Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2021 i WOOD Magazine

Watch a video of this process. Visit woodmagazine.com/boxhingemortise. After painstakingly crafting a beautiful box, you want the hinge installation to provide a perfectly aligned lid with a gap-free fit. Accomplishing that involves careful layout and work, but lies within the grasp of any woodworker with sharp tools. Practice these techniques on scrap first, including installing the hinges. In addition to building your confidence, you’ll see how the depth of the mortise affects the gap between the closed test pieces, and how the position of the barrel determines the gap between them with the lid open. Choose Your Hinge Box hinges come in two types: stamped and milled, above. While both work well, the difference in their prices reflects the difference in fit and finish. Stamped hinges sell for about $2 per…

Use this planter for ornamental plants or to stage your own herb garden. The boxes are sized to hold ceramic pots or plastic containers, making watering and plant maintenance a breeze. Build the Boxes 1 Cut to size the box sides (A) [Materials List]. (We used Western red cedar, but cypress or pressure-treated lumber will also work.) Using a bandsaw or jigsaw, notch both ends of the box sides [Drawing 1, Photos A, B]. Note: If your cedar is rough-sawn on one face (like ours), orient the pieces with the smooth face out. Tip! Mark the waste areas beforehand to avoid cutting a notch on the wrong edge. Tip! After gluing and screwing all four corners, clamp diagonally across the frame assembly to hold it square as theglue dries.…

Before dazzling rivers and bar-top coatings, epoxy simply served as a humble, high-performance adhesive and repair resin. Epoxy manufacturers catered primarily to boat builders, providing a product that withstands the harsh conditions of a marine environment. You’ve seen epoxy at center stage; now learn how this versatile adhesive can play an important supporting role in your woodworking. Good Bonding Moments Epoxy bonds to a wide range of surfaces, making it the adhesive of choice for joining dissimilar materials. And cured epoxy forms a waterproof bond, so it’s also a good option for outdoor projects, especially those consistently exposed to moisture. Because it requires a surface with “tooth” for bonding, when gluing plastic, metal, or other smooth, non-porous materials, scuff up the glue surface for best adhesion [Photo A]. Choose…

Pick and Roll These heavy-duty stacking systems keep you organized in—and out of—the shop. Each box sells separately, but they all stack and lock together for easy two-wheeling of the whole stack. (The roller-box handle collapses, if needed.) Most boxes include trays or bins within, making it easy to store accessories for specific tools in the same box as those tools. Milwaukee Packout, $375 As Shown (bottom to top) Rolling tool box, no. 48-22-8426, $130; large tool box, no. 48-22-8425, $80; regular tool box, no. 48-22-8424, $70; regular organizer, no. 48-22-8430, $35; compact organizer, no. 48-22-8435, $30 each. The six boxes shown fit just about anything, from circular saws to cordless drills to bits, blades, and screws. The organizer boxes contain removable bins—great when you don’t want the whole…

DOPAMINE DEALER Look, we get it. You just got this magazine issue, and, right out of the gate, we tempt you away to go watch a quick video or check out a social media post. Sure, you’ll get a tiny dopamine rush—an unmerited brain reward—as if you’ve accomplished the portrayed project yourself. But 37 videos later, you realize you never changed out of last week’s underwear, much less made it out to the shop, inspired by what you read here. So, please: Read this magazine first. Change your hashtaggin’ underwear. Then, return here to take some of these free plans out to your shop. They feature projects that you will have to complete all on your own. Now, proudly tell Siri, Alexa, or whoever else is listening in that…

To see how we tricked out this dream garage shop, visit woodmagazine.com/dreamgarageshop. Start at the Bottom You can’t upgrade your shop floor until you find it. Begin by moving everything out of the shop space and list which tools, accessories, and supplies will make the return trip. As for the rest, donate or toss what you can, and find a new home for non-shop-related items in a shed or elsewhere in the garage. (Keep reading for more storage ideas.) Thoroughly clean the floor and seal any cracks or expansion joints large enough to trap the wheels of a tool base. For a bright, smooth floor, apply a concrete paint or epoxy-based coating [Photo A]. To give your feet and back a break, install snap-together tiles [Photo B], anti-fatigue mats,…

From lounging for one to seating for a crowd, the sofa serves as the centerpiece of living room furniture. The only dilemma is where to set your drink when you’re sitting front and center. This table provides a generous top and sturdy tip-resistant base, and tucks discreetly under the sofa. Sitting in the middle just got way more comfortable. Note: Adjust the length of the legs (D) to fit your couch height. These are designed to fit a 20" couch. Start With a Solid Foundation 1 Cut the base (A), stabilizer (B), and top support (C) to size [Materials List]. Set aside two scraps of this stock to aid in setting up joinery later. Miter-cut the legs (D) to size [Drawing 1]. Finish-sand them and set them aside for…

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Mailbox Postscript When I saw Dave Campbell’s mailbox photo in issue 271 (“Taking Measure,” November 2020) and read his message, it struck a chord with me. I, too, had stashed those same mailbox-post plans from issue 218 in a special projects folder that I keep. It just so happened that a good friend of mine accidentally hit my old 6×6 mailbox post pretty hard as he was backing out of our driveway a few months ago. So I took the opportunity to replace that dilapidated 10-year-old post with the one shown at left. I’m so glad I tried the draw-bore technique. I’ve received many compliments on the post from family and friends. And they’re even more impressed when I tell them only eight oak pegs hold the whole thing…

We can’t all be Wayne Gretzky, but we can all enjoy these two hockey-inspired games. And you’ll enjoy building this game so much, you might end up making several for gifts. Let’s get started. Put on a New Face at Face-off Because it can be difficult to find plywood with two clean, attractive faces, we veneered ours, with a curly-maple book-match on the penny-hockey face and a single, wide piece of curly maple on the sling-puck side. You can instead laminate two pieces of ¼" plywood with the best faces out and begin construction at Step 3. 1 For the game board (A), cut a piece of ½" Baltic birch plywood to 11×22". Next, cut veneer sheets to cover both plywood faces. If you can’t find veneer wide enough,…

Inspired by gimbals that isolated a ship’s chronometer from the motion of rolling seas, this project stands the assembly upright. The rings highlight a beautiful clockworks with visible gears. A convenient kit [Source] includes the clockworks and necessary hardware. We chose ash for the rings and walnut for the base, finial, and spacers. Watch a video of turning this clock. woodmagazine.com/gimbalclock Cut all the way through the blank and slightly into the MDF. This dulls tools quickly, so resharpen frequently. Step Into the Rings 1 Bandsaw a 1½"-thick ash blank 4 ⅝" in diameter for the inner ring and a 1×7 ⅛" ash blank for the outer ring. For the base, finial, and spacers, prepare 3×3×4", 1×1×5", and 1×1×2" walnut blanks. 2 Cut an 8"-diameter disc of ¾" MDF…