Smitty
JULY/AUG
2003
Volume 46/Issue 4
IN
THIS ISSUE
Project
Articles
•
Knock-Down & Store-Away Table
• Home Shop Workbench
• Rolling Pin & Dried Flower Vase
DEPARTMENTS
•
Ask Smitty
• Owner’s Gallery
• Letters from Owners
Academy Notes
Clean
Cuts - Pt. 1
Service Pointers
Bandsaw
Service Pointers
Safety Tips
Hoirzontal Boring Safety
What's
New
Shopsmith
and Lowe's Team Up
EDUCATION
• Find
A Shopsmith Woodworking Academy Near You
• National
Woodworking Academy in Dayton, OH
ONLINE
CATALOGS
• Online Accessory Catalog
• Request
Printed Accessory Catalog
• Online
Replacement Parts Catalog
MARK
V INFORMATION
• Find
A Shopsmith
MARK V Demo Near You
• Request
MARK V Information Package
LINKS
•
Links Worth Visiting
•
Free Woodworking
Tips
FEEDBACK
Contacting
Shopsmith
Copyright
2003.
Shopsmith, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
ASK
SMITTY!
Here
are the questions . . .
and SMITTY’S answers for this issue!
Removing
glue from Sanding Discs
From Bob Cuthill, via e-mail:
What product do you use to remove old glue from a 12" Disc Sander
before putting-on the Velcro Conversion Disc?
The best plan is to put the Disc in the oven on 200 to 250-degrees for about a half an hour. Be sure to put some foil under it to catch any dripping glue. After a half hour, take it out of the oven, remove the sandpaper and use a disposable rag to remove any remaining residue. Once it's completely cooled, any remaining residue can be removed (OUTDOORS) with lacquer thinner or acetone.
Setting
adjustable “wobble-style” Dado Blades accurately
From “Dusty Don” via email:
I have a Magna Dado Item 505514 The graduations for width settings
are indicated by alphabet (i.e. abcdef-----). How does this relate to
width of cut in inches? I have no instructions.
After giving your question some thought...and figuring out that this is obviously an adjustable, “wobble-style” dado set (even though the part number is not recognizable)...I offer you the following answer. It really makes little difference what the letters relate to...except to get you “close” to the right setting. That's because I have NEVER seen or worked with an adjustable dado set in which the markings for the width settings were accurate. At best, these settings can get you “close”...but never (in my experience) “dead-on”. Therefore, I would make some trial cuts at the various letter settings, making note which letter gets you close to what width. From that point on, if you want your project components to fit together accurately, you're probably ALWAYS going to have to make a series of trial cuts to arrive at your exact settings. Wish I had a better answer for you.
