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EDGE JOINT & EDGE JOINTING sa BISCUIT JOINT sa DOWEL JOINT sa JOINTER sa PLANING & SURFACING WOOD xx JOINTER xx PANEL & PANELING xx PLANING & SURFACING WOOD xx WOOD JOINERY xx WOOD MILLING xx WOODWORKING Tip on using a table saw to joint a long (8 ft.) piece of lumber. Use a hand-jointer plane to joint short pieces of wood. The "secret" lies in clamping the plane in a vise and moving the wood. Tip: Use small nails (with the heads nipped off) to keep edge-glued boards from shifting during the clamping process. Joining edge-to-edge. How to glue up boards to make wood wider. Tip on jointing boards so that minor errors are not a problem when edge gluing. Simple jig enables you to prepare boards for edge-gluing with only a router and a regular straight bit. Tip on using a Record rabbet plane (Model #778) to edge-joint boards. Tip on salvaging badly cupped boards by ripping into strips and edge joining back together. Designing edge joints which take grain, figure and color into account. Covers (1) wood selection and layout, (2) getting smooth, square joints, and (3) edge joints at right angles. Secure (but openable) edge-to-edge joint uses keyhole plates. Vertical edge-joint glue-up jig uses pipe clamps. The secret to secure edge joints on a tabletop. Using a shooting board to joint edges with a hand plane. Tip on using office binder clips to keep boards aligned while edge gluing. How to edge join curved boards (such as planks with a pronounced crook). How to joint a board that is too wide for the jointer. Jointing thick wood using a router and two bits. Technique for eliminating slippage when edge-gluing boards together. Simple wooden clamps hold planks flush (top and bottom) when edge gluing. Fence for jointing lumber on a router table. Using your router to achieve perfectly matching edges for edge joining. Technique uses a straight piece of aluminum flat stock as the guide when jointing the edge of a board with a bearing-guided flush-trim router bit. Tip: Plans for a jig for scoring the edges of boards before gluing up. Edge-gluing cross-clamps. This clamp keeps edge-joined boards flush and flat while side pressure is applied with conventional bar clamps. How to edge-glue wood panels without a planer or jointer. (1) Cutting a straight edge on the table saw. (2) Trial fitting to locate gaps. (3) Gluing up. How to smooth and cut laminated panels after they have been assembled by gluing boards edge-to-edge. Foolproof edge planing by hand. Edge jointing with a router using this simple jig. Reasons for not using dowels when edge-gluing boards. Tip to keep narrow pieces of wood from buckling when clamping them together using pipe clamps. Two methods (table saw and router) for squaring the edge of a board without using a jointer. Tip for sanding the join of solid wood strips on edges of plywood to avoid going through the top veneer of the plywood. Tip describes how to use bar clamp spacers to make edge-gluing easier. Using alignment bars to keep boards flush when edge gluing. Get even clamping pressure when edge-gluing by using oak dowels as clamping blocks. How to assemble and glue cylindrical, hexagonal or square pedestal bases together all at once using plastic sealing tape and web clamps. Shop-made edge-gluing clamps apply pressure horizontally as well as vertically, so the joint edges are wedged tightly together and stay level. Technique for edge-joining pieces of wood using a router, several clamps, a jig, a ruler, and a fence. The joint is virtually invisible. Tip: Use carbon paper to tell when boards to be edge-joined fit together perfectly. Use your table saw to joint the edges of wood. Use a tapered sanding disk and a simple jig. Requires a tilting-arbor saw. How to edge-glue boards using masking tape rather than clamps. Starting out: edge-joining for the beginner. How to select the wood, select the plane, flatten the boards, plane the boards, and glue up the boards. Includes tips on sharpening plane blades. How to joint two long pieces of 2x10 stock for edge gluing using a portable circular saw and a simple jig. Router joinery. Jigs expand the repertoire of joints you can cut using a router. Jigs shown for straight-edges, mortising, tenoning, and panel-raising. Also shows a dust-collection cage for use with slot cutters. Tip: Glue up just two boards at a time when fabricating tabletops or other projects requiring several boards. Alignment problems will be reduced as will the need