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JULY/AUG 2004
Volume 47/Issue 4


IN THIS ISSUE
Project Articles
• Antique Quilt Display Rack
• Heart-Shaped Display Stand
• Duck Napkin Holder

DEPARTMENTS
• Ask Smitty
• Owner’s Gallery
• Letters from Owners
• New Baby Workshop Calendar
 
Academy Notes
Hardwood Information You Should Know - Pt 1
 
Service Pointers
MARK V Alignment

Woodworking Technologies
New Woodworking Glues
 
Safety
Safety Lessons I've Learned

What's New
The Shopsmith Gift Card

EDUCATION
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From the Shopsmith Woodworking Academy
Hardwood Information You Should Know -- Part 1 of 4
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Operation Poplar Hard Maple
Turning good to excellent pieces 81% 82%
Planing perfect pieces 70% 54%
Boring good to excellent pieces 87% 99%
Shaping good to excellent pieces 13% 72%
Mortising good to excellent pieces 63% 95%
Sanding good to excellent pieces 19% 38%
Steam-Bending unbroken pieces 58% 57%
Nail Splitting pieces free form complete splits 77% 27%
Screw Splitting pieces free form complete splits 67% 52%