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JANUARy/FEBRUAY 1982, No. 32, $3.00

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18 Tapered Sliding Dovetails,

Checkered Bowls, Tramp Art,

Hand Planes, Carving Desin Deci

sions, Marquetry Cutting, Library

Ladders, French Polishing, Birch

Plywood, ench Stones.

Wooden Clockworks, Hammer

Veneering, Claw and Ball Feet

(history and technique), Hot-Pipe

Bending, A Two-Way Hinge,

Laminated Turnings, Chain-Saw

Carving, Small Workbench.

Haunched Mortise and Tenon,

Old World Cabinetmaker, Tables,

Woodturning Chisels, To Finish

the Finish, Cabriole Legs, Paneled

Doors and Walls.

Sam Maloof, Dust Collection,

Bandsaw oxes, Precision Joinery,

Butterfly Joint, Pedestal Table,

Tuning Up Your Lathe, Finishing

Marquetry, The Drawknife.

Marquetry Today, Split Turn

ings, Eagle Carvings, Hand Dove

tails, Mechanical Desks, Antique

Tools, Gustav Stickley, Oil/Var

nish Mix, Shaker Lap Desk.

Gimson and the Barnsleys,

Mosaic Door, Clear Finishes, Tall

Case Clock, Mitering on the Table

Saw, Patternmaking, Woodwork

ing Education, Survey of Schools.

Spinning Wheels, Turning

Spalted Wood, Drawers, Scratch

Beader, Leather on Wood, Parsons

Tables, Hanging a Door, Dulcimer

Peg ox, Notes on Finishing.

Wharton Esherick, Toy

Trucks, Oyster-Shell Veneering,

PE G for t he Woodwar ker,

Oil/Varnish Finishes, Chip Carv

ing, Mortise and Tenon by Ma

chine, The Jointer.

Wood, Mortise and Tenon,

Hand Shaping, Plane Speaking,

Desert Cabinetry, Hidden

Drawers, Green Bowls, Queen

Anne, Gate-Leg Table, Stroke

Sander, Funiture Plans.

How Inlay is Made, Inlaying

Mother-of-Pearl, A Jigsaw for

Pearl, Shaker Blanket Chest,

Spline-Mitered Joinery, Coloring

with Oils, Chisels, Alan Peters,

Basics of the Bandsaw.

Greene and Greene, Holding

the Work, Tambours, Stains,

Spindle Turning, Cleaving Wood,

Sharpening, Dust-Collection Sys

tem, Sanding, Whetstones.

Michael Thonet, Shaper Cut

ters and Fences, Weaving Cane,

Knockdown Tabletops, Japanese

Planes, French Polishing, Pigeon

hole Desk, Repairing Chairs, Hard

wood Sources.

Water and Wood, Hidden Beds,

Exotic Woods, Veneer, Tackling

Carving, Workbench, Ornamental

Turning, Heat Treating, Mosaic

Roettes, Shaped Tambours.

Laminated Bowls, Stock Prep

aration, Tung Oil, Relief Carving,

Machine Maintenance, End-or

ing Jig, Lumber Grading, Shaped

Tambours, Index to Issues

1-13.

Woden Jointer, Guitar Bind

ing and Purfling, Small-Scale Cabi

netmaking, Single Bed, Fumed

Oak, Decorative Joinery, Cutting

Box Joints on Radial-Arm Saw,

Coopered Columns.

Hans Wegner, Making Sanding

Machines, Abrasives, Low-Tech

Thickness Sander, Dowel Joints,

Dovetailing Carcases, Japanese

Saws, Index to Isues

1-20.

Stacking, Carcae Construction,

Dealing With Plywood, Patch-Pad

Cutting, Drying Wood, Gothic

Tracery, Guitar Joinery, The owl

Gouge, Shaper Knives.

George Nakashima, Tapered

Lamination, Improving Planes,

Box-Joint Jig, World Globe, Koa

Table, Incised Lettering, Bolection

Turning, Air-Powered Tools.

Woodworking in Mendocino,

Two-oard Chairs, Stroke Sander,

Spindle Laminations, Finishing on

the Lathe, Pin Router, How to

Sharpen, Japanese Blades.

Kerf-Bent Boxes, Alpine

Peasant Furniture, Cowhide for

Chairs, Wood-Drying Technolog

ies, Sharpening Saws, Furniture

Conservation, Shop Math, Mar

quetry with Rexible Veneers.

