makever-sion o( m onise and lcnon joinery on thista ble. B asica lly, y ou c re ate th e m o rtis e b y

cuuing dadoeslntwo b oa rd s a nd join themlogctbl'r 10 produce th e mortise.

Forth. ctheroutdoorprojectin th is issue(the annal planl< tS), witched 10 a moretypicalw ay ot makinga mortise- usingadriU press to rough out the m ortise, andcleaning il u pwith a chisel, Then I cut theten on s o n a tab le saw.

B ut in the m iddle of this process, ec id ed ir wo uld b e ( u n10 doa lillieh and w ork. ot oul m ym ortise c hi se ls a nd c ho pp eda w ay a tthe m ortise s (o r a s ec on d p la nter .

J.-\PAl'' 'ESE SAWS . To cut the tenons. Ir ea ch ed (o rm y d oz uk is aw.lt's a o ic cw a yto

cut tenons.And lthoughl it wa s aboullimcw e ta lk ed a bo ut th e v ario us Ja pa ne sesawswe use -e -e speci al ly for de li ca te joine ry.

AUina U ,i t's odd10 d un k that this w holei ssue actua lly S W 1ed w henI (O< gO tIOmo veth e r ed w oo d f ur nitu re in sid e f or th ewinter.

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W hat m akes il ideal for tablebrackets is that there are holesoppos ite some of th e slots. seeFig. I. To allow the wood tomove ac ross t he gra in. thebrackets on the si desofthe table

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brac kets that w ould allow nIt ab le top to move independent lyo f t he ta ble base.

But th e L b rac ke ts s oldatm y local hardware store don tallow (or an y wood movement.So I d ec id ed tomake my braeke ts out of slo ue d ste el a ngle. seeFig. L 1be hardware store sells

ecen tly bu il ta table with abutche r-block style, solid woodtop. Bill [ ran into a problemw he n I trie dto f ind bracketstoattach th e ta bl e to p10th e base.

\ Vo o d e xp an d s a n dcontractsacrossthe grain ith changes inhumidilY. Since m ytop is m ad eof thick solid wood. Ineeded

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base need s lo ts perpend icular 10the b en d. se e F ig . 2 3. S lots in thebracket s on the table ends .howev er, sho uld b e p aralle l w ithth e b end. see 1·; .2b.

To make table brackets, cuth ~ sI~ ,1angle with a hacksa winto tVl ·long segments, secFig. l. '[ben sc re w th e b rac kets10 the tab le base. To attach thetop. use ascrewan d a w ash er inea ch sial

you won t have chan ge thedepth of cut on the r outer beforemaking the second passs.

To make deeper groov.. . use1;\\ 0or three spacers and removeone aftereach pass.

111iswo rk ed , , w e ll ,I m ade apermanent spacerby screwing apair ofcleats on the ends th espacer, see Fig. I. n l Yoverlapthe ends of the router tab le andhold th e space r inplace.

111ismeth od also w o rk s w h enrouting mul tiple asses freehand. Jus t attach a sp acer 10) ou r router base p late w henmaking t he- first pass.

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r fhis ratio Table isn 't shaped lik ' a standard~ i;icnic table.and i t's nOIbuill like 011('either.

Making it involves culting thre e jo ints; lap joints.mortise and tenons. an d sp lin ed m iters, N ot th ejoineryyou'dexpect to findin an cutdoorproject

JOINERY.BUI Ill biggcst dwlengc i. not inm a kin g t he joints forthebase Themainchalltngecomes in accura te ly cull ing UI( 'mitersfo r dIe f ramearound th e top, With s ix teen mi te rsto C'UI. an yerrorgelsmull ip l i< 'd when the frame isassembled ,

So th e se cret is10 take your lim e and m ake atest frame from scrap wood firsL Then. wheny o u'r e d o ne . y o u11h av e a ta ble for outdoors that'sbuilt with t he c ra ft smansh ip o f indoor fumi tu re .

