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Question #1
From Eric: After reading Steve Latta’s article in issue #241 on drawboring mortise and tenon joints, I’d like to use the technique on some coffee table stretchers. However, I’m a bit concerned about wood movement. At what width should one or both of the holes be widened to allow for movement?
- Drawbored Tenons by Steve Latta #241–July/Aug 2014 Issue
- Understanding Wood Movement by Christian Becksvoort #165–Sept/Oct 2003 Issue
Question #2
From Sean: I’ve been hired to do all of the woodwork on a large catamaran. I’m a bit perplexed about how I should make some of the wooden trim. How would you go about duplicating these curved pieces of molding? I’m afraid by routing it all out i might get tear out when i cut across the grain, as is guaranteed when routing circles.
All-Time Favorite Article of All Time… for this week
Ben – Greatest Commission Ever? by Jonathan Binzen #198–May/June 2008 Issue
Matt – Douglas Fir by Jon Arno #98 (coming online soon)
Anissa – Cabinet on the Half Shell by Silas Kopf #169 (coming online soon)
Question #3
From Erik: I have a late 1980’s Delta Unisaw. Recently I bought a Delta Disappearing Splitter for it and I have not installed it yet. I am one of those rare individuals who has not thrown away the guards and splitter that ships with the saw. I always use them unless I am making dado cuts. Is there any advantage to installing this splitter over what I have? I often hear you, and others praising the use of riving knives, and it seems to be the normal offering on any new saw now.
Question #4
From Hunter: I recently made a batch of end grain coasters. This was my first woodworking project and it went “okay”, but I had some difficulty when cutting the diamonds on the table saw. I set up a stop block as precisely as I could so that the diamonds would all have equal length sides, but after making the first 60-degree bevel cut, this knife edge wanted to slide under my stop block when I put pressure on the wood with push sticks. Was there a better way I could have done this? How would you make a lot of equally sized bevel cuts like this?
Listener Comments:
From Gina: On episode 163, Anissa shared the kind of event we mere mortals live through all the time. It would sure be nice to hear how she got it cleaned up that well in half an hour.
Also from Gina: I know that being a bit snarky is part of the fun. When you launch into insulting wood and stuff some of us lowly non-artists using what we can find wind up looking at some of our best work and having to cross it off. Seriously, anything is ok as long as it is deliberate.
On YouTube:
Vance Edwards – RE: Laminating plywood to make a workbench top. Several years ago, I built a plywood kitchen countertop by laminating plywood on edge. It’s still holding up and I was surprised and impressed with the outcome, though it was a ton of work. I posted photos on Lumberjocks. You can see it by typing “plywood countertop” into the Lumberjocks website (for some reason I can’t past the link here). Love this podcast BTW 🙂
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- Ben – Putting quick links on your ratchet straps
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Comments
This is the cross-cut setup I often have on my tablesaw and I do own a larger, conventional heavy crosscut sled which I hardly ever use.. It works well and the auxiliary table both creates a zero clearance insert and keeps offcuts from falling and binding the saw blade. Excuse the plans link but the only way to provide a photo. https://woodskills.com/collections/woodworking-plans-1/products/miter-sled-plan
question #2: I would use a lathe to do the semi circles and a shaper for the straights. These would be glued to the plywood panels. No cnc needed. If you look around there are boats from before CNC with this form and likely this is how it was done.
Simply saying send it out to a CNC does not really seem consistent with the goals of Fine Woodworking Magazine. It seems like your responses should be grounded in applying woodworking skills to solve challenges not give the problem to a computer program to solve. Maybe a good topic to debate in a future podcast.
I'm not sure if you listened past the word CNC, but we went in pretty deep on how to do it without a CNC. Still, I'd CNC it.
I saw the outfeed table and I'd also like to know what it was made of and whether the slots were painted or the material was solid. Of course looking at the saw setup was difficult with the obnoxious microphone setup you are currently using for the video.
Be nice
I have a suggestion... If Matt Kenney doesn't think this podcast is worth his time, leave him out of it. His sarcasm is not funny and his condescending attitude makes the podcast awkward, and the opposite of entertaining.
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