for surfacing. Edge gluing boards. How to make large, flat panels with nearly invisible joints. Using a router to joint boards that are too long for a jointer. Auxiliary rip fence is used for jointing on a table saw. Easy-to-use jig lets you joint boards with a router. Clamping setup when edge-gluing boards that meet at a slight angle. Quick and accurate setup for jointing the edges of stock with a router. Using box-sealing tape to catch glue squeeze-out when edge joining. Jointing by hand. Planes make tight edge-joints. An edge-jointing primer. Well-tuned tools and the right technique create joints that last. Joint-quality edges are cut on a table saw. A step-by-step look at the motion of your body and hands in order to rip a long piece of hardwood and achieve a perfectly square and parallel cut. Making tabletops without coming unglued. How the pros stay sane when gluing up tabletops and large panels. Ways to keep boards flat during glue-up. Common clamping systems for edge gluing boards into large panels. Simple jig for jointing thin stock using sandpaper. How to join boards together with only a hairline seam by using a circular saw (instead of a jointer). A review of the various edge joinery methods and how to do them. Includes butt, tongue & groove, spline, rabbet, dowel, shaped, dovetail, and special "+" shaped wood joiners. How to "true" board edges prior to edge-gluing by means of a portable circular saw and a straightedge guide. Three simple ways to edge-join boards. Workshop minicourse. Jointing edges without a jointer. Part 1. Jointing with a hand plane, portable circular saw, and table saw. Technique for clamping several narrow boards to produce a wider panel using pipe clamps, C-clamps, and various shop-built clamp supports and clamping pads. Tip on adapting a router table to function as a jointer for small, narrow stock. Tip on preventing thin stock from buckling when edge gluing to form panels. Tip on making and using pinch clamps when joining boards edge-to-edge to keep the boards even so a flat surface results. Preparing stock. Making your lumber flat, straight and precisely thick eliminates numerous hassles throughout a project. Advice on jointing, planing, and edge gluing. Special fence for jointing wood using a table saw. Tip on using a pencil line to determine when an edge is completely jointed and straight. Router jointer. Use this simple jig and a router to create a straight and smooth edge on a work piece. Stock preparation. Step-by-step procedures for cutting to rough size, jointing, thicknessing, and cutting to finished size. Making and using pinch blocks when gluing up individual boards into wide panels to avoid shifting and uneven surfaces while applying the bar clamps. Technique for gluing up a solid wood panel from narrower boards. Pressure bars keep individual boards from shifting up or down when edge-gluing to form larger panels. Edge-joining boards. A primer. How to edge-join boards. How to prepare the boards, cut the spline joint, drill a dowel joint, clamp the stock, and prepare the stock for finishing. Rules for edge-joining using pipe clamps. Edge-joining the can't-miss way. Advice on using a spline joint to edge a plywood coffee table top with an oak frame. top. Offset fence extension allows a table-mounted router to be used as a jointer. Simple end brace to keep the boards in a panel flat during edge-gluing operations. Decorative reinforcements (keys) for miter joint, box joint, edge joint, etc. How to fabricate corner keys, dovetail keys, box keys, rounded-finger keys, and bow tie surface splines. Edge-gluing boards. Advice on the width of boards suitable for edge gluing into wide panels. Serrated clamping cauls help keep the work piece flat when edge joining. How to rip gluing edges on a table saw. Tips on cutting, gluing and clamping narrow boards to form wider panels which won't warp. Secrets to clamping success. (1) Edge-joints. (2) Mitered frame. (3) Carcase/large box. How to edge-joint bowed stock. Pressure-packed panel clamps. Make special clamps for edge-joining multiple boards which apply uniform clamping pressure to all four surfaces. Technique for jointing stock using a router. Straightedge for a router facilitates making dadoes (both stopped and regular) and edge-jointing wood. Method for edge jointing using a router and spiral bit. Technique combines C-clamps and bar clamps to get perfectly flat panels when edge-gluing narrow workpieces into a wide panel. Five ways to get the most out