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- Subject: this week ' s woodworking tip . . . follow - up
- good afternoon !
- no , this isn ' t a new tip - just a follow - up on the one i sent this
- morning . i received some good responses and wanted to pass a couple of them
- along .
- kevin wrote to say that this tip works like a charm , except for one thing :
- he ' s had trouble with the router bit not being perfectly centered on the
- base , so his dadoes have ended up less than perfect . i referred to this
- briefly at the end of the tip , but here ' s a quick solution for avoiding
- the problem .
- before routing the dado in the gauge , first mark a point on the base of
- your router . ( i simply add a piece of masking tape since it ' s easy to
- see . ) then when routing the gauge ( and later , the panel ) , always keep
- this mark against the straightedge . your dadoes should be right on .
- another email came in from mike , who suggested making two alignment
- gauges . then you can clamp one at each end of the workpiece before you
- clamp the straightedge fence down . this prevents the " wiggling " that
- often occurs when one end is clamped before the other . great tip !
- a big thanks to all who have been sending in suggestions . it ' s great to
- hear that so many people are enjoying the tips .
- talk to you again in a few weeks .
- jon garbison
- on - line editor
- woodsmith
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