The Wood Butcher, Wood

Threads, The Scraper, California

Woodworking, Bent Laminations,

Dry Kiln, Expanding Tables,

Stacked Plywood, Serving Cart,

Pricing Work.

The Shape of a Violin, The

Mortise and Tenon Joint, Router

Tables, Treadle Lathe, Milk Paint,

Flying Woodwork, Routed Signs,

Staved Containers, Carved Shells.

Building Stairs, Tool Cabinet,

Panel-Raising Planes, Carved

Signs, Sharpening Equipment,

Steambending, Round-Top Table,

Routing Morties, New Furniture.

In Search of Period Furniture

Makers, Harry Nohr's Bowls,

Abrasive Planer, Disc Sander,

Turning Thin Spindles, Carbide

Tipped Circular Saws, Hardwood

Plywod, French Fitting.

Edward Barnsley, Locking the

Joint, Harvesting Green Wood,

Shop-Built Vacuum Press, Hollow

Turnings, History of Marquetry,

Before the Finish, Workbench,

Circular Stairway..

Glues and Gluing, Three-Legged

Stool, Lute Roes, owl Tuning,

Doweling, Spalted Wood, An

tiqued Pine Funiture, Solar Kiln,

Carving Fans, Bending a Tray.

Designing Chairs, End-Grain

Lamp, Living Room Table, Cross

Country Skis, Shop-Made owl

Lathe, Pillar-and-Claw Table, Glu

ing Up, Lacquer Finishing.

Setting Up a Small Shop,

Workbenches, Sawhorses and

Vies, Walking-eam Saw, Carving

Gouges, Joiner's Tool Case, Com

bination Machines, Dial Indicator.

Steam Bending, Triangle Mark

ing, Painted Furniture Decoration,

Chain-Saw Lumbering, Gam

ing Tables, Wooden Clamps, Ele

gant Fakes, Aztec Drum, Measur

ing Moisture.

Sawmilling, Bending Com

pound Curves, Furniture from

Photographs, Routing for Inlays,

Die-Making Trade Tips, Finishing

Materials, Solid Wood Doors,

Library Steps.

Designing for Dining, Tall

Chests, Entry Doors, Drawer Bot

toms, Health Hazards in Wood

working, Basic Blacksmithing,

Routed Edge Joint, Shaker Round

Stand, Small Turned oxes.

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FNE WODWORJNG

Editor John Kelsey

Art Director Deborah Fillion

Associate Editor Rick Mastelli

Assistant Editor Paul Bertorelli

Copy Editor Jim Cummins

Art Assistant E. Marino III

Editorii Secretary Linda D. Whipkey

Senior Editor Ta ge Frid

Contbuting Editors R. Bruce Hoadley

Richard Starr

Simon Wa tts

Consulting Editors George Frank

Ian). Kirby

A. W. Marlow

European Editor Roger Holmes

Methods 0/ Work Jim Richey

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1982,

JANARy/FEBRUARY

NUMBER

DEPARTMENTS

Letters

Methods of Wo rk

Questions & Answers

Books

Adventures in Wo odworking

Events

54 The Turned Bowl by John Kelsey

Connections

61 last Was Best by Richard Starr

62 Timber by George Nakashima

The end of infancy for a craft reborn

What it means to cut a tree

71 Slip Joints on the Radial-Arm Saw by Curtis Erpelding

Wooden Bar Clamps by To m Gerson

How to make these essential tools

77 Grainger McKoy's Carved Birds by Roger Schroeder

On Making Chairs Comfortable by Alan Marks

How to it the seat to the sitter

81 Burning-In Bird Feathers by Eldndge Anold

82 Cutting Gauge by John Lively

Getting accurate results from a versatile machine

79.

