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Fine Woodworking on woodworking machines : 40 articles selected by the editors of Fine Woodworking magazine / edited by John Kelsey.

Contributor(s): Kelsey, John, 1946-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Fine woodworking book: Publisher: Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, 1985Description: 106 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0918804310.Subject(s): Woodworking machineryDDC classification: 684.083
Contents:
Introduction -- Mechanical Advantage -- On Jointer Maintenance -- On choosing machinery -- Used machinery -- Made in Taiwan -- Tips on buying Taiwanese machines -- Basic machine maintenance -- Restoring a rusty titan -- Repouring Babbit bearings -- The dial indicator -- Converting to 3-Phase power -- Shop wiring: Switches and Breakers -- Comments on 3-phase power -- Questions & Answers -- Precision -- Circular saws -- Questions & Answers -- Using the tablesaw -- Choosing a blade -- Carbide-tipped circular saws -- Mitering on the table saw -- Aluminum miter jig -- Tuning up your lathe -- Router tables -- The basics of the bandsaw -- Straight-line bandsawing -- A bandsaw sawmill -- Machining backwards -- Questions & Answers -- Repairing bandsaw blades -- Bandsaw-blade resharpening jig -- Japanese resaws -- The jointer -- Questions & Answers -- Shop-testing five jointer-planers -- Learning how to read the grain -- Combination machines -- Super-surfacers -- The Pin Router -- Homemade pin routers -- Air-powered tools -- Designing for machine craft -- How Ryan makes hexagonal boxes -- Quality in production runs -- Woodshop computers.

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What machines do woodworkers really need? How can they really get the most out of their router? These and a host of other questions are addressed by craftsmen in this collection of 40 articles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Mechanical Advantage -- On Jointer Maintenance -- On choosing machinery -- Used machinery -- Made in Taiwan -- Tips on buying Taiwanese machines -- Basic machine maintenance -- Restoring a rusty titan -- Repouring Babbit bearings -- The dial indicator -- Converting to 3-Phase power -- Shop wiring: Switches and Breakers -- Comments on 3-phase power -- Questions & Answers -- Precision -- Circular saws -- Questions & Answers -- Using the tablesaw -- Choosing a blade -- Carbide-tipped circular saws -- Mitering on the table saw -- Aluminum miter jig -- Tuning up your lathe -- Router tables -- The basics of the bandsaw -- Straight-line bandsawing -- A bandsaw sawmill -- Machining backwards -- Questions & Answers -- Repairing bandsaw blades -- Bandsaw-blade resharpening jig -- Japanese resaws -- The jointer -- Questions & Answers -- Shop-testing five jointer-planers -- Learning how to read the grain -- Combination machines -- Super-surfacers -- The Pin Router -- Homemade pin routers -- Air-powered tools -- Designing for machine craft -- How Ryan makes hexagonal boxes -- Quality in production runs -- Woodshop computers.