Woodworking and Craft Tips and Ideas (1-7)

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1)Woodworking and craft Tips and Ideas.

Band saw blade settings:

Many woodworkers I know tend to discount the band saw as being a dangerous tool to work with. Do not be too blas’e. The bandsaw can nip off the end of a finger in a flash. These same woodworkers are probably the ones who have problems cutting a straight line without the blade wandering.
Both problems can be solved with this rule of thumb: always place the blade guide no more than 5mm above the workpiece.This will not only increase the accuracy of your cut,but it will also keep your fingers away from the blade.

2) Woodworking and craft Tips and Ideas

Doors, installing:

Installing a striker plate when hanging doors always has been difficult, until now. Next time you are hanging doors,be they cabnet or entry doors,try this:
After the doors are hung,rub a little lipstick on the latch and close the door. The lipstick mark will transfer onto the frame and indicate exactly where to place the striker plate. In the event that you don’t have lipstick,you might trychalk-lind powder or tape a piece of pencil carbon paper to the latch.

3) Woodworking and craft Tips and Ideas.

Drawer handle jigs:

It’s an old story.You are putting handles on that twelve drawer dresser that you built and you realize that measuring,drawing lines,and punching starter holes on each and every drawer is a very tedious job, try this shortcut.
Cut a piece of masonite or plastic sheet, to the exact size of the drawer. Measure and place the marks on the template and then drill required size holes in it. Tape this template to the drawer and drill away.


4) ) Woodworking and craft Tips and Ideas.

Drill bit sharpening:

The tip of a high-speed-steel drill bit is set at a particular angle for the most efficient cutting.Sometimes after sharpening do it yourself or have it done professionally, you may want to verify the angle.

The following shortcut will make it simple.

Go to your parts bin and pick out two hexagonal nuts,place them side by side or clamp them with vicegrips or glue them together.Hold the tip of the bit in the outside angle of the hex nuts.
The tip of the bit should fit in this angle without any air space or gaps.

5) Woodworkingand craft Tips and Ideas.

Tightening Bits in a drill :

After removing a drill bit from your drill you notice some scraping on the bit shank.Take another look at how you installed the bit.
This scraping of the shank is usally caused by a loose chuck:

The bit is losing its grip.

To prevent this make it a habit to always tighten all three holes in the drill chuck.

6) Woodworking and craft Tips and Ideas.

Drilling holes in tight corners:

Trying to get your portable drill into areas that are just too small for a drill to fit into can be a problem.
Here are two solutions to the problem.

The first involves using the adjustable chuck found on electric drills, and fitted on socket wrenches. (use a bolt with threads that match the chuck and tighten two bolts to the other side.Tighten securely. The bolt at the end fits into the socket.)

Fit your drill bit into the chuck and use the wrench to drill the hole.

The second solution also involves a socket wrench.

There are drill bits available that fit into cordless screwdrivers.These drill bits have the standard five-sided shank on them and fit nicely into a ¼” socket.
The socket wrench can now be used as a drill to get into those tight spots.

7) Woodworking and craft Tips and Ideas.

Fixing laminates / Formica to work surfaces:

Plastic laminate such as Arborite or Formica is easy to put on surfaces such as table tops or counter tops, but they can create problems later on that are not immediately apparent when you apply them.
Changes in tempreture and humidity react on both the glue and the laminate, with the result that the laminate causes stress on the substrate (the piece that it is glued to) and causes it to warp, twist, or lose its bond.
The way to prevent this is to purchase a backing sheet when you buy the laminate.
A backing sheet is of the same thickness as the top sheet,but has no pattern.

Its sole purpose is to equalize the pressures created by the glueing of the top sheet and thus gives the countertop a longer life.

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