It s nor U t rhe shape ofth is Patio Table that s unique The joinery thatgoesin to buiW ing rhe table is similarcow hat you d find in an indoor table

Yet aU the joints are mad e w ith just a table saw and a r outer

Patio TablePROJE TE TURE

Stl I IJES. I used c le ar h ea rtredwood (o r thetable base and top fram e. W h ite oak and cedar

are g oo d a lternatives.In fact.Imade the topsla isof we stern red ced ar- they add contrast a ndhold d ow n th e co st,

TIlt main joinlFin th e ta ble h av e n o h ard wa re,they're assembled wiUImoisture-resistantglue.Keeperstripsand s crewshold tht lOpslatsinplace.T he to pi tself issecured 10 i .bebase wi th threadedin se rts a nd m ach in e b olts, fbis makes it easy tobrea k the tabledown for s tOrage in thewinter.)

To red uce the effec ts of the e lemen ts in thesummer, the ta ble is f in is he dwith • mixtur e ofs pa rv am is h a nd tu ng o il. s ee S ou rc es . p ag e 3 1.

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)1JTERl;.TocheckIhal t il e milergauge isset at th e e xac t angl e,I irst m ade aseriesoftest cuts on eigh l pieces of 4 · widc scrapplywe'od. (A lso . sec th e lip o n p ag e 4 .)

Th en . 1 0 g u aran tee th at ailth e sections er e iden t ic alin l en g th . I a tt ac he d a n a ux iliary f en ce In m y m ite rgaug an d clamped as top b lock 10 th is (< ,nee.

Once the IC Opieces formaperfect octagon.mil,,,.all e ight sec tions 10IC1lg \h .S( C Fig. I.

KERFS ,'II) sru xes, Tostrengthen th e[oints,Iu sed VZ',lhicksplines, Th e splinesfitin kerfs cen tered o nthe thickness oi th eframe sections.see F IR . la o ICU ithesekerfson th e table sawm;inga dado blade and aspecialjig. sec S ho p N OI . pag c' 1 6.

N < x t. m ake { h e- s pli ne sb y r es aw in gcn()u~h stock to f i th e kerfs, Then cut Olesplines10 width an d length, refer 10 Fig. ~.:-laIC: For m axim um s tre ng th. o rie nt theg ra in o (th e s p lin e a cro s s t he jo in tline.

I 'OCKElS.TI le next s tepis 10CUI pocIleIS·on t he u n dc n;id {' o f(o ur o ( ih c fram e sections 10 rec eiv e th e cro ss b race s. refer10Figs. I an d 3 . I roughed-ou tthese pockets ~ ~ u -u sin g t herouter wilh a strn ig hl bit. ro utin g ~.1 0 w ith in IN ' ~f he IaYOUIlines.Then Ic lean ed u p t o t heli ne s wilh a ch is el,

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Tomake th e c roMS braces (8). firstdry-as-semble rhe framean d m easu re b etw ee n th eli·~·~ ~~··~·:._~~-= l~~[~ _ :::::=~;:=~~~~~~lYWOOOextremes ofeachpocket.Then curtwo piecesuf2x61OdU5lellgth.ao d also 10 f i l i a l idth. r-:-r---:;;;;;;;-;;;:::-----------::;::::=====;::::===;::::;:::: l

ILUP I,\PS. N o w l ayoul half·lapio im s o n 4 c uno mth e end. and center of( 'och cross brace, see I-...Jfig. 2 . N o le; T I'e ccn lerh alflap is c ot o n th e

to pofo ne b ra ce an dth e o om o f t he o th er••\ SS ~ IH LV. I as sem bl ed t he l OP u ps id edow n o n8 halfsheet o r p ly wo od . see F ig. 3.S pre ad so m e p la st ic re sin g lu ein e ac b s awk erf . t he n a dd t he sp lin es .(See pag e 3 1 fo rmore on outdoor glues .)

C la mp t he f ra mepieces 10the plywoodasy ou w ork y ou r w ay aro un d th etable , Thenglue and screw the cross braces imo thepockets, seeFig.3a.

TRIMSPU N E S .On ce th e gluedries. trim.the sand th e splines lush w it h t heinsideand ou ts ide edgeso (th ~ fram e. see F ig . 4a. '- --1

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indicatewhe re itm e ets th e e dg e o flh pcrossbrace, see F iK _1 . T hen cr ess- cu t eachslat tofinishedleng th 3 11he pencilmark.

AAU8£rS. T he s la ts s ho u ld fil in th e o peings now, bUI theywon'lb e R us h with th e t asur face 0 1 th e ta ble f rame . Togel th em H u shcut rabbets on theendsoteach sla t.see Figs.8 and 9. I cu t ther ab b ets w itha dado b ladeon the table saw.

