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88 days ago |
I have a side line of repairing and re-caning chairs. Occasionally I have to replace broken rungs on the these chairs. I normally will use a dowel of the correct size and species and I use my jointer to cut the tenon on the dowels. I thought I would share this method for those folks that repair or build chairs and would like a quick, easy method for making rungs, etc. First chose your dowel and mark the tenon on it, using a marking gauge or knife. This is mainly to prevent tear out when cutting the tenon.
Next Remove the blade guard and set the fence on your jointer to match, measuring from the end of the blade to the fence.
Clamp a guide block onto the infeed table of the jointer. I line my block up with the edge of the table at the blades.
Set the table for a light cut, turn on the jointer and feed the dowel into the blades, twisting the dowel as you advance the dowel toward the fence. Twist the dowel in a clock wise direction (against the rotation of the blades) Keep the dowel pressed firmly against the table and the guide block. Increase the depth of the infeed table slightly after each cut, until the tenon is the diameter you need.
This method is a quick way to get repetitive cuts on matching pieces for your project.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com |
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