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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Some wood working tricks...
From: Larry Griffin via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 15:54:48 -0700
Cc: Larry Griffin <l_g_griffin@xxxxxxxxx>
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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