Cover: A covey 0/quad explodes into light

in this de tad a/a wood sculpture by Grainger

McKoy; the whole sculpture is on page

The right tool for cross-grain layout

Above, McKoy mounts one a/the birds on its

concealed steel ribbon. He describes this

technique and other ways 0/ making wood

seem like living eathers in the article begin

ning on page

77. Photos: Te d Borg.

The Business of Woodworking

The diary of Artisan Woodworkers by Jo hn Wa rd

I get by by Dirk Rosse

Stepping back up to amateur status by Robert L. Buyer

Strategies for sales and marketing by He nry Inttli

How

Printer's Saw Rebuilt by Stan We llb on

Converting the Hammond Glider

94 Shaker Carrier byJohn Kassay

Oval Boxes by To m McFadde n

How to make steambent containers

103

Dovetail box, steambend handle

THE TAUNTO PRES

Paul Roman. publisher;)anice A. Roman. associate pub

lISher; JoAnn Muir. director of administration; Karl

Ackerman. direct sales coordinator; Lois Beck. business

coordinator; Mary Galpin. production coordinator; Jon

Miller. assistant to the publisher. Accounting: Irene Ar

faras, manager; MadelineColby. Elaine Yamin. Advertis

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and Carole Weckesser, coordinators. Art: Roger Banes.

executive an director; Jeanne Criscola, Kathryn Olsen.

Boks: Laura Cehanowlz Tringali. editor; Lee Hov. asso

ciate:: art director; Deborah Cannarella. editorial assislanr.

Fulfillment: Thomas P. Luxeder. manager; Carole E. Ando.

subscription manager; JoAnn Canning. Gloria Carson.

Dorothy Dreher. Mary Glazman. MarieJohnon. Denise

Pascal. Cathy Sakolsky, ancy SdlOCh. Catherine Sulli

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Kimberly Mithun, secretary. Production Services: Cynthia

Lee Nyitray. manager; Nanc y -Lou Zabriskie Knapp. type

setting; Annette Hilly, production assistanr.

108

The Torsion Box by Ian}. Kirby

How to make strong, light an-d stable panels

Current Work by Rick Mastelli

Gallery dealings in Northern California

Beyond the Bowl

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Letters

John Lively's article about Rockwell and Powermatic

(F W #30, Sept. '81) was interesting yet frustrating ....Re

gardless of all that was said about customer service, quality

control, curing of iron castings, despite the company

spokesmen bragging about precision, neither firm seems able

to make a flat saw-table any longer. I own machines from both

companies that I bought new during the last three years.

There is not room in a letter to list all the things wrong with

them. Suffice it to say that I am not very happy with them.

Comparing them to the same basic models sold 15 to 25 years

ago to a friend of mine, the diferences are readily apparent.

There was more time and care devoted then .. ..

It is all very well for Rockwell to say they know that product

quality sufered in the 70s, but what about the poor suckers

who are stuck with the stuff and expired warranties? The peo

ple who relied on both of these companies' reputations and

advertising? What good is a warranty or rapid pans replace

ment if the new part is as bad or worse than the one returned?

And if I printed an owner's manual as full of stupid mistakes

as that which Powermatic sent me with their 12-inch planer

last year (a $2,600 machine), I would not have the nerve to say

anything about operators not knowing how to set up their ma

chines correctly ....

I for one would be quite willing to pay a bit more for a

machine if that would ensure flat tables, straight fences,

etc. ...

There has been interest in previous issues about the Gilliom

bandsaw, so I thought I'd relate my experience with their drill

press/ lathe kit. I am an amateur woodworker who does not

make his living from his hobby. The Gilliom kit appealed to

me as a way to have both a drill press and a lathe at low cost, as

well as to have the fun of building my own machine. Now cer

tainly these are not tools of industrial or production quality,

but I'm happy to improvise jigs and methods that extend and

refine my tools.

Having used both the drill press and lathe regularly for sev

eral months, I am quite pleased with the results. The kit was

enjoyable to build and seems sensibly designed. I used heavier

lumber than called fo r and added glued joints to the bolt

together construction. The castings seem durable enough but

not well finished so I had to dress them myself to render the

headstock, which also serves as the carrier for the drill spindle,

square to the lathe bed. The drill-press table, which travels on

a rack-and-pinion mechanism, required some shimming to re

duce play and to bring it square to the spindle. I'm not com-

-JamesL. Wheele, Houston, ex.

Within a week of the time I sent you a letter about my service

problems with Rockwell (with a copy to Bill Ramsey of Rock

well in Tupelo) I had a telephone call from Ramsey apologiz

ing for the dificulties. He said that he had placed a number of

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that new wheels for my bandsaw were on the way by UPS

direct from his plant.

Sure enough, two weeks later I received the two wheels, the

fence screw for my jointer, and a new vibration-free belt to try

on my bandsaw. They had made sure that the bandsaw wheels

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the one wheel and 21 in the other. And as to the .. bottom

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