ROt St),Ol'lillS.Now round ov er all fOlltOPedges of each SL11with a round-avebi t in therouter table, (~ o e : T h e b e ar in g oth e r ou te r b it h as tob < r em o ve d ( or m u tinthe rabbeted ends,S< < ShopN ot' '' '. page17.)

I.NSTi\ll. 11IE TS . Next, to maintain aunifunn space between the s la ts , I tackedth em in p la ce .0)\ al a tim e. through thrabbeted ends. se e Fig.9 , P o si tio n t heWIIlporary \ 11 sp acer s b etw ee n ea chslat as . IIear c tacked down.re fe r to F ig, •.

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been ta ck ed in p la ce . r ill e no u gh:It, · thickstock fo r keeper str ips (Ii ) 1 0 a f in is hewid th o r3 4 • • ee F ig. 9. T hen cu t eack ee pe r s tr ipto fil. a nd sc re w th em u nd er tslots , S£,(, F ig . 1 0 ,Note: Don't g lue thekeepers tr ip s ill plac e, T hls way it's no prob lem 1re plac .. .damaged or brokens ial later

equal , , · ·wide spacingbetween th em , se eF Ig, 1 .T o determine h ow w id eeach slatshould be, fiNt measure across th e widestpart 01the opening. All four openingsmustbe the same size.)

Then. to a lluw fornine1Jl ·wideJ('dPS . subtract Iv from th ls measurement,Finally,divide this figu re by cigbt to o bta in thedes ired width olthcslats, (In m yca se. 2 1Jl .)

Naweoough :Y~ · t hi cks tocklorall3 2 slatsca n becu i to this f in ished width ,re fe r to th eC u ttin g D ia gr am o n p llg e 7 .

n, TOROl IGH 1£. 1GTIL With thes tock forthe s la ts r ippedtil uniformwidth.the)' c an b eCUtto l ength . To mlnimizcwaste.I started byfir st c ullin g th em to fiv e d iffe ren lroughle ng th s. r efe r to p an s C,[).E.F. and C ;in theMaterials on page 7

M.E.lS l 11.E\ 1 m. The procedure for cutting Ih e s la ts 1 0finishe d le ng UI is the same(or each ofthe fo ur openings.So f or e ac h

opening. fin.1cu t 3 4 5' miter a cr os s th eoutside end of Ihefic.>./ rt~.t ial b lanks .seeFag.7 and the Exp lodedIr.c w on page 7.

N e x L p o :;i ti o rl li li tslats e lVe r th e C -JlX n i n gwith V J; · thi . :k temporary space rposhionedon both sides oieachslat Now make a penc ilmark on the in sid e e nd o fnil eig slat s to

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Each 0 1 the fou r ooenlnzs contains eightslats, TIl< 'slat. s ta rt ou la s b l ankso l d if fe ri nglengths thai ar e individually c u I t ofi~

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TABLE TOP C'- · ,r EOWith thetOI'frame assembled. th e n ex t s te pisto r ou nd o ve rthe e dg os .

ROlNI).() I'ERS. To rou nd ov er theoutsidred ges o fthe frame. [ u sed aI I . round-everbit. routinll in 8 counter-clockwise direction.S < < rig. 5.

For th e to p i>lairued ges o f th efra m e -an d also the tOPedges ofth e c ro ss b race s=[u sed a1 ro und-overbh, routing in a clockwise direction, se e F ig. 5.

1Wl8f:rS. W hen the top sla ts a n' added,they're held in place b y a series o(keeperstripsauached 10the u ndersid e o fthe frame.refer to I'ill_g,'111 slat. n c- ';011 • ledge rabbeted into thef rame. Thele dg e is fo rm e d b yr ou tin g a ~ .· - wid e r ab b et o lonl1 the bot tomin side open mg s 0 1 th e fr am e. se e F ig . 6 _

\lakt' at 1.:L'l tWli passe. to rout . I w -deep rabbet. leaving a ~ - th ic k tip to su p po nthe slats. see F ig. 6 : 1 .TI,eD S Qu ar e u p th eComerswith a chisel.

