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#143, August/September 2009
Features
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Build Your Skills
Template Routing
Simple to advanced methods
for precisely duplicating parts.
44
Stickley Dining Chairs
Build accurate replicas of
a classic design.
52
Mystery Dovetails
Baffle your friends with
perplelCPg jc;>ints.
56
Cherry Sideboard
Curved parts add flair to
a simple, square cabinet.
64
Glazing Techniques
from a Pro
Use ge stains to add richness;
depth and color.
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Line and Berry Inlay
Make this traditional design
with a router and plug cutters.
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Departments
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Workshop Tips
Adding an extra head to a quick-action
clamp, building a fold-away outfeed
table, preventing shellac from drip-
ping, painting a speed square so
it's easier to read, making a
bench hook for mitered parts,
building a cardboard tube
scrap bin, and adding a cut-
off trap to a tablesaw.
16 Thrifty Woodworker
Building a storage rack from
PVC pipe, using shelf liner to
improve a sanding block,
making extended-reach drill
chucks, rejuvenating old car-
penter's pencils, adding deep-
reach jaws to standard clamps, and
making a battery-powered task light.
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Well -Equipped Shop
Lignomat Mini-Ligno E/D Moisture Meter; Gorilla
Epoxy and Super Glue; Bosch DareDevil Spade
Bits; Demo Air Net; DeWalt XRP drills; Porter-
Cable Lithium-ion tools; Bosch 4v Lithium-ion
Screwdriver; Veritas Scraping Plane; Jorgensen
Gear, Lever and Expandable clamps.
22 My Shop
Victorian Shop
26 Turning Wood
Wooden Plates
32 Tool Nut
A scroll saw made from packing crates and a
tool box that's been on the road too long.
74 OopS!
240 volts sure speed up a sander!
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How Did He Do That?
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.
We've all heard the saying.
Well, I just met a wood-
worker who's taking that
adage to a whole new
level. Virgil Lieh, a
Minnesota artist, is making
use of scrap wood in a real-
ly big way-literally. His
scrap wood of choice
comes from discarded tree
trunks. From these, he
makes vases, bowls, platters
and other art objects.
Virgil has spent the past
five years developing his
technique, and recently, he
held.his first public show.
His pieces initially com-
ma nd attention because of
their sheer size. But after seeing them up close, most woodworkers scratch
their heads for another reason : Despite their large diameters, none of Virgil's
pieces show any cracks. If you've ever worked with whole logs or cross sec-
tions, you know that it's nearly impossible to keep cracks or checks from
occuring. But not for Virgil-he's figured out how to prevent them. And at his
recent show, he shared his technique with the crowd. Here's what it takes to
turn a one ton log into a crack-free, 40 -lb, 80" tall vessel:
1. Start with a fresh log, preferably the day it's cut.
.2. Move it around with a forklift.
3. Trim the log to rough size, using a chainsaw with a 60" bar.
4. Mount the log on an 1917 Oliver lathe with a 7' x 7' capacity.
5. Rotate the log at very slow speed-30-1 00 rpm, tops.
6. Shape the log, using heavy-duty grinders and other industrial tools.
7. Remove the center of the log (the pith) as soon as possible. (This
removes stress in the log, and explains why most of Virgil's turnings
have no bottoms.)
8. Keep the log wet while turning. Use a garden hose if needed.
9. Shrink-wrap the log in plastic every night.
10. Measure the wall thickness, using long calipers, so you don't grind through.
11. When you're done turning, put the piece in a custom built, walk-in
microwave oven, and slowly "nuke" it for 1 to 3 weeks, until it's dry.
13 . Remount the piece on the lathe, so you can true the shape.
14. Finish sand to 220 grit. Then apply several coats of shellac.
15. Sand, sand, and sand again .Then buff to 4000 grit.
16. Store in your spare bedroom for a couple yea rs, until you have a show.
For more pictures of Virgil 'stree art, visit
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