of your router table. (1) Using templates. (2) Routing biscuit slots. (3) Making large-diameter dowels. (4) Cutting spline miter slots. (5) Jointing on a router. Using a "feather wedge" to conceal a less-than-perfect edge joint. Simple method for edge jointing using a router. Bird's-mouth router bits. Using these unique bits to make the strong edge joints found in hollow wooden cones, columns, or cylinders. The case for simple edge-gluing. A comparison of the plain edge-join and edge-joins reinforced with dowels, splines, or tongues. Plank scriber. A scribing tool that incises a crisp and narrow scribe line on one of two boards that are to be joined as closely and carefully as possible. Useful for getting good fits when building plank-style boat hulls. Edge gluing. The procedure for gluing-up a wide panel. Selecting the boards, arranging grain pattern, dowels and splines, test clamping, gluing up, and smoothing the panel. Tips on preventing warping (cupping) when edge-gluing stock to form larger pieces. Working with thin (1/4") wooden stock. (1) Book matching. (2) Edge-gluing. (3) Hand planing. (4) Planing with a router and a simple jig. Advice on the cause and prevention of glue joint failure in edge-glued panels. Edge jointing basics. The secret to gluing up panels so the joints are strong and nearly invisible. Both hand and machine methods of jointing boards are discussed. Technique for jointing two boards simultaneously on the table saw prior to edge-gluing them together. Gluing up individual boards into a solid panel. (1) Selecting and arranging boards. (2) Jointing edges. (3) Using splines. (4) Gluing. (5) Clamping. Preventing slip when edge-gluing multiple strips into a thick slab relies on the use of sacrificial splines. Jig for using an oscillating spindle sander to joint edges. Tip on edge jointing boards so that they will butt together and form a perfectly flat (180-degree) surface even if your jointer stops are not exactly at 90-degrees. Machining rough stock to dimension. The basic techniques of cutting, jointing and planing lumber to dimension. Jig for jointing (planing) thin veneer. Tip on using wooden bars to bring adjacent parts of a panel into flatness when the pieces are butt-joined (edge-joined) without dowels or biscuits. Tip on marking and jointing boards for flat glue-ups so that a flat surface will always be produced. Using pinch clamps to keep boards even when joining edge-to-edge. A simple method of clamping when edge-gluing 1/8" thick flitches of veneer. Joints in joinery. Part 1. Chart shows 38 styles of joints used to join boards flush at the edges or at an angle (mitered). Edge joints. How to achieve a "perfect fit" when edge joining narrow boards to make wider stock. A variety of clamps and jigs for edge gluing thin pieces like drawer bottoms, small panels, and musical-instrument components. The craft of cabinetmaking. Edge-jointing. A detailed look at making narrow boards wider. Jig for edge-jointing long or very thin boards using a router. Method of securing edge joints while glue sets without the use of any clamps or jigs. Jig and technique for jointing boards using a router is particularly suited for thin boards. Can be used to prepare both straight and gently-curved edges for joining. The edge or widening joint. The standard method for jointing boards using a hand plane so that they can be edge glued into wider panels. Tip on using "secret slot screwing" to reinforce edge joints. How to shoot (plane) the edges of two boards for joining without using a square or any gadget. Cam-action clamp especially for edge-gluing boards. The proper method to edge join individual boards to achieve the desired width. How to arrange the boards, mark, joint, dowel (if desired), glue, and clamp. The beginning woodworker. Edge-joining boards. Edge-gluing. How to create wide stock by combining or "edge-gluing" two or more narrower pieces. Edge-gluing cleats keep the separate boards from sliding out of alignment (vertically) while the bar clamps are being installed. Table saw edge jointer. Sliding jig lets you make a straight cut along one side of uneven stock. Technique for squaring a waney edge using a table saw. Tip: Clamping jig to keep pieces of stock flat while edge gluing. Tip: Use plastic tape to trap glue squeeze-out when edge joining. Use an aluminum straightedge and your router in place of a jointer to true up the edge of a board for edge joining. | |||||||||
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