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tween the f ir st two cuts wi th addi tional cuts .CltAlI tf'ER j. When you'r edonecauing the

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To m ake the arm s. startby rip pin g th e rema in ing g lued-upblankin to IW O lW'·thickpieces , D othisby fin; rippingone w finishedsize. then rippingthe o th er tomatch lite firs .

Note: U nless y our saw canCUI 3' deep.you 'l l haveto make LwO P3. ' 10 ri p eacha rm . s eeFig$. 15.1a nd IS b.

IlAl.F.1AJ 'S .To cut the notches that formthe half-la p jo in t, firs tlay our th e p os ition ofthe notch cen te r e> do n th elc.lIR\hof o oflite arms.SI e Fig. IS. T hen cu tth e notchesusing the sam e procedure as on the feet.

CHA.\lFER.When thi- arm s are cut 10finishedsi7':::;:7-- I ,,, ;::-- -- -::= ====== ==:::::lcan be atta ched to th e base .

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Any lim you build a lamp w ith a post,you re f. ctd w t the questio n of how to

I ct the electrical c ord th ro ug h the post.In stead of using ao extra long r ll bit. o rdrillinga h ole fro m b othends, lued up thepo 1 from s ev er al pie ce s a nd I ft a ch an a e inth e ce nte r fo rth e electrical cord.

TA PER.A n oth er c ha llenge with this projo clW to lind a safe w ay tocut a tape r 011a ll (ou rsides of the short post. To do this .I cam e upwi th asurprisi ngly simplejig tha t a uto maticallysets the taper - und is safe to use. It s just.s qu ar e b lo c kof wood with an off-centerdowel((ormorein fo rm a tio n. s ec p ag e13

There are three challenges to building th is l m p gett ingthe cord through the post rapeling a short piece and adding decorative

strips and all have surprising ly s implesolutions

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WOOD A fter I m ade the o rigin .llam po ut o fwalnutwithbrass strips (a s show n in t he I ,h ul oabove . we made severa variations u ingdifferent w o o ds : o ak a nd m ah og an y- s-a nd d ecora tive s tr ipsmade out of a v arie ty o fmetalsa nd co nt ra st in g wo ods.

t ~I~H . To protec· t b oth th e la mpand the d•. .,_ora tive s tr ips, 1 used a sp ray canof Defl SatinClearWoodFinishand s pr ay ed ,I two coats,

H A R D WA RE..ou should be a b le t o p u rc h as emost of uie hardw are. the elec tr ica l suppliesa nd th e lam p shade at alo ca l lig htin g sto re , 0 :W/md m ill I mj et SU/lIJlie Is offering ahardwarekit and the shade. see p ag e 3 1

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tL'T po;.'T 'I F-ellS. Star by ('lllling tW OPOSIs ides (1\) from ¥. .Ihkk s tock 10 afini$hedw id lhof2 and rough l .ng thoC 10.'Ire rig. 1.Theil.c u t two post spa ce rs (B)from \ 't'·thicks tock 10 th e s am e It-nllthasthe sides but only 'V. ·wide.These spacer sare san dwiched be tween the sides (/\) toprovidethe chan nel fo r the co rd. This alsowillcreate aPOSItha t sta rts o ut a s aperfeclsquare. seeFig.Ia, r --.- = =~:::- -- -

eWE-U P POST.The Ir ick in g lu in g u p th e TAPERJIGpost is assembling all till'p iecesso the edges1 -_2_ Jarc flush , This forms the squa rechannel(o rthe c ord in the cen ter.

To do Il,is . I inserteda sho rt lengthof V zdowel in each en d as a tem po rary spacer.Then I glu t'tl an d clam ped the sides an dsp are rs to ge the r a $ a u n it, se e F ig . 1a, Aflerthe glue dries. cui the postto a fin ishedlength of9\1 .

TAPERJI \.. T he n ex tSlep is 10CUIa taperonallfours idesof thepcst. Todothis,l madea simple jig 1 0h old o n e e ndofth e la m pPOSIawa y from the rip (cnc~ as it's fed throughth e b la de . r efe r to F ig. 3.

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Y o u c ancu t f o u rmiteredp i ecceS to ident ica l lengths by u sin g th e r ipfence as a step •s ee S Ic p 2in f il l. 7 . C l am p a block th e r e n t ' C ,an d then position the fence the blockbulls a J(a in st th e p oin te d en d o f the blank.(T h e blo c k k e e psth e c u t- o ff s f ro m b i nding.)

