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Trash Can Outfeed
To save space, my trash can doubles as a work support. I
made a dolly with locking casters to fi t the can’s bottom,
so I can roll the unit to wherever it’s needed.
The work support is adjustable in height. It’s just a
round-nosed board with two^1 / 4 " x 6" slots, held in place
with^1 / 4 " bolts and jig knobs. I routed curved grooves
in the support’s feet to match the trash can’s rim, so
the sup- port doesn’t slide off the can. When I want to
empty the trash, I just lift off the support. I’ve made
reference marks on the support for the correct height of
each tool.—Jay McClellan
Tenon Preview
A tenon should be^1 / 3 the thickness of a rail —at least,
that’s what an old rule of thumb recommends. A^3 / 4 "
board should have^1 / 4 " tenons, for example. But what
about a^7 / 8 " board? What’s one- third of that?
I use my dial caliper to help solve this type of prob-
lem. I usually make a tenon the same size as one of my
mortising bits, not some in-between fraction. So, for a
(^7) / 8 " thick board, should the tenon be (^1) / 4 " or (^5) / 16 " thick?
If I could “see” the tenon on the board, I’d know which
one to pick. That’s easy: I just place the dial caliper on
the board and open it to^1 / 4 ". Now I can instantly tell
what a^1 / 4 " tenon will look like —and its shoulders, too.
Then I open the caliper to^5 / 16 ", make a mental note of
what that tenon looks like and decide.—John English