Smitty
MAY/JUNE
2005
Volume 48/Issue 3
IN
THIS ISSUE
Project
Articles
•
The English Flip-Top Chair-Table
• The Oval Magazine Rack
• Laminated Wooden Domino Set
DEPARTMENTS
•
Ask Smitty
• Owner’s Gallery
• Letters from Owners
Academy Notes
Joinery - Solving the Puzzle
Service Pointers
MARK
V as a Table Saw
What's
New
Lift-Assist
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
2005.
Shopsmith, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
ASK
SMITTY!
Here
are the questions . . .
and SMITTY’S answers for this issue!
Joining
long moldings
From Robert Williams, via email:
What's the best way to join moldings together when the wall is longer
than the molding? I'm installing a chair rail molding and would like to
know how to best join the molding together to hide the joint.
The answer is to cut them at a 45-degree angle where they join together...as opposed to joining them with a 90-degree butt joint.
Also...don't try to glue or otherwise join them together BEFORE you attach them to the wall. Instead, nail the long piece to the wall first...then apply glue to the mating mitered edges and nail the short piece to the wall.
If the molding is already stained, you'll have to stain the joint to match after it's installed.
Woodworking
Academy question
From B. Malarick , Cincinnati, OH:
I'm
interested in getting into woodworking and would like to take your Academy
course on "Building A Shaker Wall Clock". Do I need to take any pre-requisite
courses prior to taking this course? I have no woodworking experience,
whatsoever. I'd also like to build a Shaker Blanket Chest. Do you offer
a course such as this? If not, what would you suggest?
I don't think any pre-requisite training will be necessary. Our Academy instructor is an excellent educator and will be able to guide you step-by-step through this process quite easily.
As for the blanket chest, we do not offer such a course. Taking our Cabinetmaking course would provide some excellent training before tackling such a project. However, this course does not cover making dovetails (in the event you want dovetail training).
If the chest you plan to make includes dovetails, our Intermediate Cabinetmaking course does teach machine-cut dovetails...but NOT hand-cut dovetails.
For more information about the Academy courses that are available from Shopsmith, visit this link:
http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/nationalacademy/classes.htm