After m a kin g th ecut. unclamp the blank,lu m it over. s lide the poiruagainst the block.and make unother cut, Iheo repeat this-procedure (qrthf remaining pieces,

CL1' ~ R.o\.\1£PIECES.To cu t th e framepieces (D) to length. m ake a m ark 7 fro mt he m it er ed p oint, T he n re pe au he sa meprocedureuSNI fo rthc I ll at fonn I liccl'5.

G U F. ·tl'. T h e n ex tstep is to glue up th~pieces 10 form the platform and Irarnesquares. (F o r m o reo n th is, se e p ag e 1 7 .)

I'\AT FORMI RO~ lJo: Next.an angledcu t ism ade on the face(I fthe platform to r aiset he cen ter section wi th V4 oh ighshoulders.whilealso leavinga V, lip at the b ase .

To d o rh ls ,firs l mljuslthe bladefo ra V . .deepcut, a nd r ut k er fstil (ann ihe shouldersoflht>raisedcente r section,see Fig. S.

Tosupport thepillt(nrm (ortheanJlil>dcut.I U 5 < · dan auxilial ') ' renee, S < ,n inga long theblade.TOpreYl. OlUli., I m ad e a w o od en (z eroctearaneel i nser t t ha tfils t ig ht to the b lade.

ROI Nil O\ER FtIA~IF..A s [or the bastfra me . rn un d o ve r the top ed g(' w ith a\ 4round-over bit. s ee F ig .10.

ASSE\llll .Y. T o assem ble the b ase.flr.; 1sere th e frame to t he platform. s ee f Ir :. 11 .T hen glue onfour I · ,;qual'('feet (E ).

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Withoul abearing.you havetouse an ed ge guide or a routertable with fence 10 guid~ U w

work. 011the l 'a t ioTable .13Is.Iused th e rouicr table.Ilut there was another prob

lem -th e thro at o peningon th efence is to o w id e fo rth e s la ts . S othe comer o f th ewo rk p ie ce c anget h ung up inthe opening .

~\lX IUA R Y I ENCE To gelaround this pro blem . 1 m ad e anauxiliary fenc e fro m M aso nitew ith a sm aller opening. T hen Iclamped this to th e ro uter tab lef ence , s eer a g3.

The pilot bearing o n a ro uterb it help s llU ide thebi l a longth eedge:of a workp iece. Bu t some

tioll S the bearinggels in th e way.A s 1 w as building the PatioTable. I n ee de d 1 0 ro un d0\ tilerabbeted ends of th e lO P slats.BUI the bearing prevented th ecuner f rom makingcontactwitht he workpi ece. s ec~ig .

I tt:~ tll\ E BEAAh'iG.o h o ok t hebearin g o ff th e bitby removingI lle s cr ew t ha th old s it in p la t-e ,see Fig.2 . No te: O n s om e ro ute rbits yo u C III~ emove th e bearing-il hc ldsthecuner in place.

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33.Repeauhls procedure fort ii t'remainingthree strips.

To clam p the low er strips.trim th e b lo ck s n arro w er. T hitransfers the clampingpressure10 their luwer,·dges. set Fig. 3a.

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resin glue in th e m o rtise an d teno n jo ints th at co nnectth e legs an d ralls .

For the s ides .I d id S Oll1ethingdif( rent.T he sid e slat sh av e t obe able 10 expand an dcontract with changes inhumidity so Ihey aren't glued i n p la ce. They're heldbetween the r l lswith tongue nd groove jo in ts

\\'01)1).1builnhe plan ter out of redwood. II's an auraeti ve . s tra ig ht-g ra io ed w o od th at 's re sis ta nt10 ro t, B utthere are o ther w oo ds, like western red cedar andnorthern white cedar. thai also stand up well to theweather. Or you could build one offir o r pine, thenpalm it (see Detai ls. page 32

nxrsu. To keep the redwood looking goodthroughoulthe year. I finished itwith a c om b i na tio n o fspa r varni sh andlung oil.T h i s s ea l. th ewoodand allows• light sheen to build lip For m o re o n this fin ish , seeS o urc es . p ag e 3 1.

ne of lhe most in leres tingth ingsaooulthedesigno f th is p la nter is th e o ptio ns. T he b asic p la nte r is

a s qu ar e u nlt, B ui ld in g o ne t hat's twi as w id e g iv es il adifferent look.A n d by adding one w ith longer legs , youcan create a n a ttr ac ti ve g ro up in g ( se e p ho to a bo ve ).

