May/ June 2000

Articles		Page
JOINTER TUNE-UP by John White Table realignment and knife adjustments made easy using shopmade tools		38
WHAT WOODWORKERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIGHT by Jeff Jewitt Use or avoid its effects to your advantage		44
MUSIC FOR YOUR EARS by Anatole Burkin With new high-tech earmuffs, you can drown out the drone of machines and karaoke while you cut		46
ONE-DRAWER LAMP STAND by Mike Dunbar Build this Hepplewhite table and further hone your hand-tool skills		49
SWEETGUM: NEGLECTED WOOD WITH AN ELUSIVE IDENTITY by Jon Arno This Dixie star is a master of disguise		56
TENONING STRATEGIES by Gary Rogowski Finding your way to a well-fitting joint		60
DUPLICATE SPINDLES BY HAND by Kim Carleton Graves Getting good results at turned copies doesn't mean they all have to be exactly alike		68
- Seven rules for duplicating parts
WHERE DOOR MEETS DOOR by Steve Latta Minimizing the gap between stiles, choosing and installing appropriate hardware		72
- Installing bolts, catches and locks		76
MASTER A CLASSIC STYLE by Chris Gochnour Innovative techniques for making five crucial elements of French country furniture		78
ROUTERS FOR ROUTER TABLES by Patrick Warner Choose a fixed-base model over a plunge router		86
Departments		Page
CONTRIBUTORS		6
LETTERS		8
METHODS OF WORK Spray-finishing small parts; Honing boards; Jig for chopping dovetails		14
NOTES & COMMENTS Thomas Chippendale School of Furniture; Building for an audience		24
TOOLS & MATERIALS Benchtop planer handles wide stock; Affordable Japanese saws		32
CURRENT WORK A gallery of our readers' woodworking		90
RULES OF THUMB Four-squaring with hand tool		96
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Hidden-spline miters; Is hickory a furniture wood?		100
MASTER CLASS Resurrect a coffin smoother		106
FINISH LINE Tips for coloring wood		121

Jointer Tune-Up, What Woodworkers Need to Know about Light, Music for Your Ears, One-Drawer Lamp Stand, Sweetgum: Neglected Wood with an Elusive Identity, Tenoning Strategies, Duplicate Spindles by Hand, Where Door Meets Door, Master a Classic Style, Routers for Router Tables