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ISSUE ARCHIVES

SEPT/OCT 2000
Volume 43 /  Issue 1

IN THIS ISSUE
Project Articles
Grandfather Clock, Part 1
Gumball Machine
The Dancin’ Duck Puppet

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Weekend
Project
Article

“Get A Ball” Out of Your Woodworking
A Great “Build-It-In-A-Weekend” Gift or Desktop Accent Piece

4. Cut out the center of disc C with a 2-1/2-inch hole saw or scroll saw.  While you’re at it, also cut out the center of the body piece (E) and set piece E aside.
 
Now, take the center (scrap) stock you just cut out of disc C and clamp it down over the jig pivot bolt. Drill a 1/4-inch diameter x 3/4-inch deep hole at the centerline for the slide lever, next to the 5/8-inch vertical hole as shown in Figure 2.

5. Chamfer the 5/8-inch diameter holes on discs C & D. Use your Drill Press with a 1-inch countersink bit. Also locate and create a countersink “dimple” on piece A to catch the gum ball as it exits the hole in the side of disc B.

6. Drill a 5/8-inch diameter hole for the gum return on disc B. Use your MARK V in Horizontal Boring mode, with the jig clamped to the table surface as shown in Figure 3. Tilt the table 5-degrees so your bit exits through the surface of the disc as it approaches the center.

Continue . . .

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Figure 2
 
Clamp the center disc (scrap from Ring C) to the jig and drill the slide lever hole.

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Figure 3
 
Tilt the table 5-degrees and drilll the gum return with the Horizontal Boring Machine.

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Assembly Drawings
 
Overall Assembly &
List of Materials

Clamping Jig