Good tip, Chuck. I'll try it as soon as the temps allow me to work on my
unheated garage.
Larry, decent shop tools last a long time. My table saw is a Wards, from
the same era.
On Apr 7, 2016 6:54 PM, "Larry Griffin via olympus" <
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks Chuck filed your post away. I'm hoping to buy a house with a shop
in the near future. I was given a small wood shop worth of Delta power
tools ca 1938, and by darn I'm going to put them use even if I'm 70.
>
>
> On 04/07/2016 02:58 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>> I haven't been doing much photography lately for 2 reasons. The first
is that I have a problem with my left leg (that makes it difficult to sit)
and my right heel (that makes it difficult to walk). However, I can stand
pretty well. So instead of walking around taking pictures I've been busy
building the workbench I've been putting off for the past year.
>>
>> This work bench will have 12 drawers (you can never have too many
drawers) but building good drawers is moderately difficult and I haven't
done any significant woodworking in about 40 years. I'm at the point now
where I've got to start building the drawers and knew I'd do better if I
had some sort of jig. I've been looking around and found these simple jigs
on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSX2Pp-KdZk>. I haven't tried
to use them yet but just built 4 of them. They also went together with
glue and screws easier than I'm used to due to the next tip.
>>
>> From the same guy (in another video) I also learned this very simple but
very useful tip. Have you ever been frustrated by the slippery nature of
wood glue when trying to nail or screw 2 parts together with glue in
between? The 2 pieces want to slip-slide around and it's difficult to
maintain precise positioning even with clamps. The solution is table
salt. Just sprinkle a *little* bit on the glued area. You'll find that it
works like sand on ice. Those little salt granules will grip both pieces
and help hold them where you want them.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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