AD t SL BLE S lI ELF Anothe r nice thing o ut this

planteris s om e th in g y ou c an 't e ve n s ee f ro m t he o ut sid e-the she IL I l's ad ju st ab lelik eth e sh ew esin some bookcases. so you can changethe height of the sbelf to fitd if fe re nt-s iz ed p olle d p la nt s.This m eans the sam eplanter can show offshort p lant s in thespring an d tallerplants in th e s um m e r.

Also. th e slab that m ake up theshelf h av e W 1 PSbe-tween them . S orain watercan't accumularein the bor toman d h arm y our plants. Or the p lant er.

CO NSl RI cn OS Since a planter has 10 be strong andstand up to the w eath er.I u se d w ate r-resista nt p la stic

This versatile redwood planter ts into almost any garden orpatio arrangement There are fo ur des ign options to bu ild a nd e ach has

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IA\ OUT A. iDCl T1l IEMOlm SES. O nc e th elegs are cu t 10finals ize .layoul the loca tions01 fo ur m ortise s o neach leg. see Fig. 2. (IIhelps 10 m ark the top ofeach leg and make

al lyour measurements from that end.)Then u sin g th edri ll p ress. J bored themortises VII; deeper than th e d esire dle ng th o fthe tenon.se e rlg.3a. 'Thisway.thetenon w on 't b ottom out in the m ortise. an dthe assembledjo im willpull tOIlNhertiJ htly.

TOdo 11Iil>.i rs t drill a VI hole at each en dof Ihe m o rti se . se e ~ig .. (I used aspecialm or tis in g b it. s ee p ag e31.) T he n d rill a s eries 01overlapping holes in betw een the endholes. Now mill out th e m ortise b y lidingthe w ork pie ce f ro mside 10 side, s ee Fig. 4.

\Vhen uiem or us es ar cd rille d o ut, squareup the ends and clean up the sides of themorrise s witha c h is el. see F ig . 5 . Youcanleave the en ds rou nd. b uu heu you w illh v to r ou nd o ff t heed zes o f t h e m a tin g te ne ns.

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SQUi \I lE . F lAT SIDF.S.To do th is. begin byp lac in g the O a u est s id e o f e a chpiece againstthe rip fenc e. N ow trim a narrow strip of fth eoppos ite s ide(A). see lOPdrawingin F 1 g. I

(Because the post. are too thick tocut allthew ay through in o nepass you 1 1have 10 turnthe workpiece en d.fer-end a nd fin ish trimming the firs t sllip wilha second pass.)

Nexi. 10 cui side 8). position side (A )d ow n o nthe t ab le a n drip of fan other narrowstrip, again in two p asse s, se e se co nd d rawjug in fig. I. Side (A) and 13 . )s ho uld n ow beflat and 9 0' to each other.

Ct l TO I 1 NISIlED SIZE.Nowyou 're ready10 cut the le g to f in is he d th ic kne ss. To doth is. set the rip ren ee2V · ( ro m th e b la de .T he n. w ith si de(A ) a ga in st th e f en ce .rip asllip ( ro m s id e e ) . s ee th ird d rawing. rig. I

Then roll the leg one la st tim e . m aking apass with side (B) against the fence. se ef ou rth d ra win g in F ig. 1.

W hen I bought the4x4 redwood PO SISto make the legs. Ilearned somethingabout redwood -4x4 PO SISare rarely

kiln dried. So they'relikely to be wei onthe ins ide.

W ET RF.O\\ 'O OO. \\'ork in g w ithvery wew oo d c an be a re al p rob lem . S o10 avoidhaving thel lOsts twis tor bend as Ihey driedou ~ I de alt wilhthe llO.LSin thre e stages,

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OF.CORAl1\'£V I S . After cleaning up the ~ ~mortises 1 made a se ries of decorative cutsO n l he le gs. Begin b y ru tting a sial aroundthe t op end ofthe le gs .This isaclually a% . . . . . t . :dado thar's cut around alIfOUrsides.(p / ~...

