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EDITION
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Vol. 42 / No. 247
Inside:
Get Perfect
Results
at the Table Saw
Shaping Curves
Routing
Dadoes—
Cutting
Small
Parts
Must-Have Tools for
Making
Wood
Threads
Add a Twist to Your
Next Project
EMPIRE-STYLE
C
HEST OF
D
RAWERS
EDITOR
Vincent Ancona
MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
Phil Huber
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Erich Lage, Logan Wittmer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Randy Maxey
from the editor
EXECUTIVE ART DIRECTOR
Todd Lambirth
SENIOR ILLUSTRATOR
Dirk Ver Steeg
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Bob Zimmerman,
Becky Kralicek
CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATOR
Erich Lage
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Chris Fitch
PROJECT DESIGNER
Dillon Baker
Sawdust
from Ted Kralicek, the retired
A few months ago, I received a visit
PROJECT DESIGNER/BUILDER
John Doyle
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT DESIGNER
Ted Kralicek
CAD SPECIALIST
Steve Johnson
SHOP CRAFTSMAN
Marc Hopkins
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Crayola England
SENIOR ELECTRONIC IMAGE SPECIALIST
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GROUP PUBLISHER
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Kim Hoff
GROUP PRESIDENT
Peter H. Miller
creative director for
Woodsmith.
For over 35 years, Ted designed and built many
of the projects that have appeared in
Woodsmith.
After retiring, he moved to
Bentonsport, a historic river town in southeast Iowa. Ted has recently set up
a woodworking shop in an old building, where he teaches and does demon-
strations of 19th-century woodworking. As part of these demonstrations, Ted
designed and built his own shavehorse. (That’s Ted in period costume with his
shavehorse in the photo above.)
If you’re not familiar with the shavehorse (sometimes called a shaving horse)
it’s a traditional work-holding device used by chairmakers and other green
wood furniture makers to hold stock while shaping it with a drawknife or
spokeshave. Although there are different variations, they all have one basic
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feature in common — you straddle the device as if you were riding a horse and
apply clamping pressure to the workpiece using your feet.
There’s some debate among woodworkers as to the effectiveness of the shave-
horse. Well-known Windsor chairmaker Mike Dunbar is of the opinion that the
shavehorse is an inefficient tool for holding chair parts. He argues that working
from a sitting position doesn’t allow you to use all your muscle groups together
or move around the workpiece very easily.
On the other side of the issue, there are a number of shavehorse users who
are committed to keeping traditional methods of chairmaking alive. Now, I
don’t have a dog in this shavehorse fight. But I’ll agree that there’s something
quaint and appealing about the notion of sitting down at a shavehorse to turn
out chair legs and spindles. It harkens back to a slower, simpler time. So, when
Ted showed me the drawings for his shavehorse, I thought it would make an
interesting project for
Woodsmith.
Naturally, once you’ve made your shavehorse, the next question is what
you’ll make
with
it. Which is why we’ve also included plans for a shop stool in
this issue (page 40). The legs and stretchers of this stool were all shaped at the
shavehorse, using a drawknife and a spokeshave.
Finally, I’m happy to announce that Pam Mapes has recently joined us here at
Woodsmith
as a member of our customer service team. Welcome, Pam!
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contents
No. 247
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Feb/Mar 2020
Projects
weekend project
Pet Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Angled dovetails and turned feet add a stylish touch to
this practical project. Your pet never had it so good.
shop project
Shavehorse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
20
Our take on the traditional shavehorse features dog holes, a
V-notch for sawing, and a wood screw clamp adjustment.
designer project
Floor Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
This mid-century style floor lamp looks simple, but has
enough woodworking to provide you with a challenge.
shop project
Shop Stool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
No lathe? No problem. We built this shop stool using
traditional hand tools and some power tool techniques.
heirloom project
Empire Chest of Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
A cantilevered top drawer and turned spindles and feet
adorn this roomy chest of drawers.
34
Departments
Reader Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
from our readers
Tips & Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
all about
Nails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
router workshop
Routing Dadoes & Grooves . . . . . . . . . . . 14
woodworking technique
Cutting Threads in Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
working with tools
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Drawknives & Spokeshaves. . . . . . . . . . . . 58
mastering the table saw
Cutting Small Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
READER
Feedback
More Uses for Lignum Vitae
I worked for Allis-Chalmers Tur-
bine Division, formerly S. Morgan
Smith, and we supplied many
lignum vitae bearings for hydro-
electric power plants. The pattern
shop for the company stocked lig-
num vitae logs to produce these
bearings. The shafts ran on the end
grain of the wood, which proved
to be the longest-lasting way to
make these bearings. (The pattern-
makers also made “night sticks”
for the local police officers who
walked the beat.)
The bearings were shipped
to the plants in wet sawdust or
coated completely in paraffin wax
to keep the wood from checking.
At the powerhouses, the bearings
were stored in mesh bags and kept
submerged in water until installed
in the units. Just thought you
might be interested in the bearing
side of this wondrous material.
Tom Crooks
Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
Geography Lesson
I am enjoying the October (No. 245)
issue of
Woodsmith,
but I noticed a
mistake in your article on lignum
vitae (page 10). In it you state that
the lignum vitae tree is grown in
the Caribbean, and then list Ber-
muda as one of the islands it grows
on in the Caribbean. I believe you
meant this be the Bahamas, for Ber-
muda is not in the Caribbean, it is
much farther north.
To my knowledge, lignum vitae
has never grown in Bermuda.
(The only lignum vitae I’ve seen
has been rescued from old ship-
wrecks, attesting to its resistance to
rot.) However, it does grow in the
Bahamas, and is their national tree.
Mark Fox
Devonshire, Bermuda
Editor Vincent Ancona replies:
That was my slip. You are correct,
lignum vitae commonly grows in
the Bahamas, not Bermuda.
Woodworkers Helping Others
I read the Sawdust column (No.
245, p. 3) with great interest and
admiration for Mr. Arlin Eastman.
It is so heartwarming to hear of
someone who has gone the extra
mile to help his fellow man.
I would like to make you aware
of another organization with the
same goals. The U. S.
Men’s Shed
Association
was recently formed.
Men’s Shed
began in Australia
20+ years ago as places for men
to gather and talk while working
on projects. Their motto is “Men
don’t talk face to face. We talk
shoulder to shoulder.” You can
learn more about the organization
at
usmenssheds.com.
Rhea DeOliviera
Shop Foreman
Ruston Community Men’s Shed
Ruston, Louisiana
Router Straightedge Guide
The shop-made straightedge
guide for a router (No. 235, p. 12)
is a neat idea, but it works only for
a bit of the diameter for which it
was designed. For a bit of another
diameter, one needs another
guide. I have always found it eas-
ier to determine the offset for the
bit I’m using, measure, and clamp
a wooden guide in place. Fast, and
works fine.
Lou Becker
Skokie, Illinois
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