To m ake this con tinuous dado. first se r , . . , . . . ..: ; ;> ./yo ur dado blade 10CUI I I deep, TIleD posl- ~lion the rip fe nce 1~ (rom the blade. seeFig. 6a . Sbop NOIC:Usingan auxil iaryfence

>onyo ur miter gauge will g iveyou bette r c on -trol 01 the le g. a nd also prevent chipout asyo ucuI I ll. d adoes ,S < . ' < 1Fig. 6 .

Wilh th e end ofthe leg butted to the f ence.CU I the d ad oes o n foursides 01each leg.

~W I) I )£ I )CflA ftER. T he n ex ts tep is 10ro ut th e d ec ora tiv e s to pp ed c ha m fe rs o nthe outsid e corner oi each leg . see Fig 7.(No te: TIle o uts id e co m er is the comerformedby the sides w t ou t mortises.) t

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1/the to p and bo tto m o fthe legs on U te ro uter ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ = ~ ~able. I cut this stopped chamferUtere.100.Stan by sett ingthe height o the chamfer ROUlIIttAMf £ MA ~Obilsoi sr; ,~G·abovelherOUlerlablc.seeFil . In::= -+ ~~: : : : :_~.:: : . :~ : : . . : : . . . : .O M;~:.;::,.. JL _l e . I. Then a1i~'I1the face of the fence so it's IH us h w ith the bearing on the bit

To ind icate the extrem es o f the sloppedchamfer.Imad lW Omarkson each leg.Onemark (S fromthe lOp end) indicates where1 0 p lu ng ~ th e rO UI~ rII) stan th e c ha m fe r.T he s ec ond m a rk ( ISVi' from the to p) in dic ate s th eSloppingpoint Then I made a refe re nc e m a rk :01 1 the router fence 10 ind icatethe centerpoint ofth e ro ute r b it,

N ow tum on thero uter, and with a pivot-

i ng mot ion . p lunge the leg against th e fence 9so the first m ark on the le g lines upwi th them a rk o nthe fence . s eefig. 8.Then slide theI ej 10the l efLWhen the second mark Ontheleg lines up \Ooilhhereference mark on thefence. S P and p ivo tth~ leg away f romthefCJ1c~.SCt FiIl.9.

TOP CH,\\lt· ERS. Once the cornercham fe r s are completed, )'OU ca n CUI thechamfers o n the lo pen d ofeach Iej .T his isaJ O a : lb ·widf·cllamfc:rsoy()u d on , h av eto

th,mlle'lhe router bi t. se c Fig . lOa. [~r~:~~::::::=::~-::::[,T(~= ~o makecuning th e cha m fe rs m o re a cc u- 10rate .lused a S X 8 u are pie cc o f'l 'lhkk .......... .7 - o . ~ -- ........:< -....I-rply\\ c w.rl a s3 p u sh block S R i '- : - IJ ., ) () 10 .. POSH 1t 0C1 ~ ___ UG Ipush blo ck keeps the legs square 10 the ~/ .r--.. TOP

I ':,router table fence.and helpspreventchipout 0 . '1'-' 1 1 0 1 1o n lite b ack e dg e o r t h e c ui. -~ ~ ~,,:, . .t ;:;N ow cutth e ch am fers O nthe to pof each '.... ~ ~ '1.- 7 5leR.ho ld ingthe l eg f innly 10therouter table .1 I ~ ---- 1 ~f.n ce a nd p lywood pushblock.Again . f < t d ~ ~ - - - - - 1; L ~ r=== ~~e = =t he I~g f rom r ightto left. ~ r'

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To d o t his ,firstIs ), O U l3 cu t lin e o n th e to n bouom faces ofthe w ork piece. Then.hold the pie ce s o il extends ofi the bench.S ta rt th e c ut u sin g th e te eth near the ha ndle.th en tu rn d ,e p ie ce o ve ra nd c ontinuethe kerff ro m U le ot l,c rs id e. N o w tu rn lhe p ie ce o verseveral t imesto advancethe cu t, A s y ou n ea rth e e nd o flh ec lIl. m o vethe full le ng lh o flhcsaw vert ica lly through th e w oo d. s ee F ig . 7.

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I ~ litis claim p ytiming h w longlo ok IDm ake a cut w illllhe lSb40 0g 1 0Box saw.a nd h enIlming he=cul ,ita IljIdilio na l western crosscin saw, Th Too lB ox s aw d id m a kt'illbto)lgb wiU15fewer 5 t okes . but it loo k me rne s amlength o flim c as w ithlhe t r.d1 t iona lsaw~ullingonboth.Irak k h ard work ,

T he-S1ltf.Ict· efl by th e Too l B o x s av ll J'jI r o ug h . B ut on ll whole. I like it C1I18'kingnl1lghcuts ia h ard w oo d a ndfo rcuung-COIlSIlUCtiongradcIwnbef.

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saw has lo n g . s h ar p. •three-bevel Japaneset( 'Clh.seephotoatlell.One manufac turer, S(aI lley. ca lf sthei rlineofhybr id s ·Sho rtCut s aw s. a nd m a ke ' th emin P en ns ylv an ia , T he lin (' in clu dfs p an elsaws.b ac ks aw s , a nd a1 oolllox saw.

< ;ta n le y h a s m a d ,' so me c ha ng® 10 Ihelraditlonal . IaJ)ie epin to),'llidc DOmAnb lo ck s w ith a nllk >d s id esTo do this, I used WAn GU'I lw t ab le s aw. First.forlhe~5'/90' llUide.IiILth e bla de to 45 ' an d m ake a cut clo seto one ..,. .;...;c nd . s eeFig.13.Then sei t il e b la de b ac k1090' and m ake a cut2 f rom t lte f ir sL Next .t t)

c ut th e doveta i l b lock. rese tthe b la de fo r10·and then m ake tw oparallel cuts about 2apart. (Aguidewithtwo para llel angll>d s ideswill let yo u cut b oth a ng le s o f tit,· ta ils a ndp ins by jus tturning thcguideblockaround.)

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you' , bu ilding more than one. Iust' the ... ..pi''' 'h.'a templale .

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[( they're no t adjus table, Yc an a tta ch an auxiliary fe llCP tothe rill enee,S t F ig. 4.T hen byplacing shim s be tween thef ences. you canbring the aux iliary fent' go 'teI th table to p,

S OU rnO Ns.w e te m po r ar ily lvet the problem by clampinga b lo ck to th efenc e, s ec fig , 3 ,This me thoddoesn'tcomp letelyeliminate the pro blem , but itdoesminimizeit ,

F or a m ore perm anent so lutio n, y ou may be able to c orre ct

uuenonsonthe tablesaw.K c t : pth e ... .o rk pie ce b eu ed a gru n$ l therip f en ce a s YOIlm ake a rut. Andm a ke s ure s aw d us t d o e sn'Ibuildup along the fe nc e b etween cuts,

11U ; WORKPI ECE.The work -plece mayalsob < 'par tofth e p ro bIc m . I fthe ends aren't square, itwo n't butt flush to th efence Soeach C UI yo u m ake will be adifferent distancefrom the end .Thiscauses s tepped shoulders .

SE TUP . I your t echn ique andworkpiece check o ut, but you 'restill telling stepped shoulders,yo ur rip fenceis m o st likely thep ro b le m (a s il w as in m y c ase ).

T he face o fthe fence is pro bably leaning( tllvi the blad e- irs no t 90 'to the table. (It'Sshown exagge rated in Fig. . )But yuu w on't notice Ihi s problem u ntil y o uCUl a teno n w ith our shoulders ,Here s w hy.

Whe n you C UI the (wide)sho uld er. on the faces o fthepiec e, the piece co ntacts thefence nearthe bottom.see ~ig .

But when you f liPlh~pil 'Ceonrdstelorut the(narrow) mouItk-n;.it c o nta cts th efence hig he r up .111ispushesth pieceaway f romthe saw bladecreating' steppedshoulder, see Fig, 2,

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I ldIhe sam e problem. ..h en m ak in g th eI C R fo r th ePatio Tablein this Issue,

I ~ 1·~ ) 8 I..b \I , steppedsho ulder is created when thefourshoulders o f a W non don'talign , t s Call be cause d b)several sttuatiuns. the 0 .3you 'r e usingtil. ta ble s aw.U ,e.cond ition o f th e w o rk pie ce , a ndth e w ay th e ta ble sa w is se t u p.

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